Pain in the Tech comments

Comment on [Sync iPhone Calendar with Google Calendar on Windows for free] by Apreche

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:43:15 -0800

So far there is still no solution for me.

I don't have a Mac, so I can't use spanning sync.

I don't have Outlook, so I can't use any of those options that require it.

I have my iPhone Exchange account configured to read my work e-mail. That prevents me from using Nuevasync. Also, I don't like the idea that my Calendar goes from Google to Nuevasync's server, and then to my phone. I want my data to go directly from Google to me, nobody else in-between.

The whole thing sucks. I say it's Apple's fault. Why not more than one Exchange account? Why not support for calendars from other sources? Obviously this is a feature in high demand.

Comment on [Sync iPhone Calendar with Google Calendar on Windows for free] by John Bates

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:37:21 -0800

I like Plaxo a lot. I was a subscriber already, but thanks for helping me realize that this solution works for this problem. I have a lot of contacts to manage, and I like Plaxo for that, too. Thanks. JKB

Comment on [Fix your mom's computer with UltraVNC] by devari

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 08:40:09 -0800

this tool is great too www.teamviewer.com

Comment on [Rounded corners in Photoshop Elements] by Maureen

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:35:21 -0800

Excellent. Works for me first time!

Comment on [Meebo: Chat Everywhere Online] by Jonny Rein - PeerAware group chat

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:35:27 -0800

Web based chat is great, but not as powerful as dedicated chat programs. Check out PeerAware for a group chat program that lets users share documents and search their contents in a distributed manner.

Comment on [Stream video to Xbox 360 with Winamp Remote and Windows Media Player] by E

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 11:07:09 -0800

Ryan, You just need to add those folders to whatever program you are streaming from. If the program can monitor the new folders on the new drive everything should work fine.

Comment on [Hack the Microsoft Natural 4000 keyboard] by Geeky1

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:47:49 -0800

Anybody figure out how to do this for Linux (specifically Ubuntu)?

Comment on [PHP date/time comparison and conversion: strtotime()] by Robert

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:52:43 -0800

Can you put some examples with syntax?

Comment on [Use DVDFab Decrypter to rip copy-protected DVDs] by Adam

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:15:32 -0800

I was have been using DVD Shrink then DVD decrypter to back up my DVD's, I just started trying to use DVD Fab on DVD's that I was having trouble with and it is worked fine, until I got to the decryption which told me access was denied because it was unable to lock volume for exclusive access. Is there a way to get around this?

Comment on [Stream video to Xbox 360 with Winamp Remote and Windows Media Player] by Ryan

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:24:26 -0800

i got a new hard-drive added it switched all my media to the drive. and i added the new folder to wmp11 and now i cant stream my files any ideas?

Comment on [Sync iPhone Calendar with Google Calendar on Windows for free] by jeremy

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:14:39 -0800

the problem with nuevasync is it uses msft exchange, and i already have 1 exchange account setup for my school. So this is not an option for me.

Why cant Apple come out of the box to sync with Google calendars? I'd expect more from them.

Comment on [Sync iPhone Calendar with Google Calendar on Windows for free] by Luigi Semenzato

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:13:29 -0800

I've been using Nuevasync. It does it right, period. I see little point in looking at or discussing anything else. If anybody thinks that Nuevasync is not doing it exactly right, speak up now.

Comment on [Google On-Demand indexing for Custom Search] by Vishal Shah

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:19:55 -0800

Sitemap's can use RSS (or ATOM for that matter) Matt, but that's generally not recommended as it will not expose pages other than the articles referenced. Its more of a shortcut to enable sitemaps for your site.

If possible, the sitemap should be generated automatically using say your site's feed as one source, along with other webpages on your site mashed in - for example your about pages. As an alternative, you can have a top level sitemap that links to other sitemaps (link) - and one of the linked files could be the syndicated feed. This can be a very effective solution, since there is little manual work needed (as the syndicated feed is generally auto created from a cache or the data store)..

Also note that with RSS, you will not be able to specify Google or other search engines, properties such as priority and changefreq, which serve as important hints to the crawler system.

Vishal Shah

Comment on [Integrate SMS in your web application using TextMarks] by jw

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:46:02 -0800

Just subscribed to textmarks, got keyword, but only want to post incoming messages to a blank page. any suggestions on how to get this done? i read and tried almost everything and you guys have posted the most sensible instructions i've seen execpt it was for responding. i only want to capture all of the info (sender's number, time, and entire message) on a simple blank html page in a list one after the other.

any clues? as this is truly been a pain in my tech! thanx

Comment on [Backing up SMS: how do you do it?] by gary

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:05:04 -0800

For Sony Ericsson phones try MyPhoneExplorer at http://www.fjsoft.at/en/ Backs up messages and phone book.

Comment on [VLC media player for versatile listening and watching] by look

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:32:05 -0800

One advantage of the VLC DVD player is that it ignores DVD regions, so you can play any DVD with it.

Comment on [Using Paths to create smooth, rounded corners in Photoshop] by Brett

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:23:00 -0800

Awesome info, and well stated point that this should be somthing easy to do (given that you can do it automatically in the new Word!) It's amazing to find the tool differences between CS2 and Elements!

Comment on [How to back up a DVD] by Mike

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:45:28 -0800

Hey I just upgraded my comp. I put in 2 sata dvd burners and a new sata hd. I am running xp pro. when i go to use dvd shrink and nero like i always have dvd shrink does not show a burner in the section where it says select backup folder. and if i got to burn settings u cant use any of that. all of the other programs on my pc will pick up the burners just fine. I remembe having this problem a couple years ago when i built my sisters pc but i cant remember how to fix it. can anybody help. Thanks

Comment on [Mac OS X Image Capture] by kate

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:40:08 -0800

GREAT! it worked for me! thanks!

Comment on [Stream video to Xbox 360 with Winamp Remote and Windows Media Player] by woodsman

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:31:08 -0800

WMV method works like a charm, even files that wont play through the media centre on xbox.

thank you!