Ahh yes CES is good for many reason other than the porn convention next door! Looks like Tivo is coming out with a series 3 DVR which has 2 tuners and HD recording capabilities along with a 250GB hard drive. Also has a LCD readout panel on the front for easy checkup on what is being recorded. Looks like it also has built in networking capabilities. Pretty cool check it out.

Hmmm…pay a monthly service for Tivo or do a cheap linux box with Freevo, Ill have to try Freevo before I am convinced.

Tivo Series 3

Alright well I broke down and bought an Ipod over Xmass. So the things I dont like about it the fact ITunes controls everything and does DRM. So ITunes doesn’t sync with other folders so whenever I add music I have to do it manually to ITunes. Well here comes an app to the rescue. ITunes Library Updater does everything. I just point it to a directory and it syncs ITunes and my IPod and all I have to do is click one button. It keeps my ITunes time to a minimum which is great! Very Nice, check it out….

http://itlu.ownz.ch/

Well for those of you with Tivo, this is the application to have. It takes place of the crappy Tivo Desktop and adds a ton of functionality. It crashed a lot on me with Windows so I went to Linux and ran it with no issues.

Fun Stuff check it out:
http://galleon.tv/

Well happy new year and sorry for the neglect of the past few weeks things have been crazy with people and work. So with the new year came a new version of Linux for my desktop and laptop now I am running Kubuntu. Good distro with a good support forum and IRC channel, uses the new KDE 3.5 so it’s pretty clean. Best part is it supports my wireless cards without any effort.