February 2006
Monthly Archive
Fun with Electronics…
Posted by Thomas on 21 Feb 2006 | Tagged as: Electronics
So this entry will be a few things about some electronics. Yeah. Exciting, eh?
First. Our newest Tivo.
We bougt a Humax DVD-Burner TiVo in November. Best thing since sliced bread. You could view web stuff over it, stream music and pictures to it, and of course, watch a butt-load of TV on it. And if you wanted to keep a show, you could burn it to the built in DVD burner.
Sounds good, eh?
Well, there were problems. Once TiVo came out with a software upgrade, our remote decided to go haywire. As in it would take either frantically pressing on the buttons to get it to register, or it would decide you hit the button four times when you only hit it once. Really frustrating.
And we weren’t the only people reporting the problem. Humax’s repsponse? Give people another unit. The problem is: it would sometimes take 3-4 or even 5-6 replacements until you found one that didn’t have the same problem.
When I called to see about a replacement, I was told they’re working on a software update to fix the problem, and to be patient.
That was over a month ago.
That’s why I’m also glad that we bought it from Costco. Which, in case you didn’t know, you can take anything back at any time . So I think we’re taking it back.
Shame on you, Humax. Really disappointing.
While the whole time, our 6 year old original TiVo is working just fine. Nice.
The other thing? Well, I’ve been really sick of bad cell-phone coverage here at the house.
In case you didn’t know, we live in the “right-now-boonies, but keeps growing really fast” Queen Creek. Sprint and most of the other cell phone companies don’t have the greatest service out here. And when you work from home, and mostly try and use your cell phone, it’s a really bummer.
I order a cell-phone repeater. It basically mounts in your attic or outside, then ‘repeats’ the cell phone signal in the house. They say they’re the best thing since sliced bread.
Will soon see. I’ll try and post pictures of the installation and a review, if it actually works as advertised.
Peace out.
It’s a link-a-lapalooza
Posted by Thomas on 16 Feb 2006 | Tagged as: General Ramblings
Playing with Sand is Fun…
Posted by Thomas on 16 Feb 2006 | Tagged as: General Ramblings
Check this out: A Sand Simulator. Yeah. Okay. It’s very cool, though.
Needs Java. Natch.
I think it’s now Summer in AZ…
Posted by Thomas on 16 Feb 2006 | Tagged as: General Ramblings
The high temperature in Queen Creek, AZ is supposed to be 68 degrees.
Nice, of course, but we barely had a winter! Like, where is the jacket weather?!?!
Darn Global Warming.
Anything new? Well, I cleaned my computer desk off. Does that count? No? Okay..
hmmm.
We had to buy a new microwave? Cassie melted the last one. That’s always interesting and informative, like a blog needs to be. Okay, it’s pretty boring. I’ll give you that.
I think I need a vacation.
Pictures… We have pictures…
Posted by Thomas on 06 Feb 2006 | Tagged as: General Ramblings
We’re back.. Surprise, surprise. We had fun.
The pluses?
Space Mountain - Okay, I’ll say it again. They’ve done a good job making this even better. We rode it. We rode it a lot.
The little touches - It’s hard to say what they are, but that’s one of the nice things about having an annual pass; you don’t have to rush off to the next ride. We took our time, and even enjoyed the fun activity of people-watching. It’s amazing what some people wear to a park.
The minuses?
Desert Palms Hotel & Suites - This is where we stayed. I know, I wasn’t expecting the Four Seasons.
Where to start?
Well, we had a few of a parking lot and a wall. Nice. Continental breakfast? Nasty coffee, no bagels. The bed? Nice and rocky. The shower? One of those great water-saver shower heads.
It wasn’t great, but for a few dollars more we could have stayed at the Candy Cane Inn, and it would have been much better. Oh well. Live and learn.
I did add the pictures to the gallery. You can check them out here.
A Picture Share!
Posted by Thomas on 05 Feb 2006 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
A Picture Share!
Posted by Thomas on 04 Feb 2006 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
A Picture Share!
Posted by Thomas on 03 Feb 2006 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Review of Caffeine-in-the-soap
Posted by Thomas on 03 Feb 2006 | Tagged as: General Ramblings
Here’s a link to that spiffy caffeine-in-a-soap. Interesting idea, but not sure if it really does any good. But then again, read the review to find out yourself, lazy-boy.
Disneyland this weekend. Is anyone surprised by this? Look for some great Treo 650 phone picts. As well as some digital camera love as well.