since i've been feeling under the weather, i decided not to stay up and watch "lost" last night. abc.com is always advertising how you can watch episodes the next day for free, so i logged on yesterday and watched an old episode to make sure it worked ok. it worked well-- only a couple times where the picture blipped and stopped, only to start back up again after about 10 seconds. i thought, ok, i'll watch it thursday instead of taping it; the picture will be clearer, i won't have to rewind, etc.
nope. not working tonight. this time it plays for about 10 seconds and stops completely. says i don't have enough bandwidth to support it. i think the problem is my wireless connection. i've been mooching off my neighbors since i got my laptop. they gave me thier password and i've repaid them with beer and cupcakes. the last time i was over there, however, they told me they'd given their password to another set of neighbors-- the noisy ones who have about 75 people living in the apartment who clomp up and down the stairs all night (and all day). i think there are too many pokers in the fire tonight. which is too bad- if i'd known, i woulda taped it.
funny how reliable the "old fashioned" apparati (VCRs, answering machines) really are...