- Published:
- January 21, 2010 – 1:17 pm
- Author:
- By Dave
Gone is my 500+ channel television subscription along with the required boxes necessary to decode all of that content. The DVR, which has been a mainstay of my family’s television viewing habits, has been ousted. In it’s place is a kick-ass system that keeps the DVR functionality for many of the TV shows that we usually watch, brings in much new content, and also saves me a few bucks each month.
Let’s face it, you don’t want all of the content that your cable provider offers. Cable providers have fought a-la-carte programming tooth and nail for this very reason. Much of it is specialty programming, and though I admit it is nice to know it was there, my family and I rarely watched any of it. My new setup brings many new sources as well as a CHOICE to what you want to view. I am very happy with the results so far.
Categories: Hardware,Reviews,Software,Tech,Television
Tagged: acer-revo, boxee, cable, home-theater, htpc
- Published:
- January 6, 2010 – 11:05 am
- Author:
- By Dave
The beginning of a decade is always a time for prognostication, and this year is no exception. This is an interesting collaborative look on mobile device trends for 2020. A lot of these trends are already well on the way to widespread adoption, and I would argue that many will be seen by 2015.
View the complete article to view my own predications for the Mobile Trends of the 2010s.
Categories: Cell Phones,Tech
Tagged: mobile, predictions, trends
- Published:
- December 27, 2009 – 12:16 am
- Author:
- By Dave
I’ve decided to replace my cable plan and DVR box with something a little more… functional. Sure we get a ton of channels from Verizon FiOS, but we hardly ever watch them. Our television viewing habits mainly consist of a few programs that my wife watches and a few programs that I watch, but we [...]
Categories: Hardware,Software,Tech,Television
Tagged: boxee, replace-cable, Television
- Published:
- October 30, 2009 – 6:40 am
- Author:
- By Dave
I put this together for a project in a class I am taking, and thought it would be handy for others as well. The goal is to access a Windows filesystem and reset the password for a user, for example if someone forgot the Administrator password or the account is locked out from too many [...]
Categories: Software,System Administration,Tech,Ubuntu,Windows
Tagged: chntpw, livecd, password, Ubuntu, Windows
- Published:
- October 29, 2009 – 5:03 pm
- Author:
- By Dave
At some point in the past, Google removed the Oldest ยป link out of everything except for your inbox and labels. This makes it hard to find the “first” or an early email of any sort if you have a lot in your search result. I wanted to find an email of which I had [...]
Categories: Google,Tech
Tagged: gmail, search, tips, tricks
