Archive for January, 2006

EyeTV 2 Review

Monday, January 16th, 2006

EyeTV 2 is an update to the software that drives EyeTV devices from Elgato Systems. Although I’ve only been using the new software for a brief amount of time, I’ll share my thoughts and suggestions for future revisions.
EyeTV 2 comes with a new interface, both in the onscreen remote control (controller) and the primary display [...]

WordPress Plugin Security

Monday, January 16th, 2006

One of the RSS subscriptions I read every morning is the Secunia Security Advisories. This list tells me all of the new vulnerabilities discovered in software. Having my own small “hosting company” I keep tabs on all of the software I or my clients install on the server and compare that list to any security [...]

RoundCube Webmail

Saturday, January 14th, 2006

Recently a friend turned me on to RoundCube Webmail. RoundCube is a web-based email program much like SquirrelMail. However unlike SquirrelMail, RoundCube has a stunningly beautiful interface. Lots of nice ajax implementations and best of all doesn’t use frames.
Installation of this alpha status project was a snap. I had users logging in within five [...]

EyeTV 2 Upgrade

Saturday, January 14th, 2006

Update: Elgato has responded to my concern. See their comment at the end of the post. Looks like they will work with me on this, kudos to them! I’ve also posted “EyeTV 2 Review if you would like to read my review of the software.
For Christmas I received an Elgato EyeTV 200. The device is [...]

WordPress 2.0 Upgrade

Friday, January 13th, 2006

Okay, no less than two weeks after I listed reasons I wasn’t going to upgrade to WordPress 2.0, I’ve done so. But…. Just on this site. I have not upgraded any of my other WP installs and I don’t plan to soon.
My opinion of the release remains the same. It will be great for many [...]

A Tale of Four Bloggers…. or Two

Monday, January 9th, 2006

Looks like I might need a category for “blog psychology”. Once upon a time, I had a blog, “blog 1″. All of my posts were signed as my nickname and people addressed me in comments as “dear nickname”. Life was good and there were many regulars who posted comments to my bog. I came to [...]

Chasing the Swirl of Contextual Advertising, or Trout

Saturday, January 7th, 2006

I really enjoy fly-fishing. One technique that divides all fishermen is that of “chasing the swirl”. If you are not a fisherman “chasing a swirl” is when you see a fish jump not where you are fishing, but within casting reach. Do you turn around and cast hoping to place your fly directly above where [...]

Things are Crazy

Thursday, January 5th, 2006

Things are crazy. Things are very crazy. I’ve written close to 100 blog posts this week and I’m still behind on one of them (flightnest). This whole craziness has been the result of a few different factors.

Google let one of my websites out of the sandbox. Or since Google barely acknowledges such a thing exists [...]