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I’ve been looking for a solution for a long time to be able to watch DirecTV when I'm not at home. I’ve tried many things and all with different pros and cons. Having just discovered a free way to host a small little web server from home and still be able to change the channel and stream...

According to the EULA of the new Chrome browser released by Google this week you basically give Google the right to do whatever they want with "...any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services." . The actual pertinent information is much worse than just that though...

Because of my job most of the people i'm friendly with always come to me for advice on what to buy when it comes to a new computer... If you are sending a kid away to college or just want a very inexpensive laptop Wal-Mart is selling one for $498 (Often discounted to $398). I'm planning on submitting...

When it comes time to work with XML the first company that comes to mind is Altova . The Missionkit suite is to XML what Visual Studio is to C#. At the core of this suite: the hands down (imho) best XML IDE Altova’s XMLSpy. I’ve been planning this blog entry for some time now and the reason that I kept...

A very useful web 2.0 application/service that allows you to mark pages you’ve surfed past to read at a later time. This way from your mobile device or as your browser’s home page you can read the detailed content of the original page right from the instapaper.com page. By clicking on the...

If by change we mean collecting money from special interests as has been done... going back on your word, not answering the touch questions and generally being exactly like the politicians of 'ol. On the other hand we have John McCain who when he makes a mistake he doesn't debate the definition of the...

Anyone who knows me knows that I'm a tool junky. That being said I've decided that I'm going to try to list the new or updated tools that I use often. The first tool is freeware, which is my favorite price, and is called QTTabBar and it adds useful tabs and other options to the explorer shell. Please...

I know I don't have a dog in this fight (No Vick pun intended) but I can think of nothing more entertaining than watching the democrats attack each other. Especially when one of them is a Clinton. The most important thing to help the RNC is to penetrate the bubble that, up to now, was protecting Obama...

So I'd been using Community Server for some time and decided to try a more lightweight solution as it's strictly for personal use. I am blathering on mostly because this is the ceremonial initial post and will likely never be read. ;)