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This deserves its own thread. The idea is that each of the topics leads to an instructional video link tailored to the needs of the recipient.

Torrents are still around. They're just less open and more specialized in their content. There are also Newsgroups full of awesome stuff. But you're right that you are not a person who needs some monster Xeon rig.

I think it says good things about my chosen media outlets that, while I'm aware that there was a big football game, I still don't know what teams played or who won.

Walmart is offering the Kindle Fire for $200 with a $50 gift card this week. Which is a pretty good deal if you already buy groceries and stuff there. It's kind of a toss-up between the two. The Nook Color is really heavy (almost 1lb.) for a 7" tablet, and it only has a single core CPU. But the...

I'm still at a bit of loss as to the actual definition of "server case." But since this is Santilli's thread I'll put forward that decommissioned quad core Opterons or Core2-based Xeons or even (if you feel inclined to be exotic) Itanium systems are ridiculously cheap and readily available out...

I think something that would make certain aspects of my life easier is a web based iOS mock-up. I got motivate to go look and I'm kind of surprised that there isn't one out there already.

Are any of these servers under your direct control? Looking at the configuration file for, say, Dovecot imapd, I'm pretty sure there's settings there to magic away those differences.

Tablet-y deal of the day: Overstock.com is selling refurbished Nook Colors for $130. The Nook Color has a slightly off-kilter Android build on it. Most of the on-device storage is reserved for ebooks with only 2GB available for non-book data and the default app selection is pretty lame. But it...

Cracked.com dispenses wisdom.

Can I just say right now that I hate Seagate's RMA system with the passion of a million exploding stars? The web based tool refuses to create RMAs for me because my postal code is shared by several municipalities, so I have to spend a half hour on the phone and then get lectured by the phone...

I'm still trying to figure out what your issue is. You have users hitting IMAP servers with several different client programs and they aren't behaving in anything like a uniform fashion? On a desktop client you should at least be able to create rules or filters to move mail where you think it...

Android users put out. But iphone users get laid more often. Before you completely dismiss that, the people who run OKCupid are enormous statistics geeks. OKCupid actually runs on a custom web server that exists to collect and ferret out and quantify information about its users. That's one of...

I can state with absolute certainty that it's possible to have a decent RDP experience over a sub-28.8kpbs dialup connection, because I used to have to do that. The big magic is Hamachi and its configuration-less VPN. I use it a lot to maintain systems so that I don't have to make office visits...

I deal with a couple Avaya systems that regularly make me want to strangle someone. PBXes are not my favorite thing.

That's the thing I need to figure out.

In theory, it's pretty trivial to move databases, especially those built with Microsoft tools in the first place, into MSSQL and some sort of asp.net front end. I've seen those sorts of things developed very quickly. I'd like to lobby for more use of Google Docs et al but realistically...

Application and device compatibility were god-awful. A lot of it was eventually addressed, but for example there are an awful lot of Inkjet printers that flat out couldn't be made to work with Vista, especially the 64-bit version. On top of that, a LOT of Vista systems, especially notebooks...

How long is a day Östersund this time of year? I was really excited last week when I noticed that it was after 5PM and still light out.

We had a week where it snowed, warmed up to 45, snowed warmed up to 45 and then snowed and warmed up to 45. Where are you in PA, Will?

I'm about to make a proposal for changing the way my company works from having a large suite of offices and classrooms to a single storefront containing one large classroom and one much smaller one. I figure we can maintain a space for printers, perhaps a corporate fax line and as a mail drop...

Last night, one mile from the southernmost tip of Lake Michigan, it was 59F at 11:00PM. It's suppose to get to the upper 50s today. Man our weather is screwed up this winter.

Using Thunderbird and various mobile clients and interfacing with Gmail or other IMAP server, here's what happens: Items sent are delivered to the "Sent" folder for the relevant account on each IMAP server (i.e. Inbox > Sent). If the message was sent via Gmail SMTP, the message also goes in the...

The standard Android client can look at Sent Items and other folder on IMAP servers just fine. The Gmail-specific client has a nicer presentation, but that's to be expected. I do get frustrated with mobile Gmail, but my issue is that I have damned many different identities that it's easier for...

I'm actually a huge fan of Google Reader, though I'll admit one of the main uses I have for it is keeping up with the various webcomics I read. I also use it in combination with the Android-only Google Listen to make sure that I'm up to date on the podcast versions of various NPR programs I...

