such a dork am I. so, the last important thing I wanted to make my PVR machine do, has been done. I now have a computer sitting under the TV, which will record TV shows for me, a la Tivo. it plays my copious mp3 collection (with fullscreen visualizations). it plays my collections of music videos, movies, tv show episodes, etc in various electronic formats. I can now control it with an old remote control I had lying around (thanks to some soldering of a few radioshack parts, and some software setup). I can play MAME roms on it. it'll even give me a weather forecast. on one hand, I'm so happy it's complete. on the other hand, I'm bummed because I don't get to show it off to anyone.
oh, and fun times... the gastroenterologist decided that it's once again time to shove a camera down my throat and take pictures of my esophagus. they knock you out for it, so you just wake up with a mildly sore throat, but the bitch is that you've got to have someone take you over to the clinic, stick around until it's over, and take you home. where the fuck am I going to find someone willing to lose an entire morning (on a weekday no less) to babysit my sedated ass?
oh, and fun times... the gastroenterologist decided that it's once again time to shove a camera down my throat and take pictures of my esophagus. they knock you out for it, so you just wake up with a mildly sore throat, but the bitch is that you've got to have someone take you over to the clinic, stick around until it's over, and take you home. where the fuck am I going to find someone willing to lose an entire morning (on a weekday no less) to babysit my sedated ass?