Tumblr!
Posted by Roy Tomeij | Filed under Miscellaneous
I just started my own Tumblr log, which will mainly have illustrated entries. Probably easier to keep that one active, so make sure to check it out. Some noteworthy stuff over there :)
Update July 20, 2010: And the Tumblr blog has also died a silent death. Will write a new post about the awesome “Sick Beard” shortly, to replace the outdated post on automated TV-series downloads.
The perfect home theater setup with automated downloads
Posted by Roy Tomeij | Filed under Miscellaneous, Software
A friend of mine asked me to write about my (near perfect) home theater setup, including the automated downloading of new episodes of TV series. This post is a first attempt, and I will probably revise it numerous times in the future.
Please note that downloading (not distributing) TV series for personal use is legal in my jurisdiction.
My setup involves an HD-Ready TV (720p), Mac Mini, Harman/Kardon 5.1 receiver, SABnzbd+, Eweka, XBMC, MyTvNZB, TheTvDB & more. I will go over it in the following chapters:
- hardware & connection
- automated downloading
- organizing & watching
I assume you already know about usenet, NZB files, etc. If not, start googling. Read the rest of this entry »
Companies that don’t get it: Burger King
Posted by Roy Tomeij | Filed under Miscellaneous
A while ago I wanted to know what time a nearby Burger King closes. What’s the easiest way to get that task done when on the train? Right, getting your iPhone and browsing to burgerking.nl (since I’m in The Netherlands).
To my surprise I got this:
Which translates to: “Nothing to see here. At least, not without the Flash 8 Plugin and JavaScript enabled. But, you can install the needed plugin faster than the time it takes to prepare a WHOPPER®. Except for maybe the TRIPPLE WHOPPER®. But then again, that’s a really huge Burger.” Read the rest of this entry »
How to get the Twitter name you always wanted
Posted by Roy Tomeij | Filed under Miscellaneous
Thanks to a post at TheNextWeb.com titled “How to Snap Up that twitter Username You’ve Always Wanted” I managed to have the nice folks at Twitter change my username from “roytomeij” to “roy“.
Maybe it’s because I’m a nerd, but I think it’s quite cool to have your first name as your username. A Twitter user search reveales there are 848 people with “Roy” as either their first or last name, so I’m quite lucky I read the above mentioned post at the right time. I tried to contact the “old Roy” in the past, but he never responded to my messages. The trick is to send an e-mail to username@twitter.com to request a username change. They will verify if the account really is inactive. Read the rest of this entry »
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Why it’s so silent…
Posted by Roy Tomeij | Filed under Miscellaneous
My girlfriend got out of the hospital and needed a lot of home care (she can do more on her own since a few days now), I’m in the middle of finishing a new website for largest Dutch news site NU.nl and we’re planning on launching ConfNetwork soon (which needs some final changes too).
