Easy Bake. Flop-a-palooza. Woosh. Pop. I don't skulk.

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Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."

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meara - Nov 12, 2011 10:53:00 am PST #18432 of 25501

I did TiVo with antenna for a while, it wasn't too bad (it was years ago though). I'd vote making someone figure out how to make your antenna work, but if you think that'll be a few months, I guess cancel the TiVo. But if the TiVo is a newish one that does Netflix, forget a new AppleTV!


Stephanie - Nov 12, 2011 11:01:51 am PST #18433 of 25501
Trust my rage

Well, and I feel sort of dumb even writing this, my Tivo streams Netflix but I don't get any sound. I've tried it a few times, many months apart, but never any sound.


Jon B. - Nov 12, 2011 1:54:59 pm PST #18434 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Stephanie, see this thread: [link]

Are you using an HDMI cable?


Atropa - Nov 12, 2011 5:13:22 pm PST #18435 of 25501
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I turned on our Samsung LCD TV for the first time in a few days, and there is a thin horizontal line of static flickering up and down the screen. I don't suppose it's due to some sort of setting or cable that may have been jostled by playful kittens? Not a hardware problem?


Tom Scola - Nov 12, 2011 8:05:00 pm PST #18436 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Is it on one channel, or all channels?


Atropa - Nov 12, 2011 9:09:38 pm PST #18437 of 25501
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

It was there when I was running the PS3 (that's the blu-ray player for us), but when I was using the DVD player, it wasn't showing up. I am going to test the other video sources tomorrow, and Plei's DH is going to come by and look at it for me tomorrow.

Please, dear imps and gremlins of tech, let it be an easy fix.


Polter-Cow - Nov 13, 2011 8:56:30 am PST #18438 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

ita, I just loaded up Key Ring a few days ago! And I used it at CVS! It was magic!


Consuela - Nov 13, 2011 9:06:31 am PST #18439 of 25501
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I tried about six times to load GroceryIQ onto my Android phone, and it just wouldn't. So annoying.


§ ita § - Nov 13, 2011 9:13:09 am PST #18440 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

What kind of phone do you have, Consuela?

I loaded it onto my tablet, and now I see there's a tablet app, but the DB doesn't seem to port over, and it also doesn't seem to be storing in the cloud. So I'd need to regenerate the shopping list from scratch. Not the worst thing in the world, but I do love me some well-thought-out migration paths.

It was magic!

I cannot wait! I'm thinking of trying it at Sephora maybe today.


Consuela - Nov 13, 2011 9:39:06 am PST #18441 of 25501
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

What kind of phone do you have, Consuela?

T-Mobile MyTouch 4g (it's one of the HTC phones). It was as if the GroceryIQ website were down: I just got an endless "loading" message and nothing ever happened.