Category Archives: personal

Google calendar, iCal and timezones

Like many people, I am a big fan of Google’s mail and calendaring tools.  I run all my personal mail and calendaring through Google Apps Personal Edition as well as many of the other domains that I host and/or support. The Zeta Gamma chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, of which I am a member, [...]
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iPad for the sysadmin

A few weekends ago I had the privilege of being assigned to evaluate an iPad for use as a support tool by my boss. (thanks Ike!) The first order of business was to figure out some basic tasks that we would need to accomplish as sysadmins that we could realistically use the iPad for. Remote [...]
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Life without cable – Part 3

This is the third in a series of articles on my trials and travails about living the cable-free life. The first part dealt with moving to Apple’s AppleTV platform by way of MythTV and Tivo.  In part two talked about the reasons why I moved from an AppleTV to a Mac Mini-based HTCP setup. This [...]
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Have you read any subtitles lately?

Lately I have been taken with watching foreign films.  Some of them are ones I have seen before, but most of them have been new ones to my collection. Unfortunately many foreign films are not available in Region 1 (or NTSC) format.  If you are lucky enough to know how to rip a DVD and [...]
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Why the extra sugar?

As many of my friends are aware I am a big fan of honey.  As the son of a second-generation beekeeper, I grew up eating honey in many varieties.  I learned early on that all-natural peanut butter mixed with honey was a great combination, and I have eaten it that way ever since. I use [...]
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