2004 August 14

Oh, man – I've been toying with Microsoft Media Center Edition for a while now (see my Televisionary Cam), but it just got better with Portable Media Centers. Finally, I can take my recorded shows with me to another set in my house! I didn't think I could ever say it, but this beats SnapStream's BeyondTV v3.4. I still adore utilities like FreeGuide, TV Guide (desktop client), and Pocket TV Listings, but this… this beats all.

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“Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have… the course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases.” ~ Thomas Jefferson

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Well, kinda. There's a new error that some of you downloading junkies may have come across: “EventID 4226: TCP/IP has reached the security limit imposed on the number of concurrent TCP connect attempts.” Ugh! Some guy in Germany (by the name of LvlLord) has created a simple patch that can be run on the final version of XP SP2. I've given 'er a spin and found no problems with it. Plus, Scoble just pointed me to another post-pack patch from Dana Epp. Any other new annoyances in need of fixin'?

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