TiVo Hacks Put to Bed
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TiVo Tying TV To The Net Looking to tie
television to the Internet, digital
video recording makers TiVo on Jun
TiVo Tying TV To The Net Looking to tie
television to the Internet, digital
video recording makers TiVo on Jun
06/10/2004 10:28 PMAVN Online Jun 11 2004 2:45AM GMT
Friends finale and NBC Tivo-b0rking --
TiVo Strikes Back
Friends finale and NBC Tivo-b0rking --
TiVo Strikes Back
05/07/2004 10:49 AMFollowing up on yesterday's post about NBC's apparent attempts to b0rk
potential TiVoers of the Friends finale, BoingBoing reader Douglas
Clark says,
I am a loyal Tivo user and Tivo did send out a
message alert to users about the Friends episode. It was more along
the lines of "if you manually extend the time of a recording, you may
miss the beginning of the friends final episode." I find that Tivo is
pretty good about catching unusual start times and other wonky tricks
the networks play. The previous comment about HUT and ratings was
right on the money...
Link to previous BoingBoing post.
Tech maven Meg Hourihan
adds, "Even weirder is that I got a message on my Tivo warning me that
the finale of Friends would have abnormal times. The message warned
that if I wasn't just using the automatic "start on time" and "end on
time" settings (i.e. I manually set the start time as 8 PM) that I
might miss some. What makes things weirder and worse is that Tivo
still didn't record the whole show! I made sure my settings were what
the message instructed, and happened to watch the show live. Tivo
kicked in to record at 8:59 PM (which is what it listed the start time
as) but stopped at 9:59! According to the time on my digital cable
box, the program didn't end until 10:03 PM. So if I hadn't watched it
live, I would have missed the last four minutes. Seems like a major
screw-up on Tivo's part, especially after sending out that
message!"
TiVo users not happy TiVo is spying on
them
TiVo users not happy TiVo is spying on
them
02/10/2004 02:44 AMWell TiVo's boosting that it Janet Jacksons Garment malfunction was
the single highest re-watched event has many TiVo users asking...
TIVO Bug Shuts Out Many Series 1 TiVo
Owners?
TIVO Bug Shuts Out Many Series 1 TiVo
Owners?
07/26/2004 05:24 PMIntel and Tivo Team Up on Tivo-to-Go
(But How?)
Intel and Tivo Team Up on Tivo-to-Go
(But How?)
06/06/2005 12:09 AMReuters is running a story about Intel that is chocked full of goo
info, including information that their 'Manitoba' mobile chipset has
finally found a customer in mmO2 Pic (the Manitoba came out two years
ago, to little fanfare, let alone actual adoption by phone
manufacturers). But the big news is that Intel will be working with
Tivo to provide Tivo-to-Go functionality in future laptop chipsets,
like their popular Centrino.
What that is, though, is unclear. Is it just a branding initiative?
Tivo-to-Go already works on laptops (that's half the point), so will
it be some sort of native support that makes it easier to move the
Tivo content around? We don't know—the article is very
vague—but at least Tivo is getting some name dropping love from
a mega-vendor (considering it was unlikely they were going to get much
help from Microsoft, considering they sell a competing product to
Windows XP Media Center). (Thanks, Pat!)
UPDATE 1-Intel's cell communications chip finds a
customer [Reuters]
TiVo.com | TiVo Press Releases
TiVo.com | TiVo Press Releases
01/09/2004 10:10 PMbang for the buck .. extension ..
TivoToGo
tivo.com/5.3.1.1.asp?article=196
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MP3 Request: "Tivo, My Tivo"
MP3 Request: "Tivo, My Tivo"
06/08/2004 09:07 AMDoes anyone have an MP3 of the song "Tivo, My Tivo" from the
off-Broadway [hit | miss] The Gayest Straight Man Alive?
Because I'd really like to hear it. Also, could someone explain what
"surprisingly straight" means? Is that, like, no dicks at all?
