Correction: New Western Digital WDTV online features already available!

In the last post I mentioned that existing WDTV Live and Live Plus owners would be able to soon access other online services such as Facebook, AccuWeather, and Blockbuster. Well I checked for the latest firmware, and the latest firmware just released the other day contains support for these services.

I will install the new firmware soon to check out these new services on the WDTV Live.

Finally some really good news from Western Digital

As you can probably tell from watching and reading my product reviews, I tend to be negative on a lot of products and companies. Well for once I have some good news to report about a product that I have covered in a few of my Tech Confusion videos.

After Western Digital put out a new firmware recently which lacked any major new features to the WDTV Live Plus, they just made a major announcement this week.

The announcement is that the WDTV Live and Live Plus machines will soon be able to access Facebook, AccuWeather, Blockbuster, Flingo, and a few other online services. This should make up for that disappointing firmware they just released for the WDTV Live Plus as long as the services that are usually free online like Facebook are available for free through the WDTV like YouTube currently is.

Finally a change we can believe in! I sure hope if happens very soon.

My Tech Confusion videos about Temporary Sync Files and Logitech Desktop Messenger now on YouTube

Once again I want to thank all of those people who helped me reach over 5,000 total views between all of my YouTube videos on my NATHANROADINWA channel.

I have recently uploaded 2 more editions of my Tech Confusion video series. They are called "Tech Confusion: Trying to figure out if the Logitech Desktop Messenger software is necessary" and "Tech Confusion: Determining if Temporary Sync Files stored on a hard drive can be deleted".

Both videos show me talking about what the functions of certain programs or files are and whether you should leave them on your PC's hard drive.

Please rate and let me know what you think about these videos and look for the other videos I have done on my NATHANROADINWA YouTube channel.

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2 years of WMW!!

On this week's "Washington's Most Wanted" they mentioned that it has been on the air for 2 years now. Hard to believe they have helped capture around 150 fugitives in just the past 2 years since the TV show premiered.

For those who are unfamiliar with Washington's Most Wanted, it is like a local 30 minute version of America's Most Wanted with local hosts featuring cases and wanted fugitives from Washington State. Many places around the country have similar type programming but not in the form of a half hour weekly show like we do here in Washington State. Most other places just have local commercials or segments that run during the news or America's Most Wanted.

I don't remember watching the first few episodes since it kind of premiered around the time that President Obama was elected in November 2008 which means it probably wasn't promoted well on the Fox station at that time with all the election advertising and news. But I try to watch it every week now. The show is now seen on Fox stations around the state and in Portland, OR which is just across the river from Washington State.

My Honest Video Review of the AVG Internet Security Software Versions 9.0 and 2011 now on YouTube

I recently uploaded another video review to my NATHANROADINWA channel on YouTube. This time I reviewed the AVG Internet Security software Version 9.0 and the new 2011 Version. I bought AVG Internet Security originally to replace my old anti-virus program that was free but was later discontinued.

Please comment about this video review and be sure to rate it if you have a YouTube account.

The video is located on my YouTube channel which is located at http://www.youtube.com/nathanroadinwa.

Fred Meyer Rewards Coupons are coming late

Just thought I would let everyone else out there know that if you haven't received your Fred Meyer Rewards thing in the mail for the last period that it is probably because they are being mailed out late this time. Fred Meyer/Kroger should have e-mailed their customers to let them know that there is a delay. It might be an intentional move by Fred Meyer since Black Friday is coming up soon and the Rewards coupons can be used during Black Friday as incentives to get you to shop at their store on Black Friday.

Also Fred Meyer has their free turkey offer starting today where you spend $150 for a free turkey within a certain pound limit. And Thursday is another one of their One Day Doorbuster sales.

I don't know whether I will be able to take advantage of the free turkey or the doorbuster sales because so many bad things have happened in my life lately. And the really bad thing is this period right now is when you get the best buys all year round at Fred Meyer (better than WalMart even!) And I shop primarily at Fred Meyer which means I will have to pay more the rest of the year. That's life!

Did the right person really win in the Murray/Rossi race?

First off, I should congratulate Patty Murray for being the top vote getter for US Senate this year in Washington State. Now for the ugly truth about this Murray/Rossi race.

