tech

I've been searching the last few years for the ideal way to view some of the media files I've accumulated over the years on my TV. I've tried all sorts of schemes, but none were totally easy to use, efficient, and delivered the kind of quality I expect.

Yesterday, I got what to me is the closest thing so far, the CinemaTube. I've been expecting something like this for a while; a dedicated appliance that would allow me to get to media files on my local network and view them in high quality on the TYV with little fuss, and have a price point of under $100.

It isn't perfect, but I will give them an A for effort. First, a little background. Read more »

Design ideas, with an unconventional twist.

Click on the numbers at the bottom to see what I mean. Somebody should have come up with #21 a long time ago.

Another tale from the dark side of customer experienceland... I could make a career out of writing these down, but it would be too depressing. :) Read more »

I was afraid this was going to happen; as I get old, my memory is starting to drop bits, giving me a distorted view of the past. When I was a youngster, customer service was something that was easy to understand, and easy to find. Even Woolworths, the darned dime store, had little bells you could hit and a helpful salesperson would rush over. Read more »

Now that I have three LCD monitors on my desk, I'm running out of space. So I looked into getting one of those sexy mounts that hold three monitors - until I found out they cost around $300. So what's a hacker to do? I found these babies at MyCableMart. I'm impressed; very heavy duty brackets for less than $7:

I got some angle iron (acutally aluminum) at the hardware store and rigged this up: Read more »