Life and Leisure. Tech and Toys.

I just got a new laptop at work and since this is the first time I’m using a ThinkPad I’ve been annoyed at the position of the Fn key. The Fn key is literally in the exact spot where I would expect the Ctrl key. After a little searching online I found this is actually [...]

This cropped screen shot was captured on my Facebook homepage. I don’t know what the girl in the picture has to do with winning an Apple iPad but it certainly got my attention. I hate ads like this because the image has nothing to do with the ad itself, its just an easy way to [...]

Twitter users at the game and watching from home and bars around the nation have overloaded the Twitter servers.

In December of 2009 Myspace bought out the popular music streaming website imeem. Since then iPhone and Android users have been left with login errors when trying to access the app. Myspace has issued the following message on their website regarding the Smart-phone applications.
The imeem mobile app for iPhone and Android was created specifically for [...]

NFL Game Rewind is available for $39.99 until September 9th 2009. This package gets you every 2009 NFL game streamed to your computer with no commercials. You get full control of each video (rewind, fast-forward, pause) and can watch them whenever you want. Each game is available at 9pm Pacific Time on the same day [...]

The first time a launched my Wordpress application on my iPhone I got the following error XML-RPC Service for you blog cannot be found. Fortunately there is an easy fix. It all has to do with your theme. Some themers forget to include the following line in the header.php file.
<link rel=”EditURI” type=”application/rsd+xml” title=”RSD” href=”http://YOURDOMAIN/xmlrpc.php?rsd” />
Place [...]

I ran into the problem of moving my emails last week and after searching for the answer myself I decided to write my own tutorial. It’s all very simple once you’ve figured out that Thunderbird is a free and easy solution. Here’s how to do it:

Create both accounts in Thunderbird.
Tools>Account Settings>Add Account

Choose “Email Account”.
Enter your [...]

In my last post I talked about how the XCM 1080p Mega Cool VGA converter didn’t live up to my expectations. However, today I want to talk about how the HDFury2 is the perfect solution for my situation. Unfortunately it is a little more expensive as well which is why I didn’t go along with [...]

So ever since I got my PS3 I’ve been looking for solutions to hook up my PS3 to my LCD monitor in my room. I’m running a 26″ monitor Soyo which only has regular VGA and DVI ports. It also does not support HDCP which is required for running any blu-ray devices. If you do [...]

Problem:
I just came across as strange problem with using CakePhp on MediaTemple. This is my first CakePhp application on MediaTemple but I am experienced when it comes to CakePhp. The problem occurs after logging in and creating a session, then quickly refresh the page multiple times. Sometimes the result will be an empty session.
The login [...]