I am frequently using a Microsoft Sculpt Mobile Keyboard when working at home or on the go. Similar to other Microsoft keyboards, this keyboard features a number of Windows-specific media keys that are assigned to the function keys. Unlike other keyboards, however, the Sculpt Mobile Keyboard gives priority to the […]
Yesterday, I tried to restore a Windows system image using Windows 8.1 recovery mode on one of my machines but instead of getting the usual completion message, the restoration process terminated prematurely with “The parameter is incorrect. (0x80070057)”. Looking for possible remedies, I stumbled across this blog entry on Technet […]
Over Christmas I have spent some time extending NARF Tablet Radio – one of my free applications on the Android market. Since some of its new features are not really easy to discover, I thought I spend time over the weekend to create a demonstration video. As I do not […]
If you are using Windows Media Center to record television shows, you have probably already developed the habit of deleting every episode that you watched immediately. Although this is probably the best book keeping strategy possible, sometimes you might accidentally delete the beginning of another show that was located at […]
Cygwin for Windows provides binary ports of many well known Linux tools including grep, ssh, tetex, svn, bash, or find. After installation, most of the tools work just fine. Unfortunately, git – the popular distributed version control system – is not one of them. When running your first git clone […]
Once you updated your Xperia X10 Mini Pro to Android Gingerbread, you will soon find out that the underlying Cyanogen Mod 7 is not able to pair automatically with this device. Every time the LiveView is disconnected you will have to turn on your mobile phone and press ok to […]
Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X10 Mini Pro is one of the smallest Android phones that is out there. In contrast to its smaller brother, the Xperia X10 Mini, it features a replaceable battery and a hardware keyboard which makes it both, more durable and easier to use for information management. Despite […]
Once you converted your recordings into a movie library, you can use Windows Media Center or the movie library web application to browse your archived recordings conveniently. However, the XML-based approach to metadata management taken by Windows Media Center is not compatible with most other media players. Besides from portable […]
After you have converted your recordings into a movie library, you are able to browse and watch movies conveniently using Windows Media Center or an extender such as the Xbox 360. Sometimes, however, you might want to access your library from your notebook or some other machine instead. Although, there […]
Some time after you have started to archive your recordings and you have converted them into a movie library, you will notice that the performance slowly degrades. Specifically, when you switch the view from ordering by title to genre, year or rating, you are likely to experience a significant delay. […]
