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The OLPC arrived – see what’s in the box

26March2008GeekTieGuyPersonal, Tech Toys

I had almost forgotten about the OLPC give-one-get-one campaign I took the opportunity to participate in last year. Well, the thing finally came today. I wasn’t really all that anxious to get it, so it didn’t bother me at all that it took a while. I thought it was more important that the real recipients

Netflix WatchNow MediaError(1400): One solution

2March2008GeekTieGuyPersonal, Tech Toys

Here’s a quick tip: If you’re a Netflix subscriber and are having problems with the WatchNow feature, take a look at whether you have any caching proxy servers between the PC you’re using to watch a show and the Netflix servers (yes, that’s a long path and a very general statement, I know). If, for

Going to SD West 2008 – a planning worksheet

1March2008GeekTieGuyPersonal, Software development

I have the good fortune to be able to attend SD West this year. I’ve heard people at work rave about this conference right inÂ my backyard, and was lucky to get approval to go this year. Unfortunately I’ve been so swamped with work (really exciting new stuff, too) that I haven’t been able to prepare

On the cover of PC World February 2008

17February2008GeekTieGuyPersonal

Okay, time for a little bragging :). I was at the local Fry’s yesterday, buying a new hard drive to replace one that’s about to go bad, and on my way out I stopped by the magazine racks. Imagine my surprise when I saw this on the cover: How cool to see the product you

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The OLPC arrived – see what’s in the box

Netflix WatchNow MediaError(1400): One solution

Going to SD West 2008 – a planning worksheet

On the cover of PC World February 2008