Kat! I'm here now. Are you?

I feel better every time I hear other people have fucked up memories. I can't even know what my memory would be like without the clumsy concussions of my university life, but it's good to have company.

eta:

it will record the whole thing from the point at which you start recording

Not from 30 mins back if you haven't changed the channel?

Not from 30 mins back if you haven't changed the channel?

No, not that way, not as a unit of television. But I have a Series 1: maybe the later versions handle it differently.

My TiVo (s2) asks me if I want to record in Best quality--if so, it goes as much as 30 minutes back, depending on when you changed the channel. If not, it starts from when you hit record.

That would be different, yes.

Damnit. I got ambitious with my workout since my back didn't hurt anymore after swimming, so I decided to lie down on the floor and do leg lifts and situps. Then I couldn't get off the floor without serious maneuvering since I had managed to fuck up my lower back again. An hour of the heating pad let me get off the couch and here to the computer desk, but I fear the trek to the bathroom and bedroom to sleep. The heating pad is coming with me to bed.

Today's Mindfuck: The scientific basis for retrocausality.

I skipped the last 600 or so posts (my wireless card and laptop are having a spat) so I apologize if the following is repeated information.

tommyrot, I saw the FBI STOP RAPING MY WIFE dude on Daley Plaza this afternoon and did a little googling. Scroll down for a conversation with Farhad. The Chicagoist link in that story doesn't really clarify anything but it is a rather bizarre read. It's interesting that some people believe that it's performance art, a psychological experiment or potentially, viral marketing. Photos from Chicago, NY, and DC.

That guy's been there for years - I don't think I buy the marketing or performace art idea.

I don't think the Tivo will allow you to actually record without the subscription, though I think you can still pause. I know when my expiration date on my credit card changed once and I accidentally let the subscription lapse there was only very limited functionality.

I can't imagine why you would give away a lifetime subcription box though.

Yeah, TiVo tightened up the requirements for a subscription quite a ways back -- it used to give you all sorts of annoying warnings but went ahead and let you manually schedule recording by time and date, but it was as unlabeled as any VCR tape, just time and date.

On the other hand, the TiVo subscription includes more information in a handy form than a TV Guide subscription would supply. I'd say buy a month or two of the TiVo sub (I think it's available a la carte, because they know some potential subscribers don't want to commit at first) and give it a whirl, because the convenience will turn out to be worth it.

And macbelle will be so happy to have his kids programs available when he feels like watching them!