From 8d6e9d9471f325b217fffdc415142d640d7b29cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Don Armstrong Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 17:10:09 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] add watching debates --- posts/watching_debates.mdwn | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) create mode 100644 posts/watching_debates.mdwn diff --git a/posts/watching_debates.mdwn b/posts/watching_debates.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6f05f30 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/watching_debates.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +[[!meta title="Watching the Presidential Debates"]] + +Tonight I will be watching the presidential debates. Since I can't +stand the commentators on any of the major news networks, I will once +again be watching the debates on cspan. If you don't have cable (or +your cable plan doesn't include CSPAN), you can watch the video feed +online. If you're running Debian, you can also use rtmpdump and +mplayer to play the stream on your computer fairly easily: + + rtmpdump -v -r rtmpt://cp82346.live.edgefcs.net:1935/live?ovpfv=2.1.4 \ + --tcUrl rtmp://cp82346.live.edgefcs.net:1935/live?ovpfv=2.1.4 \ + --app live?ovpfv=2.1.4 --flashVer LNX.11,2,202,238 \ + --playpath CSPAN1@14845 \ + --swfVfy http://www.c-span.org/cspanVideoHD.swf \ + --pageUrl http://www.c-span.org/ | \ + mplayer -xy 3 -; + +Then you can find a +[bingo](http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/10/yes-we-have-presidential-debate-bingo) +[card](http://www.jest.com/article/200173/first-presidential-debate-bingo) +[of](http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2012/10/presidential_debate_bingo.shtml) +[your](http://www.firedupmissouri.com/node/15837) +[own](http://www.firedupmissouri.com/sites/default/newfiles/Debate%20Bingo.pdf), +[and](http://bit.ly/2012electionbingo) +[play](http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/10/tonights-presidential-debate-drinking-game-137378.html) +[debate](http://gintender.com/2012/09/presidential-debate-bingo-wisdom/) +[bingo](http://pandodaily.com/2012/10/03/how-to-watch-the-presidential-debate-tonight-by-using-all-of-the-internets/)! +[Or](http://www.debatedrinking.com/) +[some](http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/10/03/obama-vs-romney-which-presidential-debate-drinking-game-is-right-for-you/) +[other](http://gawker.com/5948495/butt+chugging-the-election-your-2012-presidential-debate-drinking-games) +[horrible](http://www.upi.com/blog/2012/10/03/Your-guide-to-presidential-debate-drinking-games/9511349285779/) +[drinking](http://cdn-www.i-am-bored.com/media/pres-debate-drinking-game.jpg) +[game](http://jezebel.com/5948693/the-ultimate-presidential-debate-drinking-game-for-ladies). + +[[!tag politics tech]] -- 2.39.2