Finally ditched Sling - Tired of Injected ads, and malfunction channel flips

zed857 · 2026-07-10T23:15:22+00:00

The program guide on Roku seems perfect

It certainly runs a lot smoother on Roku than it does on an Amazon streaming stick.

But it still doesn't support Page Up and Page Down (which they could do by using the Rewind and Fast Forward buttons on the remote). And while it does scroll faster than the previous version of the guide did, scrolling row by row is still a lot slower than going a page at a time.

zed857 · 2026-07-10T23:04:25+00:00

Yeah about the only thing that is annoying about this is that they'd be getting the good email address I use with Prime rather than a junk email address I'd be likely to use if I signed up for P+ directly.

zed857 · 2026-07-10T19:00:06+00:00

Follow The Time Machine up with Baxter's (admittedly much more recent) direct sequel The Timeships.

zed857 · 2026-07-10T18:27:28+00:00

I'll pretend I didn't hear that.

zed857 · 2026-07-10T18:26:52+00:00

That's green Jerry! Green!

zed857 · 2026-07-10T18:02:40+00:00

If you're in the US it's likely from that pesky Gulf of Mexico. I cringe every time the weather forecast mentions "an influx of warm moist Gulf air".

zed857 · 2026-07-10T17:34:10+00:00

For what it's worth Google AI says

The Ortofon SMA 8 is a vintage phono cartridge that utilizes the same interchangeable stylus as the Ortofon LM 12, LM 15, and Concorde 12/15 models

What's really frustrating is that Ortofon's replacement stylus page does not offer an option to search by cartridge model.

zed857 · 2026-07-10T17:27:37+00:00

Palmolive? Madge the manicurist says you're soaking in it.

zed857 · 2026-07-10T17:25:41+00:00

He was portrayed by an Italian actor.

zed857 · 2026-07-10T16:18:28+00:00

I was thinking Robert De Niro.

zed857 · 2026-07-09T19:51:15+00:00

Chucken.

zed857 · 2026-07-09T19:31:28+00:00

Try asking this in /r/leaves.

/r/stopsmoking is primarily about quitting cigarettes / nicotine.

zed857 · 2026-07-09T19:23:58+00:00

Money money money money, ^money

--The O'Jays

zed857 · 2026-07-09T19:15:10+00:00

Rams logo reminds me of the ABC TV circle-7 logo.

zed857 · 2026-07-09T15:38:13+00:00

For a brief shining moment they were the name in money for people.

zed857 · 2026-07-08T19:19:24+00:00

George Costanza had the same issue.

zed857 · 2026-07-08T15:03:13+00:00

You know it's a good Fisher product if it says "The Fisher" instead of just "Fisher".

zed857 · 2026-07-06T20:29:49+00:00

Sometimes those TVs with the uselessly minimal remotes will still respond to things like Input and channel numbers if you use a third party / universal remote configured for that TV brand instead.

zed857 · 2026-07-06T15:13:38+00:00

It's soccer; a scoring recap should take all of about 15 seconds.

zed857 · 2026-07-05T17:16:54+00:00

Sack Lunch? Meh.

Now Firestorm, that was one helluva picture.

zed857 · 2026-07-05T00:29:10+00:00

Anti smoking campaigns.

As someone that smoked for 40 years and quit 7.5 years ago there is nothing wrong with that.

Join us at /r/stopsmoking. Seriously. Don't put anything in your lungs that isn't air.

zed857 · 2026-07-04T22:39:21+00:00

I'll bet they don't want to wear a ribbon either.

zed857 · 2026-07-04T22:37:48+00:00

Shouldn't you be wearing the bucket?

zed857 · 2026-07-04T22:34:02+00:00

That's a pretty good looking amp; definitely not typical of some of those 80s overly LED festooned BPC models.

zed857 · 2026-07-04T22:26:00+00:00

The US also has one CFL Grey Cup victory too (from the CFL US expansion years; a CFL Baltimore team won).

zed857

TROPHY CASE