Archive for February, 2008

I’m not up to speed on the copyright laws associated with most YouTube videos, but if you want to save non-copyrighted material for playback in a format other than FLV (e.g., for playback on a WM phone), here’s what you can do. Here’s what you need: Get Firefox Get Video Download extension Get Super Get [...]

Sunday, February 17th, 2008 at 14:28 | 0 comments
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One of the best WM browsers out there is also the cheapest – it’s free!  Opera Mini runs in a JVM, so you will have to install one.  I used Cloudyfa’s Esmertec Jbed. Once you have Jbed installed, install the High Memory version of Opera Mini 4. However, by default there is no one-click shortcut.  [...]

Friday, February 15th, 2008 at 16:01 | 4 comments
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There are lots of programs to let you write to PDF, but until now I hadn’t seen one that will save a PDF as a Word document. http://www.hellopdf.com/ 

Thursday, February 7th, 2008 at 16:53 | 1 comment
Categories: Windows

IF YOUR ZUNE 30GB FROZE ON DECEMBER 31, 2008, read this post.  The information in the comments is all pretty much the same – everyone’s froze at 12:00a PST. Apparently this is a Leap Year issue that will resolve itself on 1/1/2009.  Of course, a firmware patch will be required for those few Zunes that [...]

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 at 18:00 | 181 comments

Looking through the paper today, I see that Microsoft has dropped the price on the Zune 8gb by $20, down to $179.  Personally, I think this is a brilliant move by MS – right now, at a high level, the Zune has failed to distinguish itself from the iPod.  Yes, there are feature-by-feature differences, but [...]

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 at 13:46 | 2 comments

I’ve used a HTPC for about 6 years now, and I’ve run ‘em all – SageTV, Beyond, Myth, GB-PVR, and, of course, Vista Media Center (formerly known as Windows Media Center). I’ve settled on VMC, because it allows me to record ATSC and NTSC, stream live TV from either to an extender, and, thanks to [...]

Friday, February 1st, 2008 at 19:19 | 1 comment
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