Using the TiVo iOS app over a VPN

TiVo’s mobile app for iOS is great when you’re sitting on the couch watching TV, but it has limited functionality when you’re out and away from your home WiFi network. The remote control and Info features aren’t available in Away Mode which up until now hasn’t been a big deal (why would you want to …

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Monty Python and the scientific method

Last week my daughter came home from school talking about Monty Python. It turned out that her science teacher showed her class the witch sequence from “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” as an example of applying the scientific method. This seemed like another opportunity to share a piece of my movie nerd youth with her …

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Raiders of the Lost Ark in IMAX

Today I took my daughter to see the IMAX release of Steven Spielberg’s classic “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” Seeing “Raiders” on the (really) big screen was pretty cool. Spielberg was apparently very pleased with the film but I found the IMAX transfer to be a little sub-par. I know the movie is 30 years old but it seemed overly …

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Labor Day Weekend … at home this year

This year we broke our 5-year old tradition of going to Orlando and stayed at home for Labor Day Weekend. The decision was primarily driven by the fact that we had the Busch Gardens Fun Cards we bought at the beginning of the summer (Memorial Day). So rather than going to Disney or Universal like years’ past, we spent …

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