Oldie but goodie

Plex Media Server

Thanks to a friend’s detailed “cutting the cable” post, I re-examined Plex Media Server (PMS) as a means of sharing/accessing my vast library of movies/photos/music. In short, PMS is now significantly more polished than it was a few years ago. For anyone with media files spread across multiple systems including Apple/OS X/iOS, PMS is a […]

Murphy’s Law of Annoying Beeps

A historical event just occurred! One of our smoke detectors started chirping about it’s battery in the middle of the afternoon instead of 2AM. For years I’ve wondered if manufacturers secretly included atomic clocks in their detectors to ensure they ONLY start beeping in the middle of the night.

Fantastical

If you are a Mac user, Fantastical is truly worth the purchase price. The key is it’s ability to let you create new appointments through free form typing, i.e. “Dinner with wife December 20 at 7pm”. You can pretty much type appointments anyway you want and Fantastical will figure it out for you. Simply more […]