Archive for 'Miscellaneous' Category
Good News Everyone!
15 September 2008I finally got off my butt and purchased an actual web hosting account!
I felt bad that I kept mooching off my friends bandwidth and had to keep asking them for help in setting up my services and whatnot. This way is going to be much better!
Also, I thought I’d pimp out the name [...]
Does a DVD player that outputs 480i over HDMI really need to be more than $100?
15 September 2008I mean seriously!
There is no simpler a solution than a DVD player that outputs the 480i signal decoded from the DVD to an HDMI output. There’s no processing, no deinterlacing, no scaling. Just decode it and output it. Bam! Done!
My current home theater is based around a Denon AVR-2308CI Receiver which handles all my video [...]
Samsund NV24HD — Choppy High Definiton Video?
5 July 2008I recently sold my entire DVD collection in order to buy some things I’d actually use around the house. On top of a small upgrade for my desktop computer, I also purchased a new Samsung NV24HD Point and Shoot Camera. I decided that I wanted a Point and Shoot in addition to my SLR because [...]
Out with the XP, in with the Windows 2008 Server!
1 July 2008Last year I wrote a blog entry about how I was done with Windows Vista as a desktop operating system and thusly downgrading to Windows XP Professional. Things over the last year have changed though and it seem more and more applications and drivers are being released and updated for Vista (or newer ;), hah! [...]
Where have I been?
15 May 2008I’ve been busy, to say the least
About two weeks ago my wife and I decided to make our small family a little bigger by adding a new animal to the mix. Everyone, please welcome Eleanor to the Nusbaum family fold!
She’s a fourteen week old Pug! We got her from Cyndi [...]
Gas Prices — What YOU can do to save some extra $$$
20 April 2008Not exactly IT related but I wanted to get this information out there in hopes that someone else might find it handy
Recently my wife and I purchased Quicken for her Mac so we could keep a tab on our expenses and after tracking trends for a month we were floored to find out [...]
Soap Box — A Couple Links and Information I Wanted To Share
24 March 2008Hey Everyone!
I figured I’d take some time and use up some more space in my blog for some fun information and links that others might be interested in.
Fun Links:
PostCrossing.com (link) - This is a very interesting social networking site where users connect across the world via postcards! It works like this: People [...]
Internet Censorship — It’s All or Nothing
24 March 2008There’s been several articles on sites like slashdot.org and CNN discussing attempts by companies to stop the spread of illegal downloads be it movies, music, pirated software or illegal pornography. The most recent of these was Comcast blocking BitTorrent on their cable internet network (link to story), while other providers such as Usenet services are [...]
Harman/Kardon Receiver Service Manuals
10 November 2007UPDATE 5/22/2008: Harman Kardon have moved or blocked access to the service manuals from their own site. I’ve mirrored these manuals to my own server. PLEASE DO NOT HOT LINK TO THESE FILES FROM YOUR OWN SITE! If you wish to link to these files, please link to this blog entry. Otherwise, I’ll be forced [...]
Another reason why I love my new TiVoHD and why Cox Communications can suck it!
7 September 2007A little history here:
Many, many moons ago I purchased my first TiVo. A 20GB Series 1 recorder. This was back when Cable DVR’s didn’t exist and Digital Cable was still a developing technology. TiVo was glorious in its ability to record my shows and it’s super easy setup of scheduled recordings, handling overlaps with grace. [...]