Kevie spent Monday morning with the Comcast tech and I am in Hi Def, dual tuner heaven. Even better, there is free server software from Tivo that turns my Mac into a media server that supplies photos and music to Tivo. This is much more than I expected!
Exit the Eyehome box. It is no longer needed and hopefully I can find it a new home via eBay.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Monday, January 22, 2007
Pfizer Woes
Some of the reports about job cuts at Pfizer got it wrong. They said that the cuts were a result of anticipated revenue drops when Lipitor goes generic in 2010. I don't give them that much credit because they’re feeling the pinch now. Merck's Zocor went generic over the Summer and Lipitor is not cost competitive with generic Zocor. So, when Pfizer can't sell their biggest money maker they have to think about cutting overhead.
Add to this the experience of having to pull the statin Torcetrapib from late trials and they're in hot soup.
Add to this the experience of having to pull the statin Torcetrapib from late trials and they're in hot soup.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Tivo
After 3 months of using Comcast’s PVR I was sick of the interface. I find it hard to navigate and the damn thing has a preference to record standard TV over Hi Def.
Having lived with both Tivo and Windows MCE I opted for Tivo. There’s not a big difference between the two but, for me, MCE is overkill. I can’t really use the music or picture interface because of my preference for Mac.
The box came today and it’s very sleek and light and connects with a modest number of cables. It’s a much neater package than the Wintel PC it replaces. I was concerned about my DVI TV’s compatibility with the HDMI connection on the Tivo but for $15 Radio Shack sold me an adapter that allows me to plug the DVI cable into the Tivo box.
We await the Comcast tech who’ll come on Monday and insert the cablecards.
Having lived with both Tivo and Windows MCE I opted for Tivo. There’s not a big difference between the two but, for me, MCE is overkill. I can’t really use the music or picture interface because of my preference for Mac.
The box came today and it’s very sleek and light and connects with a modest number of cables. It’s a much neater package than the Wintel PC it replaces. I was concerned about my DVI TV’s compatibility with the HDMI connection on the Tivo but for $15 Radio Shack sold me an adapter that allows me to plug the DVI cable into the Tivo box.
We await the Comcast tech who’ll come on Monday and insert the cablecards.
Saturday, January 6, 2007
New Years at Montebello
As a prelude to our Canada trip I got the EVDO connection working on the MacBook, bought an invereter to supply juice to the laptop in the car, and a GPS all in the name of staying connected and not getting lost.
So it turned out that the inverter wasn’t powerful enough to supply the laptop and the GPS took us to the middle of nowhere when we got off the highway looking for gas. Ah, the wonderful world of high tech!
The Montebello stay was very enjoyable. We went skating on Sunday but there wasn’t enough snow to ski. We broke out a card game called Set to pass the time in the hotel. What a mind bender that is.
K and I had a 7 course meal and danced the night away on New Years Eve. C joined us a little later and was convinced to dance too. There was a memorable conga line that he and his mother danced in!
Kevie was ill on Monday with the beginning of a cold. She played a little tennis in the morning but took to the bed early in the evening. Christopher and I went on an organized hike down to the slope where they have tubing. There was a bon fire and they had opened the tubing for a little night time action.
C almost conquered his fear of tubing but backed away at the last minute. He says he’s concerned that the tow rope will break and he’d end up sliding down the hill backwards.
So it turned out that the inverter wasn’t powerful enough to supply the laptop and the GPS took us to the middle of nowhere when we got off the highway looking for gas. Ah, the wonderful world of high tech!
The Montebello stay was very enjoyable. We went skating on Sunday but there wasn’t enough snow to ski. We broke out a card game called Set to pass the time in the hotel. What a mind bender that is.
K and I had a 7 course meal and danced the night away on New Years Eve. C joined us a little later and was convinced to dance too. There was a memorable conga line that he and his mother danced in!
Kevie was ill on Monday with the beginning of a cold. She played a little tennis in the morning but took to the bed early in the evening. Christopher and I went on an organized hike down to the slope where they have tubing. There was a bon fire and they had opened the tubing for a little night time action.
C almost conquered his fear of tubing but backed away at the last minute. He says he’s concerned that the tow rope will break and he’d end up sliding down the hill backwards.
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