Fluid.app makes Pandora into a standalone app pretty well!
Technology
If you have a LaserJet 2605dtn and are using Leopard - you need to get firmware 20071108. It will make you much happier.
MacBook Battery Toast
I was just updating our oldest Mac, my original MacBook (black) that is now pretty much Tammy’s laptop. I was upgrading it to 10.5.6 and realized two things. It was way behind in updates. I’m usually so good with this, but 6 updates to apply? Yikes! The battery is so wasted that …
Keep reading · 1 minute: MacBook Battery ToastDownloading a 22.6MB app to decompress a 3.9MB file. This makes sense.
Mir:ror - RFID for the Home
I’ve been wondering when these little RFID gadgets will start to make a presence in the home. Big companies have done pretty amazing things with their supply chains using RFID, but what use will a geeky household be able to make of RFID. There hasn’t been much. I was interested …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Mir:ror - RFID for the Home- Installing Boxee to try it out.
- Hmm.. On first launch Boxee hard crashed my MacBook Pro. Not good.
- Boxee people - anyone know why it’s an installer? Why no drag-n-drop. (Hate installers and their voodoo.)
DirecTV v. iTunes & Apple TV
I recently was doing a review of some of our monthly expenses. With the economy in the toilet I think this is a pretty common activity. Mainly I wanted to look for things that we weren’t necessarily using, or didn’t think we needed anymore. The trick to doing this exercise is to …
Keep reading · 9 minutes: DirecTV v. iTunes & Apple TVComcast Broadband Upgrade - Faster
A while back Comcast announced that they were rolling out a new high-speed option called DOCSIS. I always want more bandwidth but the price tag on that new service made me flinch. It seems that patience has paid off though since I’m getting nearly that performance without …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Comcast Broadband Upgrade - FasterMy Nabaztag Rabbit just reported the stock market is “up up up!” It is so very wrong. Wishful thinking?
Twitter Down for Database Maintenance
Lately Twitter has actually been reasonably reliable, at least compared to it’s previous daily (hourly?) issues. But can this really be right? I pulled up the page at 10:22 am CT and apparently they are down for database maintenance? First off, you should be able to do …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Twitter Down for Database Maintenance