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The Tivo Lives!!!
I took it apart, and there was some dust inside. Enough to parch a camel. I vacuumed it out, blew all the fans off, and connected it back up, and it works again!
I still think that one of the drives is on its way out, but at least this will buy me some more time before I have to deal with it.
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Where Were You For The Harmonic Convergence?
I received my Harmony 880 on Wednesday. I got home late, plus I had to charge the battery, so I didn't get to play with it that night. On Thursday, I started to set it up. It's a complex procedure, and I only had a couple of hours to work at it. Mistakes were made, and I couldn't figure out how to get the Tivo connected. I gave up and went to bed ( Read more... ) -
One Remote To Rule Them All...
I got a gift card for XMas, and I had an Amazon rewards certificate, so I pulled the trigger on a nifty gadget that I've been eyeing for some time: The Logitech Harmony 880 Universal Remote ControlI'm eagerly anticipating reducing the clutter of five remote controls down to one. The 880 will allow me to program macros to switch between DVD, ( Read more... ) -
Trip To Cambridge - Travel 1
It's 8:30 PM Cambridge time. We left Miami at 2:45 PM Saturday, and arrived at the hotel at around 9:30 AM Sunday (UK time). Not much sleep was had by any of us, although when I got my room, I took about a 1 1/2 hour nap. Then we went walking around Cambridge. It's beautiful here. The weather is refreshingly cool, although a bit drizzly. We're ( Read more... ) -
Freudian Slip?
So... was this a typo, or did someone at the Sun-Sentinel have an opinion and an opportunity?
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A New Era Begins
Congrats to Barack Obama, and to us all! -
Better Sooner Than Later...
So... I was gonna tough it out 'til after the trip to England and T&M's wedding to get started on my back treatment, thinking that I might have to go through some kind of detox that might interfere with those events. But this morning, as I was putting my backpack in the car, my back tweaked again, and I'm on the precipice of a back spasm session. I ( Read more... )
