For quite a long time the Google Chromecast had been sitting in my mind. There was an unexplainable attraction but not enough to conquer the “why DO I need it?”. As a dear friend of mine says: “Why do I need it? Feeling beats relevancy” For years I have been searching … read more…
For quite some time I wanted to run a local DNS server so I don’t have to remember IP addresses. Yes, there’s many, it’s not my memory. In the huge amount of instructions I was unable to find exactly what I needed. Therefore I will post my configuration that might be helpful … read more…
Last week I received my Document scanner. In an attempt to make my home paperless this is the first step. I’m currently working on a Project Page, trying to capture some of the lessons-learned. This post is more about the scanner itself and the choices I had to make. Note … read more…
30 hours after the official availability of the iPad in the Netherlands I couldn’t take it anymore. I found an excuse to go near an iCenter and bought the iPad. 6 hours later the Homeseer Touch client was up and running. It is a great device! Now I need TIME … read more…
I have received my first Blu-Ray DVD’s. So where’s the Blu-Ray player? There isn’t. I don’t want ANOTHER device under my TV that plays ‘old world’ media. So I bought a Blu-Ray PC drive just to RIP DVD’s to MKV files. These can then be viewed through the Media Center. … read more…
