Month: September 2011
A press release this morning from the KansasFest organization announces that John Romero, whose programming legacy is set over 97 titles, will be the keynote speaker at the 2012 Kansasfest. The event which will run July 17 to July 22, 2012 is the annual gathering of Apple ][ enthusiasts, hobbyists, hackers and others. Each year the event draws about 50 people and is always high spirited and full of computing surprises. For more on this event, we include the press…
Apple, Inc. has sent out invitations to the media for the upcoming October 4th announcement of their latest rendition of the iPhone. The iPhone 5 as it has been dubbed in most circles is expected to be much sleeker, faster and have more battery life according to reports around the web. There is also a rumor that the new iPhone will be voice controlled. This rumor does not seem too far fetched since most of the software has been available…
An announcement from Ken Gagne of the Kansas Fest committee on CSA2 Specifies the 2012 rendition of KFEST. “KansasFest 2012 will be held at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, from Tuesday, July 17, through Sunday, July 22. Note that these dates do NOT conflict with Comic-Con… they finally realized the juggernaut they were up against and moved their event! :- D So any geeks interest in both events can have their cake and eat it, too. More details will…
The short response is don’t. The long response is it can be done but… It is very painful to get the TV to work as a monitor. The resoluton of a 720p TV is supposed to be 1200 x 720 (or fairly close). The aspect is 16:9. Unfortunately up to this point I’ve only been able to get 1024 x 768, which is an aspect of 4:3. To get there I first wasted a couple of hours fiddling around with…
Yesterday I saw a demo of a program called “Mouse Locator”. Surprisingly enough it lives up to its name. That’s always a big plus as far as I am concerned. This small utility puts a larger graphic around the mouse when it is moved. There are a number of preferences available. The first is the idle time (called the trigger time). This is how long the mouse has to remain inactive before moving it starts the graphic. The second is…