Not even your own? (Thanks, Peter, for the "tip.")
Read
[NYTheatre]
Update: While I'm exploiting the good humor of our readers, do
any of you 1) live in Canberra, Australia, and 2) take PayPal? I need
to get a few cases of VB delivered to some game developers and am
having a surprisingly hard time of it.
Two little CSS hacks
Two little CSS hacks
03/11/2003 10:46 AMWorkarounds to vertically align nested blocks and to emulate the CSS's
min-height property in MSIE.
Mac OS X Hacks Put to Bed
Mac OS X Hacks Put to Bed
03/11/2003 11:41 PM
Mac OS X Hacks was just sent to the printer, which means it'll
be appearing in online bookstores and on your local brick-and-mortar
bookstore shelves in a couple-three weeks. Whew!
BSD Hacks
BSD Hacks
07/27/2004 02:44 PMIM hacks way up in first quarter
IM hacks way up in first quarter
03/23/2005 12:56 PMThe number of combined IM- and Web-based attacks increased by 300
percent in the first quarter, Websense says.
Spidering Hacks
Spidering Hacks
11/01/2003 12:57 PMThe latest book in the O'Reilly Hacks series, "Spidering Hacks,"
(written by Kevin "Morbus Iff" Hemenway and Tara "ResearchBuzz"
Calishain) is out. It's the site-scraper's bible, with 100 tips and
tricks for sucking in data from the Web.
Spidering Hacks takes you to the next level in Internet data
retrieval--beyond search engines--by showing you how to create spiders
and bots to retrieve information from your favorite sites and data
sources. You'll no longer feel constrained by the way host sites think
you want to see their data presented--you'll learn how to scrape and
repurpose raw data so you can view in a way that's meaningful to you.
Written for developers, researchers, technical assistants, librarians,
and power users, Spidering Hacks provides expert tips on spidering and
scraping methodologies. You'll begin with a crash course in spidering
concepts, tools (Perl, LWP, out-of-the-box utilities), and ethics (how
to know when you've gone too far: what's acceptable and unacceptable).
Next, you'll collect media files and data from databases. Then you'll
learn how to interpret and understand the data, repurpose it for use
in other applications, and even build authorized interfaces to
integrate the data into your own content.
LInk
(
via Ben
Hammersley)
New: Flash Hacks
New: Flash Hacks
07/13/2004 10:03 AMO'Reilly's Flash Hacks, written by Sham Bhangal, contains 100 tools,
tricks, and techniques for Flash, including scripted and
timeline-based visual effects, page turning animation, and more.
Excel Hacks
Excel Hacks
05/06/2004 06:58 PMfor all you dorks who were geeking out in the Excel Pile thread
Gmail Hacks
Gmail Hacks
06/26/2004 07:45 AMLots of Gmail hacks are already showing up. I surely do love
programmers that are curious enough to figure out how stuff works to
write mini utilities to let us utilize our time more wisely. [G-mailto]
Google Hacks
Google Hacks
03/30/2005 05:47 PM
The Internet puts a wealth of information at your fingertips, and
all you have to know is how to find it. Google is your ultimate
research tool--a search engine that indexes more than 2.4 billion web
pages, in more than 30 languages, conducting more than 150 million
searches a day.
The more you know about Google, the better you are at pulling data off
the Web. You've got a cadre of techniques up your sleeve--tricks
you've learned from practice, from exchanging ideas with others, and
from plain old trial and error--but you're always looking for better
ways to search.
It's the "hacker" in you: not the troublemaking kind, but the kind who
really drives innovation by trying new ways to get things done. If
this is you, then you'll find new inspiration (and valuable tools,
too) in Google Hacks from O'Reilly's new Hacks Series.
