Well, after my last attempt at upgrading my network, I let everything just sit for a while, then went on a spending spree to upgrade all my networking equipment to products that supported WPA (Wireless Protected Access). I really needed to, anyhow, since I’m the neighborhood Alpha Geek. So I hooked up the D-Link DIR-625 [...]

I saw a link over at Boing Boing that points to this article at the Financial Times. It manages to grate on one of my pet peeves. In that article, the author asks:

"Test yourself on the following questions. In each case, it is 1991 and I have removed from you all knowledge of the past [...]

Holy crap, another post about Apple Macs. I think I’m becoming a fanboy. Today, my thoughts on Leopard, the next iteration of the Mac OS, based upon Apple’s PR.

Time Machine
I can see the utility, but it isn’t something I’d use. I don’t tend to delete much, but when I do, it’s usually for a reason. [...]

I recently bought an Apple MacBook (non-Pro version, and no, I didn’t spring for the black) to use as a general work/fun/whatever laptop. Generally, I have an aversion to buying laptops that aren’t fully loaded, but I really wanted a nice, portable machine. The MacBook was the right machine at the right price.

Now, I do [...]

As I am wont to do on vacation days every other year, I decided to replace my router, a D-Link 624 Wireless G, with a new-fangled "pre-N" router. So I dropped by one of the evil chain stores after doing my research.

I don’t jump into new things without checking them out. I downloaded the product [...]

I am a mouse whore.

There, I’ve admitted my problem. I should be well on the road to recovery soon. I really am a mouse whore, though: I can’t resist buying a new mouse, even if the old one works perfectly fine. Indeed, I’ve never had a Logitech mouse fail on me (wish I could say [...]

Ah, much much better. My previous Slingbox appeared to be deeply flawed: no sound, then no picture. However, after exchanging the unit and re-connecting it, all appears fine. This time, both the video and audio came up immediately and it all looks great!

With a working unit, the connection and setup was quite painless (though I [...]

Update: Replacing the unit fixed the problems. After further experiments, I think the original problem was likely the network cable connecting the Slingbox to the wireless bridge: at first, I thought my wireless bridge was acting funny, but it worked perfectly with the replacement. Had I been thinking, I might have actually tried replacing the [...]