RasterWeb!

R.I.P. Duane, R.I.P… Former WISN 12 News Reporter/Anchor Duane Gay Dies.

The tech was out last week Friday, and got the cable modem installed at it’s new location (right after he installed the Moxi.) He tested the line, looked good, we talked about splitters, and avoiding them, and all was well.

I spent the next day and a half setting up 4 machines, a new Linksys WRT54G, and other various neccessary stuff, and all was well. All green lights.

So when the HandyTone 486 ATA arrived last night, I made an attempt to install it, but realized I had no connection!

I checked my logs (of course I log connection outages) and realize that I had about 10 hours of downtime yesterday, and about the same the day before! Argh! This will not do! I power cycle the modem, try multiple computers, log into the http server in the modem, reboot it, no good. I make the call…

I explain things, including when my downtime started, ended, etc, and the guy wants to know how I know when it was offline if I wasn’t home, and I explain how I log it all, to which he remained silent for a minute. I then got my connection back, just as we were scheduling a tech to come out, and then I lose it again. Frustration abounds.

Someone will be out Monday. After that, the connection is fine the rest of the night as I configure the HandyTone. In the morning the connection is fine as well. I leave the house, and a few hours later, it’s dead again. Double Plus Argh!

Either my ISP shuts off my connection everyday when I leave the house, or the cats are up to no good…

There’s a new Linux box at my house, and it’s connected to the TV set. It’s a Moxi.

It does the TiVo-like things, such as recording one program while you watch another, and “season pass” type recording, and pausing live TV, etc. It’s also got a nice looking UI that is pretty darn usable. (Oh, and from what I hear the Moxi is cool because it can do it’s jazz in high def.)

I’ve not spent a ton of time with it yet, but so far I’m liking it. The main reason I never bought a Tivo was because I didn’t want to have to buy a device and then pay each month for service. So the Moxi is owned by my cable company (just like my cable modem is) and I’m just renting it. It’s a trade off I guess, but it’s one I’m comfortable with right now.

I’m excited to see what sort of tricks the Moxi has up it’s firmware. I suppose the Moxi FAQ and Moxi Tips will be quite useful. Oh, there’s also a bit on PVRblog about Moxi, and Engadget has Moxi stories too, and I’m sure much more… Isn’t the intraweb great?

Ok, I’m only what, six months late on this? I finally saw The Incredibles and I must say it was amazing. (You thought I was going to say it was “incredible” didn’t you?)

Maybe it’s just me, but I couldn’t help but notice at least some similarities to The Watchmen.

Be clear though, that is a compliment, I greatly enjoyed The Incredibles (and I’m sure I will again and again) and I’m hoping that I greatly enjoy The Watchmen as well.

I mean, how can you not love Rorschach?

We’re here today to answer the question, “What do kids want?”

Now you know…