Category Archives: Technology

Last.fm Data Woes – Merging Three Accounts

Let me give you some background before I get into this issue.   A few years ago I signed up for last.fm, it is a service that records what music you listen to.   I actually aggregate this data into other places.   Xie had her only account, but only rarely used it.   Once …

March 7, 2012 – 1:34 pm | By Creeva | Posted in Technology | Comments (0)

Is there a Facebook timeline alternative?

So last week I started filling out my Facebook timeline.   The idea behind it is pretty cool in the sense you give yourself a time machine to look back at your life.   I like the presentation and most of the options (some things are lacking).   Overall it is a good experience, though …

January 30, 2012 – 10:38 am | By Creeva | Posted in Personal Writing, Technology | Comments (1)

Goodbye Mr. Jobs – My Apple Stories

Wow. This was news I was not expecting to hear last night.   My son had just finished eating dinner and I sat down on the couch for a quick RSS read through on the iPhone.   There it was on from the Mashable feed – Steve Jobs Has Died.   Quickly I scroll down, …

October 6, 2011 – 1:10 pm | By Creeva | Posted in Personal Writing, Technology | Comments (0)

I Don’t Understand the iPhone 4s Hate – I Still Want One

Yesterday, like half the rest of the tech world, I waited with bated breath for details on the next iPhone.  It had everything I expected.  It was running Ios5.  It had a faster processor.  It had a better camera.   It also had the added bonus of having a 64GB option (something I wanted the …

October 5, 2011 – 1:51 pm | By Creeva | Posted in Technology | Comments (0)

XBMC for Apple TV2

Yes, I know that this software is available for a while.   I actually had it months ago until Netflix stopped working on my Apple TV2 (for the rest of the post the Apple TV2 will be referred to as ATV).  When Netflix stopped working I was forced to try and upgrade the firmware.   …

August 25, 2011 – 1:33 pm | By Creeva | Posted in Personal Writing, Technology | Comments (0)

Creating An Online Home For Friends

Over the last couple weeks I have done a couple posts (here and here)  about creating the mashup site for friends blogs to filter through.   I did make sure that I turned off the function to have these posts show up in search engines.   I figured if something was created by someone, it …

August 20, 2011 – 11:56 pm | By Creeva | Posted in Personal Writing, Technology | Comments (1)

Interface Design – Designing a Blog For Those That Don’t Blog

Annoyed working on a project…. I mentioned the other day about creating a mash-up blog for friends.   I have worked at trying to work around how everyone else uses the Internet and normalize it.  The first problem is everyone that uses Facebook.   Even if I could get the content out easily or automatically, …

August 5, 2011 – 11:03 pm | By Creeva | Posted in Technology | Comments (0)