Monthly Archives: January 2012

I upgraded to TiVo Desktop Plus

This week, I upgraded to TiVo Desktop Plus. I had planned this a few months ago. One of the benefits of TiVo is the TiVo Desktop software, which allows you to transfer your recordings to another device (desktop, laptop, Mac.) … Continue reading

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Reupped our Verizon FiOS contract, and got an automatic upgrade to 25/25 Mbps

Times sure flies. It’s been over two years since Verizon flipped on our FiOS service in 2009. Apart from the initial hiccups, it’s been smooth sailing, and I don’t believe we’ve an outage since ’09. We’ve had the Triple Play … Continue reading

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TiVo Update 20.2 finally makes the Premiere worth it

Regular readers will know that I’ve had a love/hate relationship with the TiVo Premiere since we got it December 2010 (for my Christmas present, actually.) My wife and I weren’t particularly happy with the Verizon-supplied Motorola 6400-series STB/DVR we were … Continue reading

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Slate.com: No Pet For You

I can sympathize with some of the troubles that other would-be pet adopters have experienced. When we were looking to adopt our kittens last year, I went through a bit of a rigamarole with the adoption process. The animal hospital … Continue reading

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Pretty neat mash up of Lionel Richie’s “Hello”

I have to give some people credit for the creativity they display and the willingness to put out the amount of effort to make this stuff up. Hello from ant1mat3rie on Vimeo.

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Bridesmaids (2011)

Sunday night was date night here at the Ipe household. The kids were staying over at the in-laws, and we had the evening to ourselves. After mucb contemplating about extravagant evening entertainment, we went the simple route — have dinner … Continue reading

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My list of stuff I need to get or do in 2012

I’m putting a stake in the ground, and listing the stuff I need, and things I need to do in 2012. This is my official running list. Better get my list done now, so I know what to work towards. … Continue reading

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SharePod 3.9.8 saved me. God bless the Internet.

I believe Apple iTunes does strange things, and I almost lost my music for a third time. I remember years ago when my Dell Dimension was new, I had some strange issue with Apple iTunes where 130+ songs disappeared. Very … Continue reading

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I have a whisper quiet PC

The new Noctua indeed arrived as expected. I opened the packaging, read the minimal instructions (just a simple picture on the box), and opened up my PC case. To recap, there are four fans: the CPU fan the power supply … Continue reading

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The roar of the new PC

Let me take a few minutes to talk about the new PC. As you may have read, I recently got a new PC on the last day of 2011. It took a while, but it’s finally here. I brought it … Continue reading

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