HD & Hans'; Poison Girl, Cecil's, & Beba's; Game and Hans'

9/6/06

I went into work a bit late so that I would have time to swing by Time Warner and swap my cable box out for one with HD capability. The swap was free, the service was free; it was nice all around. Got the box home, hooked it up, and had beautiful, glorious HD.

Met up with Char that night at Hans'. Cindy and/or Will may have also been there. Cigars of some kind might have been smoked.

9/8/06

Met up with Dan, Kristin, etc. at Poison Girl for drinks. I believe this is the night that their special combination of ginger beer and whiskey caught my eye, and it was pretty tasty. Afterwards, to Cecil's for more beer, and then food at Beba's to round out the evening. I need to find something else to get there; the gyros just aren't that good.

9/9/06

Char hosted a viewing of the UT/Ohio State rematch, complete with food, drink, and a projector. Good times. Another visit to Hans' after that, probably including bocce ball

9/10/06

Disturbingly, the HDMI (digital video) cable I had used to hook up my cable box to my TV stopped working over night, and I couldn't and still haven't gotten it to work. Even trying a different cable and various combinations of powering up the various pieces of electronics don't seem to make a difference. I've been making do with a component video connection, which is serviceable, but the problem has continued to vex me.

I also wanted to finalize my TV setup. The TV moved to the back of the TV stand, first tried on cinder bocks (too high), then one cement paver (too low), then two (close). It's not ideal, but it allows the TV to clear the center channel speaker when it's placed at the front of the stand. I'm not convinced it sounds quite as good there as it did on top of the old TV, but hey, sacrifices, am I right?