The long awaited follow-up to my RSS Feed Basics post from a year ago, I present to you some ways to get more out of RSS feeds from around the world. RSS is typically thought of as a simple feature that almost every website should have (and it's really frustrating when they don't) that allows you to "subscribe" to that site and receive notices when the site updates. Heck, the … [Read more...]
Product Review: Tripp-Lite 6U Wall-Mount Rack Enclosure
A rack does not have a whole lot to it to review. It either works or it doesn't. After networking my house this past Summer, I picked up a 48-port switch for all the connections and other devices in my home office. The switch is able to be mounted in a rack and with all the cables coming into the area, it was looking pretty a bit disorganized. I was not interested in a full … [Read more...]
Firefox 9.0 makes its way out the door
Every 6 weeks, Mozilla is rolling out a new version of Firefox. If you haven't caught on yet, Mozilla's Rapid Release schedule is here to stay and we're on track to see 8 new major releases in 2012. … [Read more...]
Run on a High-Tech Treadmill
With Winter knocking at the door, it gets cold and a lot of the natural exercise like going for walks/runs becomes uncomfortable or impossible. Many people will be heading indoors to the gym or their own exercise equipment. If you want to incorporate some tech into your workout, check out the iFit Live technology in NordicTrack treadmills, ellipticals, and exercise bikes. … [Read more...]
Microsoft to eradicate IE6 with automatic updates
Microsoft posted to its Windows Team blog yesterday that it plans to start automatically updating users of old versions of Internet Explorer across Windows XP, Vista, and 7. Before anybody gets too excited or angered about this, it sounds like it will be a slow roll-out. Today we are sharing our plan to automatically upgrade Windows customers to the latest version of Internet … [Read more...]