I had intended to continue talking about the new look and feel of windows 8, but after Monday’s post on the Mobile Post on the City TV app. I thought I’d share the Windows 8 Rogers anyplace tv Metro app. You log in with your Rogers anyplace tv Account, which is tied to your Rogers Cable account and it gives you access to Movies and TV shows. The selection seems to be a subset of the shows available on the Rogers digital box. What I like about it is that you have access to lots of different shows in one place, even if it doesn’t include all the shows that I watch. Sure if we subscribed to the Movie Networks and HBO Canada I’d have a better selection, but as with the City TV app seems a good way to keep up with at least some of your favourite your favourite shows.
The question I have asked myself is do you need the app. Rogers already has a web site that gives access to all the content, perhaps it’s not as pretty, but you aren’t restricted to running as a full screen Metro App. Perhaps if I was using a windows tablet it would make more sense to use the app then the website.
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For a picture of the day I have a little collage of Violet I took on the way home from pre-school. As we walked she picked up a stick and started to play it like a flute. It’s not the first time she’s did it, but it was so cute I had to capture it. I just wish I’d grabbed a video so you could have heard her song.
Today while waiting for Jacob at lunch Violet decided to play a little bit of Hopscotch. It was fun watching her through her new Rock ‘Jacob’ and trying to hop through the board. She was having such a fun time she didn’t want to stop when the bell rang and we had to go get Jacob.
Today I thought I’d share a new app to the Android Play store. The City TV app from Rogers Digital Media. It allows you access to many of City TV shows on the go. Being able to catchup on shows you missed anywhere is great. Of course it does point out a couple of flaws with Rogers Anyplace TV, which is supposed to grant access to their on demand service through the web, iPad, iPhone and even Windows 8 App. The problem I have is that though I can access it from my computer through the web or windows 8 app or even from the iPad when I try to run it from my phone or Melissa’s phone it wont let us because we aren’t with Rogers. So what they are giving away to anyone on the web or IPad, is only for their customers when you try to do it on a phone. Of course it’s worse is that for access from the phone it’s not free:
The application is free to download. For only $5/month, customers can enjoy 5 hours of viewing on their handset (overage fee is $1/hour/month) – any time, any place. This fee is prompted when selecting an eligible title or you can subscribe upfront within the “My Services” section of the application. To unsubscribe, go to “Settings>Account” and click the “Unsubscribe” button.
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Today the family decorated the tree. The kids wanted to do it yesterday, but with all the other activities we didn’t get a chance. So today before dinner we pulled out the ornaments and started to decorate.
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Today was a family day, with lot’s of activities. First we had a mitten march with Violet’s preschool to the Lakeshore Santa Claus parade. We had Jacob’s hockey and we capped it off by Making cookies and getting our living room into the Christmas Spirit. Of course it was inspired partly by our little visitor who you can see in today’s bonus picture.
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As I predicted in yesterday’s POD, today we had snow. It didn’t arrive until later in the day, and it never really felt like it was snowing. Though the kids didn’t mind that before heading to bed tonight they got to play in the snow.
Today as I walked to work I saw a sight I really didn’t expect for another couple of weeks. I saw snow on the ground. Sure it wasn’t there on my way home, but it was there in the morning. Of course looking at the weather tonight, it’s possible there will be a lot more snore when I wake up tomorrow.
It seems that after 27 day’s of posting twice a day a little strep throat has brought me down. I had all the intentions of writing up my Windows Wednesday post yesterday. I even took most of the screenshots, but when it came down to writing up my thoughts I just couldn’t focus. So I ended up heading to bed before I finish writing up my post. This morning when I woke up I realized what had happened I was very disappointed in my self. For the entire day I’ve struggled with what to do, should I carry on as if nothing had happened, should I just skip today and start with my theme focused posts. As you can see by reading this, I decided to acknowledge my failure and explain to my readers what happened. Not to worry, next week I will be posting my Windows Wednesday post looking at some of the Metro Apps that ship with windows 8.
For now I think back over the first 27 days of this month with pride. I tried to post every day and I almost did it. There was some filler, but mostly well thought out posts. I just hope to be able to continue my writing in the coming months, just not quite as much of it.
Today we have a picture that show’s Melissa’s weight loss in a very real way. What we have is two pairs of her Jeans, the bottoms are from the before time, the top are her current skinny Jeans that are already getting to big for her. For people who are curious about the sizes, they are a 32 and 12.
