Six more weeks of winter...

...at least according to Punxsutawney Phil. That lovable ground hog saw his shadow this morning. I don't mind a little more winter, at least a texas winter. I can do without snow and ice and sub zero temperatures. But i like a nice little texas winter.

Where have i been the last few weeks?!?! Good question! Not really sure. Not too much has been going on..well, at least not a lot to report. I have been doing some troubleshooting the last few nights...heck, it might be a week now. I've been troubleshooting my TiVo. TiVo just recently released their new TiVo2Go feature, which allows one to transfer shows from the TiVo to a PC. The program can then be viewed on the PC or burned to DVD for portability. The problem i was having was the shows were not transferring. The problem was with my wireless router, at least i believe. You see, i have an adapter plugged into the back of the TiVo that transmits bits of data wirelessly over a specific frequency. Certain other devices, such as microwaves, portable phones, other wireless networks can cause interference with the wireless signals come from TiVo. I think this was the cause of my problems...i just didn't know how to eliminate this interference, or make the router see a better signal from the TiVo without spending more money. Turns out, if you are at a loss when it comes to technical things, go browse user forums online. They are filled with lots of information--some good, some bad. I was able to find some useful information. The information i found was to make the TiVo use a static IP address as opposed to a dynamic one. That has done the trick so far. Now I can go back to concentrating on things such as this journal or working on Finding Reason material or doing household chores.

Isn't technology grand?!?!?