This is Rio Magnus.   A mixed breed (muttus miximus) we rescued him from being either abandoned like his brothers and sisters or put down.

We brought him home last night.  The above pics are from today - the first full day at home.  Hoping for a vet visit Monday for a checkup.

We already picked up a small cage for those times we need one and a few other bits.  Also got a sample of puppy dry food from the supply store.  Yea! Freebie!  If Rio likes that particular food we will know what to get - if not, we didnt lose anything.

The filter setup on the bug was rusty and quite unsightly.  I priced a replacement after FINALLY tracking one down.  Very VERY expensive with an asking price of over RM300!  I opted instead to clean my old filter (and re-oil) and paint the top cover.  Got it kinda close to body color with some experiementing.

While at it, I painted the dist cap to match.  Why?  Cuz I could.

I dont have any food pics (forgot) but this is the main eating section taken from aux section.  Food was "ok" and price was "ok" - I've had better for less though.  Manager/Owner was great and entertaining which is always a nice bonus.

Where you go when your team wins? 

Needed a second holder for the PDA (GPS) and spotted a cheap one at ACE Hardware.  Approx RM15 isnt too bad and has a lot better base than the other one for RM12ish.

Holds secure enough and I think will work well.  Test fit below...

Had a nice dinner recently at a reception for Ronn Hogg and Rene Tan.  Took place at the Putrajaya Marriott Hotel.  Nice place, had a good time.  Congrats to the couple!

 

Lifehouse's Everything Skit it's GOOD!

YouTube - Lifehouse's Everything Skit

Man this has been a pain lately.  I enjoyed trouble free "guide use" until a week or so ago.  Background: Im using WindowsXP Media Center '05 to view Astro programminng.

Took quite a while to figure out but I guess Astro made changes that meant my older versions of TVxb and BR would no longer work very well.  I could view TV just fine but couldnt get guide info for many channels much of the time.

So I updated.  Nothing worked, NO guide at all.  Turns out the solution wasnt too bad, the paths were all wrong in the INI TVxb uses.

TVxb-1.0108 coupled with Blade Runner Pro3.5 for Media Center 2005.  Shown below are the paths for the files needed.

If you have this working for you but lately experienced trouble getting guide data I suggest checking your software versions and INI config.  If interested, I have placed the above image and the INI file online for download.  HERE

It isnt perfect.  I notice I still get the odd error here and there with guide data but it might be an Astro issue - if you find any mistakes LET ME KNOW.  Not messing with it anymore today.

Note: you WILL need to edit the INI file for you own use as I have my preferred settings and channels listed.

Edit: still having trouble.  If you check Astro site you may see this:  http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/5665/astromissingchannelsqj9.jpg

Comments related to this on terencey.net...

• 84.   |  January 16th, 2008 at 7:37 am

• Astro’s channels seem to be down for OTA channels like TV9, 8TV, etc. Even on the website they are down.

• 85.  |  January 16th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
• Not just those channels… if you check from one minute to next random channels look this way.

I have not tested in INI, but this SEEMS to get better results in browser:

http://media3.mit.net.my/astroguide/guide/index.aspx

“old” url:
http://www.astro.com.my/programming/guide/

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