Xander ,'Touched'
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It is, isn't it?
Wish I'd noticed this conversation before I broke down and bought VSS. But it was still cheap, because I got it from the super duper donated tech for nonprofits place that makes me happy. Although I've now used up my quota of Microsoft products for another year, what with having to buy new operating systems for all the donated laptops I got. Not complaining, though! Free laptops! Cheap software! Whoo!
But yeah, I like learning new stuff.
VSS really isn't all bad, it just doesn't scale up to big projects very well since it lacks a lot of features and its database isn't very robust. For smaller projects it works fine and has the advantage of simplicity.
That's fine for me, then, because I only need it for small projects. Simplicity is a good thing.
I had the Logitech Harmony 880, which is their flagship, but my Plasma TV didn't like to play well with it so I ended up returning it. The fault was with my TV though, not the remote. My TV tends to be inconsistent with how long it takes to respond to the first remote input after you turn it on. This wreaks havoc with all of the macro based programming that these remotes depend upon. It's what I get for buying an odd brand Plasma TV.
Hmm. I read this review of the 880, and the idea of firing everything up at once--turning on the TV, making sure it's on TiVo input and goosing the TiVo, or switching stuff around for the DVD player? LOVE.
A few years ago I was in love with something Sony put out, but technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, as it is wont to do.
It really is an amazing remote and does everything it claims. I was quite bummed that my TV wouldn't play well with it. I love the 880 enough that I keep entertaining ideas of getting a different Plasma TV just so that I can have one that will work with that remote.
Yay! After a bit of struggling my home computer is now sharing it's printers with the Windows machines around it. I have triumphed over Samba and CUPS.
The trick was letting KDE automatically configure everything. So not so much my personal triumph.
This terminal program for OSX mimics a vintage glass teletype machine, with screen warpage and everything!
GLTerminal emulates a 1970’s terminal monitor, complete with flaws in brightness, warped display curvature, and flicker. It even simulates baud rate lag. And! for extra verisimilitude, the character colors can be green or amber.
::off to download::
That is a cool terminal program.