This video was made by another user of SageTV to highlight some of the features.
I have used SageTV at home for a few years. All of my cable equipment is in the basement. The only thing in my entertainment center for watching TV is a little 6x8x1 inch box called an HD200 connected to my TV, power, and the network. Continue reading
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I hate commercials. There I said it. Nothing new, but I feel better. For one thing I don’t believe anything that’s said in most commercials, I think they waste my time and generally treat me, the viewer, like I’m an idiot. The DVR/PVR was one of the greatest inventions ever IMHO. Watching commercials today is basically optional on TV. Continue reading
From Facebook blog:
At Facebook, we’re constantly working on new ways to protect you from scams and help you keep your account and information secure. Today, we’re announcing some new tools and systems designed to keep the bad guys out and keep you abreast of suspicious activity so you can quickly take action to correct it.
We’ve always devoted significant time and effort to security. We’ve built technical systems that operate behind the scenes to quickly detect and block suspicious behavior, delete phony posts and messages, and return compromised accounts to… their rightful owners. Most of these systems are invisible to the average person who uses Facebook. Very few people will ever experience a security issue on Facebook, which means that most of you have probably never noticed these systems at work. Rest assured that these systems are there, though, protecting you and your friends.
Login Notifications
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been testing a new feature that allows you to approve the devices you commonly use to log in and then to be notified whenever your account is accessed from a device you haven’t approved. This feature is now available to everyone.
To try it out, go to the Account Settings page and click on the link next to “Account Security” at the bottom of the page. If you select the option to receive notifications for logins from new devices, when you log in, you’ll be asked to name and save the various devices you use to access Facebook.
Please, let me try to understand this. Facebook adds the ability for users to login only from approved devices, very similar to the way banks allow their users to login. However, Facebook does not make this the default behavior? So when it comes to them getting money from their tracking of our info, they automatically turn that stuff on, but when it comes to our protection, it’s optional? Oh yeah… they are totally concerned with the privacy and security of our info on their site!
Goodbye Facebook! (sorta)
I have been thinking about closing and deleting my Facebook account for some time. Then I run into THIS INFO and it pushes me over the line. The CEO of Facebook is one of the biggest DB’s I’ve ever read about. I’m not going to repost all the info in that link, but it’s a good read if you get some time. The direction Facebook has taken in recent months has been very disappointing and I do not want to be a commodity to be traded, and it’s pretty obvious that what we users are becoming to Facebook. Track what we do, where we do it generate reports and sell the info to marketers. No thanks!
I had decided to delete my account this weekend. Upon further reflection I realized I didn’t want to lose that connection to my old friends. I will stay a member for now, but remove all of my information apart from a very few things. My last status update will be a link to this site. I will keep all of my info on this site, where I own it, and control it. I don’t expect to get a lot of traffic, but with my own blog I can post more info about what I’m doing, things I find interesting, pictures and videos…whatever. I might actually put together some tutorials about stuff I know about. The bottom line is that I am in control of my info now. Facebook can screw.
