If you have a home theater system with multiple devices, then you also have a number of remotes. Running your system with multiple remotes requires patience, time, planning, and did I say patience? After juggling a half dozen remotes for a while, you realize that a universal remote will make your life a lot easier,… Continue reading Review: Logitech Harmony Smart Control Remote Model #915-000194
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Open Source Software for Your Mac – Save Big / Loose Little
What Is Open Source Software? You just purchased your new Mac, and now it’s time to add software. Gulp! Sticker-shock, software is expensive. Here are some examples (Note: These are full version prices, not upgrades or student prices): Microsoft Office 2011 $148.99 Adobe Photoshop CS6 $413.99 Quark Express V 9.0 $1024.14 On the other hand,… Continue reading Open Source Software for Your Mac – Save Big / Loose Little
CheatSheet & Grab
This past week, I found two very useful programs that you might want to use on your Mac: CheatSheet. I discovered this as a Mac Gem on the MacWorld web site: (http://www.macworld.com/article/1167118/cheatsheet_helps_you_find_and_remember_keyboard_shortcuts.html) Simply, after CheatSheet is installed and running, by holding down the Command key for two seconds, an overlay pops up showing the available… Continue reading CheatSheet & Grab
The Journey To My AppleTV Media Player
Confucius said, “The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.” In late 2007, I decided to make that first step towards buying a media player. Doing my usual indefatigable research, I decided on one made by Prismiq. This Linux powered appliance could stream movies (a number of codecs were available), photos,… Continue reading The Journey To My AppleTV Media Player