Eric Stewart: Running Off At The Mouth

There are many DVR boxes out there that one can add external drives to in order to have more room to save stuff. Here’s what I encountered when I tried it with mine.

So, here’s what I’ve noticed so far – this is kind of also a review of Bright House Networks cable in Tampa, particularly when combined with this TV: One reviewer on NewEgg for this TV noticed issues with dark scenes and shades of black. I really didn’t see it until I was watching Battlestar Galactica. […]

“Apple Software Update” originally offered new installations of “Safari” on Windows systems as an “update”.

Both are packages that allow you to run Windows (or other x86 operating systems) on top of Mac OS (assuming you’re using a newer Intel based Mac). I’m a long time user of Parallels Desktop, but I’ve recently switched to VMWare Fusion (and am hoping that work will pony up the $40 to get me […]

A problem I’m seeing more and more at work is reports that people are attempting to start Firefox and seeing the error message: Firefox is already running, but is not responding. Along with suggestions about it. Now, hopefully you’ve been a good little tech and googled this error message, and tried all of the other […]

For those of you who dual boot Vista for one reason or another, you might be running into issues with getting XP or Vista to boot properly, depending on your configuration. There’s a lot of information out there regarding how you get it all working properly. The key is getting Vista’s boot manager to provide […]

This is mostly directed at the Blackberry, pager, or users of other electronic devices that put them on vibrate from time to time. See, my Blackberry knows when it’s in its holster, so it has “ring” settings specific to the holster – meaning I can have it vibrate when it’s in there before it actually […]

I can admit that I can easily forget things like what day it is or important dates or stuff like that.  But I tend to pride myself on my ability to learn things and learn them once.  Today’s photography just illustrated that I can do fine with two different concepts but introduce a third and […]

When you’re using a dSLR, and you’re using any of the modes that don’t calculate things for you automagically, taking a good photo can become quite tricky.  A couple of key concepts take a bit to nail down, and will probably require some trial and error almost every time I go to take photos: The […]

So the Canon 30D came yesterday, along with the two other lenses (75-300mm and a 100mm macro) I ordered.  Monday, a filter and two hoods are due in.  Up on the gallery on ericdives.com where I put my non-diving pictures, there’s a subcategory now: Learning the dSLR.  At this time there’s just one album containing […]