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Bing helps us search for the meaning in our tech choices

May 3, 2011

It’s not easy to break into a market that is dominated by a player whose name is literally synonymous with an entire product category. In a world that uses “Googling” to refer to the very act of searching for something online, it’s a wonder that anyone is brave enough to launch a new search engine. [...]

Status report on the perpetual home media overhaul

March 4, 2011

Gillian Shaw’s delightful weekend story in the Vancouver Sun covered online alternatives to cable, and outed me once again as the World’s Most Committed Cross-Platform TV Consumer: And then there are the techno geeks like Vancouver’s Alexandra Samuel opting for a hybrid solution with a lineup that includes cable service, Apple TV, U.S.-based Hulu movie [...]

TV for multi-tasking: 10 shows to help process your e-mail

December 29, 2010

We’re 5 days into the 7-day quest for Inbox Zero by 2011, which means we’re now at the drudgery phase. One of my productivity tricks is to save mindless, tedious chores for the evening, when I enjoy our home media setup by watching TV shows while I do my ultra-boring brainless tasks. But the week [...]

Star Trek for kids

December 9, 2010

Many parents focus on preparing their children for a digital future by working on their basic math skills, helping them use a computer, or even teaching them the basics of programming. These parents are fools! If there is one thing I have learned from working with loads of developers and Internet geeks, the fundamental driver [...]

Why on earth would you want to watch TV?

December 2, 2010

Blogging my incredibly elaborate efforts at The Perfect Tech-Enabled TV makes me conscious of all the people who are wondering why I care so much about watching TV in the first place. After all, most of my friends are highly evolved creatures who divide their time between meditating, cooking vegan meals and reading the latest [...]

Ingredients for a Mac home media center (or two)

November 30, 2010

As part of my 2010 Home Media Center Overhaul and Documentation Festival, I’ll begin by summarizing the current components of our all-you-can-watch emporium. I’m actually documenting two media centers here: the main living room setup, and then a similar setup in the bedroom (albeit on a smaller scale, with no videogames). Hardware Mac Mini + [...]

Welcome to the 2010 Home Media Center Overhaul and Documentation Festival

November 29, 2010

Cyber Monday marks the arrival of my annual Home Media Center Overhaul and Documentation Festival. It’s the ideal time of year to revamp your home media setup because the high-profile markdowns on select items at your local Best Buy provides the perfect opportunity to identify must-have additions to your current setup, which will inevitably appear [...]

thirtysomething meets the Internet

July 1, 2010

When I was sixteen I hated Jane Austen. I read Pride and Prejudice, but couldn’t get beyond the anachronism. Every plot point rested on the impossibility of speaking directly and honestly: Mr. Darcy, if you could simply explain yourself to Miss Bennet, I’m sure she will have a different opinion of you. Take away the [...]

The geek’s guide to child-proofing: how to keep your tech safe from baby

November 30, 2009

With the wisdom earned from six years’ of childraising, two destructive children and four or five figures’ worth of maimed technology, I’d like to weigh in on the neglected side of childproofing. Because once you’ve figured out how to keep your baby safe from your stuff, it’s time to figure out how to keep your stuff safe from baby.

Watch and record HD TV on your Mac — now in Canada!

November 3, 2009

If you want to turn your Mac into a TV set or PVR (personal video recorder) you have a few good options — unless you want to record in High Definition (HD). HD recording takes advantage of that large TV or LCD you’ve plugged into your Mac, and is the only option for recording shows [...]

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