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Month: August 2006

Oh The Huge-Puppetry

Published by NiteMayr on August 2, 2006

Checking in with a burning missive about late night calls and comcast service.

Our DVR from comcast has been on a slow decline for ages, with the “second” tuner being non-operable for months now.  Last night the main tuner stoppped behaving and prompted me to call in Comcast.  The Comcast tech was polite and prompt but could not fathom what I was saying “I’ve never heard of this” was about the best she could say.

Anyway, after unplugging and re-plugging the box and cables she decided that a tech visit was in order.  Let’s hope they bring a new DVR and a signal booster with them.

New Laptop Blues

Published by NiteMayr on August 1, 2006

I went out and traded my older MP3 player for a panasonic toughtbook, thinking that it’s lack of a CDROM wouldn’t be an issue since I have a nice external DVD burner (USB)

Oh well, no love there.  Ben says he might be able to help with a drive adaptor so that I can set up a base operating system… I hope it works out!

Worried and Concerned

Published by NiteMayr on August 1, 2006

My Sister-in-Law told us earlier that she would have a lodger for the summer, a “troubled kid” which we cautioned her against.  It’s been a couple weeks since we heard from her so I tried giving her a call, late so we’d be sure she was home.  No Luck.

bears and cannibals make great tv!

Published by NiteMayr on August 1, 2006

Excellent, it’s Tuesday.  That means I get my House Fix! Apparently they are bringing Bones back too, I’m not the bigget fan of Bones, but that whole eppy about the Bears and Cannibals was great!.

It’s too bad that House is on Fox, more money for Murdoch, but i guess Fox is the only network besides USA that would have had it.

Can you hear me Now?

Published by NiteMayr on August 1, 2006

What’s your cell phone’s ringtone? What made you pick it?

Right now it is a generic “real” ring, but I tend to use custom ring tones that I make on my PC.

For my Family I use “The Welly Boot Song – Billy Connolly”
For Friends I use “Alive and Amplified”
For work I use an old-style Phone ringer

I like to know who is calling before I pick up, as I use my cell for work and personal use.

I Slept Terribly Last Night

Published by NiteMayr on August 1, 2006

My wife and I haven’t had a good night’s sleep in what seems like ages, but it lets her see a great number of movies!

Last night, for example I fell asleep while we were watching Final Destination 3 (which should be subtitled, “this time we gross you the hell out”) she went on to watch a couple more movies (possibly District 13, I don’t know when I woke up again at 2 AM she was wathcing VH1)

She has been getting up in the night and doing aerobics and weights, I can’t say I disapprove as she would be up anyway, and she really wants to get into shape.
I’m going to remind myself of a funny story from work today, by making the cryptic reference to Dilbert and finger flicking being as productive as anything else at some points.