Their tech people tell me that I need Mac OS X 10.4+: Firefox 2.x, Safari 2.0.4+ in order to use their site to download updates. I explained that I has OS X 10.5.8 with Safari 5.0.5 and they said it was not compatible, despite meeting the requirements they stated.
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My MS SYNC Saga, cont’d
I mentioned my reticence about setting up a SYNC account for my Ford truck, inasmuch as I don’t want it using up my phone’s data quota. The good news, I found out (in the user forum, not in Ford’s FAQ) that the SYNC services make ordinary phone calls to send the reports and such. No […]
TiVo Tales
My wife and I are TV junkies. I have seven TiVo DVRs (Digital Video Recorders), four of which have dual tuners. Lemme ‘splain. I have two HD TiVos, each of which has two tuners. On these two boxes, one records ABC and CBS, the other does NBC and Fox. With a separate tuner for each […]
Never Seen This Before
This morning I removed the drive from the TiVo and when I shake it, I can hear the drive internals rattling. Probably a massive failure of the bearing(s). I’ve never seen a drive so badly damaged that it rattled.
On Space Travel
Anyone who knows me or reads my blog knows that I’m fascinated by the possibility that we Earthlings have been visited by beings of extraterrestrial origin. I like to watch shows about sightings and such to see what sort of evidence is offered to substantiate the various claims. I remain unconvinced that we’ve been visited […]