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The TiVo lives! After crawling various TiVo sites, I finally found some drive A images for my model. A quick mfsrestore using the MFS2 bootable ISO and whammo. It's a thing of beauty. I got a little excited and proceeded to add almost 40 season passes. To say the least, I quickly discovered the limitations of the hardware when it comes to both speed and default disk space. The default 14-hour drive is ridiculous. My next project is to get a large HDD for my precious.... I mean TiVo.

What a week. My fortune is improving. After scrounging some cash together, I finally upgraded my mother board and memory. Yes, I am finally using DDR RAM. What is the world coming to. Even better, I just got a used Epson Stylus Photo 1200 printer for free. It has some attitude, but nothing I shouldn't be able to fix. As if these things weren't great enough, It gets much better.

If you don't know what TiVo is, I feel pity for you. I've been lusting after one of these machines even before they were commercially available. There's never enough money, as usual, which has driven me to experiment with TiVo-like home-made solutions. Be it Freevo, or another open-source alternative, the experience just isn't the same. While talking to a co-worker of mine, my ears perked up upon hearing she had a crippled TiVo lying around the house. Having dreamed of owning such hardware, I've done my rounds of the hack sites. Knowing full well the potential of bringing these beasts back to life, I quickly jumped on the opportunity. She gracefully sold it to me for $20. Only TWENTY! I couldn't believe my good fortune. Before anyone curses me for taking advantage of someone, she was glad to part with it as she just upgraded to a Series 2. Hell, she was just happy it was going to a new TiVo-convert and a good home.

WORK! The company I work for is gearing up for RSNA. This is the largest conference and trade-show in our market and, as always, a huge time for us. Trying to get everything ready to show is taking it's toll on all of us. I've been hammering out code to try to get various prototypes ready for the show. I can't wait till it's over.