I am saddened by the recent news that Nokia, under the leadership of former Microsoft VP Stephen Elop, has embraced Windows Phone 7 as their new flagship smartphone OS. Farewell Nokia. I hope this isn't the final nail in your coffin.

This saddens me for several reasons.

I have a very long history with Nokia. All of my personal cell phones have ( Read more... )

It's been about a year since I first posted about my Television project (A sub-project of my Smart Home project), and I'm happy to say that there has actually been some progress.
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Well crap. After looking around for updated information about the Asus Eee Box 204, it looks like it won’t be suitable for my main HTPC after all. While the 202 has an S/PDIF out port, the 204 (And 206 I assume) do not, just an HDMI port. I was hoping the HDMI port was in addition to the S/PDIF, but apparently not ( Read more... )

With the pending switch to digital-only broadcast TV (Even though it’s looking like that is going to be pushed back six months), I’ve been working on a project to get TV on my computers.
( The Television (TV) Project )

Note to self: The Asus Eee Box is looking like a really viable set-top thin-client. It comes with DVI (HDMI on the more powerful ones), S/PDIF (And HDMI) digital audio out, Intel Atom 270 (1.6GHz), ~40w power consumption, and a VESA 75/100 mount (So it should be able to bolt onto the back of the TV).

For <= 720p, Asus Eee Box 202 ( Read more... )

( Warning, Huge Entry Ahead )

In my last entry, I laid out a bit of a teaser: the digital convergence that has been promised for the last fifteen years or so is coming true, but not because any large company is championing it; they’re too busy fighting each other, looking after their own profitability, and navigating the legal mine field of copyrights, patents, and other “IP” ( Read more... )

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Well, since I finally got T-Zones activated on my phone, I've been playing around with various things and I remembered about posting to LJ from e-mail, which oddly enough I have recently figured out how to do ( Read more... )

I've been learning more about VoIP in the past couple of months. At first I didn't see it as much of anything; a computer based calling card if you're calling a POTS line or a free call if you're calling someone else on the Internet. I have since found out differently. VoIP basically puts the user in charge of their own phone system, and gives ( Read more... )