If you’re trying to figure out why we’re in the financial mess we are in, I highly recommend reading the report linked below. From what I can gather, its a systemic failure, and one cause came from relaxing lending standards. While it helped many people who couldn’t afford a home afford one, a lot of […]
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TiVo and EchoStar, of Dish Network fame, have been embroiled in patent litigation for a number of years, regarding a number of patents that TiVo uses to implement some of its DVR features (AFAIK, these are not trivial patents but IANAL so don’t quote me on that). TiVo got some good news today, as the
I sure am glad I went with the TivoHD instead of going with Verizon’s DVR. What TiVo Could Teach My Verizon FiOS TV DVR « NewTeeVee I recently swapped my old Series 2 TiVo for an HD-capable DVR from Verizon FiOS. While I love the fact that I can record high-def programming, I miss my
Surfing on the sly with IE8’s new “InPrivate” Internet These new features are part of Microsoft’s continuing Trustworthy Computing initiative to ensure that software and websites respect the user’s privacy. I might be a bit paranoid, but shouldn’t that read: These new features are part of Microsoft’s continuing Trustworthy Computing initiative to ensure that software
Yesterday, Bolivians voted wether to keep Evo and the provincial governors in power. I haven’t read up on all the issues surrounding Bolivia at the moment, but the following articles provide some insight. The election confirms his mandate and shows that, at the least, his party gets (forces?) his supporters to show up at polling
I find the time to write about the econmics behind my thrilling ISP/TV swtich and Patty writes a touching post about what it was like to meet Nicholas. Can you guess which one of us was described as emotional as a robot in college? Shouldn’t be too hard a task. Patty, your post deserves a
My city peeps might soon have the option of getting Internet + TV through Verizon’s fiber optic service. I recently wrote about my switch to FiOS. Here’s a mini followup. Things I like – the cost I Received our first full month’s bill for Fios service, total was $115 dollars for phone, internet, and TV
I was a big fan of Satellite TV going back to grad school. Back then, you could get a decent channel package for around $30/month, easily beating the price of cable. Even factoring in buying the Dish and Receiver, the savings at the time paid for themselves in under two years (at least in Blacksburg
Dear Mail Server Admins, I hardly ever check the spam folder you gave me, what makes you think I’m going to read a daily quarantine message for false positives? E-mail is broken, but I don’t know of any way to really fix it. Thank You.
I’ve got another 5 day weekend coming up ahead. Since Patty is visiting, I’ve taken the next 3 days off so that Staci, Patty, Nicholas, Ian, and I have time to hang out. It’s been a blast to have her here again, and it’s made me more aware of how weird it is to NOT