I have been delinquent in posting parts one and two of my quest for digital cablecards with Time Warner Cable here in Austin, TX…but, they weren’t very exciting anyway. Then again, part three really wasn’t very exciting, but things are looking better.
Cablecard Install Part I
Part One was actually an eye opener for me. I [...]

In anticipation of Project “A” (you’ll never guess), I have been looking into who provides cable service in Austin….drumroll…..Time Warner Cable. That is good news for me as I have been dealing with Comcast ever since I moved up to the Bay Area from San Diego…I never had any issues with TWC in San Diego…knock [...]

Looking to get something for that geek in your life? How about the Windows 7 Family Pack Upgrade from the Microsoft Store? This little bad boy will allow your dork to upgrade 3 Windows XP or Vista machines to Windows 7 Home Premium (it has the television stuff). Free shipping right now makes [...]

File this under serious geekery. Check out the serious home automation geekery at HACS.

It is a sad day here in the Golod household. I put my faithful Tivo Series 2 DVR with lifetime subscription up for sale on eBay. I have not used the Tivo in many moons, mostly because I became a big backer of Microsoft’s Media Center Edition platform and more recently of the Comcast [...]

Well, I have been having computer chaos over here lately. My main workstation also acts as a Media Center PC or HTPC (Home Theater PC to some) has been acting up lately. I think the recent upgrade to Norton Internet Security along with dumb ass AOL 9.0 Security Edition (for proxy purposes) install are working [...]

How cool is the Harmony 880 universal remote control by Logitech? For the money, I don’t think you can touch it with a stick. Let’s face it, all of us geeks have too much A/V equipment in our homes and the wife wants to crack us over the head with all of the [...]

Ok, so yesterday my new little USB GPS receiver shows up and of course I go into full geek mode. I pulled out the IBM X20 (the best thin-client laptop platform ever made IMHO) and plugged it in. I fired up MS AutoRoute 2006 and once I configured the GPS receiver with the software [...]

Life is grand when you are a geek. So, in planning out some of our travels for the honeymoon in Tuscany, I have been fortunate enough to receive advice from many different sources on places to eat and drink at. Everything from wineries to hit in Montalcino and Montepulciano to restaurants in the surrounding [...]

Just read over at the Google blog that the Google Video team is making their move into Pay Per View video. You missed cry baby Kobe score 81 points the other night? No worries, you can watch the Lakers vs. Raptors game on demand…you just have to pony up $3.95. Who said content [...]