Category Archives: Rant

Bit Torrent and Road Runner

Posted on September 2, 2006 by jasonjcrowther

Recently, I noticed that my Time Warner Road Runner connection hangs whenever I use Bit Torrent. Its perfectly fine for a hours, then everything hangs. Lights on the modem and router blink away but no progress on downloads and everything … Continue reading →

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Freaking Scumbags!

Posted on June 20, 2006 by jasonjcrowther

Had pair of emails from Dreamhost telling me that they turned off my email sending capability because I exceeded their throttle of 200 emails in an hour. Hmm, that’s strange. I don’t send any email via my hosting account. Some … Continue reading →

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Tom Petty: The Highway Companions Club

Posted on April 25, 2006 by jasonjcrowther

Tom Petty is doing a fan club type thing called The Highway Companions Club. Sounds very similar to Dave Matthews Band’s Warehouse. Supposedly gets you better seats, but no guarantees; probably extra true since they’re teamed up directly with TicketBastard … Continue reading →

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I just wanna watch TV… Part II

Posted on February 19, 2005 by jasonjcrowther

So in the last installment, I was left with a HD cable converter, and a charge to keep calling Time Warner Cable to inquire if they had any HD DVR boxes available. So, Thursday I give them a call. I … Continue reading →

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I just wanna watch TV…

Posted on February 16, 2005 by jasonjcrowther

Last week, Sandy and I were watching a DVR’d show. Suddenly, the playback started to skip (kinda like a scratched DVD), and then we hear the awful sounds of hard drive preparing to eat itself. But then, it went away … Continue reading →

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