My Tech

I've Moved.

2007-10-20T16:06:00.001-07:00

This blog has relatively been inactive for a while as I've acquired my own domain. Please visit my site at dwayneyamato dot com forward slash blog for all of my updated happenings. Thanks.

Not much new in my world...

2006-06-02T12:53:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since I last posted. Probably due to things going problem-free lately. Until now...

It seems that my laptop hard drive is on the fritz and is about to die on me. Last week, it started making these strange rattling crunching noises. It also didn't want to boot up and couldn't find the operating system either.

Now, I'm in the market for either a new HD or laptop. Wish me luck... More later.

Vidcasting

2006-01-26T11:05:00.000-08:00

With the ever-popular interest of podcasting and the use of video in podcasting, I'm beginning to get the itch to do something in the world of Vidcasting. As for the subject area, I'm not sure. Perhaps an inspiration will find its way into my thoughts in the near future. Could it be on tech, parenting, cycling, hockey or some other topic, I'm not sure. If you happen to have a suggection, please drop me a line on this blog. Thanks.

Methods for Designing Usable Web Sites

2005-07-08T21:26:00.000-07:00

Here's a link that can help in designing your own websites. Check it out!!!

TWiT

2005-06-09T08:53:00.000-07:00

The former hosts of "The Screen Savers" on G4/TechTV (Leo Leporte, Kevin Rose, Patrick Norton, Yoshi, etc.) host this weekly podcast on anything Tech.

I downloaded their mp3's, converted them to Ogg Vorbis and listen to them on my T5 using Aeroplayer. Great content and entertainment.

With this being my first real experience into podcasting, I have to say it's refreshing from radio. I even burned a couple episodes onto CD to listen to in my car on my commute to and from work. It's a great way to pass the time away...

Systm

2005-05-23T10:46:00.000-07:00

Kevin Rose and company have created a new Tech show that we've been deprived of this past year. Ever since TechTV was bought out by G4, things have gone downhill in the tech-content arena. Former hosts from TechTV (Screen Savers, Call for Help, etc.) will be present in these downloadable episodes. We wish you luck and welcome back!

My Tungsten T5

2005-03-21T14:52:00.000-08:00

Here's a link to my blog on my new pa1mOne Tungsten T5. Enjoy!

http://mytungstent5.blogspot.com/

digg.com

2005-02-02T11:11:00.000-08:00

Alex Albrecht, formally from The Screen Savers published in his blog (http://alexalbrecht.typepad.com/) digg.com. After visiting this site, I found that it has some useful, funny and unique findings around the web that many of would enjoy. Check it out and give it a try. I did and like it. Thanks, Alex!

The Screen Savers and Change

2004-12-06T11:05:00.000-08:00

Most of the time I've been taping TSS because of the time it airs in California. (Yes, I still use a VCR. No $ for a PVR, yet.) However, I believe the show has made a turn into some interesting territory that some like and dislike. Change sometimes is good, but for me, the current content doesn't satisfy my need for the tech/computer geek in me. I would like to see more content on Window's tweaks, useful utilities, things like that. Guess I'm an efficient minimalist at heart.

Weather Display Live

2004-11-22T13:05:00.000-08:00

Dad's Weather Live

Here's a link to live weather from Makawao, Maui, Hawaii in Flash. Pretty cool, nice graphics.

Weather Conditions At KH6HHG

2004-10-19T11:52:00.000-07:00

Weather Conditions At KH6HHG

For those of you interested in weather, here's a link to my Dad's online weather station on Maui (Makawao, Hawaii). It's been up and running since Sunday, October 17, 2004 and posts temperature, dewpoint, wind speed and direction, barometer and rainfall amounts. Great job, Dad!

Windows XP SP2 and Zone Alarm

2004-10-13T09:44:00.000-07:00

After troubleshooting my laptop for several weeks, I came to realize that ZoneAlarm and SP2 don't like each other. I couldn't get on our school network until I deleted ZoneAlarm completely. I'm glad my tinkering helped a little since my next course of events was to reinstall Windows which I really didn't want to do.

More next time.

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UPDATE: It looks like the newer version 5.0 and newer are compatible with SP2. I'm currently using v 5.1 033 000 and it's working well! Thanks ZoneLabs for your commitment to a great product.