Author Archives: Silicon Valley Dazed
There’s a giant hedgehog on the plane!
My favorite new show is Fringe, and one of the best parts of the show so far is the lead-in. There’s always some goretastic premise that sucks you in, and this week, an airplane passenger turns into a crazed giant hedgehog.
Motorola Surfboard SB5101 and Comcast
The main reason I purchased the Motorola Surfboard SB5101 was because I kept getting “connection lost” while playing Horde mode on public XBox Live. There is nothing more frustrating than progressing many levels on Horde mode and then suddenly losing connection to the game. My other Internet services were all working fine, but I decided … Continue reading
Gore Windstopper really blocks the wind
It’s been in the low to mid-40s when I ride to work this morning. I’ve been wearing a jersey, light-weight thermal top, and a light windbreaker jacket or vest. This kept me warm, but I could still feel the wind go through all my layers. Yesterday, I wore a jersey, arm warmers and a vest … Continue reading
Missing ifstate file caused twiki debian virtual appliance not to boot up in VMware
After a reboot of VMware, the twiki debian virtual appliance wouldn’t come up for me. After a lot of research and troubleshooting, I found out that the ifstate file at /etc/network/run/ifstate was corrupted or missing. After adding recreating the file and adding the two lines: lo=lo eth0=eth0 the virtual appliance booted up without a problem. … Continue reading
Use QAM Remap to set up HDHomerun for Beyond TV 4.9
Beyond TV stopped recording for me last week, and I couldn’t figure out why it wasn’t bringing in any channels. The Beyond TV 4.9 upgrade seemed to go smoothly, but then it suddenly stopped tuning. I went through a lot of reinstalls of both HDHomerun and Beyond TV, but the channel tuning still wasn’t working. … Continue reading
Using GWS Rubber Propeller Adapters as a Wheel Collar
I’ve started using GWS Rubber Propeller Adapters as a wheel collar since they seem to do a good job of keeping wheels on the landing gear, are relatively light, and are easy to install. I had no idea what the part was when it arrived with my Slow Stick kit, and it was only later … Continue reading
Apple using H.264 codec to play YouTube videos
Much has been made of the fact that Flash won’t work on the iPhone or iPod Touch. I was wondering how these two devices were playing YouTube videos since YouTube uses Flash technology to display videos on personal computers. After some googling, it turns out Google also converts uploaded video to the H.264 codec in … Continue reading
In a Year, 6 Years of Market Gains Are Lost – NYTimes.com
All told, about $7 trillion of shareholders’ wealth — the gains of the last six years — will be wiped out in a year marked by violent market swings. via NYTimes.com. I thought I would be diversified with international and emerging markets funds, but the decline of the U.S. markets also spread around the world. … Continue reading
Light, fluffy for the last day of the year
About 6 inches of light, fluffy snow should fall here in Georgetown, Massachusetts for the last day of the year. We all did a bit of shoveling today, and Ally and Evan made snow angels. Marion, Jen, and Ally went to pick up the new Toyota Corolla, but the traffic was so bad, they decided … Continue reading
Ran 4 miles in 55 degree weather
I tried to run down the abandoned railroad track trail today, but it was too wet, so I ran 4 miles on the road.