User: TedRoche

Where's the innovation?

On: RadioShark Is Vaporware No More

I've been doing (most of) this for a couple of years with the D-Link DSB-R100 and free software available on the web - recording, scripting, scheduling, pre-sets, just not the "instant pause" a la TIVO. Check it out at http://presslink.dlink.com/pr/?prid=95

Fodder for both sides of the ongoing argument

On: The Clueless Newbie's Linux Odyssey

Here's a sad story, one sure to be used by Linux bashers for more material. The evil side will summarize this as "somewhat clued-in tech writer can't get Linux to work on her machine." The other side might view this as "somwhat clued-in tech writer tries

1. Out-of-date distributions,
2. On older hardware that was running 95
3. Without asking for help from more clued-in Linux help
4. Requiring a dual boot, difficult under most OSes.

There were a number of things she could have done differently, such as: search out a Linux User Group for some friendly free advice and perhaps an installfest, bought a new machine with Linux installed, or sought out a friend with more experience. She probably would not have had a more pleasant experience trying to install Windows XP Home on the machine, either.

Wi-Fi == Airplane Phones = bad business model

On: How Much is Riding on Wi-Fi?

Clay Shirky puts forth an interesting thesis in "Permanet, Nearlynet and Wireless Data" that many of the wireless venture's models of "Build It and They Will Come" are just dumb. Interesting reading.