Re: [Discuss] [Slightly OT] Streaming video services?

I'd add that with Netflix depending on the unit you get varies the content you get. My XBox 360 has always had different streaming content than a friends PS3 or Set top box. That could have changed now but I dropped my subscription because the XBox 360 streaming options were atrocious and never up

Re: [Discuss] Interesting work in the industry?

Interesting is pretty subjective. For instance, Security is EXTREMELY interesting to me. What would you consider interesting? On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Mark Woodward wrote: > While I am currently employed at a pretty good company, I am constantly > getting recruitment emails. And they a

Re: [Discuss] A Little OT: The Password Post-It

KeePass... it saved my life. Seriously though, I have suggested it to a few grandparents/parents.. They love it. May need a little help setting it up but otherwise its great from there. On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Chris O'Connell wrote: > Greetings All, > > I've noticed that some of my us

Re: [Discuss] Future of Personal Computers

iscuss- > > bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Kyle Leslie > > > > Personally I think the next step would > > be allowing a mouse to be included in the docking system and then you > have > > a true "transformer". (I like my mouse) > > I b

Re: [Discuss] Future of Personal Computers

orage on the actual device. The people who don't need the extra power probably won't ever notice or care but the people who do will have more reason to buy. On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Richard Pieri wrote: > On 3/13/2012 12:20 PM, Kyle Leslie wrote: > >> Additionally I know

Re: [Discuss] Future of Personal Computers

I believe the iPad already has HDMI connectors so who knows what can be done with that. Quite a bit of information can be pushed through those apple connectors http://pinouts.ru/PortableDevices/ipod_pinout.shtml And what about the Atrix type docks but for tablets? That could add quite a bit of "L

Re: [Discuss] Meeting Info

Please ignore this I see it on the blu.org website now. Sorry On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Kyle Leslie wrote: > Is there a place where we can find anything from the Wednesday Night > meetings? > > My schedule doesn't permit me time to come on Wednesday nights at the >

[Discuss] Meeting Info

Is there a place where we can find anything from the Wednesday Night meetings? My schedule doesn't permit me time to come on Wednesday nights at the moment and the last two BLU meetings I was really interested in. Ie. Slides, Video and so forth? Thanks, Kyle

Re: [Discuss] home design + construction + landscape design software?

I started using chrome and I was browsing through the extensions and found this, thought you might be interested - http://www.homestyler.com/designer On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) < g...@freephile.com> wrote: > Thanks everyone -- definitely what I wanted. At the very

Re: [Discuss] home design + construction + landscape design software?

You could try this - http://www.sweethome3d.com/index.jsp I found this using my trusty friend AlternativeTo.net ( http://alternativeto.net/software/home-designer/?profile=linux&platform=linux ) I am installing right now to poke around. On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) <

Re: [Discuss] Full disk encryption

At my company we are using BitLocker. Not on every machine right now, but that is the goal eventually. One of the huge benefits I think is that the encryption keys/recovery keys can be stored in AD. So that if you need to unlock or change the drives around you don't need to have the user store t

Re: [Discuss] WRT Dell trashing their own reputation by offshoring support to India [Was: Justify your existence]

At my last job it was an all Dell shop. It was extremely frustrating dealing with the script. We eventually got to the point if we knew the issue and needed a part replaced (mostly hard drives) we figured out what codes or errors to tell them that was wrong to speed the process of getting a part

[Discuss] [OT] Asset Management

As I know many of you manage a lot of the equipment and things that go through your office I was wondering if anyone could assist. Currently at my company we do an awful job of managing everything from software to machines we hand out to users. I suggested to one of my managers that we should rea

Re: [Discuss] MythTV: from bad to worse. Start over?

Yes, this is true. Forgot that linux doesn't have silverlight. On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Ben Eisenbraun wrote: > On Mon, Dec 05, 2011 at 02:09:09PM -0500, Kyle Leslie wrote: > > ^^ There are ways to put Netflix on XBMC as well. (XBMC Flicks) > > > > > http://

Re: [Discuss] MythTV: from bad to worse. Start over?

