Archive for July, 2005

TiVo and Vonage working at last

I finally got my TiVo DVR to dial out using Vonage after trying several options. Admittedly it’s because my brother has the same setup and he spent two hours figuring it out. So thanks little brother.
Here is what ended up working for me:
Phone line from back of TiVo DVR to Linksys Vonage Router (Phone 1)
RJ45 [...]


Chiming in on Performance Appraisals

I’ve been told and have read numerous accounts of prospective employers seeking out a candidates weblog to determine their personality, character and communication ability. I hope that never happens to me, but it could. This might be one of those posts that could get me into trouble but I feel the need to chime in.
I [...]


Thinking about writing a book

I’ve had this idea about writing a series of books. My Father actually put the seed in my head. His idea was very simplistic and made some sense, but of course I felt like I had no time for a new project.
My thoughts have been on what value could I offer in a book, and [...]


Follow up to rolling my own categories

I spent some time yesterday researching how others have implemented categories when using Blogger. Freshblog provided the best resources, for me anyway, on the subject. There were several choices and many other links to Blogger hacks.
So the scenario basically works like this. Because Blogger doesn’t support categories, and I wanted to give my readers (um, [...]


Rolling my own categories

Since blogger doesn’t support Categories, I thought I would try something. At the end of each post I am going to attach a list of Categories. Maybe someone will find what I’m talking about with these little ditties.
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