http://www.jakersblog.com Written and proofread before a live studio audience. Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:10:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So Obama has announced his candidate for Vice President. Joe Biden, the senator from Delaware, has been in politics for quite some time. He entered the scene at age 30 (1973), so there's plenty of history to compare trends against. I'm sure there's plenty of information out there about what Biden ... http://www.jakersblog.com/2008/08/24/with-regards-to-pgp/ All too often do I hear that phrase when I talk to people about privacy. They should take a gander at this. Well said, in my opinion. Assuming, of course, that no one will take my opinion out of context.. ~Jaker http://www.jakersblog.com/2008/08/20/ive-got-nothing-to-hide/ I'd really like to know what's going through Microsoft's head right now. Let's examine the life of a unique product that Microsoft released: Stage 1: Release the product to limited OEM's, and have high system requirements. Stage 2: Release an upgrade to the product, but keep it to OEM's. Overhaul the user ... http://www.jakersblog.com/2008/08/20/adventures-with-kb953272/ Facebook has made quite the effort with it's "Notes" to make it a blogging platform. It's actually a brilliant idea, as you can easily tie in the social networking aspect with your writing. It's like getting 100 fans for free, and then free advertising as Facebook goes out of it's ... http://www.jakersblog.com/2008/08/18/facebook-rebroadcast-platform/ I'm assuming Totem must be dependent on gstreamer for it's music, as I could not get any mp3 file to play (it said I needed the correct codec). Audacious could play mp3's, so it was a mystery. Want mp3 playback for your gstreamer-dependent programs in Gentoo? Just emerge media-plugins/gst-plugins-mad Not that I'd ... http://www.jakersblog.com/2008/08/18/gstreamer-mp3/ As described in my last post about getting HDTV to my Media Center, it's a definite inconvenience for homebrew projects to get anywhere with HDTV. DirecTV and it's HDPC-20 tuner seemed like the best solution, but since I've heard that the project keeps getting pushed back, and we probably won't ... http://www.jakersblog.com/2008/08/16/the-mythbox-project-quest-for-hdtv-ii/ From the same person who brought you Windows Mobile 6 on the Treo 750 way before it was actually released, it's happening again! It's Windows Mobile 6.1 on the Motorola Q9h! First, some background story: I knew Windows Mobile 6.1 was coming for the Q9h. I've actually been waiting for it ... http://www.jakersblog.com/2008/08/12/motorola-q9h-windows-mobile-61/ [caption id="attachment_787" align="alignnone" width="150" caption="null"][/caption] ~Jaker http://www.jakersblog.com/2008/08/12/you-know-the-rules-and-so-does-he/ That's quite a bit of updates! ~Jaker http://www.jakersblog.com/2008/08/12/super-patch-tuesday/ Obviously this person has a strong need to share their love with eggs. Don't get me wrong. I'm totally cool with eggs. Just not that much. ~Jaker http://www.jakersblog.com/2008/08/05/i-have-no-idea/