Picture in picture on your HD TV

Posted on September 12, 2010 - Filed Under Family | Leave a Comment

Football season means lots of games to watch–and I like to watch more than one game at a time. That means switching back and forth between channels. Or going to a sports bar, where they have multiple games showing on different TV’s at the same time. This year, that got me to wishing I had [...]

Linux will revive an old PC? Not so fast.

Posted on September 7, 2010 - Filed Under Business, Family | 4 Comments

I bought several old notebook PC’s a while back, specifically for the purpose of giving them to my grandkids. I wanted to see if I could retrofit them as replacements for newer PC’s, sans Windows. Because, let’s face it, Microsoft has effectively tied their newest OS to any new machine that you buy.

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