{"id":1239,"date":"2008-02-27T12:17:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-27T20:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2008\/02\/27\/oscar-fever\/"},"modified":"2008-02-27T12:17:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-27T20:17:00","slug":"oscar-fever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2008\/02\/27\/oscar-fever\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Fever"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Sunday, D and I threw our annual Oscar Party to watch the Academy Awards with friends. Favorite moment: our audience’s boo\/yay\/meh cheers for each movie during the 80-years-of-Best-Pictures montage. (Gladiator<\/span>: BOO! Lord of the Rings<\/span>: YAY!<\/span> Crash<\/span>: meh<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Nearly thirty people showed up, which is more than we’ve ever hosted. A thermometer at the edge of the crowd topped 74 degrees Fahrenheit, but I suspect the temperature was higher near the center of the room. And that’s with an air conditioner and two fans running.<\/p>\n

Even our TiVo was feeling the heat. Here’s the internal temperature log from tivoweb:<\/p>\n

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As you can see, it always runs pretty hot, but 118F is unprecedented. Of course, the drives could have gone up to 50C (122F) and still been within acceptable operating limits.<\/p>\n

That’s hot.<\/a> (Sorry, I couldn’t resist.)<\/p>\n

This was our last shindig in the bay area. We’ll continue throwing Oscar parties in Portland next year, but Ken<\/a> has offered to carry on the tradition down here. He, and anyone else who’s interested, is welcome to use my Oscar Acceptance Speech BINGO<\/a> cards for future events–I’ll continue updating them every year and improving the word-sifter algorithm.<\/p>\n

Last but not least, some photos from the evening:<\/p>\n

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~CKL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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