Comments for All That Nerdy Stuff

Comment on Windows Home Server ‘Vail’ Beta Available! by Jason Ward

Jason Ward — Tue, 25 May 2010 02:47:02 +0000

Well, if all you’re looking to do is stream video, WHS is definitely not the right product for you! . However, if you’re looking to centralize backups for all the PC’s on your home network, establish a centralized file repository for all users and create a web accessible interface for your network’s personal files, WHS will fulfill those needs very easily and effectively, whereas TVersity doesn’t perform any of those roles.

I’d be curious though, if you know of another product that CAN do those things but is open source or freeware?

Thanks for the talkback, glad to see some participation

–Jason

Comment on Why Heroes was Cancelled–and Deserved It! by Jason Ward

Jason Ward — Tue, 25 May 2010 02:33:44 +0000

Although I don’t think that’s a major reason why the show was cancelled, I agree with you that it IS a major failing of the show as a storytelling vehicle, particularly one that claims to be about HEROES. I’m OK with an exploration of the morally gray–it’s appropriate given that life has so much of it–but without major touchstones of Good and Evil to play against each other across that field of gray, it becomes very difficult to enjoy characters and story arcs on that front.

I don’t remember the bit about the fake Mr. Linderman, though, nor the reference to “invisible.” Can you elaborate?

Thanks! Great to hear from you! –Jason

Comment on Why Heroes was Cancelled–and Deserved It! by JD

JD — Tue, 25 May 2010 01:58:43 +0000

Also, the show had no morals, and I’m NOT OK with morally gray.

And you forgot all of the plot-holes. How did a fake Mr. Lenderman (invisible) have the ability to heal, etc etc etc

Comment on Windows Home Server ‘Vail’ Beta Available! by edzsnitsz

edzsnitsz — Fri, 21 May 2010 23:31:23 +0000

Don’t waste your time with WHS- Use the free program TVersity

I have been using WHS for about a year now and to be honest it’s another semi- useless half baked streaming media server; I say another because it seems now that every major hard drive manufacturer has some offering that plays a handful of media types, but 90% of them will not play mkv file, the format we all use for HI-DEF recordings. I don’t know how many hours I have spent converting AVI, MKV,,Mov,Mp4 etc, etc to (H.264) the only format WHS will play reliably without issue. Some months I came across Tversity (http://tversity.com/ ) media server, the base product is free the pro version is under $40 and it plays all media types including mkv, it can also stream TV. In a nut shell this product rocks! Again the base product is free, pro gets you the ability to stream TV, something I don’t do but a product this good deserves my personal financial support, give it a try you will not be sorry.

Comment on What do you watch? Why? by Ed

Ed — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:02:54 +0000

Well, I’ve pretty much given up on Heroes. I have only watched one episode this season.

I am, however, looking forward to Lost. This being its final season, I think I can endure whatever poorly thought out plot devices they toss my way in order to gain some closure with the final reveal.

One show that I must encourage you and your readers to watch is Sons of Anarchy. It’s a well written show with quality acting and characters being played by Katey Segal of Married With Children fame (her real life hubby is the creator of the show), Ron Perlman (Hellboy), and Henry Rollins (makes his appearance in season 2).

Another show that I just started watching is V, a revisit to that old 80s show that I loved so much and decided to name my first born after the main character. The new installment isn’t half bad. I really enjoyed the pilot. The subsequent episodes have been decent.

-Ed

Comment on Review: Where the Wild Things Are by The Web N3rd

The Web N3rd — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:06:52 +0000

Agreed, the voice casting was phenomenal. Well, except for ONE thing: For some reason I kept expecting to hear the voice of Seth Green from the freaking goat . It looks JUST like him!

Comment on Review: Where the Wild Things Are by Samantha K

Samantha K — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:24:27 +0000

one of the main things that make this movie seem less “child-like” was the actors they chose for the voices, especially James Gandolfini (from the Sopranos)

Comment on Tell us what you watch, win a game! by Matthew

Matthew — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:30:10 +0000

i like king of the hill its a good tv show lol

Comment on Free iPhone Ringtones? Myxer is the key! by Kindour

Kindour — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:15:28 +0000

I have been using this method to make custom ringtones for my iphone. It works great!

http://www.softdiggs.com/howto/create-custom-iphone-3gs-ringtones-using-itunes.php

Comment on Heroes Season 4: On the way to the grave by Jason Ward

Jason Ward — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:03:26 +0000

I do agree. The only sense I can make of it so far is that Sylar as the personality of Sylar is indeed gone from that body and stuck with Matt (which is mildly funny, though sorta contrived). When fake Nathan was shot and “killed”, for whatever reason during the “healing” process the body simply reverted to its natural state (Gabriel Gray, AKA Sylar). I’m not sure why that would be.

To the credit of the show I’ll say this much: The two episodes to air subsequent to the premiere have been improvements (I actually rather enjoyed this Monday’s episode), which surprises me. I’m still hesitant to get *too* excited, but…maybe we’ll get lucky.