Scott's Blog of Stuff

As you can see in my previous postings, I love Rocksmith. However, Ubisoft's technical support leaves a lot to be desired. I posted ...

Ok, maybe not. :) I got my first guitar for Christmas when I was in my late teens, along with a beginner book and some guitar picks. Weeks...

If you... own an Xbox 360 occasionally buy Xbox Live Points to purchase game DLC or Xbox Live Arcade titles are Canadian ... kee...

I survived the Christmas and New Year indulgences. Overall, it wasn't anywhere near as evil as I expected it to be and I managed to sa...

I should have seen it coming after the Christmas morning breakfast of eggs, sausage, bacon and hash browns exceeded half of my daily calorie...

This counting calories thing appears to be working, thanks to the Livestrong.com web site. A few days ago I broke the 260lb barrier. Unfor...

My suspicion from last week was correct. I have to start keeping a close watch on what I eat. I weighed myself this morning and was disappo...

Since the last update, I discovered that I had entered my weight incorrectly into Your Shape FE when I did the fitness test. I fixed it, and...

I'm sort of... round. :) I've never been a big fan of working out. I don't particularly enjoy exercise unless its a byprodu...

I arrived home from work today to a surprise: a plastic-wrapped package sitting on my dining room table, from UPS. It was my Xbox power su...

I sent the Xbox email support a message last night using their support submission form. I chose the “Other” option from the drop down list, ...

I don’t even know where to begin. This might come out all jumbled because it was one of the most frustrating experiences with customer ser...

As of this afternoon, the status of my Xbox 360 repair is now set to Device shipped to customer – Your console has been repaired or replaced...

Because this is why you are here… Yesterday, I received a notification from UPS that my Xbox had been delivered to the service center. T...

I dropped off my Xbox at the UPS Store on the way home from work today. It’ll be interesting to see how long it takes to receive the refurb ...

It’s been a day over a week since I logged the repair ticket on my Xbox Elite and still no sign of a box being mailed to me to ship it for r...

My 2½ year-old Xbox Elite died on Saturday morning. No, not the RRoD (Red Ring of Death) or the E74 error, both of which every Xbox owner dr...

Ever since Microsoft released the dashboard update for the Xbox 360 that allows it to read and write to USB drives, I’ve been searching fo...