If you’re at all like me, then you are a little disappointed from last week’s news that the development of Galleon is going to slow down. One of the great things about Galleon is that it is open source so if somebody wants to step up and continue development they can. I’d hate to see all the hard work that Leon put into Galleon go to waste.

Is anybody willing to take over the project? This is a good opportunity for somebody who would like to take part in the development of a somewhat high profile software application. Feel free to jump in….

The official TiVo Blog has started up an inside TiVo series on their blog. Today’s interview is with Amir who manages the strategy and roadmap for TiVoToGo, Online Services, and the core DVR features. Check out the interview if you haven’t already. It’s worth your time……

Both ThomasHawk.com and the Official TiVo Blog have some interesting pictures from last night’s singles’ mixer. Based on the pictures, it sure does look like everybody had a good time!

Today is a sad day for anybody who uses Galleon. Leon Nicholls (the developer of Galleon) has put together a post on his blog which talks about the state of HME and why he has decided to reduce his development time on Galleon!

…So, I’m sad to announce that I’ve decided to reduce my development efforts on the project. I might still release some bug fixes, but these won’t be as frequent as the releases in the past. I also don’t have any plans on adding any additional functionality to Galleon. I’ve decided to rather spend my time on other interesting technologies and open source projects.

This is definitely a sad day for all you Galleon fans. Maybe we could put together some kind of fundraiser or paypal tip jar in order to encourage Leon to continue developing Galleon at the rate he has?

Thanks to Dave Zatz, I found out that this site is briefly mentioned in this month’s issue of the New York Magazine! The magazine is running an article titled: The Blog Establishment. TiVoBlog.com is mentioned in a section which talks about blog traffic and how according to the Long Tail Theory, the total sum of traffic for smaller blogs (such as TiVoBlog.com) is much greater then the traffic that the top blogs receive. The entire article is very interesting I definitely recommend that you take some time and read it…

…..This means there are infinite niches for B- and C-size blogs: The TiVo blog! The Minnesota Republicans blog! The Lost blog! Each will have much smaller audiences than the A-list—Gawker, Engadget, Daily Kos—but advertisers will pay to reach such well-focused niches.

Yet another person thinks that TiVo customer service is great…..

Long story short: I’m sticking with TiVo for a while. They’ve treated me right and I totally adore their product, so I’m pretty much a complete mouthpiece for their service.

I wrote about my experience with TiVo customer service back in December.

As first reported on ZatzNotFunny, TiVo has updated TiVo Central Online (TCO) with a new user interface. From what I can tell, the update doesn’t contain any new features just a new interface (correct me if I am wrong) and improved functionality (I’m not trying to make the update sound minimal because it isn’t).

IMHO, TiVo really has outdone themselves with this update. The new interface makes it a lot easier for you to browse the TV guide. As a matter of fact, this update makes TCO one of the best web applications I’ve ever used. With this update, I really see no reason why you would use Yahoo’s remote scheduler. TiVo has a reputation for developing wonderful user interfaces and TCO fits this reputation. If you haven’t already created an account on TCO you really should. TCO makes the TiVo experience that much better! Nice job TiVo! Now give me a Series 3 TiVo and I will be happy :).

Several people are reporting a problem where by their TiVo is reducing the recording time of certain shows for no apparent reason. Could this be a bug in TiVo’s new overlap projection feature? It’s hard to say but it sure does look like overlap projection may be causing the problem.

My wife just told me that she has seen this problem as well. Now that I’m having the problem, I would like to find a solution ;). A couple of people have said that turning off overlap protection fixes the problem. If you are having this problem, head on over to TiVo’s support forum and get in on the discussion. I’m going to try turning off overlap projection so I’ll let you know how it goes.

Thanks David: via the feedback form.

Thomas Hawk has put together an interesting commentary about the official TiVo Blog. I’m not going to comment on it because I don’t want to piss any TiVo people off any more then I already have. In any case, head on over to Thomas’ site for a witty rant.

Apps.tv has added several new TiVo HME applications since I last reported on their service back in October of ‘05. The service now hosts thirteen TiVo HME apps that you can use for free!

If you haven’t setup apps.tv’s applications, you really should. To do this, follow the instructions on their website. In order for you to be able to use the applications, you need to have a Series 2 TiVo that is connected to your broadband connection.

The nice thing about this service is that you don’t have to install any software on your PC. Apps.tv hosts the applications on their server and you access them over the Internet. If you’d like to stay up to date on new apps that apps.tv releases, you could always subscribe to their RSS feed.