Seriously trivial thoughts
This is a picture I took out my window yesterday morning of the center median outside my complex. Plants are nice and beautiful; however, when they obstruct the view of oncoming traffic, they are also stupid and hazardous. The problem is even worse because the hidden cars are coming over a hill, so even when you pull …
UPDATE 2016-05-16: Spotify doesn’t seem to allow you to drag and drop anymore. Another way I’ve found to fix missing local songs is to create another local files source in Preferences and moving all of the local files to this new folder. Still seems to be hit and miss though. One of the great things …
I did a lot of research before buying a Bluetooth headset for use in my Miata and settled on the Etymotic EtyBLU2. It’s been a few years since my last convertible and back then I was using Jawbone. The problem with the Jawbone was that although the person I was talking to could hear me …
I’m taking a bold step today. I’m going to start relying on Spotify and not physical MP3 files for my music. I have two main playlists: one for favorite songs and another for keeper albums. On the Keepers playlist, I only put the first track of an album. I can go into the playlist and click …
I ponied up $115 to Kickstarter on April 23, 2012 for the Pebble ($150 now). It was expected to ship in September. Here we are just about one month shy of a year and the Pebble watch finally sits snugly fastened to my wrist. :-) It’s definitely on the large side, but not overly so. The …
I finally discovered that Spotify has a Billboard Hot 100 playlist and I’m liking it a lot. (I’ve been looking for this for years btw!) It seems to update every Thursday. I hate the commercials and inane talking on Top-40 radio, so this gets me the latest tunes without the crap. Missing from the Billboard …
I’ve got an XBox 360, PS3 and WD Live connected to my TV. For some reason, none of these will play a video file using standard network shares. (The WD Live is supposed to, but it doesn’t seem to navigate through directories.) As such, I use one of these devices–usually the WD Live– to connected …
Tunelink Auto from New Potato Technologies is a very cool device. Basically, it allows you to connect an iOS device via Bluetooth and broadcasts the audio to an FM station. The entire device plugs into your car’s cigarette lighter plug. The station you use to broadcast can be set using a free app that you …
