Category Archives: Open Platforms

Request to Meetup.com – play nice with other subdomains

I wrote the following email to Meetup.com today: I need additional help with http://www.meetup.com/help/How-do-I-set-up-a-custom-domain-for-my-Meetup-Group/ – this is also listed on Uservoice I have set up http://toronto.knowledgeworkers.org for my group, Toronto Knowledge Workers. I now need to provide a common navigation … Continue reading

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Canadian Net Neutrality: cease and desist to Bell Canada

You may have forgotten, or simply not know, Canada has reached the crunch point in deciding whether the Canadian ISPs should be allowed to govern what type of traffic is sent over their wires. Last year I commented: Legal precedent … Continue reading

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Posted in Canadian Competitiveness, Canadian Life, Open Platforms, Small Business, TorCamp | 1 Comment

So, no Slingbox for Linux, but how about a VM for the WINE install?

The Slingbox is a device that takes a TV signal and placeshifts it over the internet to a computer running the Slingbox Player. For some reason Slingmedia has no Linux version and, bafflingly, is silent on the prospect of one. … Continue reading

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I bought an EeePC for the road

Technology marches on, smaller, faster, cheaper. This is especially pertinant at the ultralight end of laptops. My Asus EeePC is a diminutive (7″) laptop running Xandros, a windows-look-alike version of Debian Linix, had a 4GB solid state drive, built in … Continue reading

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External USB Video card for PS3? RSX workaround?

I have a PS3 that I “won” for talking at Office 2.0. I don’t really play games – no spare time. And their’s no emulator to let the PS3 run Wii games, yet. So what do I use the PS3 … Continue reading

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