Archive for January, 2009
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2009Last week I wrote about the iFlyz media player holder, a device designed to hold something like an iPod clipped to an airplane seat back tray. My major misgiving about the iFlyz was the way the gooseneck holder attaches to the player with a suction cup. Suction cups are notorious for being the weak link [...]
UStream.tv Hits the iPhone
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009The new iPhone app for UStream.tv hit the iTunes Store yesterday, making the live streaming network just a little more mobile. For those who’ve never used or heard of it, UStream is a free web service that allows anyone to produce a live video show on the web. Depending on the quality of your upload, [...]
iFlyz Keeps Your Hands Free for Those In-Flight Peanuts
Friday, January 16th, 2009An upside to flying for me is the chance to catch up on a few TV shows on my iPod Touch. I got to do this on my flights to and from San Francisco recently, caught up on some “Heroes” and made the time pass quickly. But there’s a downside as well: It can get [...]
A Wireless Keyboard for My Media Server
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009A few months ago, I wrote a couple of posts about my efforts to build a media server based on a Mac Mini. It’s been serving me pretty well, but one element of it I’ve never been happy about is the input devices I’ve used with it. Until yesterday, I had an Apple Wireless Keyboard [...]
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