Archive for the 'Hacks' Category

Once upon a time you could flip for free

A few days ago, I mentioned theFlip video recording device. It reminded me of the CVS one-time-use “camcorder” (I use that term loosely). Yesterday, I ran into an old friend who has a propensity for tearing things apart and he too mentioned the old CVS camcorders. We both agreed that their best application is “hazardous [...]

Upgrade to WordPress 2.2.2

I finally got around to upgrading this blog to the latest WordPress. the straw the broke the camel’s back - so to speak - was that Windows Live Writer now supports more XMLRPC interfaces included creating categories (in addition to just selecting from existing ones). There are also more complete interactions thru the XMLRPC interface.
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A more ‘classic’ iPod Video

I guess I am getting fidgety without my regular dose of TV. This evening I decided to tinker with my old iPod Video (5th generation, 60GB). A group of very talented individuals have created a tool called iPodWizard that lets to customize and do theme-like things to your iPod. Next, another group of very [...]