Archive for the 'Computing' Category

Why DivX Stage6 Is Good

Saturday, January 19th, 2008
Computing

Recently I’ve been looking at DivX’s Stage6 video portal, and I have to say, it’s good! I think I like it more than YouTube right now, for a few simple reasons which make it a much more usable and useful site.
High Quality
Let’s accept something: 320×240 videos suck a bit. They’re not all that bad, it’s [...]

Thoughts on MacWorld 2008

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
Computing

MacBook Air: Very thin. You could probably stack two of these on top of each other and get the thickness of my Dell. That’s really really nice. So is the use of Solid State Drives, meaning there’s no moving parts. The multitouch touchpad (or is that multitouch pad?) looks nice too, the zooming of photos [...]

Ma! The printer’s out of meatballs!

Thursday, December 27th, 2007
Computing

A while ago I was browsing Digg, and I came across a great blog post about sending special commands to HP LaserJet printers to change their LCD displays to say what you wanted them to say. A fun hack with huge potential: how fun is it to watch people go to the printer, then become [...]

Finally, Dell fixes their sound drivers

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007
Computing

Dell, like many hardware manufacturers, have a tendency to remove the Stereo Mix recording option from their sound drivers for their notebooks and desktops. Stereo Mix allows you to use apps like Audacity, Adobe Audition, or even Sound Recorder to record whatever sounds are coming out of your speaker. So, if you open up a [...]