This post might turn out to me more of a rant than anything else, but for some reason this always seems to happen to me. Now the Windows ‘Family’ of operating systems, (Win7, Win Server 2008, Win Vista…) account for 80% for all of the installed operating systems today. It’s apparently the most easy to use, has the nicest interfaces,… Read more →
Month: February 2012
Top Five Apps On My iPhone
So a friend asked me the other day for suggestions on what apps to download from the Apple App Store. I had to take a serious think, because I’ve got so many apps on my phone, I couldn’t possibly think of which ones were best. This post is going to most likely be a list of the most used Apps on my… Read more →
Ripping DVDs to play in XBMC
DISCLAIMER: The following tutorial is for educational purposes only, and should only be used to rip DVD’s that you own the rights to reproduce. Some countries allow media to be ripped for ‘backup purposes’. You should check all local laws to avoid infringing the rights of copyright owners. I take no responsibility for any legal action against anyone caught infringing any laws.… Read more →
Playing around with XBMC Media Streaming
Sunday has become the day to play with technology. So expect more posts on Sundays now than normal. I’ve been playing around with XBMC this morning, and I’m really impressed with the functionality and smoothness of the application. I’m just in the process of testing how well streaming a DVD from my network storage across the wired network will work. I’m hoping… Read more →
XBMC, Raspberry Pi and TuxTV
So after reading with great interest this post and watching this video, on the Raspberry Pi website I was really excited about using it as a frontend for my TuxTV project. However it turns out, after a number of questions on the Raspberry Pi Forums, and a final blog post stating which codecs will be available to use, it seems this will not be possible at… Read more →