Verizon FiOS update
by Eric Stewart on Oct.29, 2008, under Home Stuff, Internet Service Providers, Life, TV
An update to my opinions and experiences with Verizon’s FIOS service.
Bright House Networks vs. Verizon FIOS – HD and Internet in Tampa Bay
by Eric Stewart on Aug.16, 2008, under Home Stuff, Internet Service Providers, Life, TV
I had Bright House (BH) Networks in my old apartment in Temple Terrace, with an HD-DVR (see earlier blog posts about some of the things I encountered with it).
This blog posting serves as an example of how I can often repeat myself.
Switching from Bright House to Verizon
by Eric Stewart on Aug.12, 2008, under Home Stuff, Internet Service Providers, Life, TV
I hate sales calls. I’ve gotten a few from Sprint that have tested my patience. But only now has a sales call from a service I’m using caused me to drop that service.
Where have I been?!
by Eric Stewart on Aug.11, 2008, under Home Stuff, Life
In the middle of moving, it’s been a while since I’ve blogged.
Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard), Active Directory, Canon’s “EOS Digital Solutions Disk”
by Eric Stewart on Jul.11, 2008, under Computers, Networking, Technology
This is where we find out that the permissions on Mac’s newest OS don’t always resolve properly for some software. At least we figured it out for you, so that if luck is with you and your Google-Fu is strong, you’ll find this page before going out of your mind.
“Safely Remove Hardware” – “Operation has been cancelled”
by Eric Stewart on Jun.11, 2008, under Computers, Technology
Yo Domain Admins! Safely Removing a flash drive can be difficult if you’ve mucked around with your GPOs. Read on for a pointer or two.
Gnome, Winbind (Samba), and Wierd Characters
by Eric Stewart on May.29, 2008, under Computers, Networking, Technology
Sometimes programmers are pretty sharp and ensure that their code covers all possibilities as far as unusual characters are concerned. Sometimes … well, they don’t even cover all of the possibilities for the not that unusual …
New word: “unrecoverably”
by Eric Stewart on May.05, 2008, under Technology
Okay, so it can’t be “new”, but Word didn’t recognize it and wanted to make it “unrecoverable”. In the support field, there’s “lost”, and then “unrecoverably lost”. It’s just a new form of an existing word, so I think you get the gist of what it means.
There is no “more …”
BrightHouse Networks/Scientific American Explorer 8300HD
by Eric Stewart on Apr.07, 2008, under Technology, TV
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.
My JVC GENESSA 42″ 16:9 4.5ms 1080p LCD HDTV LT-42X788
by Eric Stewart on Apr.06, 2008, under TV
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. […]