Sunday, February 25, 2007

Arkin It Is

I was really hoping to see Eddie Murphy win Best Supporting Actor for his role in "Dream Girls" but Alan Arkin came up the winner. Not that I've seen "Dream Girls", it's just cool to see someone excel outside of there normal element.

posted by Scott | 8:33 PM | 2 comments

Friday, February 23, 2007

Beware, Tech Talk

Starting a few months back, I had been having some trouble with my cable modem. It would lose connectivity every 5 or 10 minutes, then it would come back online for 5 or 10 more, and so on. I called the cable company and they sent a guy out to fix me up. I thought he'd fixed my problem, but the next day it was back. I was looking online at my cable companys tech support site and saw a place to send in an email for help, so I did that. I even specified something like "please dont send me back generic tech support tips like unplugging the cable modem and plugging it back in because I've done all that, multiple times". And of course when I got there response back it was a big list of things like "try unplugging your cable modem and plugging it back in". Anyway I responded to that email, overflowing with sarcasm and frustration, and got a response back. "We've upgraded our equipment in your area. If you have an older cable modem it might not meet our standards anymore, and most have trouble staying connected". Ok now we're getting somewhere. Then a few days later, I found my cable companies tech support site also had one of those "chat with tech support live". So I did. And they gave me about the same response, try a new cable modem. So I bought a Motorola SB5120 Surfboard Cable Modem. I was excited to hook it up and be done with my connection problems. So I hooked it up, it came online...for about 5 minutes. Then it disconnected, and I was back to my offline/online scenario. And it did it for about 3 days. I was getting really frustrated and thinking of different scenarios to try, like moving my cable modem directly to where the cable comes into the house to bypass any of the splitting going on. But then it started working...and has worked ever since. Go figure.

posted by Scott | 4:00 AM | 1 comments

Sunday, February 11, 2007

Getting Around

We went to see the Arcadia Round Barn yesterday. I guess there are quite a few round barns in the United States, but this was a first for me. I expected it to be out in a pasture, with a little farm house nearby. It's actually right next to Route 66, and there are a bunch of crappy old houses surrounding it. It was a little disappointing. But, if you live close, and you have absolutely nothing else to do, then go see it. Down the road a little bit is where construction is underway for Pops. It's supposed to be a futuristic soda fountain/rest stop/gas station. The big thing about Pops is this big crazy 80 foot soda pop bottle that sits out in front. I had read about it in a local magazine about 6 months ago, but never given it anouther thought, so it was pretty cool to all of a sudden see this big bottle looming in the distance.

posted by Scott | 8:49 AM | 0 comments