Live TV on XBMC


Look, if you have a Hauppauge tuner, WinTV, and Orb, you can watch live TV on XBMC in just a few minutes.

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Travis McGee Hawaiian Style?

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When the Honolulu Star-Bulletin began its decent into bankruptcy the two things I missed most were the Island Images column and Charles Memminger’s humor column. It has just been announced that Charles (who actually worked some material I sent him into a column once) has been contracted to develop a Travis McGee-like character in a novel set in Hawaii. Big woohoo!

Charles shared my belief that geckos are inherently entertaining and I do hope that he manages to work some of his gecko material into the stories.

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How to Choose a Carrier

If you want a really cool phone, choose AT&T.
If you want to be able to use your phone as a phone, choose Verizon.
If you want to use your phone as a data behemoth, choose Sprint.
If you want to stick it to “the man”, choose T-Mobile.
If you think your money belongs in your pocket, choose Virgin mobile.

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Netflix Fix

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Too often, my blog degenerates into griping about what is wrong with products or services. Netflix made one of the most stupid moves in business history. But now they’ve corrected course and I’m glad. Looks like they’ll be keeping my business after all.

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Steve Jobs Has Died

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