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How-To: Google Voice Inbound/Outbound Without a Computer 10 Jul 2010 | 04:32 pm
Update (July 25, 2010): SIP Sorcery has disabled new account registrations as of today. If you don’t already have an account then you’re out of luck. More information here. Quick History Many of us ha...
How-To: Access Free IPv6 Usenet Servers 17 Dec 2009 | 07:08 am
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is the successor to the currently used IPv4. Outside of geek circles I seldom hear of people talking much about IPv6. Unfortunately IPv6 hasn’t enjoyed broad deploym...
Try Google Chrome OS Early (Updated) 26 Nov 2009 | 06:15 am
Google has introduced a new open source Linux-based operating system for web-only applications called Chrome OS. The Google Chrome OS Wikipedia entry has more information that I won’t duplicate here. ...
My Twitter Refollow Policy & Other Odds and Ends 27 Aug 2009 | 07:27 am
Hard on the heels of @RayBeckerman‘s Twitter refollow policy, I’ve decided to pen my own. Twitter is a great tool for spreading information in short bursts but it has been hampered by the large amount...
In Their Own Words: The NHS Rebuttal to the Associated Press (AP) 13 Aug 2009 | 10:00 pm
Update (8.14.2009 – 12:45am Pacific Time):I just received an email from a press officer with the Department of Health Media Centre who has informed me that their “press notice distribution system does...
Time Magazine: “Why Exercise Won’t Make You Thin” 8 Aug 2009 | 05:48 pm
Journalist John Cloud takes an in-depth look at our society’s current health problem from the angle of exercise and diet in this week’s Time article titled Why Exercise Won’t Make You Thin. Notice I d...
Designing a Proper Home Media System 5 Aug 2009 | 09:04 pm
Over the last couple of days I’ve had a lot of time to think about the design goals for a home media system. I firmly believe we possess all the technological bits and pieces to make this system a rea...
Windows 7 Activation Spoofed (not cracked) via SLIC 2.1 and OEM Master Key 30 Jul 2009 | 09:34 pm
Is anyone surprised that news hit the web (Lifehacker, Neowin, Download Squad, Gizmodo, Softpedia, Ars Technica) today that Windows 7 can now be activated using the OEM BIOS hardmod/softmod method? I’...
YouTube: The Anatomy of a Home Theater 17 Jun 2009 | 07:38 pm
This is a quick video titled “The Anatomy of a Home Theater” I put together of us putting up the home theater over the last few days. It’s not fully ready yet. We are waiting for custom red-colored th...
Nokia E71x Day 5: Bluetooth, Google Maps, YouTube, Web Browsing, and VoIP 9 Jun 2009 | 09:06 pm
Day 5 with my Nokia E71x involved Bluetooth, Google Maps, YouTube, web browsing, and VoIP. Bluetooth Old Nokia handsets including the E61 and 6620 always had trouble with in-car Bluetooth systems. For...
