Comment Real Web App Limitation (Score 5, Insightful) 139
is the 1024x600 resolution of these netbooks. A lot of website and webapps are designed for a minimum of 1024x768. Those missing pixels do make a difference
Feed Science Daily: 'Wake-Up Pill' Under Study To Treat Patients With Bipolar Disorder (sciencedaily.com)
A preliminary study of 85 patients with bipolar disorder shows that a drug used to treat patients with sleep disorders might also control the depressive symptoms associated with bipolar disorder. At least 44 percent of the participants in the study reported improved symptoms, a noteworthy improvement for a disorder in which new treatments are needed.
Comment Re:How about DirecTV TiVo ?? (Score 1) 118
FYI folks, there is a pretty easy hack out there that lets Mac users (and Windows) extract shows from their TiVo, and UPLOADING them as well! Here's what I have - in a nutshell, and how I do it:
My hardware:
DirecTiVo Series 2. The original 40Gig HD was removed and upgraded to a 160Gig drive about 2 years ago.
Powerbook G4 867MHz
Linksys USB100M
Most of the instructions to follow to upgrade HD are in these two threads:
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.p
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.p
Software for Mac:
http://www.tivotool.com/
Most of the setup is automated, you just have to answer a couple of questions that pop up when you run the setup scripts. I enabled vserver and chose to have it load at bootup. I downloaded TivoTool and it provides a Mac interface to vserver. TivoTool basically does everything on the Mac that TiVoToGo does on Windows. The main difference - you have to hack your TiVo to run it (not that complicated).
As others have stated, I also feel that this is a slap in the face to Mac owners. I can't understand TiVo's mentality on this. It is absurd to think that there is nothing wrong with charging us for something that is freely provided to Windows users. With this mentality, there is no wonder that the hacker community has developed free tools for the TiVo that are actually better than the $69 Roxio program.
TivoTool is awesome. With it, you can rip movies from DVD (encode with mpeg4) and upload them to TiVo, as TivoTool has a "TivoServer" program built in!
Comment Great..but can we mesh them soon? (Score 0) 153
I think this is great! But I would like to see some developers adding mesh topologies and software to these nodes. That would make low cost cheap mesh networks. POE, Low cost off the shelf equipment that meshes would be just awesome.
Journal Journal: Digg.com stories submitted
I got to looking at digg.com trying to figure out how the member overall ranking works. It looks like the more stories you submit, the higher your rank is. But, the more people look at your profile http://www.digg.com/users/kennybain, this causes you to rise higher as well. But - one interesting thing I noticed is that Kevin Rose http://digg.com/users/kevinrose, a well-known and respected guru of tech
Journal Journal: About me
I guess I'll start off this journal with some information about me and the stuff I do. I am from a small town in Louisiana. You know, it's one of those places that no one wants to come to. There's really not much here. A Wal-Mart, two grocery stores, and some odds & ends retailers. No industry to speak of... just a small, boring, sleepy little town in the Deep South.
Comment Re:Mmmm could you perhaps clarify (Score 1) 97
Nope. I am involved with the Kingsbridge project, and have known some of the guys involved with LocustWorld. But I most certainly don't work there. I hope that clarifies :) I just picked up early on a project that showed promise, and it seems to be one of the few that have delivered on that promise :)
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