One of the best ideas I have culled from McCluhan (no link I can find easily) is the idea that in a world of many minds, there are some that can solve some of the most difficult problems easily. They don't see it as a problem.  The reason they haven't solved the problem is that [...]

Seagate drives use new video streaming standard. Seagate has announced new drives and a new ATA format specifically for video streaming in PVRs. The new standard is optimized for the storage and type of data access required of video streams and should result in smoother playback. Eight… [PVRblog]

Earning Money Through Amazon Associates. If you've posted to a Reading and Music TypeList, you've probably already noticed that if a reader clicks on the item's cover or link, they'll be directed to an Amazon product page about that item. What you may not… [TypePad Resources]

ColdFusion Frameworks. With all the talk of Mach II, I figured it would be worthwhile blogging a list of some of the other frameworks (and methodologies) available for ColdFusion. This list is not meant to be exhaustive but it covers all of… [An Architect's View]

U.S. Newswire – Press Release – Consumer Advocate Says Bush Cabinet Officials' Privacy Is for Sale, Bush Should Not Wipe Out Strongest State Privacy Protections. A California consumer advocate will expose how President Bush was reneging on campaign pledges by quietly backing federal legislation to override new state privacy laws. California enacted such a privacy [...]

Case Western Opens Its Network to Cleveland. Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland makes its academic Wi-Fi network open to the public: It's an ambitious project that allows the public to take advantage of an expensive, but bursty and abundant service. The university has over 1,200 access points, and unless it's a unique case, there [...]

Bridging Made Easy. Wirelessly bridging wireless networks with Wireless Distribution System (wirelessly): WDS is a very simple idea: it allows an access point to act like a port on an Ethernet switch. With this simple idea, Apple, Linksys, Buffalo, and others have finally implemented inexpensive and simple-to-configure bridges. What's better, Apple and Buffalo, to name [...]

TiVo's guide to connecting via WiFi. Whether they're amazingly prescient or amazingly responsive (or it's just a coincidence), we're not sure, but TiVo's latest email newsletter has a step-by-step guide to connecting your TiVo via WiFi. You might recall our post a few days ago about the difficulty one TiVo owner experienced when trying to [...]

PostgreSQL, Inc. Releases Open Source Replication Version. PostgreSQL, Inc. is today contributing its commercially developed replication solution, eRServer(c) v1.0+ for the PostgreSQL database, to the PostgreSQL project and the global open source community. This is part of PostgreSQL Inc.'s ongoing commitment to promoting open source software by adding a crucial enterprise component to the world's [...]

Adding Google Search to your TypePad weblog. Matt Haughey of PVRblog writes in a great tip about adding a Google search to your TypePad weblog. Once you add the search to your weblog, your readers will be able to search your site for specific keywords…. [Everything TypePad!]