Category: Rememberall
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In The Shop: XBMC
In the shop today: Playing with XBMC to see if I like it to stream media from a variety of sources including an HP MediaVault. Check back in a couple of days and see how it is going. From the XBMC website: XBMC is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and…
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Content by Cory Doctorow
Image via Wikipedia Content by Cory Doctorow Cory Doctorow, one of the voices behind the uber-blog Boing-Boing, is well-known for his opinions on technology, DRM and the future of content. Content is a collection of some of his best work and is an insightful read. Truly a man that practices what he preaches, the book…
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Apparently better to NOT purchase a Droid
I was talking with someone about purchasing a Droid last night. I saw this today from Engadget about a huge jump in the ETF fee associated with smart phones from Verizon. I think that just like their major competitor, they can’t handle the new phones and so would appear to be hoping to freeze the…
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Knox Computer Programming Teams Among Best in Region
6th and 7th at site, good for 40th and 57th in 5-state area October 26, 2009 Two Knox College computer programming teams finished among the top teams in the region, in the ACM Intercollegiate Programming Competition held Saturday, October 24 at the University of Illinois-Springfield. In the annual competition sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery, teams had five…
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Getting Your Wireless Network Up to Speed
The NY Times discusses the issues, solutions, and equipment in the area of wirless home networking. If you didn’t know that powerline networking is working on Gigabit speeds or where you might wish to deploy it check out the full article at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/technology/personaltech/13basics.html. A reminder that for so many of the current uses, a wired…
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Netflix on Corporate Culture
I took the time to actually read this Netflix presentation. I think they really captured the point about not transitioning to a process company when you grow. I know as I moved to opportunities that rewarded effectiveness I always wanted to be the kind of employee that would be ready for this kind of company…
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Seadragon
I see that Seadragon (http://seadragon.com) has been released. Try a large picture of something you like out, enjoy it. The aim of Seadragon is nothing less than to change the way we use screens, from wall-sized displays all the way down to cell phones, so that graphics and photos are smoothly browsed, regardless of the…