Oddball Update

After a trying start to the week, things have begun to look up for me.

Hard to believe it’s only Tuesday, after how taxing this week has already been. It seems like everything I’ve done so far this week has been met with an inordinate amount of complication and frustration.

I was going to title this post “I’m Doing Science and I’m Still Alive,” after a line from the end credits song for Portal.

After all the hell I went through to get it working, I have to say that Apple and I are really loving the TiVo HD. The other day we went through the list of upcoming HD movies and selected several to record.

Today was Comcast’s third (and last) chance at sending a technician out to put working CableCARDs in my TiVo HD — last chance, that is, before I escalated it up to a supervisor.

Comcast missed my third CableCARD service call today. This is the second appointment in a row where the tech just plain hasn’t shown up, despite assurances to the contrary. Last time I had the 5pm-9pm window. Today I had the 1pm-5pm window.

The cable guy never showed up for my CableCARD reinstallation appointment yesterday, so I had to call up and reschedule for later. The soonest I could get was Saturday.

First off, welcome to 2008.

When Apple and I spent October with my family in Michigan, I was introduced to my dad’s new high-def A/V setup, the centerpiece of which is a Sony Bravia II 46″ LCD television.