I got accepted for the Tivo Home Media beta program! I’m way excited – I love my Tivo already, and the Home Media package is going to add a lot of features that fit my lifestyle perfectly. Being a beta tester means you get to play with it before anybody else, but you’re responsible for reporting all of the bugs you find so that the general public has a bug-free experience when the real thing comes out. Of course, it also means you have to put up with some bugs, but I like that kind of thing.
I can’t say what the new features are, but you can read some basic info from Tivo some info on Tivo’s site. I bet this’ll make their sales jump because those of us with a single Tivo will be that much more encouraged to buy a second one – let alone shell out the $99 fee for the Home Media option. That part’s a no-brainer – even though Erika’s already frowning on spending the extra money. Doh!
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Went surfing for new blog software again last night and came up empty. The best thing I found was EraBlog, a very slick .NET-driven system with great SOAP and XML support, but you can’t pull your blog data out of it. That means if they experience a server crash, run out of money, or just plain decide to stop their service, I’d be up a creek without any of my blog history. After all the dot-bombs over the last couple of years, I wouldn’t feel comfortable with that kind of arrangement. The product looks nifty, though.
Whoa. The new Altecs are great. Just set up a pair of new Altec Lansing ATP 3′s, and what a great investment of $70. I gotta get Steve a pair for his birthday next month. They do a good job of delivering bright, airy highs. I put on Chris Isaak’s Notice The Ring, and the guitar, drums, and his voice jump right out at you. Woohoo! Hope the guy downstairs isn’t home today, because I’m gonna be jammin’ this afternoon.
Looks like the boys are girls. Erika and I always wondered if our turtles were male or female, and thanks to one of my readers, now I know for sure. They’re chicks! You can get a good idea of the differences at Therese’s site. The picture at right shows her turtles, Blue and Turquoise. The female, Blue, is the at the top right with the short claws. Frank & Fred don’t have long nails or tails like Turquoise, at the bottom of the picture. Now we have to rename the boys…uh, I mean girls.
Yawwwwwwn. Got up at 11pm last night after a seven-hour nap, and my body clock’s all screwy. We watched Survivor and CSI in the middle of the night, which was kind of odd. As a Survivor fan, I loved last night’s episode where the teams changed from one-gender, men vs women, to mixed ones. It’s still anybody’s game.