Tweets in the last 24 hours

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• 07:22 THE cutest pix du jour - napping koala in my friend Ian's yard. bit.ly/IM5s
• 07:30 i have ducked this update that win7 wants on this computer long enough. time to update and reboot...
• 08:22 if i had a product or service to sell, no email i ever sent would be without a link to my website - so many feel otherwise. it's amazing
• 11:11 The View without FastForward would not be bearable. It's actually not even very bearable with FF why do I still record it??
• 11:25 hey, newegg? plz ixnay on the pkg peanuts - they are very last decade and annoying. thx.
• 15:43 my TiVo is nearly cleaned out and ready for its replacement which should be here before lunch tomorrow
• 19:48 cupcake time!

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Tweets in the last 24 hours

From my Twitter.

• 07:22 THE cutest pix du jour - napping koala in my friend Ian's yard. bit.ly/IM5s
• 07:30 i have ducked this update that win7 wants on this computer long enough. time to update and reboot...
• 08:22 if i had a product or service to sell, no email i ever sent would be without a link to my website - so many feel otherwise. it's amazing
• 11:11 The View without FastForward would not be bearable. It's actually not even very bearable with FF why do I still record it??
• 11:25 hey, newegg? plz ixnay on the pkg peanuts - they are very last decade and annoying. thx.
• 15:43 my TiVo is nearly cleaned out and ready for its replacement which should be here before lunch tomorrow
• 19:48 cupcake time!

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Gym Report - cardio

30 minutes 2.8, rolling elevation. It was good. My new plan is to do this until it's boring and then move up in speed or on to the other elevation program.

My knee is way better as is my ribcage so I think I dodged one or two there.

Tomorrow is Nadia. Today is a shower.

Gym Report - cardio

30 minutes 2.8, rolling elevation. It was good. My new plan is to do this until it's boring and then move up in speed or on to the other elevation program.

My knee is way better as is my ribcage so I think I dodged one or two there.

Tomorrow is Nadia. Today is a shower.

Today's basket

The making order of these animals is head, then body, then legs, then arms, then ears, then face decoration.

Only last night I got involved in some TV show and started the arm before the legs! Talk about living on the freakin' edge! I mean that's kinky!

I'm one and a half legs away from total correction. Whew.

Today's basket

The making order of these animals is head, then body, then legs, then arms, then ears, then face decoration.

Only last night I got involved in some TV show and started the arm before the legs! Talk about living on the freakin' edge! I mean that's kinky!

I'm one and a half legs away from total correction. Whew.

My adventures of today - so far

Well, Comcast has now joined my growing legend of companies who read this journal and fix me. Now, I know Comcast has done this for others, routinely and spectacularly. I've read and heard about their Twitter support and other happy stories. But, now I've got it first hand.

I was contacted via Live Journal by a Live Journal account - contacted discretely and tactfully via private message. The message was that he had read of my woes and offered any help I needed.

So, when I got differing stories about billing issues, and got even more confused by their website, I wrote him back. He called this morning and is off to check with the Seattle office to see what the story is. Cable stuff is just confusing. I have digital set top boxes that Comcast sent me but I never hooked them up. I don't plan to until they make me. So my account - on paper - looks like I don't need a TiVo card.

This guy - Mark - patiently listened to my confusion and even went with me online to see how and where I was getting confused on their website. He totally 'got it' very quickly and is off now to find an answer. The question is why $12 more a month? If the answer is card rental, I'm totally fine with that. We shall see.

Meanwhile, the new TiVo should be here in a couple of hours. Getting behind the TV with all the wires and cables is always so dicey. Then, setting the new TiVo to understand my remote control is tricky. Then once it's plugged in, it takes a while to get info from HQ and download it and organize it. So I'm anxious to get it in and started. It's a project but one I've done enough times now to know it ain't easy but so worth it. No HD until Tuesday but the software with this TiVo is different/better than with my others so I can at least enjoy extra features til then.

And I can unhook my Roku box. It's going to live at my brother's house.

I never made it to the library yesterday so I'll probably go this afternoon and stop at the Post Office, too.

Ooops. Just got a little work bug. Need to squash that sucker.

My adventures of today - so far

Well, Comcast has now joined my growing legend of companies who read this journal and fix me. Now, I know Comcast has done this for others, routinely and spectacularly. I've read and heard about their Twitter support and other happy stories. But, now I've got it first hand.

I was contacted via Live Journal by a Live Journal account - contacted discretely and tactfully via private message. The message was that he had read of my woes and offered any help I needed.

So, when I got differing stories about billing issues, and got even more confused by their website, I wrote him back. He called this morning and is off to check with the Seattle office to see what the story is. Cable stuff is just confusing. I have digital set top boxes that Comcast sent me but I never hooked them up. I don't plan to until they make me. So my account - on paper - looks like I don't need a TiVo card.

This guy - Mark - patiently listened to my confusion and even went with me online to see how and where I was getting confused on their website. He totally 'got it' very quickly and is off now to find an answer. The question is why $12 more a month? If the answer is card rental, I'm totally fine with that. We shall see.

Meanwhile, the new TiVo should be here in a couple of hours. Getting behind the TV with all the wires and cables is always so dicey. Then, setting the new TiVo to understand my remote control is tricky. Then once it's plugged in, it takes a while to get info from HQ and download it and organize it. So I'm anxious to get it in and started. It's a project but one I've done enough times now to know it ain't easy but so worth it. No HD until Tuesday but the software with this TiVo is different/better than with my others so I can at least enjoy extra features til then.

