March 3, 2012Windows 8 Windows 8 CP Installed on Eee PC Netbook My old ASUS Eee 1000HEB PC had been running the Windows 8 Developer Preview and I decided to see if I could […]
February 13, 2012Connected Home, Home Automation, Home Security, iPad, iPhone, Networking DIY Home Automation I’ve recently written 5 posts about "do it yourself home security". Another piece of the puzzle I wanted to solve involved home […]
February 12, 2012Connected Home, Home Security, Media Center, Networking, Windows Media Center DIY Home Security Part 5 – View Cams in Windows Media Center I mentioned viewing my cameras in Smartvue for iPxxx devices in a previous post. I actually posted some details on how to […]
February 5, 2012Connected Home, Home Automation, Home Security, iPad, iPhone, Networking, Technology DIY Home Security Part 4 – View Cameras From Anywhere In Part 3, I wrote about setting up dynamic DNS and port forwarding for my cameras and desktop controller as well as […]
February 4, 2012Connected Home, Home Automation, Home Security, Networking, Technology DIY Home Security Part 3 – DYNDNS, Port Forwarding As I mentioned in Part 1, setting up the D-Link IP cameras (and IP camera in general most likely) is easy if […]
February 3, 2012Connected Home, Home Automation, Home Security, Networking, Technology DIY Home Security Part 2 – Configuring Motion Alerts The heart of my home security system is motion detection and alerts. As I mentioned in the first post, I selected Blue […]
February 2, 2012Connected Home, Home Automation, Home Security, Technology DIY Home Security Late last year, I decided that paying ADT $40 a month wasn’t worth it. I had 10 year old security equipment and […]
August 8, 2011Microsoft, Software, Technology, Windows 7 Fixed: IE9 “Only Secure Content is Displayed” warning For a very long time, it seemed as through every site I visited with IE9 created an annoying prompt about secure content […]
July 27, 2011Digital Photography, Media Center, Microsoft, Windows 7, Windows Media Center Microsoft RAW Codec and Windows Media Center Yesterday (see previous post) I wrote a little about the newly released Microsoft RAW Codec. One of the first things I did […]
July 26, 2011Digital Photography, Windows 7, Windows Media Center Microsoft Now Offers limited RAW Camera Support Today Microsoft released a Codec Camera Pack which brings (long overdue) limited support for various RAW formats from the major camera vendors. […]