2008 – Page 8 – GeekTieGuy

Inside the HP TouchSmart PC software: HP SmartCenter – Part 1

4April2008GeekTieGuy9 CommentsPersonal, Software, Vista, WPF

I thought some people might enjoy reading a little “behind the scenes” story about the most high-profile piece of software I’ve been involved with so far. I feel pretty lucky to have had the chance to work on a unique product and to have what I helped work on be so central to the user

Tom Chapin – Not on the Test

30March2008GeekTieGuyPersonal

Our family attended a Tom Chapin concert recently. For those of you with kids out there and who may not know him, he’s a great children’s singer/songwriter whose music you can take along on a roadtrip and listen to for days without getting tired of it. He’s also got quite a few great albums for

The OLPC arrived – see what’s in the box

26March2008GeekTieGuyPersonal, Tech Toys

I had almost forgotten about the OLPC give-one-get-one campaign I took the opportunity to participate in last year. Well, the thing finally came today. I wasn’t really all that anxious to get it, so it didn’t bother me at all that it took a while. I thought it was more important that the real recipients

Netflix WatchNow MediaError(1400): One solution

2March2008GeekTieGuyPersonal, Tech Toys

Here’s a quick tip: If you’re a Netflix subscriber and are having problems with the WatchNow feature, take a look at whether you have any caching proxy servers between the PC you’re using to watch a show and the Netflix servers (yes, that’s a long path and a very general statement, I know). If, for

GeekTieGuy

News and views from the guy with the geek tie.

Yearly Archives: 2008

Inside the HP TouchSmart PC software: HP SmartCenter – Part 1

Tom Chapin – Not on the Test

The OLPC arrived – see what’s in the box

Netflix WatchNow MediaError(1400): One solution