The Apple TV is very nice, but I think I'm going to buy a MacBook Air for most of my work, and set my current MacBook Pro up as a media center in the apartment I get with my sister. We'll drop cable, buy The TubeStick (with its really cool recording software and FrontRow-replacing MediaCentral software) to get any over-the-air TV, and use iTunes to get the rest / rent movies / etc. Not quite as elegant as the Apple TV, maybe, but functional and with DVR capabilities.
I've been eying the EyeTV from Elgato. And with Macworld, they have released a new version of the software. Also, it seems with MacWorld expo, they are having a sale on their hardware, selling at refurb'd prices.
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Also, if you happened to have done a search for an old piece of hardware they don't sell anymore, they give you this nice coupon screen that takes another 10% off.
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Which, for me, paid for ground shipping. Curses, how did my Visa card escape from my tight fisted moneyclip??? Anyhow, just an idea, in case you can't wait until Feb for the one you linked.
Aaaand my google maps just pinpointed my location almost exactly.
Funny thing, since the cell service in my apt is eh, it gave a very WIDE 'pinpoint'. But when I turned the wi-fi share on from the iMac, and re-searched, the pinpoint was within a few blocks. CRAZY. Spooky too. Who says the internet is anonymous?!?
Although, WOW! I'm displaying current freeway traffic conditions on my Google maps right now, AIFG!
Ya, you wanna know what's zannier?! Try doing directions now, it gives you an estimate "33 minutes with traffic".... HELLO, WITH TRAFFIC!! Didn't do THAT before! I gotta try it out in the morning when there is some yellow/red and see if that estimate increases.
ETA the link for the coupon.
Yesterday, I wrote:
Can someone help with what should be a simple html/css problem? I've got an unordered list. I want bullets on some items, and no bullet on others. My style tags work correctly in Firefox, but in IE (versions 6 and 7), I'm not seeing bullets in front of ANY of the items. Am I missing something obvious? Here's the page: [link]
I figured it out. The problem is that I was applying a width attribute to the UL: [link]
DJ, I was able to open my .3gp camera phone video files in Quicktime, but if iMovie doesn't like them, you can probably convert them to .mov with either MPEG Streamclip or ffmpegx. (Or Quicktime Pro, but thatll set you back $30 - the others I linked to are free.)
I made a b.org bookmark on my iPhone home screen. It's so cute!
Jess made that icon last night!
HOWTO: iPhone Webclip Icons
All this laptop talk...
...hell, I'd be happy if I could just replace the screen on my coal-burning antique POS.
It peeves me that I can't create webclips on my iPod Touch without forking over $20 (which I'm not going to do - none of the apps included are cool enough to be worth the money). Way to fuck over your early adopters, Apple.
DJ, I was able to open my .3gp camera phone video files in Quicktime, but if iMovie doesn't like them, you can probably convert them to .mov with either MPEG Streamclip or ffmpegx. (Or Quicktime Pro, but thatll set you back $30 - the others I linked to are free.)
Yeah. I could watch it, I just couldn't edit or convert (need to edit, because a full 15 minutes of me and my sisters is pretty boring, but about 5 minutes of it is pure comedy gold).
Thank you Jessica! You are awesome!
iPhone 1.1.3 stole my custom ring tone! I forget the app thatlet me load it up. Dunno if it still works. Didn't notice until after I left home. This may prompt me to upgrade to the newest Garage Band.
Jess made that icon last night!
Thank you! It makes me happy to see it on my screen.
It peeves me that I can't create webclips on my iPod Touch without forking over $20 (which I'm not going to do - none of the apps included are cool enough to be worth the money). Way to fuck over your early adopters, Apple.
Pissing off customers over $20 a pop? LAME! They need to get with the program.
Question about home internet setups....
Which i should preface by explaining that i'm a technopeasant. I am addicted to the internet, but pretty clueless about home setups. Last time i did utilities myself i had netzero free (and SLOOOOW) dialup and bunny ears for my 12" tv/vcr combo. That said.....
I'm moving this weekend and setting up utilities for the new place. My new place has two options for internet. I can shell out an extra ~$30/month to add 1.5 "high speed" internet on top of my new phone service via Qwest. Or i can shack up with comcast and pay ~30/month for basic cable and their version of high speed internet for six months of introductory rate, then add another $20/month for internet.
These are just base quotes. Qwest adds $5/month for renting a compatible modem. Comcast prolly adds even more for all kinds of essential extras like connection and boxes and whatever is necessary to make it compatible with my 2001 dell inspiron. I am so very confused. I don't need cable at all, but the internet is so very much faster than through the phone company. I don't really have $$$ for either option, but i want internet access enough to make it close to a necessity. Job search without net access would be agony!
The question being: do i follow my conscience and just piggyback on phone line, or go all yuppie and get cable in order to get cheaper, faster internet as a promotional add-on?
