Winding down, new brew, dvr down

So we got through the day yesterday with all 10 chickens intact.  Cindy kept them in the coop later in the morning and we put them to bed about an hour earlier than they would on their own.  I might be going to Tractor Supply this weekend to look at their electric fence equipment.  I could buy everything I need on Amazon but I’d like to see some of the stuff in person before pulling the trigger.  The dollar expense would be less than $200.  The installation time would be more costly.

So last night was more than likely the last we will have with Tank in the house.  Enough time has passed that he should be able to go back to his normal environment with his brother, Bowser.  Although the first few days were a bit of an adjustment period, overall it has been fun having Tank around.  His personality is very endearing and his appearance is cute in funny sort of way.  The biggest negative has been the sleep penalty both Cindy and I have paid but even that has gotten less severe the last few days.

I know Cindy really loves having him around and I know she is going to be sad to see him go home.  Luckily we have Sadie for the next 10 days so it should help to fill the void.  Of course I’ll miss him too and feel badly he won’t get quite the same level of attention he has been accustomed to the last couple weeks.  He’s a good boy.

I got my new coffee maker set up in my office today.  Even though I am using the same coffee as normal, it tastes significantly better.  I suppose the fact that I did no real maintenance on the old coffee maker in the dozen or so years I had it might make a difference.

The DVR I set up in the house a few weeks ago is offline.  For a week or two I started to notice it was getting increasingly noisy.  I at first was afraid it was the hard drive but it later became apparent it was a fan, more than likely the processor cooling fan.  Since the box is only 4 months old I wanted to get it covered under warranty.

I have been less than thrilled with the support from Night Owl, the company that made the DVR.  I called and sat on hold for at least 15 minutes,  I was then without choice redirected to voicemail where I was told to leave a message after which I was hung up on.  Someone did call me back about 6 hours later and took my info, indicating Night Owl should drop ship me a new box, however the RMA was handled by a different group.  I now had to wait for that group to contact me to actually process the claim, stupid.   As of now I still have not had that secondary contact.  I have a feeling I am going to have a very frustrating experience trying to chase down the warranty repair.