Back in the late 90s, it was considered trendy to pass legislation that would protect “the children” from “objectionable” material online. Never mind the fact that those laws were usually written in such a way that they would limit adults from accessing all sorts of content online. We’re not just talking about skeezy guys with […]
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You can’t believe everything you read on blogs
If you’re thinking to yourself, that doesn’t look like a map of Paris, you’re right. We ran into a few issues on our way to France, and wound up canceling our European vacation for a local vacation in our own backyard. After spending about 7 hours on the phone trying to convince U.S. Airways that […]
A few quick updates
We’re heading to Paris tomorrow for our honeymoon. Nevermind the fact that we got married 7 months ago. The stars have finally aligned properly. So there won’t be any updates to the blog for a week or so. But I did run across a couple of useful resources for anyone who’s been keeping tabs on […]
Zoom H-4 review: a reporter’s recorder
Well, I’ve had my Zoom H-4 for a few days now, and I think it’s fair to say this is one heck of a portable audio recorder for the price. I picked mine up for about $260 from an electronics dealer through Amazon, and I paid another $30 for a 2GB SD card, which will […]
A warning on wireless video senders
Our home personal video recorder setup started out simple enough. When we found out we had free cable in our last apartment, I convinced Farrah that the only way to take advantage of it was to buy a TiVo. So we used that for a while, but it was only hooked up to the television […]
Internet Radio in Jeopardy
Last week I wrote up a post on Download Squad about a ruling by the Copyright Royalty Board that could put small webcasters out of business. And when I say small, I mean groups like Pandora, Last.fm, Radio Paradise, and probably most of the music streams you can find on Shoutcast or similar services. The […]