I took the week off of work. Yesterday I painted the bathroom a deep burgundy color. The paint color is actually called “Scarlet Fever”. I’m not really sure why anyone would name their paint after an infectious disease.

Cable guy came yesterday. We now have Comcast phone, broadband and digital cable all for less than I used to pay for local phone service from qwest. So as soon as I switch cell-phone providers (which will be very soon thanks to number portability, maybe this week) I will be qwest free. It took a few minute to get the Tivo talking to the digital cable box. It works now, but there is a little lag when you press the Tivo channel up/down button. The way it works is that the Tivo has a little cable that plugs into the back of the Tivo and sends an IR signal to the Digital Cable box. Now that I have all that working I want the Tivo to do the volume control for the receiver. Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to work … yet.

I have also cleared out some significant drawers and cupboards in the house that were collecting junk. The good news is that the upstairs and main floor are now a lot neater and organized, even where the guests can’t see, but the basement has a few more junk piles. On an organizing note I have finally (re) organized the PC cables under the main computer desk. I hate PC cabling so much. There is always too much cord and those power supplies for peripherals aren’t very covenient, and don’t get me started on wall-warts. (I need to break down and order some of these.)

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