Mal: How drunk was I last night? Jayne: Well I dunno. I passed out.

'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Natter 64: Yes, we still need you  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Jesse - Sep 01, 2009 11:14:35 am PDT #6507 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

adorable. and she is going to kill you when she gets older.

Seriously!

Taking a couple of steps back to the DVR conversation... I'm thinking of getting one. I have no cable and would prefer not adding a monthly expense. Any recommendations?

Is there anything other than (a) from the cable company (b) Tivo (c) have Gud make you one? I don't know.


Java cat - Sep 01, 2009 11:15:58 am PDT #6508 of 30001
Not javachik

I'm interested in the Tivo discussion also. They upgraded my original 80-hr. Tivo to a 2-channel Tivo for free when something died inside the box, then I added extra memory. It was great for about 3 months. Then Comcast switched to digital AND did something else to all the regular channels above 32. Now the only thing I can do is watch TV in real time through the Tivo and I had to hire guy to get THAT hooked up), and watch the 300 hours of stuff the Tivo grabbed during the 3 months that it worked. It sucks.

Any Bay Areaistas know anyone who would know how to hook all my stuff up so it actually works? I hear The Geek Squad is a big rip off.


Steph L. - Sep 01, 2009 11:16:28 am PDT #6509 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I want to celebrate by buying a MacBook, but even I recognize the irony inherent in that choice.

Take the money you'd use to pay debt, save it until you have enough, then buy the MacBook for cash.

That's probably what I'm going to do, although I also need to build up my emergency fund enough to calm my paranoiac mind.


meara - Sep 01, 2009 11:18:39 am PDT #6510 of 30001

Not sure, Java--a friend of mine who worked for the cable company came over, tried to make it work, failed, and ended up talking to someone at the cable help until she got it working for me. But mine is an older tivo (DVD-burning, but not two-channel).


Gudanov - Sep 01, 2009 11:19:57 am PDT #6511 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

If you have an old computer you're a big ass hard drive and a tuner from a homemade DVR. Listings aren't free though, I have to pay $20/year to get them.


erikaj - Sep 01, 2009 11:21:36 am PDT #6512 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!

Yeah, KO is brilliant. But he knows it, too, damn him. He can spell "Unassuming" but it's not really in his bag of tricks. Although watching him rip Beck's spelling nearly gave me a pedant-gasm. Also, I'm not sure that GB knows what "oligarch" means, either. Not that I'm completely sure, but I didn't free-associate it on national telly like Beck.


aurelia - Sep 01, 2009 11:22:36 am PDT #6513 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

If you have an old computer you're a big ass hard drive and a tuner from a homemade DVR.

Ha! I have an old Mac clone and none of the necessary skills.


Gudanov - Sep 01, 2009 11:24:20 am PDT #6514 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

An old Mac clone probably wouldn't work. Old PCs are more the ticket.


aurelia - Sep 01, 2009 11:34:02 am PDT #6515 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Something like #9 [link] sounds good to me, but I don't know how old that post is or what other options exits.


Gudanov - Sep 01, 2009 11:35:26 am PDT #6516 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

Also, I'm not sure that GB knows what "oligarch" means, either.

There are plenty of people who would say we already have an oligarchy.