On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Mark Komarinski wrote: > Tivo plus xbmc does it for me. I encoded all my DVDs to MKV due to space > reasons. > > Oh, and Netflix on the tivo. All I need now is an easy way to play Amazon > Prime. > > ^^ There are ways to put Netflix on XBMC as well. (XBMC Flicks)

Re: [Discuss] Howdy

My friends father works for Verizon and according to him (The verizon employee), many of the cities signed a contract with Comcast so they would be the only provider of "Broadband" internet or something to that affect. Many of those contracts are going to be ending soon. I Know Milton and Quincy b

Re: [Discuss] Virtual hosting provider (me too)

If you are looking for some place to host your website and so forth, I can't say enough good things about BeanTownHost I have been using them for almost 2 years now. Great service. On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 1:27 AM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) < g...@freephile.com> wrote: > Professionally, I'm usin

Re: [Discuss] how to manage a bunch of ms boxes?

Depending on the Funds you have or time you could set up something similar to Deep Freeze(www.faronics.com/html/deepfreeze.asp). I am sure there are open source options. Also in looking into alternatives to this ( http://alternativeto.net/software/deep-freeze/) it appears that SandBoxie is a simi

Re: [Discuss] PGP Basics

t;>> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss- > >>> bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Kyle Leslie > >>> > >>> Hola Everyone. With the recent talk about PGP and the growing need for > >> > >> its &g

[Discuss] PGP Basics

Hola Everyone. With the recent talk about PGP and the growing need for its use at my company I have been trying to learn about it. I am having a mental roadblock with it's usage though. I understand how encryption works but I can't seem get through a few of the basics. How do I get my Key(s), h

Re: [Discuss] (OT) Steve Jobs 1955-2011

I have to agree with what Rich is saying. Perhaps you don't like him as a business man but you have to remember, the business world is cut throat. It is unfortunate when smaller people and companies get the shaft but every business head is similar to Jobs, they want THEIR product to succeed. Perh

Re: [Discuss] more on software patent

atent document) to determine the > scope. Each and every claim limitation must be read or found on a > device/method to infringe. > > HYC > > > Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 09:29:03 -0400 > > From: Kyle Leslie > > To: BLU > > Subject: Re: [Discuss] more on soft

Re: [Discuss] more on software patent

While I don't have a ton of a background in this whole Patent thing, I have been reading this thread and trying to form my own opinions and gain knowledge. I decided to read the article that Matt posted and in doing so I stumbled upon one of the patents that the company is claiming has been infring

Re: [Discuss] Photo Manager

Digikam looks interesting. Although running a local/web based app sounds interesting too. That way my gf could have a place to store pictures that isn't her machine. (She breaks it regularly) I guess now that I am seeing all these options I have narrowed my needs down to 2 things. Ability to send

[Discuss] Photo Manager

Hi Everyone. Looking for a suggestion on a photo manager. I am a huge fan of Apples iPhoto, but I can't afford a shiny OSX machine. Anyone have any suggestions to something similar (or something totally different that is awesome). TIA. Kyle ___ Discu

Re: [Discuss] Creating a Wiki server

Are there any hardware things I need to look out for or is it relatively forgiving as far as needs? Memory, HDD space and so forth? On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) < g...@freephile.com> wrote: > I'm fairly knowledgeable at MediaWiki, so if you have some questions feel

[Discuss] Creating a Wiki server

Hi everyone, my office IT group has documents spread out between us, some the same, some different. I was hoping to set up a small wiki type server so that our group could collaborate and share documents with each other. Any suggestions on a set up. I have seen some things about TikiWiki and Medi

Re: [Discuss] HP Discards Touchpad and WebOS

On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote: > Several sources confirm that the HP Touchpad is dead. This also includes > all WebOS devices. > > http://www.slashgear.com/hp-discontinues-webos-handsets-touchpad-and-entire-ecosystem-18172793/ > Today HP

Re: [Discuss] Wireless router question

My experience has been if you run the same SSID/Security setup but on different channels it works ok. You just have to make sure that the particular channel you select isn't getting a lot of interference. You could try "Wifi Analyzer" (Android app) to scan for interference. Also inSSIDer to scan

Re: [Discuss] To catch a thief

For your macs/laptops and what ever else you could try http://www.preyproject.com Someone sent it out on this list a while ago. I have seen it recommended other places, though no personal experiences. Might be worth a shot for protecting your laptops and macs if they are taken. On Thu, Jul 28,

Re: [Discuss] firefox 4 is a memory hog

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:17 AM, Matthew Gillen wrote: > I've noticed lately that when I unlock my gnome3 session after being > gone for a while (several hours), it takes forever to get me back to a > useable desktop. I initially was blaming gnome-shell, but it appears > the problem is actually f