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 18, 2011Apple, iPad, iPhone, Technology I’ve Been Onswiped! If you’ve landed here on an iPad or iPhone (and I hope you like the experience) you may be wondering about the […]
April 27, 2011Technology ET, Please hold–no one home to take your call There is a great sound bite from the 1997 movie Contact, where young Ellie and her dad discuss the possibilities of life […]
February 12, 2011Connected Home, DLNA, iPad, Netflix, Networking, Play To, Technology, Windows 7, Wireless Streaming WD TV Live Hub – A Home Entertainment-DLNA Love Story I’ve never had a CE device that exceeded my expectations. Until now. My Connected Home includes devices that enable me to stream […]
January 31, 2011Technology, Windows Media Center How to Fix Missing Netflix and Internet TV on WMC You may have the issue that surfaced recently (December 2010-January 2011) that the standard FAQ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977116 steps will not fix. First, you […]
November 27, 2010Connected Home, IPv6, Networking, Technology Is that router you want for the holidays ready for IPv6? Some of you might be saying, “huh?” and wondering what I’m talking about. If you are a geek, you probably know that […]
November 1, 2010Technology Windows 7 Play To/DLNA Streams to iPhone/iPad Yes, you read that correctly. The iPxxx devices don’t natively support DLNA functionality, which rules out using Windows 7 Play To”, so […]