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I just wanna watch TV… Part II
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 give them all the background and they put me on hold trying to figure out…
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Quote of the Day
Was listening to All Things Considered on the way home and they had an article about the Westminister Kennel Club Dog show (includes audio), and one of the judges had this to say about the Best in Show winner: She just did everything right, it was not an easy decision, but there’s just something about…
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I just wanna watch TV…
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 and all was right in the world again. Then Saturday morning, I fire up the…
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New Dave Matthews Band Ice Cream Flavor
Nancies.org reports that Ben and Jerry’s is rolling out another Dave Matthews Band themed flavor, Dave Matthes Band Magic Brownies. Hmm, the name is a little suspect considering usually tries to down play their stoner image. Not sure where that leaves their original DMB inspired flavor, One Sweet Whirled. Its not listed on the Ben…
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Now That’s Some Bad Publicity
Was listening to NPR (on our local station WAER) on the way into work this morning and caught a story about tax preparation programs. One of the hosts who had never used tax prep software before was going through building a return in Turbo Tax. When it got to the part about dependents, he said…
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Next in World Domination for Google
Maps. Props to Sean for passing on the info that Google’s Maps application is now in beta. I goofed around with it a little bit, and it seems to work pretty well. The most impressive stuff to me was very fast updates on zoom and the ability to pan directly using the mouse. Here’s a…