Sunday, February 17, 2008

Week in Review: Week Ended February 17

Here's a quick review of the past two weeks posts.

  • Flickr Keyboard Shortcuts

      I'm a big fan of Flickr and a big fan of keyboard shortcuts.  Unfortunately, Flickr doesn't have many shortcuts except for those few available for the built-in flickr slideshow.  While I hope Flickr adds true keyboard shortcuts for navigation of their site, here's one way to get a…

  • Shorts - Links and Quick News Items from the Web

    Here's a few short news items and links I've run across in the past few days...   Online TV Guides The useful, ajax-based Online TV Guide Couchville.com was officially taken off line Monday as expected .  The statistics page that shows the most recorded shows (recorded by BeyondTV users)…

  • Writers Strike Over - What That Means for the TV Shows

    The writers strike has been going since November 5th and there's been plenty of TV casualties, but the strike is all but over .  A tentative deal was announced Saturday, and has since then the WGA leaders have voted unanimously to endorse the new deal between the Writers Guild and the TV…

  • Now Playing - SageTV Netflix Plugin with Watch Instantly Support

    With Netflix beginning to work with vendors on integration of their "watch instantly" movie streaming, Home Theater PC Owners have been longing for support for their HTPC's. Starting today, you can manage your Netflix Queue, browse movie previews and even play "Watch…

  • Hauppauge Component HD Encoder for HTPC's - UPDATE

    Rakesh from Snapstream Media has the latest scoop on Hauppauge's soon-to-be-released HD PVR device that will receive HD from a cable or satellite set-top box component video output and encode the HD channel into H.264 at up to 25 Mbit/s.  I first mentioned this device back on January 10th when…

  • Coverflow Style Flickr Slideshow

    Are you a fan of the cover flow browsing you see in Apple's iTunes and iPhone?  Well so am I and I've stumbled across two sites that let you make your own coverflow-type slideshow using either your Flickr or Picasa photos.