Random Front Range Stuff ~ Boxster PPF, Rare Trout, Urban Animal, Black Magic, A Ride Downtown, Visiting With Court, & OTA Play In DEN 06Aug25-12Aug25

Kala & I rode early to avoid the heat. We didn't even stop for long even given same. Still plenty of folks on the trails.

We had a nice visit with Courtney over dinner at Blodgett with Scooter's wine choice. Fun eve' but no pics. My Apple BT mouse died and so I bought another but got the cool Black Magic mouse to match my desktop.

I got out with BobR for a short rip and an Urban Animal beer, as well as nice items at Sushi Row, before he heads to WI for the rest of the summer...

While prepping for the blog I found and enjoyed Rare Trout (had to do it), a new tasty EPA from Cerebral...

We don't know if it was me or someone else but the Ceramic Pro PPF on the Boxster saved the day. No paint damage! Here are the before and after...

My sister bought a place in Denver and she needn't be required to buy cable or over-the-top streamed local TV channels to get ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, PBS, or CW IMO. However, despite good wiring throughout her unit, an antenna connection to the "feed" delivered naught ~ it was a cable company connect. She already has Internet from bonded twisted pair via the phone company. I studied the issue (via DTV & AntennaWeb resources), understood she'd skirt the downtown buildings to the transmitters and would do well with a moderately sized UHF/VHF directional for full over-the-air (OTA) coverage. We could have installed in the attic but the run to the nearest COAX connection would've been kind of ugly. We chose the 2nd best spot in the upstairs guest bedroom and placed the excellent ClearStream 2V antenna in the upper corner properly oriented. Verifications of COAX runs through the house (using a COAX end-point toner) and signal strength on antenna locations (using a tiny TV I could tote around easily) were done throughout the install. COAX wiring in the unit is good but needed to be terminated properly in locations we wanted to receive OTA) at TVs. The family room required a jump from one COAX to another to get to the TV. At the end of the day she now receives over 70 channels where nothing was on... however, hiding most of these to get the "big 6" in solid 1080p with 5.1 audio will let her see the published NFL games in Colorado "for free."

Now she just has to deal with whether to get ESPN ala carte and how their purchase of the NFL channel will impact pricing and services... 'cause who doesn't want the college games and Peyton & Eli on Mon nights?