- Some investors were highly surprised when President Biden's Justice Department supported the continued development of Conoco's massive Willow field in Alaska.
- I was not. As I wrote earlier on Seeking Alpha, ironically Biden could be great for Conoco Phillips' stock.
- One thing is clear: Biden is an energy pragmatist. He wants to see the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline flowing because it is an issue of national security.
- And the Alaskan Pipeline needs new oil to keep it operating.
- One could also argue that 100,000 bpd from a conventional reservoir like Willow is much more environmentally friendly than the equivalent number of shale wells.
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Amazon TV Stick
Every day I move a bit closer to catching up with our daughters and grandchildren when it comes to technology.
Our younger daughter has had the Amazon Fire TV Stick for quite some time and loves it.
A few months ago I ordered an Amazon Fire TV Stick. Amazon was upgrading their fire stick at the time and I was put on the "wait list."
I forgot all about it.
This past week while I was out of town the Fire Stick arrived.
I set it up this afternoon. Wow, was installation easy. I was very careful to follow instructions (there weren't many) and within minutes it was set up and running. The only reason it took "minutes" was because it downloaded a bit of software.
I was blown away by how easy it was to set up and I'm blown away by how incredible it is to have "cable" television once again.
Amazon Prime Video is part of the Amazon Prime package. Starting this year I will be able to watch Thursday Night Football.
In addition, Pluto TV: free.
And finally, Hulu.
For all of that, I'm paying about a third of what I was paying Spectrum for 20th century television.
Break, break.
As I begin to learn more about this, it certainly suggests that Amazon.com with the Fire TV Stick is to television streaming as Apple was to iTunes in the early days. If that makes sense.
But, it's very clear that Amazon / Fire TV Stick is huge. I still maintain that Apple TV+ is not keeping up with Amazon. I'm way ahead of my headlights here, just rambling but it appears that Disney+, Netflix, Hulu, are simply "content" / streaming companies.
Amazon, with Prime Video, and the Fire TV Stick, is both a software (streaming/content) company as well as a hardware device.
I don't know if this makes sense to anyone; I'm learning as I go along. We now get PBS.
The "one thing" we could not "get" on Hulu / Amazon Fire TV Stick was PBS. That was my wife's only complaint.
It turns out that one can get PBS via one's local network on the Fire Stick.
It is amazing how three devices interacted to make this all possible:
- a "dumb" Smart TV (Philips) bought several years ago;
- an Amazon Fire TV Stick (most recent update);
- an Apple MacBook Air (an internet connection required to input "activation codes").
Ten years from now will Amazon have an ecosystem that is better than Apple's? I'm beginning to wonder.
you can also get PBS + locals at HD off a simple antenna on top/behind the TV.
ReplyDeleteIn our previous apartment unit and in this apartment unit, outside antennae are not allowed. I've tried indoor antennae and "window" antennae -- even the "super-duper" ones available at big box stores, and they don't work.
DeleteBut, yes, most readers with/without cable who write me on this issue mention antennae but I assume most live in their own homes or in apartment units where outdoor antennae are allowed.