Basically my Holy Grail...

The Slingbox was released today, and I quickly scrambled and found one at CompUSA. This product is truly amazing, and I consider it part of the Holy Grail for my "Digital Lifestyle". Simply, it allows me to watch either live TV or anything stored on my Tivo, from another location, streamed from the Internet. Why the big deal? Because this allows me to watch TV ANYWHERE where there is an internet connection -- such as FRANCE. This means I no longer am going to feel completely out of place, I'm not going to miss sporting events I previously did, etc. It's amazing how just even watching SportsCenter or ESPNEWS will help me feel better. Not to mention getting an occasional whiff of FoxNews and Bill O'Reilly :).

I should note that at this particular moment, the Slingbox isn't working, as apparently there are some issues with their servers handling the amount of requests... and when I called tech support, I got a "You called a day early, call us back tomorrow" message, which I found quite funny and didn't seem to mind. You can't rush greatness I suppose :)

And I guess I should mention VONAGE as the other half of the Holy Grail. This is going to allow me to make and receive calls, just as if I was in the US.

Now, if only I can find a 9 hour time gap solver, and establish capitalism overseas... :)