That's something that's been going on for years. The six month limit on the 700MHz band that it mentions is actually an extension to a previous deadline.

Most organizations migrated out of the 700MHz band over the past two years.

my theater is 1/2 way done migrating out. We noticed during Christmas Carol that the old 700 MHz mics got micro second pzzts randomly during the nights. We suspected it was Verizon, as a couple other organizations in the area have received cease & desist orders from Verizon for using their frequencies.

I can haz Hulu on the teevee! Woo hoo!

um, how?

By finally hauling my old G5 out of the closet and hooking it up to our AV system. Amusingly, in order to watch Hulu, the audio must now be set to "VCR" because that was the only input I had open.

Today I'm heading over to Radio Shack at lunch to get an ethernet cable and look at DVI-VGA adapter prices. (The cable I have now isn't long enough to put the tower where I want it, and right now the only place it fits is right in front of a radiator. Obviously that sort of thing is cheaper online, but if I can get it today it may be worth the instant gratification premium.)

Anyone know if a Harmony remote can be programmed to control Front Row?

Anyone know if a Harmony remote can be programmed to control Front Row?

I have the same remote as you, and I use front row with it and my Mini. Does your G5 come with an IR sensor, though?

Does your G5 come with an IR sensor, though?

No, I'd need a dongle for that. Depending on price it may not be worth it, though - the keyboard and mouse are wireless already so it's not like I have to get off the couch.

I am posting this from Chrome on Windows 7 64 bit running on a my Late 2009 MacBook. Windows 7 technically isn't supported with Boot Camp yet, but a little bit of Googling and some creativity seems to have given me pretty complete functionality - the trackpad works as expected, I have sound, all of the keyboard buttons seem to do their jobs. I installed the latest video card drivers straight from nVidia, so will be testing gaming on this pretty soon.

I'll be comparing the Windows version of Dragon Age: Origins to the Mac version. I expect to see great improvement, as the Mac version is one of those Cider games that runs inside an emulation layer, so it should look much better with native DirectX.

Windows 7 seems pretty nice, so far.

I've been playing a bit of DA:O. I've enjoyed it, I like the tactical RPG genre, but the engine seems dated. I've got it running at 1920x1200 with the settings all cranked up pretty high and it looks alright, but nothing special. I'd like to see more of an Oblivion style engine with the tactical play. There's a lot I like though.

I've been playing the Mac version and quite like it. Don't care too much about visuals myself, but I have to play it at 1024x768 (not my native resolution) with all the details on low and nothing else running on my Macbook, which is annoying, and it's still slow. Hopefully I'll be able to go much faster on native (should, since the Macbooks have perfectly reasonable Geforce 9400M video cards).

I've never played Oblivion. Maybe soon. I'm enjoying DA as a non-Star Wars extension of KOTOR, though I wish I could queue up 2-3 actions when not relying on tactics, like KOTOR allows.

P.S. In case anybody is wondering, I am still unable to find a computer comparable to the current Macbook line for a better price anywhere (by comparable, I mean 12-14", 5 lbs or less, a Core Duo processor with 3GB cache, and non-integrated graphics). I've checked Newegg, TigerDirect, and custom-built Dells so far (the Dell XPS-13 almost tied the Macbook, but adding Bluetooth tipped it over $1000. On the other hand, it had 3 GB of RAM instead of 2GB, so it probably wins, just slightly.)

I have an access database issue that is perplexing our IT department (unless I have a virus, but this seems awfully specific).

I have an access database which lives on a server. It has many tables. This database was started by me and added to by IT, so I can no longer fix everything. When I open up one particular table, it shows me one and 1/2 records and then crashes access. This does not happen on any other table. This does not happen when I use the form, only when I open it directly. It does not happen on any other computer, but happens with this particular table in all backup versions. IT has "repaired" my Access and my office, but that has not helped.

IT has "repaired" my Access and my office, but that has not helped.

Did you or they try the "Repair and Compact" that Access has? If that doesn't work, create a new Access database and import everything from the bad database into it. (The import may fail on the corrupt table, in which case you're SOL on that table.)

Occasionally, big Access databases just go bad, requiring that a new database be created. Also, you might want to consider SQL Server (or some other database like MySQL) as a backend for the data portion of the Access database, reserving Access for forms, queries, etc.