Category Archives: Fun

Cool Link: Transparent Screen Backgrounds

Posted on March 27, 2005 by jasonjcrowther

Here’s a cool link (via Slashdot): Transparent Screen Backgrounds. Take a digital picture of the area behind your monitor, crop and resize it until lies up visually with the area of your computer screen, and set it to your desktop … Continue reading →

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A One Man TV Studio

Posted on March 4, 2005 by jasonjcrowther

Here’s a great video from NYT with David Pogue talking about how he produces his own weekly video updates. I wish I had more time to play around with this kind of stuff.

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Building your own DVR, Part I

Posted on February 23, 2005 by jasonjcrowther

In my last blog, I brought you up to date on the hell that is dealing with Time Warner Cable for service. In the comments, my pal Sean was surprised that I didn’t just dump the Time Warner DVR and … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day

Posted on February 17, 2005 by jasonjcrowther

Was listening to All Things Considered on the way home and they had an article about the Westminister Kennel Club Dog show (includes audio), and one of the judges had this to say about the Best in Show winner: She … Continue reading →

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New Dave Matthews Band Ice Cream Flavor

Posted on February 11, 2005 by jasonjcrowther

Nancies.org reports that Ben and Jerry’s is rolling out another Dave Matthews Band themed flavor, Dave Matthes Band Magic Brownies. Hmm, the name is a little suspect considering usually tries to down play their stoner image. Not sure where that … Continue reading →

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