Lawrence "The Dreamer" Chen's Blog

It seemed strange, and it turned out to be kind of difficult to do.A while back I had swapped the cable company's HD DVR for another TiVo, and soon after I noticed something missing. I could no longer tell the time while watching TV. I wasn't too w… more »

Was going through my photo collection and saw that it had been over two years since I last snapped a shot of "My Mess". So, here's what it looks like today: As you an see there are still empty spots in my setup, some more obvious than others. The… more »

Well, now that things seem to be working, I was making use of the TiVo HD last night....to the point where I didn't check any of my other recorders for content last night.... There's quite a bit of channels that I got on the Cox HD DVR, that I don't s… more »

I've had it with lack of line up updates from DNNA, and the need to call a non-tollfree number and wait on indefinite hold to fix something they should be keeping up on. So, I looked at remapping some data to get the one channel that I'm missing out o… more »

Looks like I experienced a nearly 24 hour outage of my Cox HSI service.... :## Wonder if my TV recordings for the period were affected....guess I'll find out when I get home from my business trip on Saturday..... :**: more »

Well, I didn't want to wake up this morning...I was sore, my throat hurt, there was a productive cough, and it is kind of gloomy out. But, I wanted to check clocks at home and at work to see what changed and didn't change. The first computer that sho… more »

Look at all the empty spots....what will I fill them with.... more »

During the holidays, I got to thinking again that I would really like someway to receive FOX HDTV (as well as any other OTA HDTV that I could get to help relieve the load on the Cox HD DVR).... Before moving here to Manhattan, KS...some one had mentio… more »

Though it doesn't show up on Zap2it yet, and my HD-DVR says "Temporarily not available" for it (but it is saying that for all the 'basic' HD channels)....OTOH, when I tune to it on the HD Converter...it is bring up HBO-HD instead. The HD-DVR, on the o… more »

Well, I managed to get a person on the phone at FedEx and eventually convinced the person to move me up the chain to get the delivery matter properly resolved. Interesting that delivery status/exception gives "Topeka, KS" as location, but after gettin… more »

I had started the quest to research what cordless phone I would get to replace my current 5.8Ghz one, since it doesn't get along with the Amphony 1520. I had kind of narrowed it down to a 2.4Ghz phone that I had come across on eBay, a Uniden DCT646-3.… more »

When I got out of the shower this morning....I guess I was in there a lot longer than I thought. I found it was after 8am. Remembering that when I had email customer support regarding an order for blank checks I made last month, that I hadn't receive… more »