If you noticed in the paragraph above, I carefully referred to Sen. Patty Murray as the top vote getter, not as the winner of the race. Because she didn't win!! Confusing? Read on.

After Dino Rossi did the right thing by conceding the race to Sen. Murray, many people who were against Rossi acted like complete jerks and started the silly name calling on the comments sections of the election results pages.

Time after time, I would read comments stating that Dino Rossi is a 3 time loser and that nobody wants him representing Washington State and that he should simply just go away.

These kind of comments were childish and inaccurate. These people act like Rossi got no votes at all. The truth is that he would have won if you eliminated King County from the vote count. Patty Murray couldn't win one county East of the Cascade Mountains. Rossi was winning in counties on both sides of the Cascades. So Rossi was winning in most of the state geographically.

Another dumb comment that was repeated several times was the fact that all 3 of these so-called losses were to women, and that he should face another man in order to win a race. The truth is that if he ran against a Gary Locke or some other prominent Democrat here in the state, Rossi would probably still lose because Rossi has been portrayed as a corrupt businessman by the Democratic Party and all the Democrats have to do to win an election against Rossi is to remind people of the 2004 Governor's race in which Rossi hired lawyers even though our Governor Gregoire did the same thing! It just seems like there is a double standard between the actions that Democrats and Republicans take when it comes to business dealings.

But the one type of comment that offended me the most by the Anti-Rossi supporters of Sen. Murray's which again was after Rossi bowed out was the comment that he should go back to mopping floors. This is a reference to the commercials saying how Dino Rossi started out as a janitor at the Space Needle to earn money when he was young. This is an insult not just to me but to any hard working American both Democrat or Republican who actually works for a living unlike career politicians or rich athletes who earn money for doing little physical work.

The people who make comments like the ones saying Rossi should go back to mopping floors are the ones who are helping to create a job market for immigrants because they are associating physical labor with undesirable jobs. No wonder why we have to allow so much legal and illegal immigration in this country, because if you don't become Senator of this state you are considered a loser.

Now to be fair, there have been many anti-Murray comments as well but not near as negative as the anti-Rossi comments.

So should Rossi run again for political office here in Washington? I think he should run again just to prove to these people calling him a 3 time loser that THEY are the losers, not Rossi. But until the attitudes of these shallow minded Washingtonians change, I am afraid to say Rossi will likely come out on the losing side again in any future election he runs in.

The only sure thing is that Patty Murray is NOT the winner. Neither side won because Murray's support base is contaminated with people who call anyone they want a loser based on their past occupation or the number of races lost. And do you really believe that everyone voted for Sen. Murray because she will lead this state in the right direction? We all know many who voted for her were just trying to spite Rossi and make him a 3 time loser which is a totally pathetic way to vote.

To kind of paraphrase Sen. Murray's camp's TV spots, "We can't trust some of Patty Murray's supporters to be for Washington State."

My Honest Video Review of the Dockers Men's Leather Belt 17DK0101 now on YouTube

I just uploaded another video review to my NATHANROADINWA channel on YouTube. This time I am reviewing the Dockers Men's Leather Belt Model Number 17DK0101. I bought it to replace my GNW leather belt which didn't fare too well after only a year or two of wearing it.

Please comment about this video review and be sure to rate it if you have a YouTube account.

Time is running out to vote!

Today is Nov. 2, which happens to be Election Day this year. I have just voted. For those who are registered to vote and haven't voted yet, you still have a few hours here on the West Coast to vote and you may still have an hour or two left on the East Coast to vote.

I want to remind people that I have made 3 videos about R-52 and Initiative 1107 under the Confusing Olympia series which are all on my YouTube channel. Click on this to go to my YouTube page. The videos are located under Downloads and then scroll down to the Confusing Olympia videos.

I gave my opinion at the end of these videos, but feel free to vote the way you want. I am presenting these Confusing Olympia videos to better inform people on the issues, not to force people to vote a certain way.

I would have liked to have covered more issues, but I just simply didn't get around to covering them.

Last I want to remind people to please rate my Confusing Olympia videos and the rest of my YouTube videos after you watch them.