How to Bend Plex to Your Will to Handle Complex Libraries Without Losing Your Mind
In past years I went back and forth between Plex and Emby as my media server of choice but eventually settled on the former since I switched my server to… Read more »
Category: digital lifestyle
Things I Found Out the Hard Way to Get the Most of the Nvidia Shield
I bought an Nvidia Shield (2017 model) on sale for $140 at the end of 2018 and am amazed by how much this tiny device can accomplish. It’s connected to… Read more »
AI Reading of Human Emotions is a Tough Problem
It’s tough enough to properly read nonverbal cues among us humans, now imagine programming software to do it. That’s what Lex Fridman and his MIT colleagues are trying to accomplish…. Read more »
Smartphones: Time to Go Direct
The likes of Dell and Gateway exploded on the PC scene in the late 80s/early 90s by streamlining their supply chain, thinking of themselves as OEM assemblers rather than manufacturers,… Read more »
How I Save Time with the Right Shortcuts, Handpicked Apps, and Finetuned Hardware [2018 update]
Over many years I’ve found a lot of good hardware and neat apps that work well together. In the spirit of the setup and how I work interviews, here’s my advice on picking… Read more »
Time to Revive This Weblog
Like so many people, I let my blog, which I had started relatively early at the end of 2000, fall into a state of utter neglect as various social networks… Read more »
State of my VOIP Setup
I just bought a prepaid data package from Claro, one of the three mobile telcos here in Chile. After fumbling with their settings (their APN for prepago banda ancha is… Read more »
Nokia E71 Apps
Quick notes on apps I’m using with my E71 smartphone: Nimbuzz and Fring because (unless I’m being really dense here), Skype Mobile doesn’t support free skype-to-skype calls over WiFi. I’m… Read more »
US 3G PAYG BYOD OMG WTF?
I’m thinking of buying an unlocked Nokia E71 (about $400 at Newegg, the Blackberry Bold isn’t really available unlocked yet at decent prices, and the iPhone has half a dozen… Read more »
The Chilean Sea is Not to Be Given Away?!
We’ve started to (carefully) explore to what extent there might actually be value in the current crop of social networks. We were involved in earlier waves – from Ryze to… Read more »