Seriously trivial thoughts
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 …
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 …
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 …
Forgot to record the 2008 VMAs but found some clips on MTV.com. Here are some of my favs. First off, Paramore rocked. Christina's performance was so so, but it was good to have her back. Looked like a lot of lip syncing altho she might have been doing some live over top. The last two, …
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 …
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.
My cable modem was unable to connect yesterday, so I called techsupport. After about 15 minutes of holding and the obligatory check-the-lights-unplug-replug, I got an appointment THREE DAYS in the future! Later I went behind the TV and made sure the coax cables were fully screwed in…they weren't. The modem connected right up. Now the …
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 …
Found this on eHow.com and was skeptical that it would really work with my Sansa Fuze, but low and behold it does! Basically, after connecting the cable to your Sansa, you just slowly plug the USB cable into your PC. Watch for the charging indicator on the screen. The charging pins–for some reason–connect before the …
I used to think that Creative Zens were the best MP3 players for my needs, but after much research I decided to switch camps and try the Sansa Fuze. Why? No special software to install: The Fuze can appear as a removable drive and you just drag and drop your music. By default it will …