Ode to GReader

So the other day I went to lunch with some friends at work. As it tends to, conversation turned to technology, e-mail, blogs, and the like. I love gmail and Google Calendar. But Chris (she of recommending that we put the pronounciation for Chiara here) told me about G-Reader (Google Reader?). Wow, what a totally great gadget. Assuming you have gmail and assuming you have a Google home page, you can add all the blogs you read (or anything else with an RSS feed) to the reader. Then you have a gadget on your home page with the blogs linked. If one gets updated, you automatically see it with a hyperlink so that you can read it right there in your home page or go to the page. It makes tracking blogs and reading new entries so easy and I never miss one.

So let's say it again: Yay for technology and specifically G-reader!

An Ode to TiVo

Ok, not really TiVo but a DVR. This post isn't strictly family related but the Digital Video Recorder (DVR) deserves a blog entry (or 30). We got a DVR less than 2 weeks ago. It's wonderful. We got more channels too and I can't say that I've watched any more TV than before but the DVR is great. Now we can start something taping at 7:00 and start watching it at 7:20 rather than having to wait until the show is over. How wonderful. Particularly if we're taping something from 7-9 which means it would have taken us two days to watch it.

Let's say it all together: The DVR is great!