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Archive for November, 2007

Ugh! It never works on the first try.

Friday, November 30th, 2007 at 9:26 am by Bill

So our new TiVo HD arrived earlier this week and everything was hooked up. It was even able to pick up the local channels when I plugged in the cable. Now I just had to wait for the FIOS dude to come with the two CableCARDs and activate them.
That happened on Wednesday. The dude showed [...]

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Puppy Love

Monday, November 26th, 2007 at 6:39 pm by Diane

Last night, about an hour before bedtime, Rylee just couldn’t keep her eyes open. We decided to put her down for a quick nap. Jaxon thought it was a good idea and decided to join her.

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No beer and no TiVo make Bill go something-something

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007 at 8:42 am by Bill

Go crazy? Don’t mind if I do!
The Verizon DVR sucks. The “Series Recording” feature is like 24’s season 2. Trying to copy previous success (as in TiVo’s much smarter Season Pass feature) and failing miserably.
The main difference is that when you set up a Season Pass to record only new episodes, that’s exactly what the [...]

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Pass The Peace Pipe

Monday, November 19th, 2007 at 8:24 pm by Diane

Rylee has another cold and this time it’s a doozy. She actually has bronchiolitis which is causing her severe congestion and as a result coughing. It is especially bad when she lays down to sleep. This made for a very long night for both her and I last night.
Bill stayed at home [...]

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Comcast banished

Saturday, November 17th, 2007 at 8:13 am by Bill

So our household is officially Comcast-free!
We’ve taken the leap and switched to Verizon FIOS for both our TV and Internet. Up until now, I had been waiting for FIOS TV to become available in Limerick township, and it was as of the beginning of this month.
The technician was here about five hours on Friday installing [...]

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