Posts tagged software
Playstation 3 get’s Hulu!
Jul 27th
So from what I remember for a long time hulu didn’t want exactly this, hulu content played back on our TV’s. Well they must have finally seen the light, with a growing market for paid for options such as playon or TVersity and of course the awesome and free Boxee it’s time they turned to the dark side and realized that the newer generations are more into the pleasures of on-demand viewing, watching the content you want to watch, when you want to watch it!
It’s high time the networks realized this as well with item’s such as Tivo (and I’ve loved mine!) having been and succeeding in the market for years, that on demand viewing is what the customer wants, and almost every cable provider now offers there own DVR’s as well. Why not just have it streaming and instantly available without having to remember to record it?
Well the folks at Hulu have finally done just that, and are releasing (under special circumstances which I’ll get into in a bit) The “Hulu Plus (Preview)” it’s free (for a limited time I’m guessing) and you have to be both a hulu Plus Subscriber, as well as a Playstation Plus member (both of those are also pay for services) so all in all it’s not “Free” but eh, at least the app is looking like it’s going to see the light of day.
This is exciting! – Stay tuned! (I’m on the list for an invite to Hulu Plus, but if you have an invitation referral code, please feel free to contact me!)
Pimping out your Linksys WRT54G
Jan 17th
So you have yourself a normal off the shelf wrt54g wireless router and you’d like to get more out of it, well here’s some work I’ve done to mine and it’s not too hard and the benefit’s are WELL worth the effort!
What I’ve done is installed the awesome DD-WRT firmware, installed a heat-sink, adjustable cooling fan, potentiometer, and switch to adjust or stop the fan when the noise is not wanted. (really it was more for fun as the heat-sink alone does most of the work allowing you to overclock your router’s processor)
Also it’s been very stable since the upgrades and I am really quite happy with it! And for less then $30.00 worth of parts and some time and effort it’s a bad ass VERY capable router!
Here’s some pic’s of the work involved.
Your soldering point's for your main 12 volt power supply
Added Heat-Sink
Basic connections for the fan, light, potentiometer and switch
Router Guts!
Just prior to final assembly
Running and working a treat!
Top View of router running!
All of the part’s were available at my local Radio Shack including the heat sink (however I did need to trim it down using a dremel) thermal paste, wire, switches, light’s, potentiometer and fan for around $30 bucks. So for under a bill you too can have a pimping router that should run nice and stable, and fast for several years. Worthy? Absolutely! Nerdy, probably more then your router! If you’ve done any good mods to your router please feel free to post them in the comments and don’t forget to give me a thumbs up!
Zune 4.0 Software update, I like it!
Sep 15th
So being one of the few Zune fans (until the HD takes over which I think it just might…) I figured I should go ahead and make a video of the new software so that more people can see what you get with the new Zune 4.0 Software.
- Watch the Video Overview.
Being a geek as well as hosting this at home, I don’t have alot of bandwith so if you would rather watch it locally you can download it via bittorrent by using This Link, or watch it on Youtube Here.Enjoy!
Zune hides it's best content! But it could be the saving grace of content!
Jul 8th
I stumbled across the best content on the Zune Marketplace that they don’t show you!
If your an avid Zune lover then you might have also found this or not, being I used mine mostly for netcast’s and audiobooks, I didn’t really browse the marketplace much (and with bit torrent didnt have much of a need) but I have had a Zune Pass since I’ve owned the device but never really used it much. Once they changed to the monthly fee as usual but then added the fact that you could own 10 song’s a month with that same fee, well I felt obliged to download my fair share!
But the problem now was, I have stockpiled such massive ammounts of music that I was having a hard time finding new stuff that I like, and remembering the old stuff that I missed.
Well the Zune software has these channels, that well, let’s face it, kind of suck. They try to guess your like’s by analyzing your song’s that you sync and making you fall into categories, and well let’s face it, no software, I don’t care the algorithm you use, can figure out someone’s personal likes and dislikes on music!
But amazingly there are other people out there that like the same stuff you do! In walk the Mixtapes! IF you can find them! And before you say “Just type Mixtapes into the search” guess what, tried it, doesn’t work!
These Mixtapes are AWESOME Collections of music that have been put together to provide you with TONS of content!
They really don’t make it easy to find either! I do it by typing in “hip hop 92″ in the search, clicking on the link “by Mixtapes” in the “Playlists” 1 result, and then clicking the “Mixtapes” link next to Ice Cubes picture, then alas you are taken to the mother load of PIMPING collections of songs that you’ve been looking for!
Here’s one that would have been great during a BBQ over the holidays had I know these existed before tonight. Already I’ve purchased my 10 songs for the month, even though the past 2 month’s I had forgotten to (and no they don’t roll over unfortunately) So for this alone, I’d say buy a Zune, install the software, get a pass and enjoy a FLOOD of music that you can’t help but like! It was chosen by your peers, not some program! Sorry Napster, This is the way music distribution is heading and $1.00 a song’s going to be history! So enjoy all of this new found content and I expect you to share with Zune owners near you (Still haven’t gotten to do that yet!)
