The folks that develop and maintain the WordPress software are seemingly on top of all the things they need to. Every time I read about a security issue, within 24 hours it seems we get an update for WordPress. This time is not an exception. There was a report about some login issue and here [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Technology’
Ebay users are frustrating!
I’m not a big user of Ebay. And by user, I mean someone who buys things off of Ebay. I have bought a half a dozen to dozen things over the several years so not a heavy user. Recently, I bought a couple of similar items and I am looking to buy one more of [...]
New Project – Twitter/Prologue
Kathy and I are trying an experiment. I’ve never gotten into Twitter or any of it’s competitors. Kathy had never even heard of them. Some of the folks doing them (like Merlin Mann) sound interesting but others sound like they are either abusing it with links galore or just boring us to tears with news [...]
Online Guitar Lessons
I came across an interesting and really well done Guitar Lesson site. The site is basically a video lesson site providing lessons that teach songs and providing lessons on certain techniques. Their gimmick, at least with songs, is that some of the lessons are actually provided by real NAME artists. I can see the benefit [...]
New Guitar Toy
I got to sample this cool device at my local Music Store and I was way impressed by it. The device is a Vox PreAmp which is battery powered and plugs directly into the guitar and the speaker is a pair of headphones. According to Troy (again at my local music store), a good pair [...]
Security Video Cameras – Analog vs Digital
Quite awhile ago, I installed my first security video camera in my home. This was long before the notion of digital or IP based security video systems so I created a system that took the analog camera signal and placed it on a UHF channel that was then broadcast through my home cable which I [...]
Internet Security for Families
Last night I attended a meeting that our local Sheriff’s office presented on Internet Security and how it relates to families. With 2 boys getting increasingly interested in the world out on the internet (and being a geek dad), I was hoping for some stuff that I could use. For the most part, I was [...]
OS X vs Windows
As a OS X user and recent switcher, I’ve found lots of things to like about OS X. Applications install simpler. Lot’s of built in features. Usability and security are more integrated and easier to use in a way that I don’t have to think about things – just do them. There are a few [...]
New Pronto NG’s via Ebay
As posted previously, I bricked a Philips Pronto NG touch screen programmable remote. Before these remotes were discontinued, they retailed for more than $400. They are very cool and I like them a lot. I had 2 of them for 2 rooms. Anyway, I ordered 2 on ebay at a severe discount. I received them [...]
VMWare’s Fusion (I’ve left Parallel’s)
I’m very dutiful about upgrading my versions of software and making sure that they are up to date and working as the developers tell us they should. I’ve actually purchased both VMWare’s Fusion and SWSoft’s Parallels and tried them both. I’ve actually preferred Parallels as it seemed simpler though perhaps it was nothing more than [...]
Ecto 2.4.2 Blogging Software
As, I’ve stated in past posts, I use WordPress (it is at 2.3.2) for my blogging software. This is the software that is hosted on the server and is a database of the posts that I’ve written over the last 3 years. It is also the software that allows me to manage, track and even [...]
Returned Toshiba HD-DVD Player
Well, after about a week of using the two Toshiba HD-DVD players that I bought (see previous posts) I decided to return them. I had several motivations. First and perhaps least, the video from the Toshiba HD-DVD player was great but the video on upscaling DVD players is pretty good too. I know my kids [...]
Warner Bros in HD-DVD vs Bluray
Yesterday, the big news in many of my technology blogs was that Warner Bros had decided to switch from producing both HD-DVD AND Blu-ray movies which satisfy all customers wanting high definition content to deciding on only a single format. In a way, it doesn’t matter what the format was because it eliminates some portion [...]
Ebay and Paypal
I just made a purchase on ebay (see a previous post on Philips Pronto NG remotes). Ebay and Paypal are part of the same corporate family and it is always amazing that corporations put in artificial barriers that slow things down. I mean when we are talking money in 2007, it is primarily data so [...]
Coax Connectors – Compression Fittings (Snap N Seal)
I’ve come through the school of hard knocks when it comes to low voltage wiring. I’m self taught but I believe that I know quite a bit. I’ve become quite proficient at coax, twisted pair wiring. My projects have been an extensive video distribution system for my TV (which has been Satellite but is now [...]