I have a Samsung LN52A650 TV on which I view Netflix and other assorted broadcasts via my Media PC. The PC itself is a Dell Inspiron 530 to which has been added (swapped really) a Radeon HD4670 graphics card. For the best possible picture and sound I use an HDMI connection. This was the reason … Continue reading Updated ATI Radeon Drivers and now Picture is off the sides of my TV set
Michelle was out shopping last week and, on impulse bought one of those little hats and beards for our cat Phoebe. You know, the ones that you see in the store, look at the person next to you, roll your eyes and say “Who would be weird enough to actually buy something like that. Now … Continue reading Merry “Cat”-Mas
About a year ago I decided to splurge and get myself some Oakley glasses. I’m much more of a Sams Club fanboy for my glasses but I was looking for something that could provide good dust and wind protection while bicycling and most of my options seemed to involve glasses that could be best described … Continue reading Oakley Glasses warranty worth about as much as the paper it’s printed on
Computers don’t die, they only fade away… to become household servers so it seems. A computer typically lasts me about 3-5 years of primary use before it becomes old enough where it just can’t drive the software and / or the operating system that I want to use. Then I tend to purchase an extra … Continue reading Standby Issues and some workarounds
I’m about to trade in my BlackBerry Torch 9800 for a couple of HTC EVO devices from Sprint. The job I’m moving to, while still a BlackBerry shop, does not provide them for my position (yet…). But I’ve been refining my collection of BlackBerry apps for a while now. Mostly with my Bold 9000 but … Continue reading “Must Have” apps for BlackBerry Torch
We have a couple of cats, Phoebe and Maverick who are really well behaved… well… in most ways. For years we had normal litterbox that they shared that looked just like any other cat litterbox. After we had done a lot of work on our house I thought it might be nice to de-emphasize the … Continue reading Cat Troubleshooting 101
I like my popcorn. Many years ago I decided to see if the brand name popcorns were actually worth any extra money and bought several different kinds and tried them against some no name brands and decided that, at least in the case of the “Orville Redenbacher” offering there really was a difference. Like the … Continue reading Orville Redenbacher’s Gourmet Popcorn – What’s happening to you?
On my PC, I love using Google Reader to aggregate my RSS feeds. I used to have (it’s probably still current) a paid-for copy of “NewGator” and I’ve tried several other alternatives, but the one that just worked the way I do was the Google product. When I started using my new Torch BlackBerry device … Continue reading RSS Reader for Torch
I’ve had my BlackBerry Bold (9000) for a few years now and it was starting to show some signs of age (besides its rather beat up case), dropping calls more and more often and rebooting spontaneously during the day. So I put in for the new AT&T BlackBerry Torch (9800), being the BlackBerry administrator for … Continue reading Playing with my new BlackBerry Torch
I picked this info up from “The Winhelpline Blog” and am documenting it here so that I’ll be able to find it the next time I want to change this. The following subset of directions is lifted unabashadly by me for my own edification. If you want the whole story go to the Winhelpline link. … Continue reading Setting Windows 7 Login Background Screen
