Sorry, A Lineup Change Was Detected

Today we turned on the TV to find that TiVo detected a channel lineup change. Anyone with a TiVo knows this is nothing out of the ordinary. The message said that it had moved several of our HD channels that were in the 800 channel range were moved to new channels in the 700 range. Unfortunately, someone forgot to tell that to Charter, because the channels that the stations got moved to are empty, whereas the original channels still come in fine. Problem is, TiVo does not have any guide data for the old channel numbers, and wants to record everything on the channels that don't work. I notified TiVo using their online form, but now I have to manually record each show by setting the time and channel until TiVo fixes the guide data.

Unveiled the new Absolute Anime redesign today. I hope people like it.

Scissors

Finished reading Dexter in the Dark a few days ago. Prior to Dexter, I read a book by my wife's friend, Ray Garton, called Shackled, so now, since we don't have the next Dexter book yet, I've decided to try another by Ray, this one called Scissors.

No Unseasoned Meat Tenderizer

Once again FoodMaxx didn't have the unseasoned meat tenderizer that my wife likes to use. I think they might have stopped carrying it, because there wasn't even a spot on the shelf for it anymore.

Today I used a Ubuntu Linux CD to boot a friend's computer so I could reset the Windows XP password that she didn't know. I was trying to just use a simple little program that fits on a floppy, but couldn't find my external floppy disk drive (my PC doesn't have a floppy drive).

No Internet, No Phones

Our internet and phone services were down for most of the day. Thank you very much Charter! We eventually called Charter using my wife's cell, and learned there was a known outage, so at least that meant I could stop messing with our equipment. The guy on the phone said it would be back up in under two hours, but it actually came back more than seven hours later.

Real Dishes!

Our Corelle Livingware arrived today! Most of our supposedly microwavable and dishwasher-safe plastic plates were in pretty bad shape, so we decided to move on to some really dinnerware. The Corelle is nice because it's thin, stackable, and lightweight. Definitely WAY better than plastic.

Home Alone

My wife went to visit her mom today, so I had the house to myself. But instead of throwing a wild bash, I just spent the time working on the Absolute Anime redesign, among other things.

Thanksgiving in August

Hung out at my wife's friend's place today, and had a nice Thanksgiving dinner, minus the actual holiday. My wife even baked a gooey butter cake that we brought over for dessert. And while we were over there, I helped to remove a pen cap that was stuck deep insider their printer.

Round Table Pizza & Salad

I had no idea Round Table Pizza had a salad bar! That's not really the kind of thing you can notice when getting delivery. And it was a delicious salad, too, went well with the pepperoni pizza.