9:01 AM Monday, <October 3>, <2005>
So I think Oxygen is down for the count. Or at least down enough that I don't want to bother with trying to figure out a way around it. I think there's definitely something wrong with the USB ports on the motherboard, which makes me think the motherboard might be on it's last legs. So instead of continuing to use it, expecting a failure, I'm just gonna retire it. Which means, no more EyeTV recording, well, editing, which means no recording. And I already missed the first episode of Veronica Mars this season, so that might be a lost cause as well. Which got me thinking that I might not try to even bother watching Lost and Alias and Veronica Mars because of the serialized nature of those shows and the failures of technology to record them for future viewing. Which is sad, since they are some of the best looking shows in HD. I think I successfully recovered the hard drive, which is good, and got my iPhoto library copied over. I'd like to get my iTunes library too, but not as important. Also, not sure if I'm going to stick with just Aluminum or look into getting a Mac mini. So on top of that, RCN's programming guide wasn't being downloaded yesterday, so I couldn't see what was on, and returned to just flipping through channels. Which is how I came across Shall We Dance, because it was filmed in Chicago and there was a scene on the El and I just had to watch after that. Good news is that the guide data seemed to be populating this morning, at least channel names and time lengths of shows. We'll see. Almost makes me want to go back to watching DVDs.