July 18th, 2008

TYPOGRAPHIC TEE #1

Filed under: daily — saul @ 9:05 AM

Mothers Day was months ago, but that doesn’t mean you can’t buy your mom a totally typographic teeZazzle.com 2.jpg Shirt one in a series of typographic shirts - this one is mostly just because the image of your mom walking down the street wearing this shirt amuses me.

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July 15th, 2008

Desktop Fun with your Tivo

Filed under: daily — saul @ 6:47 AM

dock Desktop Fun with your TivoI have two TIVO’s, one upstairs, one downstairs - I can easily move recorded shows between the two (pull, not push) - and recently I’ve discovered how easy it is to move recorded shows to my mac, so I can watch it while I pound away at work. I know there are lots of ways of doing this - and that’s fine - but hardly qualifies as FUN, my way requires a browser.

  1. I’m assuming your TIVO is on your network, if it’s not it should be.
  2. First login to your TIVO account on tivo.com and make sure you’ve allowed media transfers - and grab your ‘media access key’ while you’re there.
  3. Open any browser and key in your TIVO’s IP address - mine is https://192.168.55.12 - note that you’re doing this under a secure connection ‘https’.
  4. When challenged - your username is ‘tivo’ and your password is your media access key

Bam!, you should now be looking at a web interface that show you all your recorded shows - complete with links to download shows to your desktop. The files themselves are in ‘.tivo’ format - which is essentially a MPEG2 variant - playing it has it’s own challenges, it’s one of the few formats that VLC doesn’t play out-of-the-box, I’m sure there’s an easier way buy I toss them into VisualHub, and that seems to work nicely.

Of course the hidden gem in this is that although the files are pretty big (1GB+) if I opened up my router JUST right - my friends could access my TIVO’d content - and vice versa, just a thought - would seem to be a very sketchy use for VPN software too - but that remains to be seen, for right now it’s a curious example of poking at an local network IP while on the phone - which is exactly how I found this.

I’m whipping up a geektoolscript to keep me posted as to what’s ‘playing’ on my tivo, because I can, and because that’s the way I roll.

There are plenty of apps that will let you do this - most notably TivoButler, and Roxio’s TIVO Transfer (which is really excellent).

 

July 4th, 2008

Rest Well PLC

Filed under: daily — saul @ 7:01 AM

cleo Rest Well PLCYesterday was a rough day, ‘T’ and I had to say goodbye to our dear friend ‘Cleo’ who at 18 years old, was miserable, and constantly uncomfortable - I’m happy that she’s now free of pain, but sad because Cleo still had so much love to give. Rest Well ‘Patent-leather cat’ play with your sister, enjoy your freedom. We love you.

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June 27th, 2008

We Welcome Piper

Filed under: daily — saul @ 5:43 PM

piper We Welcome PiperWe’re happy to introduce you to piper, our newest little kitty. She’s tiny, but REALLY tall, I’m sure you’ll be seeing more of her - she’s photogenic, and by no means shy..

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June 22nd, 2008

Walk A Mile in my Ipod

Filed under: audio, daily — saul @ 8:53 PM

How do you get to know a person?, I suppose there’s lots of ways, but I have 3 favorite ways -

  1. Drink with them: (I seldom drink anymore, but IMHO folks are either 100% honest or 100% dishonest when they’re drinking - you learn things
  2. Eat with them: People’s dining choices and their manner while dining can be very telling - plus of course it’s an easy topic for discussion.
  3. Listen to their Music: It’s not as personal as eating or drinking with someone - but still a definite personal connection, a persons music tastes speak to their mood, emotions and mindset at a specific point of time.

Here’s where I’m at right now.

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June 18th, 2008

I can Haz?

Filed under: daily — saul @ 3:30 PM

maxx I can Haz?Must be the weather, but we were visited by a flock of small (and very noisy) birds today (I think they may be starlings) - I didn’t mind the noise, and the cats totally dug it. I’ve never seen them so transfixed.

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June 11th, 2008

Hot Sauce Booty

Filed under: daily — saul @ 8:31 AM

hotsauce Hot Sauce BootyLast week I stopped into ‘Susie’s Hot Sauce’ in New Hope, spent 20 minutes or so chatting with a lovely and knowledgeable women about hot sauce - I went in looking for three things - a garlicky sauce, a fruity sauce and a smokey sauce - she TOTALLY hooked me up.

From left to right:
Ring Of Fire: Chipotle and Roasted Garlic - absolutely amazing, rich garlic taste with the perfect smokey finish - heatwise: 6 out of 10

Blair’s Habenero Mango: Really delicious sauce with a sweet taste and a pretty serious sweet-heat finish - heatwise: 8 out of 10

Virginia Gentleman Bourbon Chipotle Hot Sauce: This might be my new goto sauce, it’s not too-hot, tons of smokey rich flavor, perfect for everyday use - heatwise: 6 out of 10

All great sauces, I’ll be visiting Susie’s again..

Susie’s Hot Sauce
19A West Bridge Street New Hope, PA 18938
1-800-60-SAUCE
215-862-1334

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May 27th, 2008

Hope For The Animals

Filed under: daily, photos — saul @ 11:42 AM

IMG_0857.JPG.png‘T’ spends her weekends working at a no-kill animal shelter in Fairless Hills, PA (It’s inside the PETSMART near the Oxford Valley Mall).

Sadly they have a bunch of loving animals that have been ignored, abused, or discarded - I’m mortified when I hear the stories of these loving and affectionate animals, it just reinforces, my general opinion that most people suck. Stop in, play with a few of the cats - they appreciate the attention, and if you are so inclined, put in a application for adoption (or foster). HFTA takes donations via a PayPal link on their homepage.

Hope For The Animals
PO Box 877
Morrisville PA 19067
Phone: 215-945-6204

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May 27th, 2008

Phillypaws

Filed under: photos — saul @ 11:25 AM

IMG_0138.png‘T’ and I went gallery hopping last saturday, and by chance stopped in at Phillypaws, a impressive animal shelter on 2nd street. ‘T’ spends almost every weekend volunteering at a similar (albeit smaller) shelter so it was pretty interesting seeing the differences. The animals where very sweet, and if I could I would adopt every single one of them. The fellow pictured above, was a real charmer.

PAWS Adoption Center
(Open Mon-Sat: 11 am to 7 pm, Sun: 11 am to 6 pm)
100 N. 2nd Street (at Arch)
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Ph: 215-238-9901

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May 27th, 2008

Music for a non-productive monday

Filed under: audio, daily — saul @ 12:07 AM

Damn TV! and their never ending marathons, I swear Tuesday will be better…
For your ear(s) enjoyment a very haunting piano cover of NIN’s ‘HURT’ I found on Muxtape.

 
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