Microsoft announced today that three annual conferences—TechEd, WinHEC, and MGX—out of New Orleans. They cited a lack of reliable air service in and out of the city. No word yet on where the shows will be moved or whether there will be changes to the scheduled dates. Read the story at ENT News
My new HR20 DirecTV DVR was locked up again this morning. This time it had been powered off, so it wouldn’t power up until we unplugged it and then plugged it back in again. A technician is coming out tomorrow between 1 and 5 to “service” the unit and possibly replace. I’m curious what exactly …
Yesterday was my long awaited upgrade to HD on my DirecTV service. I had originally called in and asked about free upgrades to HD equipment and was supposed to get the HR10 which is the old TiVo HD unit. My understanding was that St. Louis wasn’t scheduled to get the new HR20 units until later …
Last night we saw Depeche Mode in concert. No, they weren’t in St. Louis. DM neglected to stop in our neck of the woods for “Touring the Angel,”, so we had to make do with a Big Screen Concert instead. The show consisted of a “behind the scenes” tour documentary followed by the concert itself, …
Despair, Inc. now has a site where you can create your own “parody motivators” as they call them. Using the Parody Motivator Generator, you can upload your own photos, ad your title and text, and soon you’ll have your own Demotivator which looks just like the real thing. Here’s the result of my noodling around …