Month: February 2010

NBCUniversal/Comcast – Al Franken – Bandwidth Caps

Here is an interesting article from Mark Cuban. He is discussing the NBCUniversal/Comcast deal and Al Franken. I was reading my RSS feeds and came across this post from Mark. It got me thinking on 1. the future of media (cost) 2. how legislation could inadvertently change how and what media we get. It is worth the read. http://blogmaverick.com/2010/02/24/senator-al-franken-is-requesting-user-caps-on-internet-bandwidth/

Compress vdi file (virtualbox)

I mainly develop inside of a virtual server / application. In the last year I have been using Virtualbox instead of Virtual PC. I have a base image that I use as a testing machine. It is a base Windows XP image. I recently discovered that I could save some disk space by using a few commands to shrink / compact …

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Backup your iPhone Photos – XP

I have been asked a few times to share the steps that I used to get all my photos off my iphone. Here are the basic steps to download all the photos on your iphone using Windows XP or Windows 7: Windows XP: 1. Attach your iphone via usb cable 2. When XP asks what application to use select: (Microsoft Scanner …

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Windows Media Center 7 Must have Plugins

I have posted before the Media center plug-ins that I have used with my media center.  After upgrading my Mediacenter PC to Windows 7, some of my favorite ones no longer work. My absolute favorite : Web Guide (WebGuide) will not work with 7.  I hope they come up with some type of fix / new version However, there are a …

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Laptop Upgrade (windows 7)

The primary laptop that I use (Thinkpad) just got re-installed tonight. I was using the Beta / RC of Windows 7 Since Nov of 2008. I just realized that it was due to expire in the next 2 weeks. Early last year I purchased 3 copies of windows 7 Premium for 50 dollars each on Amazon during a pre-order event. I …

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Logitech touch – iPhone mouse keyboard

I finally had the chance to test the new Logiitech Touch application (Logitech touch) What a great little app. You essentially install the server side of this app on the computer you want to control, then run the app on your iphone. The iphone app lists all available (controllable) systems on your network. You then can use the mouse / keyboard …

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Relaunch of IISinformation.com

The site iisinformation.com has recently gone through a re-launch. Head on over to www.iisinformation.com to check it out. The move from community server to wordpress was successful.

Jailbroke again

So I decided to jailbreak my iphone again. This time I was taking a trip out west SteamBoat and wanted the ability to tether my phone and get internet access. I had previously purchased an iPhone app (iphonemodem) and had success. However, this time I decided to try a new app for tethering. Mywi (http://www.rockyourphone.com/index.php/mywi.html). What an amazing app. I was …

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