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Ok, so I've tried to keep an open mind about having to go back to Comcast cable now that I've moved to a location that doesn't have FiOS but Comcast isn't making it easy. One of the most obvious things you will notice about Comcast sucking compared to FiOS is the inability to watch items you have recorded on your living room DVR on the bedroom cable box. This is something FiOS has offered for many years now and yet Comcast are still way behind. There's little that can be done about this except complaining to Comcast in the vain hope that they give a crap about their customers, but at least their on demand content now apparently allows you to continue watching something on your second TV that you started on the first, whoop-pee doo. A second and more common feature that I found was a disgrace to be missing was the inability to skip ahead 30 seconds. Not sure if you have the 'Tivo' DVR from Comcast if you get this but that wasn't an option from Comcast in ...

What the Google Nav bar looked like before Example of the Google Nav bar now It really bugs me when companies change things for no good reason, if it aint broke dont fix it!! Today's example of this is the Google navigation bar at the top of our brower window panes, we've all seen them when using Google services, now they've gone and changed the color of it again, and not only that they've moved links around so now we've got to hunt for the calendar when before it was easy to find next to the gmail link. Not sure what they are thinking with this new 'monochrome' look including black on white Google logo, not a fan. Stop changing stuff Google, grrrrr!!

The bane of my life I've now spent a total of 5 hours, in 3 days, on the phone with various Comcast tech support, billing and account personnel none of who could actually manage get my TV working beyond even basic cable. Surprisingly my internet access, without which I would go nuts, has been fine. So that's the subject for today, Xfinity the bane of my life right now! #firstworldproblems Taken with the Canon PowerShot SX230HS in hand held night mode, a cat hair I didn't see in the frame removed in post processing ;)