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TV Review: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Isn't Netflix the best? I sure think so. I wonder five years from now when I go back and read this post if Netflix will still be a big player in TV? That's probably a post for a different day. Whether its House of Cards or Orange is the New Black, Jenn and I consume a lot of Netflix. After watching the trailer for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (which is produced by Tina Fey) I knew Jenn and I were going to watch it. 

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Movie Review: The Hundred-Foot Journey

I know I'm late to this party. The Hundred-Foot Journey was released back over the summer (2014) and was critically well received. However after watching Chef (which too was well received) I didn't think I was ready to watch another food movie. I thought Chef was incredibly overrated. In fact I'm convinced that anyone that liked that movie must have just been super hungry while watching it.

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Movie Review: Big Hero 6

Jenn and I have always been a big fan of animated movies. Still to this day Aladdin and Lion King are some of my favorite movies of all time. And Jenn could watch Finding Nemo every day. With the buzz for Big Hero 6 (and winning the Academy Award for best animated movie), we decided to give it a go.

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Casa de Szerlip: The Start of a Smart Home

When I was still in High School I used to spend a ton of time reading tech blogs. Each year when these websites would do their predictions it was that home automation was going to be the next big market. However there never seemed to be the adoption that was expected. That was until the iPhone. Now you go to any home improvement store there are tons of options for connected hardware. The biggest product in the home automation category of the last couple of years has been the Nest Thermostat. 

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Casa de Szerlip: Good Things Come in Small Packages - Sonos Play 1

I'm not what you would call an audiophile. I don't love music. I don't have the same passion for music I do for TV, Movies, or Video Games. But that doesn't mean I don't appreciate it. On the other hand Jenn loves music. She gets a lot of joy out of it. When we bought our house one of the things she wanted to do was have the ability to play music throughout the house. So when we're cleaning on a Saturday morning, or putting up Christmas decorations, the house could be filled with music.

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Jimmy Fallon Is Winning Late Night

I remember when Jimmy Fallon took over the Late Night on NBC I thought he had no chance to take over the big seat. I always enjoyed him on SNL but he never seemed like he would be the "front man." And that proves why I don't make those type of decisions, because he has been unstoppable. Last Summer I posted some of my favorites of his videos (Joking Bad, Game of Desks, and two different Lip Sync Battles). However in the last couple of weeks he's outdone himself. 

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