Buhner Dot Com Est. 2000, which is like 1947 in Internet years.

New blog, new pickup, new cable?

Ok, I've gone all out and reupdated the blog page here. It looks a lot better, and it's actually being published now. Eventually there'll be some transition where this will be the main page for Buhner.com when you access the site. Articles are few and far between nowadays, but I'm pretty sure I can update this on a regular basis.

Stop laughing. I mean it this time.

The page will be found (although you're probably already here) at blog.buhner.com. It's a template that someone made, and it actually looks pretty good. Blogger has really improved their service from when I first got here. I guess there's a lot more bloggers now.

I most likely get my "new" pickup tonight. I'll go to the DMV tomorrow and go through the process of making it mine. It's an '88 Dakota with a few dents here and there.

In other words, it's perfect. Good for to and from work, and trips in the general Hamptons area. Not a family vehicle, but there's nothing wrong with that. I have a family vehicle. By tomorrow, I'll also have a vehicle to throw stuff in the back of to go to the dump.

The Cablevision monopoly ends at my home tomorrow as well. DirecTV will arrive between 1-5 and hook me up with a dish and three boxes. Costs when you factor out the $13 a month we were paying for TiVo and some other stuff are similar. Pretty much the only thing holding us to cable was our Internet service (which we're keeping, for $5 more a month) and News 12. Well, Cole's pretty much eliminated our watching of News 12, and as I mentioned before, the price difference between a digital cable customer and a schmuck who only wants the Internet for Optimum Online is only five bucks, which is a nice way to repay someone who drops a crapload of money on their service.

The final straw came the other day when Noggin (Cole's favorite channel) went out again. We've already had Cablevision come out three times to fix our signal, and for a company that likes to trumpet how good and reliable their service is compared to the weather-dependant dish, they seem to be dropping the ball somewhere.

Plus - NFL Sunday Ticket. Figures that what projects to be the worst Dolphins season in recent memory I'll be able to see EVERY GAME.