Seriously trivial thoughts
I was in the market for a new cable modem. I did some research and found the one I wanted on Amazon. I put it in my shopping cart, but got distracted and didn’t order right away. When I got around to it later in the evening, I found the price had jumped from $82 …
Ever since I started using my current PC as a server and leaving it on 24/7, it has been nothing but trouble–randomly crashing and rebooting. The machine has it’s roots in one I bought almost seven years ago, although I have upgraded the OS, hard drive and CPU since. I guess I’ve got enough use …
Ok, I’ll be right upfront with you: I *hate* Windows 8. Wow, that even rhymes… So why did I install it, you may ask. Well, I figured that Windows 9 will be better and it would be easier to upgrade from 8, rather than from 7. So I installed it…actually 8.1 and after some tweaking, …
Aereo, the streaming live-TV service, recently started serving San Antonio and are giving the first month free. I decided to cut the cable TV cord and actually getting rid of my cable TV box! Aereo basically streams local broadcast TV channels, including all the major networks (CBS, NBC, ABC, WB and Fox) and a number …
After tons of research, I finally decided on the Sony DSC-RX100 II (aka RX100M2) for my second camera. I just got tired of not having my DSLR and getting less-than-satisfying photos from my iPhone 5, particularly in low-light. My two must-have features were: 1) pocketable; and 2) decent shallow depth of field. The RX100 II …
Right now, my favorite WordPress plug-in for playing MP3s is MP3-jPlayer by Simon Ward. I use it on the sidebar to the right on this very site to play some of my original music. The only issue I have is an annoying 40px bottom padding that is put on the playlist player. The CSS has …
