• Life and How to Survive It

    by  • 2011/01/23 • 0 Comments

    Hacker Monthly is a print version of the best Hacker News articles in a visually appealing format. I have recently subscribed to the magazine because I found it interesting and I got the subscription for free (yes, legally). After reading the first two issues I will probably pay for my next year subscription. In the...

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    2011 Tech Predictions

    by  • 2011/01/01 • 1 Comment

    After doing this two years I figured I needed to continue my tradition. If you want to see how right or wrong I was in previous years check out my 2009 predictions and 2010 predictions. Computers 1. First of all 2011 will be the year of the tablet. That isn’t a prediction, it’s more...

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    WebOS 2.0 Wishlist

    by  • 2010/07/12 • 0 Comments

    I have been a webOS advocate since I first installed the emulator on my computer and saw just what the software could do. WebOS has seen some much needed updates over the past year but there are still some things that I feel are lacking or even completely missing as it is today. I...

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    Errors with MiroBridge

    by  • 2010/05/30 • 0 Comments

    For a while in MythTV 0.22 I was getting an error with MiroBridge saying Miro was not set up properly even though Miro worked just fine and I triple checked all my config files. I waited until upgrading to MythTV 0.23 to fix it because there was a much easier one button install option...

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    Making of webOS (r)evolution commercial

    by  • 2010/05/17 • 0 Comments

    I know what you are thinking, “how did my wife create that amazing (r)evolution commercial?” I would like to take a couple minutes to share with everyone how she made it, and what software I used to help her edit it. First of all here was the setup. She started with a piece of...

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    How to turn on Remote Desktop remotely

    by  • 2010/04/23 • 1 Comment

    Occasionally you need to get something done on a remote computer (or a clients computer) but the computer doesn’t have an easy way for you to connect to it. Luckily, if you have admin rights to the remote computer, you can still connect without needing to turn on remote desktop before hand. To do...

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    MythTV Star Trek Theme

    by  • 2010/01/28 • 0 Comments

    The MythTV theming challenge comes to a close Sunday January 31st and the entries are starting to show up on the MythTV theming mailing list. Here is one that showed up that I am very excited about. It was created by Gary Butters (not me). If you already have MythTV set up you can...

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    Biometric Devices Missing from Windows 7 Control Panel

    by  • 2010/01/18 • 30 Comments

    AuthenTec, a company that makes fingerprint scanning devices, worked closely with Microsoft to enable fingerprint authentication without third-party software for Windows 7. Unfortunately, the settings to set up the fingerprint scanner do not always show up in the Windows 7 control panel. To set up the fingerprint scanner you usually can navigate to Control...

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