Category: Entertainment

  • How do you watch your television shows?

    Midway through Heroes: Season 3 I realized how quickly video streaming technology has evolved in the last few years. Think about the multitude of ways you can now get your fix. Regular old TV Digital Video Recorder (DVR): TiVo, MythTV, cable box DVR Hulu YouTube (and other video-sharing sites) NetFlix’s Watch Instantly Networks’ websites (ABC,…

  • Speed Up That Cheap Website with Cheap Amazon S3

    Do you have an economy-grade website host? Me too. BlueHost is great for only $6.95 per month but its response times and transfer rates are terrible. Fear not — Amazon S3 to the rescue. For pennies a day you can supplement your cheap website host using Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3). Amazon S3 is storage…

  • The Kilobyte

    It seems so appropriate after my recent bout with Time Warner’s customer service about the difference between megabits and megabytes that XKCD should publish this comic:

  • Quote of the Day

    Honestly, I didn’t even think about encryption. It’s so obsolete now. ~Mark R.

  • Fun with Sound

    Also amazing!