TiVo needs to get a clue

I called TiVo and after 20 minutes, go to speak to a support rep. When I mentioned that I had a Pioneer box, the rep said to call TiVo. I said, no, it is a software issue and it happened after the upgrade this past weekend. Then she said that the issue will be resolved in the next update, but didn't know when that would be available. So why did she tell me it was a Pioneer problem? Today I hate TiVo.

Nice job, TiVo!

We got back from our trip on Sunday and found that the TiVo (Pioneer 810H) was stuck. I yanked the power cord and rebooted it. It came back up and said it had done an upgrade. OK, fine, I like the TiVo upgrades as they add new features. However, this time TiVo made a royal mess. First off, the unit needed a kick start to get running after the update meaning we didn't record shows for 2 days. Second off, navigating the menus is extremely slow. Third off, one of the shows we recorded after the upgrade (Saved on TNT which my wife really likes) had some hiccups where the picture was pixelated and it stuttered during playback. Reading the forums shows that I'm not the only person with this problem.

I'm on hold now waiting for TiVo after calling once and mentioning Pioneer which gave me the Pioneer number and disconnected me. Pioneer said to call TiVo and not mention Pioneer (I kind of figured that, but thought I'd play by the rules). We'll see what TiVo has to say when they'll fix this mess. Uggh.

Hand washing 101

This past week at WWDC, most men that left the restroom washed their hands which is good news. However, many never took hand washing 101. The first part of hand washing is water, the second part is soap and the third part is actually rubbing hands together for at least 15 seconds. It is particularly disgusting to see educated people not washing their hands. Several years ago, a family friend mentioned how he always uses a paper towel to open the bathroom door when leaving. I've gone one step further and use my elbow to make the paper dispenser eject the towels. There are so many germs around that I just can't understand people not washing their hands. Yuck!

The end of a long week

I'm not sure what it is about conferences, but I can really only handle about 3 days of them. About Wednesday evening, I was ready to go home from WWDC. There is so much content, that my head can't handle it all. If I'm going to get more information out of it, I think that shorter sessions (so I can learn about more topics), starting earlier, and a shorter lunch would let me get more info. The days will feel a bit longer, but we could get done sooner. There seems to be a ton of downtime with one session I was in lasted 21 minutes (scheduled for over an hour). I doubt anything will change, but next year I'll have to consider if I really want to stay the whole time; it will depend on the sessions at the end of the week.

Tomorrow I return home and it is none too soon. I miss our dog and our house (someone is probably wondering why I didn't say my wife...due to planning coincidences, she had training in Oakland the first part of the week and then came to San Francisco at the end of the week).

It's going to be hard getting back into the swing of things next week. I'm not sure where I left off with any of the projects on my plate.