By Grant on Mar 25, 2009 in Blog, Featured, HDTV, Hacks/Mods, How to, Internet, OSX, Reviews, Software | 1 Comment
Well it didn’t take long for the Boxee team to come up with a new alpha release that includes more gooey goodness including a fix to the pesky Hulu.com issue.
Last night the folks at Boxee announced the release of a new Boxee alpha. The top additions to this new alpha are the support for Pandora [...]
By Grant on Mar 19, 2009 in Blog, Gadgets, How to, Linux, OSX, Reviews, Software, Windows | 1 Comment
A new application has been released for the Ipod Touch and the Iphone. A Boxee Media Center remote control application that in my opinion is CRISPY!!!! The application which is currently available through the App store on your device can be downloaded for free and gives you control over any Boxee media center you may [...]
By Mike on Jan 19, 2009 in Featured, Linux, OSX, Reviews, Windows | 0 Comments
If you haven’t heard of boxee it is an open source application that puts a frontend over the media we stream over the internet. Think of it as your Tivo interface with the recorded programs folder replaced by the content offered by last.fm, and hulu. Another way to look at it would be what Apple [...]
By Mike on Apr 6, 2008 in Featured, Linux, OSX, Windows | 42 Comments
From time to time I am asked which operating system is the best in my opinion. This is a tough question to answer as there is no definitive answer. All your choices have their technical merits but, you really shouldn’t select an operating system based solely on its technical merits. You should instead select one [...]
By Grant on Mar 31, 2008 in Hacks/Mods, Hardware, Linux, News, OSX, Windows | 0 Comments
The Macbook air went down quick in only 2 minutes on the first day of the competition. Windows Vista SP1 went down on the last day after 2 days of intense work. The only OS left standing (drum role please) LINUX. Reportedly, participants reportedly were not prepared to deal with the [...]
By Mike on Mar 21, 2008 in OSX | 0 Comments
Like Windows, OSX has a number of options you can invoke at startup. One example of this would be holding down “c” during the boot up sequence in order to boot from a CD. That is just one example. I thought I should list the rest for my “OSX noob” friends.
By Mike on Mar 18, 2008 in Gadgets, OSX | 14 Comments
The title should read
“Does work in OSX, with the Nokia N800, and, wait for it, Linux.” At least Ubuntu.
Well I just received my Logitech diNovo Mini from Amazon this afternoon and I’ve had just enough time to run a few test.
First I tried it with the Nokia N800. Once I got over the hurdle of [...]
By Mike on Mar 17, 2008 in Featured, How to, Linux, OSX, Software | 23 Comments
I never thought I would actually pay for radio until a co-worker of mine signed up for Sirius satellite radio when Howard Stern made the switch to Sirius. Now, Howard Stern I could care less about but, this gave me my first extended exposer to the music channels. Every afternoon, for weeks, I would [...]
By Mike on Mar 15, 2008 in Featured, How to, OSX, Software | 24 Comments
Disclaimer:
A lot of the people asking me how to install Wordpress on OSX have new babies. I’d like to apologize up front to the rest of the internet for bringing more new baby sites to the internet and thus hindering the speed at which we all can download music. Sorry.
How to [...]
By Mike on Mar 3, 2008 in How to, OSX | 0 Comments
Does anyone know why every operating system needs an annoying startup sound? My guess is it is included to scare the crap out of the cat. I could be wrong. Anyways here is how you get rid of it on your Mac.