FortKnox's Journal: TiVo Upgrade

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I bought a TiVo before anyone really knew anything about them. The old version. The old OLD version. I had a 14 hour TiVo. You can't buy them less than 32 hours anymore. Anywho, TiVo hacking has been pretty widespread and my brother has done like 5 upgrades himself already. I bought an 80GB harddrive a while ago (thanks to my bro... got it for $20 after rebates), and finally, much to my wife's pleasure, blessed it (format it for TiVo) and installed it. I now have a 104 hour TiVo. Wow.
Spent like an hour making sure it will keep all episodes of programs we have a season pass for (instead of just keep 1 total), and it'll probably be a week until I completely realize how this upgrade will affect viewing...

The only problem is... I'm sure 90% of it will be "The Wiggles", "Jojo's Circus", and "Stanley".

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[FortKnox]

What a coincidence. Joey has a birthday in 1 week (next monday he'll be 2).

BTW - No offense, but I'm glad I'm not raising a daughter.... the stuff girls do now... I don't think I could handle it.

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[FortKnox]

That's pretty funny cause Joey is a total nerd already. I try rough-housing with him, and throwing the football around. That lasts a total of like 5 minutes, then he goes to one of his 4 bookshelves in the house, picks out a book, and gives it to me... "Read wocket peas! Read wocket peas!"

My son isn't even 2 and reads more than I do!

Oh, and we are gonna get the DVD for his b-day. If he isn't reading hemmingway by age 3, I'm blaming you, bub! ;-)

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[zedmelon]

I was never huge on sports, never a "guy's guy" - don't know woodworking or cars or guns or all the things "guys" know.

My turn to say I'd swear you're me.

I'll do a bit of the others, but I've never cared about (watching) sports. I was happy for Elway when he got that S.B. ring--he seems like a nice guy--but I wouldn't have cared if he'd missed it again.

My son's built like a tank and loves getting thrown around. We've recently been playing with the wrestling, punching, etc. I hope we're not about to

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[bubblegoose]

Cool, I just ordered it. I think Emily is getting close to the point where she can learn to read.

Thanks

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[benhaha]

Any thoughts on foreign language instruction for kids?

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[benhaha]

Thanks, anyhow!

I've been looking for something to give my kids a head start with a foreign language -- I've looked at Muzzy, which is tres expensive, but am really looking for a recommendation.

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[FortKnox]

strictly for speak, pilsner's is prety nice.

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[benhaha]

Call me dumb but I can't find anything on Google for Pilsner and language.

The top entry is Pilsner in the dictionary, and all the others are for beer. Nothing wrong with that, of course.

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[FortKnox]

That would be my fault... its pimsleur [pimsleurapproach.com].

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[zedmelon]

Thanks for the programming & LeapFrog tips. I've been resisting pressure from the Mrs. to get Tivo (mostly for financial reasons), but maybe now I'll check it out; the boy recognizes SpongeBob
"BA Bab!"
but it'll be great once he finally enjoys actually watching Mr. Squarepants as much as his dad.

Also to parents of younger kids, as well as LeapFrog, these vids [buy.com] have done well for us. At 19 months, he knows all his numbers and about 1/3 of his letters.

Although he still skips four when he counts by

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Bah

[bofkentucky]

Credits aren't the problem, materials are, I cant get enough to begin progessing, I'll stick with it for a week to see how things go. I just hope it doesn't turn into nationstates where the missions keep repeating with no changes.

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[Abm0raz]

Credits are abound early (like the first 2-3 days) but you can quickly get your materials up and past them. Missions are a waste. There is a much better return on your turns than them. If you're in our alliance, check our board, otherwise, prepare for total ANNIHILATION! :)

-Ab

your suckage knows no bounds

[Em Emalb]

your alliance is full.

Guess I'll have to form my own.

Or something.

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[Abm0raz]

Mekkab has one. Talk to him. Alliances are limited to 12 people (though, somehow we got 13).

-Ab

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[SiliconJesus]

I have one too with my car club (Avenger/Sebring Enthusiasts' Club - AKA ASEC), but we need people :D

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To gimme money [galaxisonline.com]

JoJo is dumb as a box of rocks

[Pirogoeth]

I mean c'mon... how the hell could she not notice that she was putting the glue on the front side of the circus posters before she was hanging them up?

Can you say ADD? I knew you could...

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[zedmelon]

I HATE that episode! It was a good lesson they were trying to teach, but yeah, it was pretty dumb how they got to it.

We watch more Wiggles than anything else, but I'm looking forward to when he understands a bit more of the context over just music & colors. It'll be sweet when gets into Stanley. Stanley is the man!