We use MythTV to record all of our TV. One nice thing is that I can stream my TV shows to my desktop PC or even the laptop, meaning I don’t have to be at the TV in order to watch something. Tonight I was able to chat with people over IM and read my email while I watched This Old House.
Author: doug
February 16
Roasted beets!
This paltry amount of food, believe it or not, was 3 good-sized beets when they went into the oven an hour ago. Now they are like candy… candy that’s actually good for you.
February 15
On the road again…
We continue to go to open houses to keep on top of the market. Lis’s TomTom has been invaluable in teaching us how to get to (and around within) Newton and Needham.
February 14
No lifeguard on duty.
I took a walk in Hopkinton State Park today to escape a house showing. It’s not quite beach weather yet.
February 13
We received an offer on our house today. I’m not gonna say any more than that on this public blog.
February 12
Compare and contrast…
Just 2 weeks ago we wondered if any of this would ever melt.
February 11
Some coworkers and I took advantage of the good weather today to go across the street to get lunch.
February 10
Allergy drugs so I can breathe at night and not keep Lis awake with my snoring: $20
Dealing with our pain-in-the-ass mail-order pharmacy: priceless.
February 9
2009, meet 1999.
I took advantage of Circuit City’s going out of business to buy myself a new pocket-sized camera. It will see use primarily for this very Project 365 (in fact, it did for yesterday’s photo), but I will also use it for travel & social events where the DSLR is a chore.
The venerable old Coolpix 950 has served me well — it went with me to a lot of places, including Africa, and took thousands of shots with very few hiccups. Its 2 megapixels are more than sufficient for web work, and even 10 years old it takes a fine photograph. It was state of the art when new. But by modern standards it is huge, slow, and heavy.
The new camera is much smaller, much snappier, has a very nice screen, and a quite useful 28-280mm (equivalent) zoom range. I hope it serves me as well as its predecessor.
February 8
We had a beautiful day today, with sunshine & highs near 50 melting some of the excessive snow buildup. A day like today can’t help but improve your mood.