I just canceled my order for a Tesla Model S. My cancellation had nothing to do with the recent New York Times article that unnecessarily condemning the Model S (it seems the journalist made some mistakes, as did the the Tesla representatives on the phone giving him charging advise.) I’d already read detailed reports of [...]
Why I Canceled My Tesla Model S Reservation
Jaybird Bluebuds X Bluetooth Headphones Review
In September 2008, I reviewed the Jaybird JB200 Bluetooth headphones to great disappointment. Just over 4 years later, Jaybird released their latest model, the Jaybird Bluebuds X, with some pretty impressive claims on sound quality, fit, and battery life. The cord on my Klipsch S4i Rugged headphones are my only complaint with them, but it’s [...]
Apple TV Screensaver Will Not Display Entire iPhoto or Aperture Library
I recently purchased a 3rd Generation Apple TV and a 22″ Samsung 1080P LED-backlit LCD TV to act as a digital photo frame for my house. I thought I’d found the perfect setup because Samsung TVs have 3 separate timers to turn the TV on and off, so it would only be on when we [...]
How to Fix Netflix Connection Problems
I have 3 Panasonic DMP-BDT 220 Blu-ray players and all of them stopped connecting to Netflix at the same time. The continually gave the error message “Unable to connect to Netflix. Please try again or visit www.netflix.com/tvhelp”. All of my other devices (Xbox, PC, iPhone, iPad, LG TV, Apple TV) were still able to connect [...]
Does 4K Resolution Matter?
4k resolution flat panel televisions, such as the LG 84LM9600 84″ LED LCD, are now available and potential buyers are wondering if the extra resolution is worth it. In some cases it is, but in most, it’s not. The details below can help you decide. What Exactly is 4K (and 8K) Resolution? The previous specification [...]
Western Digital MyBook Drive Lock Encryption – Failure and Recovery
Western Digital MyBook Elite external hard drives use hardware-based encryption chips to (optionally) encrypt drives using 256-bit encryption. This is OK for security, but horrible for data recovery. It is impossible to access (decrypt) the drive if the enclosure circuit board fails, even if the drive itself is fine. For this reason, I highly recommend [...]
How to Configure dBpoweramp for Bit-Perfect CD Audio Ripping
If you want the absolute best sound quality from your digital music files, they need to be bit-perfect rips from CDs stored in a lossless compression format. I recommend using dBpoweramp Music Converter (dBmc) to do this. This page describes how to configure dBmc (version 12 or 13) for the most accurate bit-for-bit perfect backup [...]
Jailbreaking my iPhone 3Gs and Essential Cydia Apps
I’ve been an iPhone user for almost 2 years and have resisted hacking it because it provided almost all of the functionality I needed. In fact, that is still the case, but I finally was pushed over the edge when I needed an Internet connection for my computer for 5 minutes and wound up driving [...]
Professional Installer Takes Credit for my Family Room
I was performing a search on Google Images and noticed a picture of my flat panel TV install, which I detailed in this post. The funny thing was that the image wasn’t hosted on my server. I was surprised that the installer not only was using a copy of my image, but was also claiming [...]
Dave Matthews Band – Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
The Album: For the past couple of weeks, I anticipated the arrival of the latest Dave Matthews Band album: Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King. For the first time since I was in college, I sat down in a dark room and listened to an entire album, start to finish, with no interruptions. For the [...]
