the time that i was [not so] awesome part #268

i have to say that this incredibly mild summer is quite nice. it has maybe been over 85°F two or three times this year. that is sort of awesome. it’s already mid-july and in two months fall will officially be on its way.

in the most important news in life at the moment, i was able to get the tivo’s external hd up and running long enough to perform a test on it and it is a confirmed failed hd. huge disappointment. especially given that i record so much stuff and i am finding my tivo is now filled up after a day or two. i can’t even imagine what it would be like once the fall season of new shows starts back up. this comes at a horrible time given that i’m trying to stick to my budget a bit more than i have previously. i think i might have found a way to get my hands on a new 1TB tivo expander drive for little out of pocket. i just hope that it doesn’t fail like this one has. after reading reviews for both of the tivo expander drives it has become apparent that apparently the western hard drive dvr expander drives are pieces of crap with high rates of failure. i guess when they are the only option they can afford to put out a shitty product.

yes, sadly the tivo hd has been the most exciting thing going on in my life recently. we’re now getting summer friday’s at work which is pretty awesome. two fridays in each month of july & august we get half days. not a bad deal.

yeah, that’s really all i’ve got.