We’ve been using XBMC to view movies and videos on our first generation AppleTV for a while, but it has always been a pain to manually copy (via scp) the files to the AppleTV and then remove them once they’ve been watched because the disk space is limited. So I finally got around to setting […]
Tagged AppleTV, NitoTV, XBMCAn old habit I have from being stationed in Northern Japan and finishing school in Upstate New York is that from October through March my car has permanently living in it: a short handled snow shovel a wind-up or shake-charged flashlight/radio a heavy blanket a beach towel a bag of mulch, or top-soil, or sand […]
Tagged car safety, snow, winter drivingThis morning I went by the house to check on things and feed the cats and found that the power was back on at the house; and that by some miracle I do not fully understand most of our treasured marine aquarium livestock appears to have survived! We also still have some propane though the […]
Tagged House, Marine Aquariums, snow, TrafficTwenty years ago today, was the angriest I remember being in my entire life. I was at a friend’s house going over SCA heraldic arms submissions with a friend and our host, when our host’s wife shouted down (we were in the basement) to turn on the news. All channels were broadcasting that the United […]
Tagged warThere are some very interesting developments in the news regarding the Stuxnet virus. I confess that I mostly ignored this virus, like most computer viruses, when it came out as it appeared to impact only computers running the Windows operating system. It turns out I was wrong, it actually uses Windows to spread itself, but […]
Tagged Computer Security, globalism, nuclear weapons, warCNet has a pretty good chart of AT&T vs Verizon iPhone: http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-20028154-85.html Of course they are not mentioning that 3G on AT&T is much faster than CDMA on Verizon, but phone coverage is much better on Verizon CDMA than it is on AT&T 3G. It comes down to mobile hot-spot vs data during a call; […]
Tagged iPhoneMark says this far better than I can, there is no balance in violent political rhetoric… It’s nearly all coming from the Republicans and their political allies. Violent Political Rhetoric? Look Right.
Erci and I attended Yuletide Ball Championships with our teachers from The Ballroom, Darryl Adams and Michele Kearney. The championship is typically 3-4 days of competitive dancing and showcase exhibitions. There is also always a New Year’s Eve Gala Ball, which we attended with Ann Marlow and Dan Van Bey. The Gala is always lots […]
A few weeks ago I decided to disable Adobe/Macromedia Flash on all my Macintosh computers. I am here to tell you I do NOT regret it at all, and now recommend it highly. Flash was an extremely useful extension for many years; it made it possible to view videos on the web without specialized software […]
Tagged Computer Security, flash, HTML5, Laptop Battery Performance, Web SecurityThe FCC has exposed themselves to be mouthpieces for corporate overlords. The “openess” of Android is a complete distraction and has nothing to do with throttled connections and extortionate pricing by carriers. This is hugely disappointing and we will regret it for a long, long time. Update: Steve Wozniak’s open letter to the FCC to […]
