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May Randoms

I’ve been sick this week with an annoying, throat-grating cough. I’ve tried various cough remedies and the best treatment I’ve found isn’t the “high tech/high power” stuff I thought it would be.

Also in this update:
I’ll direct you to the funniest legitimate advertisement I’ve ever seen – for the Philips/Norelco “Personal Groomer”.

And lastly, I’ll state something obvious just to get traffic and comments from people who’ve forgotten it.
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DVD Authoring hassle averted

I bought a new computer a while ago with Tivo-like powers. Oooh, Ahhh. But the hard drive started filling up fast with all the shows we were recording via Windows Media Center Edition 2005′s bloaty tv recording format.

So I started trying to burn a DVD of the shows and have met resistance from the software to produce what I consider to be a usable DVD. Last night I figured it out, thought I’d place this reminder here so the next time I get angry with the software, I’ll be able to find the solution.
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Winter Olympics I’d Watch

I’ve spent a total of about 18 minutes watching the Olympics this year. It’s boring as hell. There are two major problems that I can think of that keep me from getting interested.
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