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My DMA2100 Extender Experience

Hey all. I just got the Linksys DMA2100 Media Center Extender from NewEgg.com for $99 last week (As of right now the price is $119). The overall setup was easy until I got to the wireless network setup. My wireless network is a 802.11n network, and I...

Published Fri, Sep 26 2008 9:08 AM by JustSmitty

Filed under: DMA2100, Linksys, Media Center Extender

HTC Shift now with GPS...Sort of

Not sure how many people ended up getting the HTC Shift, but for those of you that do have it, the folks over at xda-developers have figured out a way for you to enable GPS on your device. You will have to flash the device with the new ROM, so this is...

Published Fri, Sep 12 2008 9:44 AM by JustSmitty

Filed under: GPS, xda-developers, HTC Shift

Going Wireless with Media Center ... Again

This is for anyone wondering if they should be buying a Wireless N router that is 2.4 GHz only or if buying one on the Dual Band (2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz) routers is worth the extra cost. Before the Dual Band routers became easily available, I purchased a...

Published Mon, Aug 11 2008 8:25 AM by JustSmitty

Filed under: Media Center, 2.4 GHz, Dual Band, 5 GHz, Wireless

Training with Silverlight

Now, here is a very cool way to use Silverlight. Page Brooks has created a way for you to control your treadmill using Silverlight. Page broke the project up into 3 different blog posts: Part 1 , Part 2 , and Part 3 . Here is a video demoing the application...

Published Mon, Aug 04 2008 9:14 AM by JustSmitty

Filed under: Silverlight, Page Brooks, Workout

Geotagging

I found a very cool blog post on Roiy Zysman 's blog covering how to add GPS info to your photos that you have taken. Roiy provides a quick sample of C# code to show you have to embed the logitude and latitude info into your JPEG images. In another post...

Published Thu, Jul 24 2008 11:04 AM by JustSmitty

Filed under: Geotagging, GPS, C#, Digital Photography, Software Development

Silverlight for Windows Mobile

I just found a good video from Channel 10. It shows a good example of using Silverlight on a Windows Mobile device. This is simple example, but a very good proof of concept. It is good that Microsoft has some businesses willing to be on the bleeding edge...

Published Thu, Jul 17 2008 1:07 PM by JustSmitty

Filed under: Windows Mobile, Channel 10, Silverlight

Windows Mobile Development Idea

Hello everyone. I have been playing around with an application for a Windows Mobile device. It is an idea that others have had, but I have not been happy with any of the previous solutions. I am a golfer at heart, and none of the previous Windows Mobile...

Published Thu, Jul 17 2008 9:54 AM by JustSmitty

Filed under: Windows Mobile, Pocket PC, Smart Phone, Development, Golf

Pocket PC -- What can you do for me today?

Over at Chris Craft's Blog he has come up with some very interesting software projects for the Pocket PC. He actually came up 30 different applications, one for each day in the month of June , which shows off some of the neat features that you can add...

Published Fri, Jul 11 2008 9:09 AM by JustSmitty

Filed under: Windows Mobile, Pocket PC, Smart Phone, Chris Craft

Windows Media Center SideShow Gadget Review

Hello again everyone. Today we are going to take a look at the Windows Media Center SideShow Gadget Beta that Ian blogged about a few days ago, and he even mentioned on his latest Podcast #164. To start off with, the mobile device that I used is the Motorola...

Published Thu, Jul 10 2008 9:07 AM by JustSmitty

Filed under: Widows SideShow, Windows Mobile, Media Center

First Post

Hello everyone, my name is Justin and I will be taking over the Gadget blog. Just a little bit about me, I have been in IT as a programmer for the last 8 years. I have split my application development time between a credit card processing company...

Published Wed, Jul 09 2008 4:04 PM by JustSmitty

Samsung YP-K3 Covered

The sexy little Samsung might not be an iPod killer, however it is an nice device. Our friends over at Proporta have got a nice little case out that will keep your pride and joy clean and safe. Expect some reviews of cases and covers in the future, as...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2007 11:21 AM by charlas

Filed under: Samsung

We Come in Peace!

I wasn't sure what to call this little welcome message. I toyed with "Live Long and Prosper", "Take Us To Your Leader", and many other terrible Sci-Fi cliches. We're geeks, see? That's how geeks are supposed to introduce themselves, right? Not us. Hopefully...

Published Thu, Mar 01 2007 12:17 AM by daniel woolstencroft

Filed under: gadget

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