Yesterday we went to the Auto Show here in town. There were plenty of choices for the next car in our driveway. Drake had a blast. He had to climb into every car.
After the show we went out to dinner with the whole family where Drake was showing off his picture taking talent. This is just a small selection, more can be seen in the Drake the Photographer set on Flickr.
Tags: I have once again run up against Macrovision Copy Protection/the broadcast flag. I was browsing one TiVo’s Now Playing List from another when I noticed the red crossed out circles on two Showtime HD programs that I record; Secret Diary of a Call Girl, and United States of Tara.
I have no idea if this was Showtime or Comcast throwing the flag, but it’s annoying.
I do have to say that at least it is only the “0×02 – Copy Once – The DVR can make a recording, but can’t transfer it via MRV or TiVotoGo transfers” and not “0×04 – Content is Copy Once for digital output, but would have Macrovision 7 Day Unlimited restriction applied on the analog outputs. This affects content viewed either on an HDTV with component cabling or on a standard definition TV. It also affects content saved to VCR or DVD when the recorder is connected to an analog output on the DVR” or “0×07 – Content is Copy Never for digital content (deleted after 90 minutes) and Macrovision 7 day/24 hour for content recorded from analog channels. Content cannot be transferred via TiVoToGo transfers or MRV, and cannot be saved to VCR or DVD” (via tivo.com/copyprotection)
-UPDATE- I’ve picked up some info that leads me to believe that this was not Showtime related. Which means Comcast is stupid.
We got our Notice of Assessment, Taxable Valueation, and Property Classification in the mail today from the city. This document is sent out to notify people if there is a change in the Taxable value of their home. Our notice for 2009 has some good news and some bad news.
The good news is that our taxable value rate went down.
The bad news is that our taxable value rate went down.
In Michigan the taxable value of your home is not necessarily the actual value of your home, or if you just purchased your home it is most likely not going to be what you paid for the home. There are two factors involved with calculating your taxable value. The first is the State Equalized Value of your home. By law this number must be approximately 50% of the true cash value of your home. The taxable value of your home may be less if the SEV went up by more then the rate of inflation.
This can also mean that the taxable value of your home may increase even if the cash value of your home decreases. This would be able to happen if your home has a large gap in the cash value and its taxable value. If the cash value of your home was to decrease but still be higher then the taxable value with an inflation increase then your taxes would go up even when the cash value of your home went down.
Now, once a house changes hands the taxable value is automatically raised to the cash value of the home. This is the case with our house. We have owned it for a little over 4 years so the SEV and Taxable value have been almost always in sync. For 2009 our SEV and Taxable Value are the same because the actual cash value of our home decreased.
This means that we’ll pay less in property taxes, but also means that our house has lost value. At this point the principal balance of our mortgage is just about equal with what the state says the cash value of our home is.
Theresa brought home a pizza for lunch on Sunday. It was infested with a tumor.
Thanks to Redbox I’ve been getting free movie rentals on Mondays. They send out a text message that is good for a one day rental only on that day. I don’t even get the text messages. I visit Inside Redbox to see the text codes. You can also follow @InsideRedbox on Twitter to get the codes and other info.
I’m not sure what I’ll get today, it is a toss up between City of Ember and Pineapple Express.
