Update on Sirius radio

After discussing my complaint about Sirius radio with someone else today, I realized that while my complaint is still valid, overcoming it is extremely hard. Sirius is a one way broadcast and there is no way for the receiver to tell the broadcast that it missed some day. However, there still must be a way to handle this without all the dropouts.

Server Downtime this morning

My server was offline for a few hours this morning due to no fault of my own. My cable provider had some network issues that finally got resolved by around 8 am. I called them (Time Warner Cable) around 6:15 am when I woke up and discovered the issue. When I spoke to the help desk, the tech (national help desk) was pretty useless. He ran the standard diagnostics, but luckily didn't ask me to reboot my computer as I know that would have been a waste of time. I specifically asked if their were network problems and he said he didn't know of any. I received a call around 10:15 am from a tech in the local office and he said that they resolved the problem around 9:45 am. I appreciate getting calls back from them when I have issues, however, when I call and speak to the national help desk, they're not always helpful. Overall, I'm pleased with Time Warner as a provider...they just need to give their techs updates on network issues.

User Interface

Yesterday I had the privilege (or was it?) of having Missing Sync for Palm OS reviewed by a user interface guru at Apple. He had some good ideas on how we can improve the user interface that I think will be quite beneficial to the product. It is quite intimidating having the product I've been working on for more than a year and a half critiqued and ripped apart. After thinking about some of the things said, I have to respectfully disagree with some of the comments made as there isn't one type of user interface for all applications and even Apple's own applications seem to contradict many of the things the guru said.

I really appreciated the time that was spent reviewing the app; however, it was only slightly more enjoyable than going to the dentist.

Misinformation in TV Shows

My wife and I are fans of CSI (Las Vegas), but the summer has re-runs, so we've being using our TiVo to record CSI:NY and CSI:Miami which can no way compare to the original one. Most people don't watch the shows thinking that everything they say is factually correct which is good, because there is so much stuff in the shows that almost make you laugh. In last night's episode of CSI:Miami, they were looking at an LED (Light Emitting Diode) and the tech said that they're used in TVs. I'm not sure about you, but I've never seen a TV consisting of LEDs. If a TV was made up of LEDs, it would be like a LightBrite which would be kind of funny to watch for a few minutes. Nice try, CSI, but you might want to check your facts.