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Today I typed the following in an email message:

I have very little experience using Word or Excel.

And you know what? It’s true.

It feels good to be a gangsta…

Oh T-Mobile, can I trust you? I mean, I know you’ve had some data leak problems in the past, and I wrote you off when your coverage maps showed big holes where I live, but it looks like you either got a whole lot more towers, or you’re up to something…

On the other hand, Cingular is my other option, and from what I’ve heard they do have good coverage where I live, though I’ve also heard they’re a bit more expensive than T-Mobile…

Damn you mobile carriers!

In Wisconsin, when April rolls around and it’s still cold, you just hope it doesn’t snow…

In Wisconsin, when May rolls around and it’s still cold, you just hope it doesn’t snow…

In Wisconsin, when June rolls around… (I’ll get back to you next month…)

I’ve known for a long time you could build your own DVR, but it wasn’t something I really felt like I had the time or money to invest in. I finally got to see my friend John‘s MythTV setup and dang, is it nice! He said the total cost was about $400 for all the parts needed. He built the box himself and dropped in a 200 gb drive and plenty of RAM, though he says lots of people run it on lesser machines.

John said that it took a weekend to build it, and that he followed a 40+ page document that pretty much outlined exactly what to do. (Are there enterprising individuals selling ready-to-run boxes? You know, if you’re not an expert Linux do-it-yourselfer.) Now I’m all tempted and can see this being a future project. I do like the Moxi, but for the pure hackability aspect, I can see some amazing things that could be done with a MythTV box…

Argh! I somehow missed the fact that Family Guy was returning this week. Since I’m hundreds of miles from my TV and Moxi and I didn’t schedule it to record, I’d be out of luck, but luckily I got remote scheduling working. To get remote scheduling to work you will need someone with keys to your house, and a telephone, and the knowledge to walk them through scheduling the recording…