TV land adventures

Posted in Hardware on May 10th, 2010 by ab

Recently, my wife and I purchased a new television.  It was fun to browse and explore all the new acronyms, but in truth my knowledge of televisions is a bit sub-par.  The thing was, I was pretty happy with my CRT (cathode ray tube – the technology behind the pervious generation of TVs and those big clunky monitors).  The problem, as is always the case with technology, was that I wanted more than my old box could deliver – HDTV (High Definition Television) was calling… I am not qualified (even after my shopping research) to give you the full scoop on HDTV.  All I can tell you is that HD TVs use a connector called HDMI and that each of these cables runs about $40 – which is just stupid as you need one for each device you want to attach… (editorial, yes, but does that mean it’s untrue?)

Tirade completed, what I am qualified to discuss are the possibilities that your new TV will bring, should you decide to buy one…  Basically, we’re talking 3 big opportunities - mass storage, internet, and PC input/Digital Video Recording (DVR).  These are fun and might even make the silly HDMI cables worth it… Read more »
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Insert Images into Gmail Emails

Posted in Educational on May 3rd, 2010 by ab

Question asked, question answered.  My friend Curt needed a solution for sending headshots through his Gmail – but Gmail doesn’t support images out of the box (that means until you do something to fix it).  Here’s how…  Hotel airconditionning makes for poor audio quality, but at least the content is there…

PS: Best of luck Curt with the auditions!

PPS:  You’ll probably want to make the video full screen…

~ab

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