April 2006
The Archives
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04.27.06The death of betaAfter writing about my first experience with the new Yahoo GO TV people keep reminding me about the fact that this is beta software. At some point back in time a "beta version" of a software package was a complete version, but with possibilities for bugs and maybe some minor functions missing. This whole Web 2.0 thing has destroyed the "beta" state completely. "Beta" means nothing as long as the world's most successful photo sharing site - Flickr is still in "beta" after years of existence and the world's best web based mail - Gmail is also in "beta". So ...
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04.26.06Yahoo GO TV first takeUpdate: Regarding the fact that this release of Yahoo! Go for TV is beta. Yes, I know. But then someone needs some help regarding communication and control of expectations. I have some ideas for Yahoo here: The death of beta Then you should note that the good folks over at the existing Meedio forum has done some tweaks and concluded that the beloved configuration tool and most of the plugins actually works with Yahoo! Go for TV. w00t! And please also note that Patrick Barry from Yahoo! has commented with some very interesting answers at the end of this article. This is very ...
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04.25.06Home Theatre PC Links RoundupI have a lot of visitors looking for information about media centers right now. Here is a quick list of links in this blog that is useful if you want to start experimenting. You find all the articles in the Home Theatre PC (HTPC) category here: Eirikso.com - HTPC And a selection of specially useful articles: The media center software list HTPC Frontend roundup Screen technologies. LCD or Plasma? Perfect adjustment of your LCD How to build a cabinet for your HTPC How to build a completely silent fan for your cabinet Thumbnails of my old background pictures How to remote control your music collection from your PDA, laptop, meedio etc… Silencing ...
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04.25.06What’s so special today then?First of all, it's my birthday. A friend of mine just told me that I had to post that on my blog, because otherwise nobody would know... (hmm, time to get a life?) Well - now you know! Second, today eirikso.com will pass 400 000 pageloads since I installed Statcounter. Third, over the past couple of days I have upgraded to Wordpress 2.0 and done some small changes to the site: - added a new "About this site" page with links to all the Wordpress plugins I use and a couple of other things - added a "popular content" page with links to... popular ...
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04.24.06A cheap portable DVD and DivX playerThomson DTH 620 Travelling with kids can be anything from very rewarding and fun to a complete nightmare. Kids are in general very curious and easy to please as things happen around them on the way to a new destination. You always have the traditional games of spotting and counting special objects, following the map, telling stories etc.. If you combine these methods with some new technologies like MP3-players, iPods and portable DVD-Players you could end up managing even quite long trips with no problems. I have written about the long plane ride and the iPod. In our car we have used ...