Using Apple products is like going to Disneyland
Using Apple products is like going to Disneyland. You can have tons of fun, but only in the way they want you to have fun.
Category «TechStuff»
Speeding up podcast and audiobook listening
My Sansa Fuze MP3 player has a cool feature that lets you playback podcasts and audiobooks at a faster than normal speed. You can easily understand the speech, but it also increases the pitch, although not to chipmonk-like levels. However, I would prefer to use my N95, but it lacks such a feature. The solution? …
N800 Going…iPod Touch on the way
I'm weak. I gave in to the dark side. I've got a 32GB 2nd gen iPod Touch on order and my trusty N800 is up on eBay. Got a good price on Amazon. Only $379 with free shipping and no tax. Compare this to the $324 I paid for the 16gb model I got for …
Nice emailed reminder application
I've never liked Outlook's Tasks feature, so I often email myself reminders to do something. My email is the one thing I check all the time. (Of course, for events tied to a specific day/time, like birthdays, meetings, anniversaries, etc. I still input those in my Outlook calendar) Anyways, I wanted to remind myself to …
Listen to podcasts on MP3 player using a Bluetooth (cellphone) headset
OK, I'm cheating a little, but I figured out that I can connect a normal cellphone Bluetooth headset to my laptop which has an IOGear BT dongle. It's a little cumbersome because to have to changed the default sound device to the BT device, but I put a shortcut to the Control Panel's Sound and …
The new Slacker G2 is WAY too expensive
Slacker’s new portable player is cool, but just too expensive for what it does. The 8GB model weighs in at $249 ($199 for the 4GB model). The 8GB Apple iPod Touch is $229! You can use the free Pandora app for a Slicker-like experience. Yeah, I understand the whole auto-sync feature, but I don’t see …
Stream Hulu, Youtube, CBS videos to your Xbox 360 and PS3!
Just install the The PlayOn! app on a PC networked to your Xbox 360 or PS3 and you can stream Hulu, CBS, YouTube, ESPN videos and more to the device. Netflix streaming content support is coming soon. Woo hoo! They got some major bugs worked out yesterday and I was able to access most of …
Multiple file selection order solution for Windows
Typically by default, Windows lists files in alphabetical order. However, if you select a range of files by clicking on one, holding the shift key and selecting the last in the range, you may notice that often the last file in the range will be listed first, followed by the rest of the files in …
Fix Firefox memory leaks with this restart add in
I'm constantly closing and restarting Firefox due to the severe memory leaks. Restarter is a cool add in that will close and restart FF with one click. Seems to work quite well. Highly recommended.
Problem playing podcasts at “Fast” speed on Sansa Fuze
For some unknown reason, when you play SOME podcast at the fast (chipmonk) speed, the sound becomes garbled when the screensaver kicks in. There have been similar reports supposedly due to MP3s using VBR (variable bit rate), instead of the more common CBR (constant bit rate). The only difference I see is that the offending …