Archive for March, 2005

TiVo Commercials

Wednesday, March 30th, 2005

The way the ads appear now, it almost looks like your TiVo has been hacked by an outsider “Icon” ads over commercials at TiVo

Free Ipod Stand

Tuesday, March 29th, 2005

Seeing as the new iPods don’t come with docks, and no-one wants to spend $30+ on a bit of plastic or metal to stand their iPods on, I’ve drawn up a template for a simple, functional and attractive iPod stand you can download as a pdf, print out, stick on some card and assemble. It’s […]

New Tires go on the Rear

Friday, March 25th, 2005

It used to be that when buying two new tires, they would go on the front. New research shows that they’re better placed on the rear: If the rear tires have more tread depth than the front tires, the front tires will begin to hydroplane and lose traction on wet roads before the rears. This […]

Press

Friday, March 25th, 2005

They cut spending and laid off 17 people from a staff of around 100, and were soon in the black. The result: the firm remains privately owned, and has no debt. The second setback dates to late 1999. Concerned that its increasingly extensive levels of customer service were leading it away from its roots in […]

Press

Sunday, March 13th, 2005

ServerBeach was founded in San Antonio by local entrepreneur and businessman Richard Yoo. Peer 1 Network opens data center to support ServerBeach

Bloggers NOT Press

Sunday, March 13th, 2005

Apple won the green light to subpoena amateur publishers for their confidential sources, a Californian Judge ruled today. Apple Computer, which wants to discover who leaked product information to three web sites, can now proceed with its subpoena against one of the ISPs hosting two of the websites, Santa Clara county court Judge James Kleinberg […]

Pet Peave

Friday, March 11th, 2005

If you’re going to swtch from one blog software to another, make a post that says something like “Hey, I’m changing the software so make note of the new RSS URL”… or something like that a day before.

Treo650 Voicemail Button

Tuesday, March 8th, 2005

For whatever reason, the vmail button on the Treo650 may have been mis-configured… this is how you fix it: 1. Hard reset the phone. 2. Setup phone until you get to Dial Pad. 3. Remove SIM card. 4. Turn Phone on. 5. Dial Voicemail – using Favorite button. (Here, my phone promts me to enter […]

Linksys WRT54GS

Saturday, March 5th, 2005

I bought my 2nd and 3rd WRT54GS routers for a project this past week… one was a re-furb (unit A) and the other was brand new (unit B). It would be safe to assume that A was probably an older unit than B, but from the markings on the unit you’d never tell the difference […]

Press

Tuesday, March 1st, 2005

Rackspace Managed Hosting successfully completed a rigorous scrutiny by independent auditor Ernst & Young that determined the company’s managed hosting services comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for enterprise customers. Rackspace earns certification for Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance