Yesterday (Saturday) we had a top temperature of over 31° and yes it
is still the middle of winter and it is the coldest 6 weeks of the year
in this part of the world! Some freakish weather conditions caused warm
air to be blown down from the Northern Territory giving the Sunny Coast
a record warm day.
Last night I was enjoying watching
my footy team on TV as they found some form again and had a strong win
all with the ceiling fan on! Just ridiculous for this time of the year!
Things
are getting back to normal today, a top of 23° and a clear blue sunny
sky. Tonight should be appreciably cooler with low double figures for
the overnight minimum.
For the latest on Kate and Arj's trip in the USA click here. Kim is home resting up after her trip to the USA as well.
Trish
is busy with 40th Birthday celebrations 'Exhibition" for CACA. She
even did a live on air radio interview Saturday morning. I think she is
glad that is over. But today (Sunday) she is back in again as the
celebrations continue. They had bumper crowds through the doors
yesterday and are hoping for a second big day today.
Our
daughter Kim has some favorite TV series which I may have downloaded
and she can playback on her media player. The media player is getting a
little outdated and file format technology is passing it by. There are
more and more video formats it just won't play.
This
is a major reason why I dropped my WDTV in favour of an Android TV Box.
In a package we recently sent her was a 32GB memory stick with some of
the series she likes in a format her media player can handle.
I
have decided to give my second android TV box to her which will allow
her to play all the files I can obtain... This will leave me down on a
backup TV Box. The second is handy to have to play with, to lend to
others and to show around.
The pic above is of a cheap
Android TV box which I have ordered to replace the one I am giving to
Kim. It has cost under $50 to buy and have express posted from China.
Like many of these cheap boxes from China, this box does have some
shortcomings but as a media player it is sensational value. It is due
in a week or two. (http://www.gearbest.com/tv-box-mini-pc/pp_366030.html)
Meanwhile
the guy over the road is having TV tuning problems, it won't pick up
any of the free to air channels. He has been busy downloading TV stuff
for his wife to watch. So currently the second android TV box is at his
place where they can easily go on line, find any TV series she likes
and stream them directly to the TV. No downloading is required. They
have a huge download on their internet plan so all is going nicely.
I
guess he will be in the market for a cheap box shortly. He is waiting
for my unit to be delivered and expects to follow suit and buy one once
it gets a tick of approval.
I have just completed another bottling this morning and am now having a PC spell while I get things back into order.
My nagging cough has disappeared so the new inhaler is working well. As it turns out it is a form of exercise induced asthma.
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