Good 'ole Slingbox

Last night, Julie had to come pick me up from the Metro bus transit center, because both of the buses I catch to get there were running horribly behind. The last bus to the Park-n-Ride leaves the transit center at 7:14pm. The bus to the transit center didn't get to my stop until 7:10 or so. I had been waiting almost half an hour for it.

Anyway, Julie left to pick me up from the transit center and take me to the Park-n-Ride to get my car...and we both got to the transit center at the same time, which is sad because we live a good distance away. The plus side was that we were able to take the HOV lane.

As she left somewhat precipitously, she did not set up the DVR to record a show she normally watches at 8pm. (Here is where the Slingbox comes into play. ). On our way home she asked if I could set up the DVR to record that show...which I did. I was able to accomplish this amazing feat due to the fact that my wife is amazingly wonderful, and bought me a Slingbox for Valentines Day. The Slingbox connects to the audio/video of our DVR and our Internet router, and has its own infra-red sensors which you place on the DVR, which all combined...allow for over-the-Internet control (and viewing!) of what is on your DVR. Enjoy your cable/dish/whatever that you are paying so much money a month for, whenever/whereever you want!

Ah, I love technology.

Paintball

Where I work, the group I am in is split up into sub-groups. The staff are all split up among the partners. The partner's group to whom I belong is a fan of paintball. Prior to that first paintball game with his group, I had never played paintball before. I remember hearing some of my friends talk about their paintball experiences, back when I was in college. But, I had never been invited and didn't really have the inclination to play.

As the partner picks up the bill...when I heard that we were going to play paintball, I was pretty excited. I like to shoot, but have really only shot BB guns and 22s. I have a BB gun, but haven't used it in many many years. I haven't shot a 22 for just as long. The more exciting aspect of paintball is that you aren't just shooting at paper targets or soda cans....you are shooting at your friends/coworkers.

The first game I ever played was a scrimmage between members of our own group. The next one was our first battle against another partner's team. They claim we beat them 3-2, but we think it was really 4-1.

Well, last Wednesday was our most recent game (my third time playing). We played another partner's team...and, we won 4-1. They won the last game...mainly due to our time running out.

It is a pretty fun sport. I usually dress all in black and don't mind getting a bit dirty from crawling/diving/etc.

Here is a link to our most recent battles: http://picasaweb.google.com/robophill/PaintBall4407?authkey=KPw68lSHoX0

Strange Fear

I was driving down the road the other day, on my way home from work, and came across an interesting billboard. It had a cartoon-like drawing of a person's head with the hair standing on end and the mouth was sort of frowning...needless to say that it was depicting someone who was scared. The rest of the verbiage indicated it was advertising a vertical MRI.
The large bold lettering said: "AFRAID OF CLAUSTROPHOBIA?"...

So, apparently...if I am afraid of the fear of being in confined spaces, this is the MRI for me.

Would the proper medical term be "Claustrophobiaphobia"?

Ponder, my friends.