"Life Hacks"
"Life Hacks"
03/30/2005 05:17 PMLooks like NEWS HACKS get to run the CIA
again
Looks like NEWS HACKS get to run the CIA
again
06/27/2004 05:58 PMCIA Puts Harsh Tactics On Hold .. Washington Post report ..
information
washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8534-2004Jun26.html<
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New: Firefox Hacks
New: Firefox Hacks
03/30/2005 11:47 AMO'Reilly released Firefox Hacks, which includes coverage of migration
from Internet Explorer, anonymous browsing, increasing security,
creation of tags and widgets, and more.
Mac Mini Hacks
Mac Mini Hacks
03/19/2005 02:07 AMThe Mac Mini is opened with a Putty knife as instructed by Apple
however this method is leaving peoples Mac Mini in damaged conditions
in many cases including scratches, seperation gaps and other...
[[ Visit http://www.macmegasite.com for full article ]]
The MIT Gallery of Hacks.
The MIT Gallery of Hacks.
01/04/2004 05:52 PM The MIT Gallery of Hacks.
Good-natured creative
pranks by MIT
students. The pinnacle was possibly 1999's
Great Droid,
with the Great Dome made to resemble R2D2's head to mark the release
of some film or other at the time. In the spirit of the tradition,
students left detailed instructions for the safe removal of the
decoration.
Developers eye PSP hacks
Developers eye PSP hacks
04/05/2005 05:24 PMBlog:
Keep your multiplayer racing games and widescreen movies. For
some people, Sony's PlayStation Portable won't be really cool...
New: O'Reilly's IRC Hacks
New: O'Reilly's IRC Hacks
09/07/2004 10:25 AMIRC Hacks, by Paul Mutton, starts with the basics of IRC clients, then
delves into the protocols and services beneath the surface, and
culminates with building autonomous IRC clients.
OCSmart Hacks 1.0
OCSmart Hacks 1.0
08/03/2004 08:01 PMExtends services of any Cocoa application, with tear-off menu support
and more.
New: "Panther" Hacks
New: "Panther" Hacks
07/16/2004 09:59 AM
O'Reilly's latest "hack" book digs down into Mac OS X "Panther"
internals.
OCLC Hacks
OCLC Hacks
02/01/2005 10:09 PMOCLC is is loosening up and having some fun in a Google Labs kind of way!
OCLC
Research Software Contest
“In celebration of libraries and
their heritage of technological innovation, OCLC Research is
sponsoring a software contest to encourage innovation in the use of
web-based services for libraries.
Prize
- $2,500 in
cash
- Visit with OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc., in
Dublin, Ohio
- Potentially have your code incorporated in OCLC
services for libraries
The challenge
OCLC is
providing a set of bi
bliographic records extracted from WorldCat plus a
set of services:
You may also use Open
WorldCat, either by simply incorporating links to publicly
accessible records or by enrolling in Open WorldCat's Partner Access program. Contact us
if you wish to discuss enrolling in this program for the purposes of
this contest.
Your mission is to write a program that does
something interesting and innovative with the WorldCat data using at
least one of the OCLC-provided services. You must submit a working
prototype.
Part of your job is to convince us of why your
program is interesting and why it will help libraries and/or library
users; other than that, you're free to implement whatever strikes your
fancy.”
And they were smart enough to ask Jon Udell to be a judge
– good call! I hope we see some really cool stuff come out of
this, in more than just a proof-of-concept way. Makes me wish I could
actually program. Entries are due by midnight on May 15. If
you’re entering, good luck!
Firefox Hacks
Firefox Hacks
02/01/2005 09:08 PMFirefox Hacks:
Coming in March. I ache with anticipation.
Firefox Hacks is ideal for power users who want to
maximize the effectiveness of Firefox, the next-generation web browser
that is quickly gaining in popularity. This highly-focused book offers
all the valuable tips and tools you need to enjoy a superior and safer
browsing experience. Learn how to customize its deployment,
appearance, features, and functionality.
phpAdsNew Hacks
phpAdsNew Hacks
08/16/2004 10:15 PMphpAdsNew 2.0.2 CVS 2004-08-16 Released
New: Excel Hacks
New: Excel Hacks
04/09/2004 04:01 PMO'Reilly's Excel Hacks offers 100 tips and techniques that include
hacking pivot tables, designing charts beyond the basic types,
specifying dynamic ranges, using XML, and more.
