Garbage In Garbage Out : Tech Blog

Why does Microsoft feel compelled to sponsor the link at the top of competitor Google’s search page for the term “Bing”, when the first organic search result (and 8 of the first ten) is bing.com?

Recently my Roku, attached to a new Airport Extreme 802.11n Dual Band II router, started having problems streaming HD content from both Netflix and Amazon video. It also had intermittent quality problems with SD content as well. In the past, it performed flawlessly.
Network tests (ranging from the obligatory Speed Test to ping and traceroute) seemed [...]

These guys are using some cool technology to build amazingly clear, panoramic high definition virtual tours of Cincinnati and the surrounding region (including Covington, KY and Newport, KY): http://yetimonkey.com.
And, that’s a great name!

I’m happy to announce to readers of my blog that I’ve just launched a new music community. While branded as a service for Cincinnati musicians, it fundamentally is capable for providing a really rich community for musicians globally. Check it out — it’s free: http://grooveriver.com

Excited at the prospect of using Flip Ultra and Flip Mino cameras and uploading the video via Podcast Producer, I was disappointed to discover that both Flip cameras wrap their video in AVI files, and use the 3ivx codec, effectively thwarting my Podcast Producer plans. Videos uploaded via the Podcast Capture utility resulted in audio-only [...]

Searching for GarageBand ‘09 topics this morning, I noticed a pattern — one that’s virtually impossible to notice given Google’s new self-appointed role of protector of digital humanity.
Every link is flagged as “This site may harm your computer” — even trusted pages on the topic, such as pages on Apple.com. Any attempt to visit the [...]

Somehow this article didn’t get posted when I wrote it in May of 2008. Nevertheless, it’s still mighty cool, the whole notion of individual jet-powered human flight. Strap on wings, a turbo fan, and get your flight on!

 
The following is a transcript of the Barack Obama inaugural poem recited by Elizabeth Alexander, which I thought was great:

Praise song for the day.

Apple’s Teams Wiki Server supports very few HTML tags out of the box, in order to keep things simple. But, like Any Good Unix Ought To, Mac OS X Server gives you the ability to manipulated things, such as adding iframe, embed, param, and object tags to the Wiki/Blog server. Here’s how:

Here is a handy collection of regular expressions, for use with PHP preg_match. If you need to check for properly formatted US states (two letters), US ZIP codes, US phone numbers, US Social Security Numbers, URLs for web sites, and properly formatted email addresses, read on: