On Episode 58 of his Hypercritical podcast, John Siracusa expresses into his frustrations with the TiVo Premiere Elite DVR. In particular: performance of the HD interface; recent software updates to the software; persistent use of the SD interface. … [Continue reading]
Dr. Sysadmin and Mr. Artsy
As an IT professional, I value planning, testing, retesting and forecasting the unlikely. The trains run on time, ones and zeros don’t intermingle, maintenance is performed to exacting precision within clearly communicated service windows. Our best … [Continue reading]
Find a filename in an Automator workflow
Automator is a nifty solution in Mac OS X for, well, automating frequent tasks. If an application publishes actions to the operating system, the user can construct a workflow/application that pipes operations from one app to another. There aren't … [Continue reading]