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Dish Network lied to me; executive customer service guy is a douc…
Cap'n Ken's Homespun Wisdom | August 15th 2008
As I mentioned about six weeks ago, Dish Network killed off my 942 HD-DVR and other older models either as part of their TiVo mess or just as policy during their big HD expansion. Whatever the reason, Dish called me up, told me that my 942 wouldnR read more
On the sidelines
Cap'n Ken's Homespun Wisdom | June 22nd 2008
Going out to my car the other day, I noticed this coffee mug hanging out on the garage floor. It had fallen off the shelf where I put empty Coke Zero cans and travel mugs when I have fresh beverages to take with me somewhere. Yep, there it is. One o read more
Sweet - my Dish DVR is illegal!
Cap'n Ken's Homespun Wisdom | April 21st 2008
Well, just the 942 I have upstairs and the 721 I have stuffed away in a closet somewhere - and it doesn’t apply to me since I already bought them. But the fallout of the TiVo patent case apparently is that Dish can’t sell those machines a read more
Me, now
Cap'n Ken's Homespun Wisdom | April 7th 2008
It’s been quite some time since I’ve written much of anything not related to college football. For longtime Wisdom readers, the outward appearance is probably that not much is happening with old Cap’n Ken. In reality, though, the p read more
The transition is final
Cap'n Ken's Homespun Wisdom | March 31st 2008
Dammit - no more of this back and forth. I hope all of you either have switched over to the new feed or get the old feed through the hack I worked up. read more
The new Wisdom
Cap'n Ken's Homespun Wisdom | March 29th 2008
OK, so I think my migration to Wordpress is complete. Man, what a hassle. There are still a few bugs around, but I’m be working on squashing them soon. And more to come on things you should know about the changes. But the most important thing read more
What the tornado brought
Cap'n Ken's Homespun Wisdom | March 22nd 2008
As most of you know, a big wind blew through Atlanta a week ago Friday. The tornado that left F2-level damage Downtown and F0-F1 damage here in East Atlanta thankfully passed about a quarter-mile north of me, so we suffered no damage. Our yard, howev read more
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