Month: October 2002

this FAQ

Are you a network administrator dealing with Microsoft-centric networks? Then this FAQ might be for you.  [The Scobleizer Weblog]

My friend recently set up his Replay TV to connect to his PC over Ethernet.  He allocated a 120 Gb drive on his PC to his Replay device.  He also spent a couple of hours converting a couple of dozen of his DVDs and tapes he owns over to this PC hard-drive.  This now makes it possible to play them on demand.  

This is getting closer to what I want:  a simple device (and remote control) that connects my entertainment center to my PC.  Nothing fancy, just hardware and some light software.  This would allow me to easily store all the content that is delivered to my house or any movies/music I play on my DVD/CD player on an inexpensive drive for personal use later.  I could select from a variety of extremely low cost programming guides via the Internet (this competition would allow the guides to get better, faster, and more powerful quicker).   The interface doesn't have to be that different than a standard PC interface (on HDTV at 1080i, a PC interface is extremely nice and 30-40″!).  If this was built into a home theater receiver, that would probably work too (it would only require that a couple of input jacks — for all three major modes of input — that route through the computer's PVR hard-drive). [John Robb's Radio Weblog

My friend recently set up his Replay TV to connect to his PC over Ethernet.  He allocated a 120 Gb drive on his PC to his Replay device.  He also spent a couple of hours converting a couple of dozen of his DVDs and tapes he owns over to this PC hard-drive.  This now makes… Continue reading

My friend recently set up his Replay TV to connect to his PC over Ethernet.  He allocated a 120 Gb drive on his PC to his Replay device.  He also spent a couple of hours converting a couple of dozen of his DVDs and tapes he owns over to this PC hard-drive.  This now makes it possible to play them on demand.  

This is getting closer to what I want:  a simple device (and remote control) that connects my entertainment center to my PC.  Nothing fancy, just hardware and some light software.  This would allow me to easily store all the content that is delivered to my house or any movies/music I play on my DVD/CD player on an inexpensive drive for personal use later.  I could select from a variety of extremely low cost programming guides via the Internet (this competition would allow the guides to get better, faster, and more powerful quicker).   The interface doesn't have to be that different than a standard PC interface (on HDTV at 1080i, a PC interface is extremely nice and 30-40″!).  If this was built into a home theater receiver, that would probably work too (it would only require that a couple of input jacks — for all three major modes of input — that route through the computer's PVR hard-drive). [John Robb's Radio Weblog

Rick Klau

Rick Klau has started a multi-author weblog to promote his new book published by the ABA: The Lawyer's Guide to Marketing on the Internet  It includes a section on using weblogs.   Excellent!! [John Robb's Radio Weblog]

recalls

Five Years of Groove. It's been five years since the co-founders of Groove started their thing. Ray Ozzie recalls the event. Worth reading. Ray also went so far as to publish the original founding document. I also recommend reading this document. [Craig Burton: logs, links, life, and lexicon]

Doc

Doc reports on the Digital Hollywood conference he attended. When I showed up at the Digital Hollywood conference in Beverly Hills last week, I didn't expect much in the way of connectivity. Free wireless Net access, now almost standard at computer industry conferences, was out of the question. Net-connected PCs in the speaker and press… Continue reading Doc

Criteria for optimal web design (designing for usability)

Criteria for optimal web design (designing for usability). Some of the questions that Michael Bernard tries to answer: – How should information be positioned in a typical website?– How can I make my website's structure more navigable?– How should text be presented within a website?– How can I effectively use images on my website?– Are… Continue reading Criteria for optimal web design (designing for usability)

utility to do this

Registry Utilities – You should be backing up your Dreamweaver registry entries including your site definitions. Unfortunately, the capability is not built into Dreamweaer. The good news though is that there is a utility to do this for you from Corey Eiges. The time to check this out is now, if you wait till something… Continue reading utility to do this