Experiments in Life

While most of our readers will not care, the TiVo HD is now official. From a storage standpoint, the TiVo HD will not store any more hours of HD programming than the Knology DVR that I currently have. However, I would be gaining the nice, shiny TiVo software that I fondly remember in my pre-HD days. While TiVo has had an HD capable DVR (the Series 3) for about a year now, the Series 3 rang in at around $800. The new TiVo HD will retail for a mere $299 — a much more affordable price for those of us with a new baby. Now, I just need to confirm that Knology will provide CableCARDs and I can finally ditch their DVR for TiVo goodness once again.

Well, we finally straightened out the issue we were having with the photos on the site. So, without further ado, photos from Emily’s first trip to Columbus.

For those who have been asking, yes, I know that our photos are down. I am having a problem with the plugin that I use to pull our pictures over from Flickr. I am working to get it fixed. When I fix the problem, I will get our latest pictures posted.

Well, after have a cell phone for 8 years, the unthinkable finally happened: I left my Treo in my pants pocket when I threw my pants into the rapidly filling washer last night. Luckily, I figured what what happened based on the weight of the pants as I put them in the wash, so I immediately pulled them back out and retrieved my Treo. Alas, it appeared to be too late because the Treo looked to be dead. I was thankful that I had synced the Treo before I left work. However, after pulling the battery out and carefully using Ashley’s hair dryer to dry up as much water as possible, I left the Treo out to dry overnight while I researched what new smartphone I would be purchasing to replace my expensive screwup. This morning I figured I would try to see if I could get it to boot before I moved the SIM card to Ashley’s old phone. Amazingly it still works! I have been messing around with it all morning and have not noticed any glitches. I will keep an eye on it for a while to make sure that everything seems to be OK, but it looks like I dodged the bullet this time.

As I was driving down Hughes Rd. today, I noticed that Madison is getting a Lawler’s Barbecue not five minutes away from our house. Considering I was out doing errands during my lunch hour, seeing the sign declaring that Lawler’s was coming soon drove my appetite through the roof.