Meglet Rambles On

One of my favorite features on my Macs is the built-in bluetooth. In theory, this means that you can find a bluetooth mouse or keyboard, and connect it wirelessly to the computer without losing a USB port to the usual wireless receiver. In practice, there are very few good bluetooth mice or keyboards available, and [...]

How to install Vista and set it up to record and play HDTV and Blu-ray movies:
Step 1: Make sure there are no small children around. Lots of swearing will be involved.
Step 2: Insert the Vista DVD in the DVD-Rom drive of your computer, and reboot. Note: you need a real DVD-Rom drive, not a Blu-ray [...]

So my original plan for tonight was to spend it on the couch, admiring my new TV that was supposed to arrive today. Too bad the delivery service didn’t get that memo, and won’t be delivering the TV until early Sunday morning.
Instead, I have been playing around with my recorded TV shows from my Media [...]

So I spent part of the weekend visiting my parents in central Washington. As usual when visiting my parents, there are computer questions to be answered. My mom finally joined the digital world with a MacBook Pro about a year ago, and while she still states that she “hates the computer” it’s usually sitting on [...]

After 5 hours in line, I finally have my new 16GB iPhone. 5 hours is a ridiculous time to wait. 2-3 is marginal, but after waiting 2-3 hours, I was absolutely determined to stay in line until I either got my phone, or heard they had sold out of the one I wanted.
Fortunately, by the [...]

Well, I had hoped to be writing about my fantastic new 3G ipone by now. Unfortunately, I don’t have one yet. I’m about halfway through the line so far, and I’ve been here for over two hours. Rumor is that the activation servers are crashing again, just like last year.
All I can say is that [...]

Sounds a little strange, doesn’t it? However, in addition to my savings plan, and typical spending/new toy cycle, I have the maximum amount of income tax removed from my paycheck all year to guarantee a return when I file my taxes. This year, my tax return paid for. . .
A shiny new 24″ iMac!!! Well, [...]

Since Smitty (see the Computers page) is used for DVD conversion, it really needed a larger, faster hard drive added. Fortunately, I had a spare 500GB drive in an eSATA enclosure, and an eSATA controller card pulled from another computer. So last night, I shut Smitty down to install the card and connect an eSATA [...]

My Vista HTPC has been running great for months. Unless I need to transfer files to or from it over the network connection. Because the network file transfers maxed at about 150kB/s, even though I was using a 1Gbit card connected to a 1Gbit network. And that 150kB/s only happened if I felt like waiting [...]

I’ve never been much of a fan of Best Buy. Over the years, I’ve always been able to find what I was looking for somewhere else, for a better price. Not to mention the low quality of service that is usually expected at superstores such as this. However, in the last month, there have been [...]