Tired. Very tired. Spent most of my weekend working on Invasion (and introduced two new POVs). Here’s a run-down of, for a lack of better words, stuff, since I’m tired, though unable to sleep during Monday’s early hours.
- I bought a piece of software called White Smoke Thursday, it’s a language “fine tuner”; it broke by Sunday.
- Went to Kroger earlier in the week. Here’s a couple of things about going to Kroger, two days before July 4. First off, those damned shopping carts shaped in the form of a race car that fits fifty damned kids. Twice, I had to circle around because mother, father and five kids were choosing between Kraft Macaroni and Velveeta. Yet, for some reason, families feel the need to make grocery shopping a damned family vacation. Second, it’s just better off avoiding the place before a holiday at the same time millions get off work and go to the Mason Kroger.
- Why are people surprised when there’s injuries during July 4? It’s like being shocked that someone got wet because they went swimming.
Time Warner redefined the idea of “upgrades” after their latest software package for their Digital Cable.
- The “guide” is generally much slower.
- When I click “Info” (channel, program, etc…), sometimes it doesn’t fully fade — sits like a Ghost image.
- The playback for DVR comes with horrible visual quality.
- Half the time I access something OnDemand, the box errors out on me (says something about being unavailable). Then the system reboots and I can access it fine. Once, it rebooted three times in a row.
- Sometimes, the box picks it’s own channel. True story, just sitting there watching HBO when I clicked “Guide”, the channel changed to #1. Note: the number one and “guide” are the length of my index finger apart.
Lincoln, Nebraska is actually holding a hearing on the matter. This Charolette blogger points out that it’s actually worse while this Kansas City blog writes:
Above all, though, there was the Navigator debacle. In January I wrote that Time Warner was rolling out a new menuing system for its cable boxes. I quoted a local spokesperson who said Navigator had been developed “so we can be more responsive to our customers.” Famous last words. Since then, customers have flooded Time Warner’s help lines, and my mailbox, with horror stories of sitting down to watch a recorded show, only to discover their DVRs had been wiped clean by the new software. Others were put off by the new menuing system, or driven mad by the three-second response times each time they pressed a button on their remotes, or felt like they were in a car with bad brakes each time they tried to fast-forward through a show … the list went on.
Late last month, Time Warner also discontinued their newsgroups — an older generation of community gathering now known as Discussion Forums and Boards.
Watched “Jumper” this weekend. I really liked the premise of the story, but it’s another book to movie adaptation where most of the important points of the story must be read to be understood. In other words, I liked it, but not enough to learn the back-stories. I have enough to do/read.
Microsoft is always looking for ways to make money. Most PC sellers do not sell a full version of Microsoft Office (just a trial copy) and that’s forcing people to savage for older versions or begging their friendly computer guy for a version. Now they are offering an online version that will, as they say, tap into that market.
This while the average national price for gasoline reached $4.10 on Saturday. The average price in Cincinnati is around $4.03.
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