How-to video site HowTube finally release episode 3 [No longer online —Ed. 2015-08-14], and it takes you through building an entire simple Widget with Dashcode, including tips on how to make links open in your browser, and tricks to make your widget building go faster and smoother.
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Motorola DCT3412 Diagnostics
In the course of the recent Comcast debacle, I kept my eyes peeled, and gleaned a bit of info about the diagnostic menus on the Motorola DCT3412 I (“Dual Tuner DVR / HDTV Capable”). To get into the main diagnostic status menu, grab the remote, and make sure the box is plugged in, but “off”…
Getting Video onto Your iPod
Here, I was, all ready to do a clever video tutorial on how to use Handbrake to rip video from your DVDs to your 5G iPod (aka, iPod with video), and I see there’s a clever app called iSquint that is optimized for doing just that. Except— wait. No it isn’t. You’d have to decrypt…
Gigabit Ethernet Connections
Yesterday, we had quite a scare. We had run CAT5e cable throughout the ceilings and walls of the office, but when we plugged them into the gigabit Ethernet switch, none of the link lights lit up. We were dumbfounded. All of this cable had tested fine. We tried shorter cable, different cable, none of it…