Wireless Hacks
Wireless Hacks
10/30/2003 11:48 PMGaming Hacks
Gaming Hacks
06/05/2005 11:56 PMHacks.O'Reilly.com
Hacks.O'Reilly.com
03/11/2003 09:43 AMThe full-blown version of O'Reilly's Hacks Series site is now up at
hacks.oreilly.com. In
addition to
info about the current crop of books (Linux Server, Google, Mac OS X),
there are
listings of
published hacks,
some
complete hacks, and each has its own discussion forum.
Gotta Hack? Got a non-obvious solution to an interesting problem?
Throw
your hack into the ring and it just might be in a Hacks
book-to-be. Not a hacker yourself but have a hack or Hacks book you'd
like to see?
Suggest
it and perhaps it will be so written.
PSP Hacks and the Mainstream
PSP Hacks and the Mainstream
04/07/2005 01:03 PMMac OS X Panther Hacks
Mac OS X Panther Hacks
08/11/2004 06:15 AM
I finally got round to reading my copy of the wonderful O'Reilly Mac
OS X Panther Hacks book, which, like all of the hacks books, is
clever, informative, well-organised and useful; this one has the
additional merit of having been co-written by my pal
Rael Dornfest, who edits the line, and
is witty, silly and very imaginative indeed. The hacks assembled in
the text range from surprising things you can do with iTunes and iCal
to hacking AppleScript to making OS X cooperate with perl and Python,
but my favorite of all is the iOscillate: an iSight camera mounted to
the top of a de-bladed oscillating desk-fan, so that the fan sweeps
the iSight back and forth in a steady, 180-degree arc, covering all
those seated around a table or in a conference. The hack is truly
worthy of the appellation "hack" -- it's ingenious, funny, and
actually useful in a seriously bent way.
Link
New: O'Reilly's PDF Hacks
New: O'Reilly's PDF Hacks
09/16/2004 09:41 AM O'Reilly's PDF Hacks by Sid Steward shows how to use a variety of PDF
tools--not just Acrobat--to create, rearrange, customize, and present
information as PDF.
Google Hacks - Second Edition
Google Hacks - Second Edition
01/05/2005 11:06 AMSearch Engine Lowdown Jan 5 2005 3:32PM GMT
Spidering Hacks in Print
Spidering Hacks in Print
12/11/2003 04:55 PM
I just received my editor's copies of
Spidering Hacks by
Kevin and
Tara. Turned out rather well,
if I may be so bold. The book covers all things spidering, from
methodology to code, tools to ethics; take a gander at the
TOC and
browse the
representativ
e hacks online.
It's always nice when a tech book adds to the discussion around the
tools it represents and gives something back. Andy Lester, author of
WWW::Mechanize and contributor of three hacks to
the book adds it to the documentation for his module.
Google hacks are for real
Google hacks are for real
08/06/2004 09:40 AMGoogle hacks are for real, regardless of what some uber-hackers may
think or say. They can produce passwords, user IDs, credit card
numbers, Social Security numbers, bank account numbers and routing
codes, and more. They can also be used to troll for vulnerabilities.
One quick example: using one of the simplest Google advanced operators
in combination with another operator, I quickly found a number of
Microsoft IIS 6.0 Authentication Manager pages exposed to the Internet
on Army, Navy, state, and federal agency sites. In fact, finding the
sites proved to be much easier than alerting them to the
vulnerability.
New Edition of Google Hacks
New Edition of Google Hacks
01/07/2005 12:15 AMBeSpacific Jan 7 2005 3:56AM GMT
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