Ah, my apologies. It has been a long time since I've stopped in here to share what's going on in the Dog House. Blame work, summer, friends.....anything you want. But let's put that behind us, and start fresh, shall we? Good!
Work is work. When it's good, it's fantastic! When it's anything but good, watch out. While things haven't changed significantly in my little corner of the work world, the impending merger has turned things upside down elsewhere as people begin to jockey for position, trying to prove their value to the organization by stomping on everyone around them, above them and below them. And as the merger process advances, suddently the "merger of equals" has begun to dissolve into something quite different. It will be interesting to see how it all plays out. Stay tuned.
During the deep dark days of winter, one longs for the warmth of summer. But when summer finally arrives, with the long, hot, dry days one expects here along the front range of the Colorado Rockies, suddenly the energy is simply drained from you. All you want to do is find a spot in the shade and stay there. Or just insure your comfort by seeking the refuge of an air-conditioned building, and stay there. A recent discussion on my moblog pitted those who liked cool weather against those who preferred hot. My final word on the subject was that when you're cold, you can always add more clothing to attain your own personal comfort level. However, if you're too hot, there's only so much you can do with your attire in order to cool down. Once you've shed every stitch of clothing, there's nothing more that can be done. Enough said.
Friendship can be a double-edged sword. It can bring indescribable happiness, or unbearable pain. That's the lesson I've learned once again in the past couple of weeks. I've learned that you can't force friendship. You can do everything possible to nurture it, but if the other person doesn't want your friendship, there's nothing you can do about it. So, while the pain of being rejected runs deep, you pick yourself up off the ground and move on. I am.
Now time for the ranting and raving you've come to expect from me. Today's topic is the Roku Soundbridge M500 Wireless Music Router.
With high hopes, I plunked down my $200 at Best Buy last Tuesday for this torture device. If you don't know what it is, it's a wireless router that is connected to your home entertainment center, and through your existing wireless network streams music from your home computer. I'd read up on it online, read the specs and user reviews, and finally decided to take the plunge. I brought it home, unpacked it, and hooked it up according to the user manual. Although easy set-up was promised, it certainly wasn't delivered. Three hours later, I finally had it working and streaming music from Rhapsody to my home theater in the living room. I was delighted! I turned everything off and went to bed around 1 a.m.. The next morning I turned everything back on again, and attempted to play some music. Nothing! I tried numerous things, referring back to the troubleshooting section of the user guide. Still nothing. That evening, I tried again with the same result. Finally, I went to Roku's website looking for help. I figured they MUST have a tech support line that I could call for assistance. WRONG! Their idea of technical support is a chat forum, moderated by a tech support person. I figured I'd give it a try, so registered, and sent my plea for help. And waited. And waited. Finally I got a response about 30 minutes later. This went back and forth all evening long as different things were tried and failed. The longest wait for a response was three hours. What am I supposed to do in the meantime, huh? The bottom line: In the battle of man against (electronic) machine, man has lost this one. The thing is going back into its box and back to the store next week for a refund.
A quick word of advice to Roku... Hey, bozo's! Your customers are plunking down between $200-500 for your product. Do you think that maybe that warrants a live tech suport line? DUH!
Enough. I've said what I needed to for now. My best to everyone. Stay safe and stay cool!
How about a smile?
-Jaydog
HAHAHAHA!
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