Weekend Update

Not much happened this weekend. I worked all weekend, and tried to stay warm. It was well below zero all weekend. Leaving for work at 5:30 AM when it is -25º is not fun. It seems like we are out of the deep freeze for a while. It has warmed up to 2º already today.

Because of work I missed the New England vs. San Diego game. We listened to it on the radio. I don’t think I missed too much. I got home from work in time to catch the Green Bay vs. Giants game. That was a great game. I was rooting for Green Bay, but the Giants played a great game. I am hoping they can compete with New England and keep the Super Bowl close like they did week 17.

In geekiness, DirecTV actually added something useful to their DVRs. You can now remotely schedule a recording. I tried it from my phone and it magically worked. I’m not sure how often I will use this, but it’s cool that I can finally do it. Tivo has had this feature for years.

I also finally got a Grand Central account. I don’t know exactly what I am going to use it for, but you know me, I gotta have everything, especially if it is in limited beta. Grand Central gives you a phone number that you can pretty much do anything with. You can have it go right to voice mail, ring your cell phone, home phone, or both. It gives you filtering options. You can send calls from certain people to certain phones, or totally block certain calls. You can even make calls by just clicking on a link on the webpage, or add a call link to your site so people can call you and not discover your phone number. I am just not sure if I want to give out yet another number to my friends and family when I always have my cell phone with my anyways.

Anyways, I have 10 invites for Grand Central if anybody wants to try it out.