Surprise, a complete install of Windows Media Player in Windows Vista does not provide the necessary .dll files needed to play WMA or ASX files in Firefox. This means that if you do a fresh install of Windows Vista and Firefox 2.x and try to listen to an archived program on kexp.org you’re going to… Continue reading Manually Installing Windows Media Player Plugin for Firefox in Windows Vista
Returning the Sony Mylo
So I’m back from a great trip to Vegas. I had a great time and met some awesome people. That’s for a different post though. I want to debrief on the Sony Mylo. The verdict is that I am going to return it. Here’s why: Minor annoyances: The screen is too small to browse the… Continue reading Returning the Sony Mylo
Using the Sony Mylo for Blogging and Reporting
I’m taking the Sony Mylo for a test spin this weekend in Las Vegas, NV for reporting on the two Dave Matthews Band shows going on out there. Last year I reported from Bonnaroo using the T-Mobile MDA, but ultimately returned it due to the costly service contract for data over the cellular network. I… Continue reading Using the Sony Mylo for Blogging and Reporting
Add "Open With Notepad" to Your Vista Right-Click Context Menu
I’m a big fan of right-click context menu choices. I use Enqueue/Play In Winamp, Send To -> Compressed File, and Copy This Path almost every day. This little registry hack adds an Open With Notepad option to your right click context menu. As Zeus attests, you don’t know blankity-blank about computers unless you open notepad… Continue reading Add "Open With Notepad" to Your Vista Right-Click Context Menu
Common Errors When Installing postgres SQL and Ruby on Rails
I was setting up my local development environment for Podcastinople on my new Vista install and ran into some problems that I was able to find hidden deep in Ruby and Postgres forums and list archives. One problem I had was that when I was creating some of my local postgres databases using a normal… Continue reading Common Errors When Installing postgres SQL and Ruby on Rails
Changing Your System Path in Windows Vista
Don’t forget to follow me on twitter. [Note: Since this was written, I downgraded from Vista (because it wasn’t stable enough) and went back to XP. These days I’m looking much harder at moving to a Mac.] One of the things I really like about Vista is the help. So far it has delivered the goods as… Continue reading Changing Your System Path in Windows Vista
Cropping and Resizing to Maintain Aspect Ratio in Thumbnails on Flickr
I was trying to drum out a thumbnail image spec. for Podcastinople this afternoon and of course turned to the Web 2.0 standard for creating them, Flickr. The idea behind a thumbnail is that I want to create a 75×75 version of an image while maintaining the aspect ratio. Since most photos and images uploaded… Continue reading Cropping and Resizing to Maintain Aspect Ratio in Thumbnails on Flickr
Blu-Ray and HD-DVD Copy Protection Defeated
This is some pretty big news in the realm of consumer media. A hacker going by the name of Arnezami has retrieved keys critical to unlocking HD content. Using a USB sniffer, HD-DVD playback software WinDVD, an XBox 360 HD-DVD drive and a Mac he was able to find the Processing Key for the Advanced… Continue reading Blu-Ray and HD-DVD Copy Protection Defeated
Comics On The Zune – NYC2123 Dayender Digital Graphic Novel Formatted For the Zune
The Zune should be about entertainment, so I started thinking about what might be interesting to have on there if I was stuck on a bus or an airplane and wanted something to do. I started to remember a graphic novel that debuted as the first one designed for the Sony Playstation Portable or PSP.… Continue reading Comics On The Zune – NYC2123 Dayender Digital Graphic Novel Formatted For the Zune
The Microsoft Zune – Video Creation and Loading
Once I got the Zune working, which was a big pain for me, I wanted to start loading content onto the thing. Audio is easy. Ripping CDs to mp3 is easy, and any albums one might aquire over p2p networks generally have good tagging and are categorized well. So I decided to concentrate on two… Continue reading The Microsoft Zune – Video Creation and Loading