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Digital Picture Frames and HD DVRs

September 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

You can tell Cedia must be in full swing. Been thinking about getting one for dear old Dad. At http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-brings-wifi-enabled-vaio-cp1-digiframe-to-the-states/ they show the Sony VGF-CP1.

It is $300 has has a 7-inch 800×480 widescreen. Support Picasa streaming, has an SD/CF card reader, built-in speakers, internet radio and digital clock. So, it really is the clock [...]

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Olympic heaven

August 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

I’m completely addicted right now. First, Comcast has HD Olympics live on USA channel and KOMO-TV which are channels 660 and 105. With a DVR, it is nearly perfect, but with NBCOlympics.com, you can watch four different events live. I’m going to be up all night!

The best are the live feeds and the mode [...]

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Bluray has won, now what?

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

I’ve paid no attention to home theaters for the last four years (really!) because there has been a major format war between HD DVD and Blu Ray and more over I can’t imagine throwing away the gigantic 200 kg 72” rear projection TV monster I have, but with HD DVD dying this February and so [...]

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Twitter Updates for 2008-05-09

May 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

There is a heaven. Haven’t played with Comcast HD in months. Wow, lots of HD channels, watching Pussycat dolls in HD while reading mail! #
Trying freeconference.com, wow that is amazing conferencing is free. #

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ISPs like Shaw block port 25 and break your email

February 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Internet

Argh, why do internet providers act so smart! Sometimes I can’t seem to send email and right now I’m discovering that this is because certain ISPs will block the SMTP port 25 (send mail) and 465 (secure send mail), so mysteriously at some access points, you can send mail and at others you can’t. Some [...]

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