And I can unhook my Roku box. It's going to live at my brother's house.

I never made it to the library yesterday so I'll probably go this afternoon and stop at the Post Office, too.

Ooops. Just got a little work bug. Need to squash that sucker.

It's never easy...

I had a Roku attached via HDMI.
I had a TiVo attached using wireless adapter.

Should be an easy swap. Unplug the TiVo and Roku. Plug the wireless adapter into the the new box. Plug the HDMI cable into the new box. Hook up cable cable. Move power plug from old TiVo to new and I'm good, right?

Nope.

The stupid new TiVo won't play nice with my wireless adapter. It wants it's own. Buggers. Order the new one.

Happily, when I wanted to cable up my wireless laptop several months ago, I could only get a 50 ft ethernet cable. They sold it to me for the same price as the 25. I stuck the excess behind the desk.

Today I pulled it out from behind the desk and across the room to the new box. So there! Looks like crap but works fine, thanks. The laptop can wireless for a bit.

Then I get a call from Elyse from Comcast Executive Cares. Turns out that the $12 extra is for upgraded service that is not required but, heck, it will give me BBC America and Logo... so I said ok. She tried to apply credit so I get the installation for free but her system would let her so she gave me the entry rate for 6 months which will save me a total of $120. I can handle that!

Now I can't get the Netflix/You Tube access to work. This is exhausting.

I think it's time to break for lunch.

It's never easy...

I had a Roku attached via HDMI.
I had a TiVo attached using wireless adapter.

Should be an easy swap. Unplug the TiVo and Roku. Plug the wireless adapter into the the new box. Plug the HDMI cable into the new box. Hook up cable cable. Move power plug from old TiVo to new and I'm good, right?

Nope.

The stupid new TiVo won't play nice with my wireless adapter. It wants it's own. Buggers. Order the new one.

Happily, when I wanted to cable up my wireless laptop several months ago, I could only get a 50 ft ethernet cable. They sold it to me for the same price as the 25. I stuck the excess behind the desk.

Today I pulled it out from behind the desk and across the room to the new box. So there! Looks like crap but works fine, thanks. The laptop can wireless for a bit.

Then I get a call from Elyse from Comcast Executive Cares. Turns out that the $12 extra is for upgraded service that is not required but, heck, it will give me BBC America and Logo... so I said ok. She tried to apply credit so I get the installation for free but her system would let her so she gave me the entry rate for 6 months which will save me a total of $120. I can handle that!

Now I can't get the Netflix/You Tube access to work. This is exhausting.

I think it's time to break for lunch.

And the rest of my day

I did finally get to the library and the grocery store and the post office. Whew.

It was strange to buy food since I've been madly eating my way to an empty freezer but my intent is to keep close track of what I spend food money on. (Today was eggs, tomatoes, cottage cheese and salami.) It would be ideal to have the money that I pay my Incredible Chef be not so much more than what I would spend on food if I didn't have her.

After much much much fiddling, I think I'm close to getting the new TiVo as squared away as possible without the cable card. I'd really like to get the Netflix thing operational. I finally dug around and found the info that you need an upgrade to the software and the way to get that was to for TiVo to 'call home' maybe as many as 4 times. Took me 3. I think. It's rebooting now.

Running 3 TiVo's with one remote control is also tricky but I got that all squared away and I do believe I'm on the home stretch.

Happily work has, today, consisted of a handful of small bugs that I could do in between futzing.

I am so lucky that I don't have to wait until I get home from work for this stuff!

Time to tidy up some stuff and then I think I'm going to put my feet up and make some elephant legs.

And the rest of my day

I did finally get to the library and the grocery store and the post office. Whew.

It was strange to buy food since I've been madly eating my way to an empty freezer but my intent is to keep close track of what I spend food money on. (Today was eggs, tomatoes, cottage cheese and salami.) It would be ideal to have the money that I pay my Incredible Chef be not so much more than what I would spend on food if I didn't have her.

After much much much fiddling, I think I'm close to getting the new TiVo as squared away as possible without the cable card. I'd really like to get the Netflix thing operational. I finally dug around and found the info that you need an upgrade to the software and the way to get that was to for TiVo to 'call home' maybe as many as 4 times. Took me 3. I think. It's rebooting now.

Running 3 TiVo's with one remote control is also tricky but I got that all squared away and I do believe I'm on the home stretch.

Happily work has, today, consisted of a handful of small bugs that I could do in between futzing.

I am so lucky that I don't have to wait until I get home from work for this stuff!

Time to tidy up some stuff and then I think I'm going to put my feet up and make some elephant legs.

Plus... yeah for old

While I was in the grocery (my little Red Apple market), I heard on the intercom not to forget Senior Days on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. When I got to the checkout I saw a little notice that said 'senior discount on Senior Days for purchases over $5.00.'

So I asked the cashier what made a senior... Ages 59 and up. Hello! That's me. Cool. I gotta remember that.

Plus... yeah for old

While I was in the grocery (my little Red Apple market), I heard on the intercom not to forget Senior Days on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. When I got to the checkout I saw a little notice that said 'senior discount on Senior Days for purchases over $5.00.'

So I asked the cashier what made a senior... Ages 59 and up. Hello! That's me. Cool. I gotta remember that.