AirPlay emulator for Windows!
Just installed shairport4w which is an AirTunes emulator for Windows. It basically allows you to wirelessly stream music to your PC from your iPod/iPad/iPhone/iTunes by making your Windows PC “look” like an AirPlay device. So what I’m doing is kinda interesting. I’ve got a Subsonic server running on one PC that is streaming music to …
Stone Oak Park
Comfort, TX Oct 14, 2012
Cannot connect to iTunes Store on iPad
I started encountering the “Cannot connect to iTunes Store” error this weekend. There are lots of “remedies” on the Net, but this is the one that worked for me: 1. Open App Store 2. Go to Featured and scroll down to the very bottom. Your Apple ID will be displayed. 3. Tap your Apple ID …
Fredericksburg Trade Days July 21, 2012
Windows 8 in a word is…TERRIBLE!
I really like Windows 7 at work and am finally looking to upgrade my ancient XP system. However, with Windows 8 shipping in the fall, I decided to put my purchase off until then. I’ve got a Macbook Air and Parallels, so I download the Windows 8 Preview to take it for a spin…OMG What …
Vibration only without using Silent mode hack for the iPhone
Sometimes I want my iPhone to vibrate when I get something like an email, but I don’t want a ringtone to play. Moreover, I don’t want the iPhone to be in Silent mode overall. Unfortunately, there’s not a straight-forward way to do it. If you have ringtone Vibrate option enabled, but set, say, the New …
Wimberley July 7, 2012
Migrating blog from WordPress.com to WordPress.org tips
See also my Speeding up your WordPress site post Well, I got tired of the limitations in the hosted version of WordPress (i.e., WordPress.com) and decided to host a WordPress blog myself. Since you can export a blog, it was pretty easy to migrate most of my blog, but there were a few gotchas. First, …