Response to “HTPCs are the Future”

See my son’s blog post entitled “HTPCs are the Future“

Steve,

Reading your post about your HTPC experience tells me several things. First, you are a geek. Some would say “technically savvy” but I like to call a spade a shovel so I’m going with geek. I don’t know where you get that from, probably those undesirables you hung out with at USC.

Secondly, you are a movie fanatic, some would say addict but I know you only do movies when you really, really need them so you are not addicted. You just just happen to really, really need them two or three times a day.

Thirdly, Joe posts much more than you do and when you get behind you’ll just start writing about the first thing that pops into your head. I don’t know where you get that from, probably those shirtless meat-eaters you hung out with at Menlo 2.

Fourthly, you have a La-Z-Boy and you hate to get out of it. How do you get away with that? Don’t you have a new born baby? Shouldn’t you be changing a shit-load of diapers or something?

Fifthly, you are an idiot. HTPC’s are no more the future than I am*. HTPC’s are for Geeks who have too much time on their hands and don’t like to get out of their La-Z-Boys (although I’m with you on avoiding the diaper changing thing).

Sixthly, the setup you have is really, really cool. I just happen to have an Internet connection, a little patience, I’m tech-savvy and I have an old PC I don’t need for anything else.

If only I had your ability to sit in my La-Z-Boy and write about the first thing that popped into my head…