Congratulations Paugie!

I just ran across an interesting application for somebody who lives and dies for "push to talk." It's called Heytell and it's an Android/iPhone thing. It's not quite the same thing as Nextel's deal, more like voice text messages, but it's free and looks really easy to use.

Wikipedia actually has a nice if not fully updated table of Android devices. It seems to include screen technology when known, weight and distinguishing characteristics. You'll have to scroll a while to get to the tablet portion, but it's still a handy reference.

Something I've found that I like about the 10" tablet over and above the smaller ones: It's a good adjutant to the screens on the computers I'm using. With some experimentation, I've found a collection of widgets and tools to keep on my Xoom so that it's displaying useful information every time...

Nah. He has a special pillow for that now. ;)

The tree is a might impractical for most people. I can't say I'm terribly worried about someone stealing my spare phone, if only because it doesn't have an Apple logo on it.

The Asus Transformer would also be worthy of consideration, though it has kind of an odd form factor. As far as the port situation on Samsung tablets, I've never even had my 8.9" one plugged in to anything but AC power. It's less hassle to just run file copies over SMB.

CDs go into computers and get turned into FLACs. Thereafter the CD is irrelevant.

Things that don't play FLAC are not worthy of consideration as useful audio devices.

That 30-pin connector is on both my Galaxy tablets. But I'd be pissed if I had to stick that on my tablet in order to make it useful for my intended purpose.

VNC is a dog regardless. It was made for high bandwidth, low-latency networks. There's just no getting around that. It actually uses UltraVNC for its foundation, but that's because many VNC variants don't work properly with UAC prompts on Vista and Windows 7. Hamachi + RDP is my preferred means...

That's a really nice PSU for anything under $40 in any case. Thanks Bozo.

The displays on the Galaxy tablets are wonderful and in fact the 8.9" is my favorite of the tablets I have access to, but the larger ones do not include expandable storage. A few Android tablets (e.g. the Thinkpad tablet made by Lenovo) do have USB root hosts, but the bundled drivers generally...

Most 10" Android tablets meet most of those qualifications. You might have to use a tool with a small fee attached to keep your bookmarks synchronized, and the ability to do anything useful with Office file formats depends on having an app like Quickoffice or Polaris Office installed. I suspect...

802.11 can be frustrating. I swapped an Airport Extreme in to replace an Encore cheapie at a client's office couple weeks ago. The feedback I've gotten is that it's nice and fast for most people but ironically the two Apple computers in the office seem to disconnect more often.

It's bound to happen sooner or later.

woot.com has a 32GB HP Touchpad for $220 today and a 16GB one for $170 (on deals.woot.com). Honestly, that's a pretty tempting deal. The Touchpads have nice screens. From the little bit that I've gotten to mess with one, WebOS is slick and different from Android, and HP is actually still...

Thanks man

That thing is probably interesting, but I already have extra Android phones with 32GB microSD cards. You're right that I don't want to plug my phone in when I get in my car. The idea is to just leave on in there all the time.

The files I have tend to exceed the attachment limits of most mail servers, so it didn't occur to me to check.

The ipad I was messing with wouldn't let me do a single damned thing with it until I plugged it in to a computer with itunes on it. It just came up with a graphic showing a picture of the data cable and an arrow pointing to the word "itunes." If that's changed recently, it's for the best, but I...

For the last couple weeks, some of the most active threads on SF have been about phones and tablets. Those threads are currently in the Pub. We know where they are, but for purposes of organization I was thinking it might make a little more sense to either move that stuff to something under the...

The biggest problem I have with istuff is the reliance on itunes to do everything. I can grudgingly accept locking data to an application and Apple's sealed-box approach to its OS, but itunes itself royally sucks. At least the iphone isn't locked into crummy phone networks any more.

I think the issue might be that our stuff is spread across a bunch of different sites and media, and that google can't index some of it.

As far as I can tell, that hasn't had an impact on retail pricing for brand name systems. I guess the big guys are eating the costs or getting vastly better pricing since their contracts to get more drives are probably a lot better than anybody else's.

Well, yeah. There wasn't any new Windows or Office and no real change in form factor, performance or pricing in the last couple years. Netbooks were a big thing a couple years ago, but I'm sure the margins on those amounted to squat anyway. There might still be some businesses migrating to new...