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Continue reading →: Replacing a Case Fan in a Tivo Premiere
I should have just gone ahead and purchased a Tivo Premiere brand new but for some reason I thought it was worth saving $20 by purchasing a refurbished unit. It arrived with a slight crack in the front face plate and a fan that sounded like it was on its…
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Continue reading →: IR Repeater and Mixing and Matching HDMI Sources for Multiple TVs
I summarized all of my issues with sending HDMI signals to two different TVs from multiple sources and getting the DirecTV remote working. The page includes my latest solution, which also provides the ability to control all connected devices from either room. Read: Sending (and Controlling) Multiple HDMI Sources to…
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Continue reading →: Utilitech Pro LED 40W Equivalent and an X10 Wall Switch
Updated 07/12/2011: Many of you seem to be hitting this post while only looking for information about the Utilitech LED bulbs. Well, I only have three bulbs of two different types so I don’t have a lot of experience using different Utilitech LED bulbs. However, I do prefer the 8W…
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Continue reading →: Preparing to Eliminate Satellite TV
I’ve tired of the cost of our satellite TV. Initially, it was already expensive with rebates but now that the rebates have expired the cost is just too high to accept. Sure, I could reduce the cost with a lower plan and drop HBO, Showtime, and Starz but then I…
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Continue reading →: Cables Unlimited 900MHz Wireless Stereo Headphones (SPK-9100)
I have a tendency to stay up a bit later than my wife. I also have a tendency to watch sci-fi shows such as Dr. Who on Netflix. My wife didn’t have a problem with me watching such shows late at night, in the bedroom. However, I could tell the…
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Continue reading →: Xbox 360 and Mac (OS X) Internet Sharing
Last weekend I was visiting family out-of-town. I brought the Xbox 360 just in case some of us wanted to play. However, I wanted to show some of the arcade games and Netflix, which require live Internet connections. The television was in their living room, a long way from the…
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Continue reading →: Removing DD-WRT from a WRT54GS v.7 Linksys Wireless Router
I just lost two and a half hours of my life trying to restore a Linksys WRT54GS (v.7) from DD-WRT to the official firmware. None of the restore/reset options I tried worked during that time. Despite various attempts the router always returned to the DD-WRT configuration. Finally, I managed to…
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Continue reading →: AirPort Extreme Base Station and VPN over PPTP
Updated 06/17/2011: Before you get too far into this post I wanted to point out that I didn’t find a solution to getting a PPTP VPN connection to work with my AirPort Extreme Base Station. I switched over to using L2TP instead. Updated: 08/03/2011: I’m moving to a different solution…
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Continue reading →: Super Mario Bros 3 Lives & Items Cheat (Super Mario All-Stars Wii)
I discovered an interesting cheat for Super Mario Bros 3 in Super Mario Bros All-Stars for Wii. Perhaps this is a bug or maybe even something that was by design. It may have existed in the SNES version though it’s been so long since I played it that I don’t…
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Continue reading →: The New Multi-Media Server (G5)
After my wife got a laptop for her birthday the G5 sat around unused for quite some time. After we bought the Apple TV I decided to set it up as a media server. In this case, I’ve started converting DVDs to an Apple TV 2 compatible format and dumping…
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