Mac Mini Media Center Project (Part 1)
I own a lot of DVDs. We are talking nearly 500 at last count. It’s sick, I know. Sifting through them all to find the one movie I want to watch has become such a chore that I would rather…
Home Theater PC Plans
I have plans to set up a HOME THEATER PC for my place and my head has been spinning about the right way to tackle this project. I have been searching blogs and consulting with friends on the best options…
Computer Backups – The Holy Trinity
The Holy Trinity Seriously: If it’s not automated, it’s not a real backup. If it’s not redundant, it’s not a real backup. If it’s not regularly rotated off-site, it’s not a real backup.
How To Organize Your D&D Miniatures
I had a need to organize my D&D minis. I was finding that just to locate a particular one for D&D night had become a chore. I was always sifting through a box or bag of them just to find one…
Open Source Quote
This quote was found on the first post of this Zenoss forum. It was written by user ‘bithajcsar’. Open source in general, is only for those, who do not have any serious responsibility. Now, I do feel that I should…
Flip Ultra Video Camera Review
Last month I received a Flip Ultra digital camera as a birthday present from Hannah. There are two different models of the Flip video camera made by Pure Digital Technologies. The Flip Ultra and the Flip Mino. I have seen…
My iPhone Experince (Part 2 of 2)
Before I get started I do want to say I am an Apple fan boy. I think Apple makes the best computers on the planet, I think they make the best portable MP3 players on the planet, and now I…
My iPhone Experince (Part 1 of 2)
Last week my company cell phone died. It was an old BlackBerry 7100g. That BlackBerry and I never got along and I did not keep that fact a secret. So when it finally passed away this last week my boss…
You Can RSS Google News
You can save Google news, as well as any Google news search as an RSS feed. This is hands down a very useful feature for people who visit their local newspaper website everyday because they don't offer an RSS feed.…
Floating Image Change For WordPress 2.6
I run or administer several WordPress based websites including this one. For the the last week I slowly began upgrading these sites from WordPress 2.5 to 2.6. The upgrade for me and these sites have been very easy. None the…