Category Archives: Technology

Ripping Blu-rays and making my own digital copies

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Joel

Last month, I discovered an dissatisfying truth about the digital copies that consumers often get with their home video home video purchases — you know, when you purchase a blu-ray, DVD, digital copy combo pack. Those digital copies provide you … Continue reading →

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A picture of my current home office setup

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Joel

I thought I’d throw up a proper picture of my 2012 home office setup. From my vantage point, I have a big new desk to sit at, a great view of both screens, a very comfortable wireless keyboard that lights … Continue reading →

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Final Fantasy for iOS

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Joel

Two years ago, Apple was running a sale on Final Fantasy 1 and 2 in the iTunes store. These were new ports of the original 1980’s 8-bit Nintendo NES / Famicom home video games. I remember way back when my … Continue reading →

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The Batcave is complete, my last peripherals are now set up

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Joel

It’s all here. The Batcave is complete. A new faster desktop PC in late December / early January. The new dual monitors earlier this month. And now, the new and improved wireless keyboard, wireless mouse, and an HD webcam. Suh-weeeeeeet! … Continue reading →

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Now witness the firepower of this fully ARMED and OPERATIONAL home office!

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Joel

Bask in its glory, why don’t you? Go ahead, I’ll wait. It’s glorious, isn’t it? A little background history: In 2003, I started to long for a better desk. I had this crappy OfficeMax desk, but it was neither wide … Continue reading →

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I upgraded to TiVo Desktop Plus

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Joel

This week, I upgraded to TiVo Desktop Plus. I had planned this a few months ago. One of the benefits of TiVo is the TiVo Desktop software, which allows you to transfer your recordings to another device (desktop, laptop, Mac.) … Continue reading →

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Reupped our Verizon FiOS contract, and got an automatic upgrade to 25/25 Mbps

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Joel

Times sure flies. It’s been over two years since Verizon flipped on our FiOS service in 2009. Apart from the initial hiccups, it’s been smooth sailing, and I don’t believe we’ve an outage since ’09. We’ve had the Triple Play … Continue reading →

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TiVo Update 20.2 finally makes the Premiere worth it

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Joel

Regular readers will know that I’ve had a love/hate relationship with the TiVo Premiere since we got it December 2010 (for my Christmas present, actually.) My wife and I weren’t particularly happy with the Verizon-supplied Motorola 6400-series STB/DVR we were … Continue reading →

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SharePod 3.9.8 saved me. God bless the Internet.

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Joel

I believe Apple iTunes does strange things, and I almost lost my music for a third time. I remember years ago when my Dell Dimension was new, I had some strange issue with Apple iTunes where 130+ songs disappeared. Very … Continue reading →

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I have a whisper quiet PC

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Joel

The new Noctua indeed arrived as expected. I opened the packaging, read the minimal instructions (just a simple picture on the box), and opened up my PC case. To recap, there are four fans: the CPU fan the power supply … Continue reading →

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