rant n' run

Qwest Broadband and Apple “Home Sharing”

admin — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 23:44:32 +0000

For many who are trudging through the Internet about iTunes, iPad, AppleTV and Home Sharing of digital media over your home network: At least as far as Qwest and its Actiontec modem/router is concerned, forget it.

The Actiontec does not support Bonjour, Apple’s name for the IGMP protocol, which is required for Home Sharing on Apple devices. A firmware fix is in the works, due sometime in 2011.

I have iPhones, an iPad, an Airport Express, a MacBook and a Windows 7 and iTunes, but cannot use Home Sharing, Remote on the iPhone or multiple speakers (with the Airport Express) because none of ‘em can “see” the others due to the Actiontec.

The next time a stranger offers to sell you a magical lamp, might one suggest wondering why the strange person is willing to part with it?

admin — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:14:55 +0000

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From my fortune cookie after take-out from the “Bamboo House”: “A calm sea does not make a skilled sailor.”

admin — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:16:40 +0000

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One of These Things is Not Like the Others. The bottom red line has fallen and can’t get up.

admin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:52:19 +0000

via economistsview.typepad.com

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Vintage Detroit ‘mobiles…

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:20:47 +0000

I had one o’ these as a kid in the 70′s! (and a 56 chevy later).
They’d only accelerate if I asked ‘em to!

1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria

…and parents of the kid down the street had one of these. We’d get in it, put it into gear and press the “Start” button and the starter motor would take us up ‘n down the street.
I’d shoot my kids if they did that! (…if I had kids)

1950 Studebaker Starlight

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Amazon.com: Logitech Squeezebox Duet Wi-Fi Internet Radio: Electronics

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:20:04 +0000

via amazon.com

Looks like a perfect choice for your set-up. The box would be in the closet, wired to the aux input of your receiver., and the Controller would then operate the music from anywhere in the house. Wish I had that controller for my syste.

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Atlas Rocket Breaks the Sound Barrier

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:14:39 +0000

Download now or watch on posterous

Atlas_640.m4v (11878 KB)

Feb. 11, 2010, the Atlas rocket carried a satellite to orbit and provided a show on the way up by sending visible shock waves though a cloud layer. Watch for the sun-dog on the right, and how the shock waves disturb the cloud layer so that it vanishes. No lie!

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Little Birds All in a Row

admin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:07:29 +0000

Mourning dove settling in, off my pack patio.

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Spring

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:51:12 +0000

See and download the full gallery on posterous

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Spring

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:49:16 +0000

See and download the full gallery on posterous

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