The barbecuing masses may get to go infrared (Elliott Minor, AP)
ALBANY,
Month: May 2007
It’s time for my annual Memorial Day Weekend Float Trip (it usually starts a day or so early), which means I’ll be unplugging from the net momentarily and heading out to the campground for an extended weekend of camping, canoeing, grilling, and carrying on.
We actually tripped out of Houston last night and rolled into Muskogee about 11 pm and stayed at a nice Hampton Inn. That worked out pretty well. The traffic wasn’t horrible, and it saved a precious
In the last 16 hours or so, I have:
- Gotten an error on a new netflix CD, only to discover it had a crack in it and must be returned. Boo.
- Found a stain on a new shirt AFTER it came out of the dryer. Ruined. No idea how it happened. Boo.
- Had to correct the credit union, which deposited a check for $44.55 as $4.55. Boo.
That’s a bad run. My luck needs to turn about
In just a few weeks, Comcast’s swap with Time Warner here in Houston will be much more visible, as branding and billing will finally switch, and so will some service offerings (with more changes to come later).
I’ve had the standard-plus service from TWC for ages, but Comcast has already dropped a few channels from that lineup, and will probably screw around with it even more to try to get people to move to digital tiers of service.
I’m seriously