How to get TiVo Transfer working under Snow Leopard…
I’ve just spent an annoying 30 minutes with Toast 10 Titanium and my TiVo. Here’s where I went wrong and how I fixed it, just so you don’t have to. I hope.
God gave Rock & Roll to you…
I’m not sure I’m entirely happy with that lyric, KISS. First of all you’re stating that God gave Rock and Roll to me, but in the same breath, you’re then giving it away to everyone, apparently.
Did you ever think that I might not have wanted to share? Rock & Roll shall be all mine!
Well, as long as Elvis doesn’t come back to claim it. But how likely is that?
All this isn’t to say that I can’t be a sharing individual. Like my words*, which are rather abundant in the June 2009 issue of Australian Netguide. How abundant, I hear you ask?
Well, if you were to open a random, non-advertisment page anywhere between pages 22 and 48… then I wrote it.
That includes a guide to Home Media Devices — including reviews of TiVo, WD TV, WD MyBook World Edition 1T, SiliconDust HD HomeRun, Apple TV — and a guide to connecting up Windows Media Centre to your TV via Xbox 360, with pictures that reveal a startling amount about my musical tastes. Regular readers of this blog are probably already startled enough, but anyway. There’s also standalone reviews of the Apple Mac Mini, Asus Eee Top, Razer Arctosa Keyboard, Microsoft Sidewinder X8 Mouse, DualSIM Mobile Phone, StopMotion Pro Home Edition, Altec Lansing Orbit-M iMT237, Telstra 21Mbps USB Dongle, iPod Shuffle and Norton 360 3.0. But I’m not done yet! Skip forward sixteen pages, and you’ll find my reviews of DCS: Black Shark, Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X, Halo Wars and House Of The Dead: Overkill.
Phew. I wonder if it’s too late to rename the title to Australian AlexGuide?
*Smooth segues are free today at alexkidman.com! Remember to tip your waiter.
You bring me down, you shout around, you don’t believe that I’m alone….
Well, to quote a certain 80s pop starlet, I think I’m alone now. Although that lyric is from a different type of Queen entirely…
Working. Yet again. So much work to do.For those who wanted more personal blogging… umm… the washing machine is dead. Are you happy now?
If not, amuse yourselves with these reviews, live now at CNET.com.au:
TiVo Home Networking: “It’s tough to move past the sticker shock of the cost of TiVo’s home networking solution, but it is a simple solution for those wanting more portable TV out of their PVR.”
Western Digital My DVR Expander: “Western Digital’s TiVo expanding drive works as advertised, but is only recommended for non-networked homes.”
Which inevitably leads to…
TiVo expansion options: “One of the first things we noticed when the Australian version of TiVo finally launched last year was that the hard drive within the unit was, even for a PVR, pretty small. What solutions are there for expandng the size of the storage on offer?”
Woah Woah Woah.. Woah Woah Woooahh…
Ah, what a fine lyric that is. Special kudos to you if you can pick which song I’ve plucked it from.
Songs are, naturally enough, vocal efforts, and I’m once again in fine vocal form for the fifth edition of MacThePodcast. You can subscribe to it via iTunes — it’s definitely up there now — and should be available from the MacThePodcast page later today.
MacThePodcast Episode 5: Software-Only: “MJCP and Alex Kidman chat with Andrew Paton of Software-only. Andrew has a long history in the Australian Mac channel and has now struck out on his own. We talk about where he’s been, what he’s doing and where he’s going. In more general terms we also discuss the challenges presently facing small business operators. There’s also some idle speculation about what Apple may or may not do in the way of new form factors and price points.”
Meanwhile, in the news world, APCMag.com carried my writeup of TiVo Australia’s launch of its VOD service:
TiVo launches movies-on-demand service: “But first they’ll demand some of your cold, hard cash upfront.”
I hope my legs don’t break… walking on the moon.
I certainly do. Hang on.. what am I doing on the moon? Wouldn’t a lack of oxygen (and for that matter, pressure) be a rather more pressing problem?
Lucky I’m not on the moon, then, eh?
It has been a little while inbetween updates (well, at least by my clock), although that shouldn’t stop the relentless (some would say heartless) Kidman self-promotional machine. After all, if I don’t promote me — who will?*
First up, some quick online news at PC Authority yesterday:
TiVo hard drive lands in Australia: “Western Digital 1TB drive will cost $299 as TiVo gears up for more than 100 new Movie On Demand titles.”
I’m also, as is often the case, featured heavily in the latest issue of Netguide Magazine. Within its pages, you’ll find my reviews of LCD Monitors for every budget, as well as standalone reviews of the Toshiba A300, iLife 09, iWork 09, Altec Lansing Expressionist Classic Speakers, HTC Dream, Logitech Harmony 1100i, Linksys Media Hub, VHS To DVD 3.0, Corsair Flash Survivor 32GB, Warhammer 40K: Dawn Of War II, Empire: Total War, 50 Cent: Blood On The Sand and Streetfighter IV, as well as a tutorial guide to setting up Skype 4.0 and the broadband table as well.
Work too hard? Don’t know the meaning of the word.
*Note: This is not a plea for PR representation. I get the feeling that I’d have a rather interesting, noisy, and probably quite short PR career were I ever to try…
Now isn’t it a shame that sometimes money buys you everything and nothing…
A couple of reviews and a small feature for today’s efforts to lower the mortgage. First at PC Authority:
How to get legal movies online quota free: “How can you get movies as cheaply as possible? We compare TiVo, BigPond Movies, and iTunes Movies.”
And then two reviews at CNET.com.au.
Dell Inspiron Mini 1210: “Tastes and needs will vary, but we’re still not sold on the “bigger” form factor for netbooks…”
Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds: “If you asked any PC user to describe Lenovo’s ThinkPad line, the chances are that phrases like “solid”, “boxy” and “heavy” would come to the fore pretty quickly. It’s a very apt description for the W700ds, the biggest and boxiest of them all…”
“Isn’t that your Herpes Heel?”
A genuine quote I heard today in a press conference. To be brutally honest, I don’t want to even think about the person in question and herpes, but I’m still trying to work out what a herpes heel actually is…
In the meantime, though, I’ve been busy writing stuff. Like reviews stuff, including this one at CNET.com.au:
Kogan Full HD 1080p Video Camcorder: “The outstanding design feature of Kogan’s 1080p Camcorder is undoubtedly the lightweight dent it’ll leave in your wallet or purse..”
or this news piece at APCMag.com:
TiVo 2009: Pizza, pay-per view and Picasa, but don’t call it a PVR! “Streaming radio, Pizza for couch potatoes and 1TB of storage coming in early 2009. But don’t call it a PVR, or they’ll get really angry.”
Or this Mac Blog at PC Authority:
Apple’s next OS: Snow Leopard is coming: “How will Apple sell the next iteration of its operating system to ordinary consumers? Alex Kidman pulls at Snow Leopard’s tail…”
