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Posts from ‘September, 2004’

TiVo

I went to my Dad's house last night and setup the TiVo. What pissed me off was that, once the setup was finished I was able to read the "messages" left by the TiVo to me. Sure enough, on 8/30/2004 it detected a wireless USB apapter and was happy to let me set it up. [...]

Moving Day: 2004-09-12

Sunday, September 12th is our big moving day. That's two Sunday's from now. I've rented a 17′ truck for the day, which should be enough to get it all in one load. I pick up the truck at 8:00am, and we hope to get started by 9:00am. I figure if we get started at 9:00am, [...]

TiVo sucks

So… my TiVo is a TiVo branded, Stand Alone (SA), Series 2 DVR with a service code that starts with 240. That last bit…. about the service code… yeah… REAL important.
TiVos with a service code that starts with 240 shipped with version 3 of the TiVo software. Now, here's the fun part. Guess which version [...]

catching up: house good, homeowner's association bad

house good, homeowner's association bad
Yeah… this should all be in separate posts in separate places, but I don't have the time to do that so, it's all going in one big post. If you read something that bores you, just skip to the next paragraph. Thanks.
h3. running cable sucks.
My dad came out last Saturday to [...]