Over at Knightwise.com we are big fans of Planet Boelex. Since I heard his track ‘Sisumies‘ I have completely fallen for the great tracks this artist puts out. Having mailed back and forth with Ossi (the artist) a couple of times I can say he’s not only a great artist but also an A-Ok guy…
Co-worker Joost pointed me to this video of a product he had recently ordered for his Samsung NX10 Netbook : A touchscreen “upgrade” you can install by yourself. I haven’t played with it yet and he still needs to receive and install the touchscreen kit, but I did want to share this cool demo video…
A quick plug for a great series of articles my good friend and co-host on the AGP podcast Kd Murray is writing up called “Ubuntu School“. With nice screenshots KD explains some of the basic concepts you come across when you are setting up your own Ubuntu (or any Linux) machine. Add users, Change passwords,…
Its once again time to sit back and relax and let us tell you a story. We bring you a couple of articles about the Cupertino revolution, life without and internet connection and dive back into the long forgotten blog archive to pull up a random post from 2005. Grab your favorite hot beverage, close…
For those of you who haven’t listened to our great interview with ‘the mac mommy’ in our latest knight wise.com podcast “Macs and Mommies” you can also watch this bonus video we made of the Skype interview featured in that very podcast. (if you HAVE listened to the podcast .. you still might want to…
I recently got a question from a friend of the show that he would like to know how to print from his iPad. A fairly common question that did require some thinking on my behalf. The problem for me is : I’ve stopped ‘printing’ things out all together since we have the iPads lying around…
Some Linux commands are hard to remember. Its a matter of “use daily or forget about them” or plastering your office walls with cheatcheets of your favorite terminal commands. The one I stumbled upon yesterday was in fact a little easier to remember. Picture this : you have a home Linux server (or one at…
If i have to reach back into my mind and pull up the first memory I have of the Spacemusic podcast, I think I go back as far as Adam Curry’s original Daily Source Code where Adam played a promo for this “ambient and electronic music podcast” that was produced by a guy with a…
No post today since I’ve been spending the weekend with friends doing tech unrelated stuff. As proof : Here is little old me 40 feet off the ground doing some high-rise adventure course. Related PostsCleaning out your digital gutters !KW1101 The Knightwise Identitieskw908 : Getting Things Done, the cross platform way.Find Your Work StyleWhy turning…
Before me the dawn rises from the dark soil and sheds its rays across the trees that stretch as far as the eye can see. The songs of birds drown out the ever present hum of society and remind me how far I am from the busy world around me. Yep, i’m up in a…
You start noticing you are getting old when things like “20th anniversary of” start popping up all around you. And with that I don’t mean the 20th anniversary of your retarded cousin (who you thought would kill himself by endlessly going around a revolving door) but things like GAMES. Games YOU used to play when…
If you are into linux but Ubuntu’s new user interface has got you puzzled or scared, this episode is for you. We take a look at the latest long term support version of Ubuntu’s latest release : Precise Pangolin. We take a quick look at the anatomy of the Unity interface, how the different…
Sometimes people ask me if I watch porn sometimes. I look at them (mostly square in the face) then I slowly nod .. and grin. 🙂 This usually makes them pretty uncomfortable, so the next step to REALLY freak them out is ask if they want to see some .. some GEEK PORN that is.…
Most of your devices these days have webbased interfaces that you can easily open up with a browser. The fact that you go and sit behind a computer to do that is either to blame on the fact that you don’t own a smartphone or tablet thats hooked up to your wifi , or that…
As you know we have covered OWNCLOUD in one of the recent podcasts. If the name doesn’t ring any bells : Think your own web based filestorage on your own Linux machine. Pretty straight forward to install on any Linux system and very easy to configure with its nifty web interface. In short it lets…
I sometimes get the question what gear I use and how I have stuff set up at home. Thus it might be a good idea to post a pic of the “home office” as I have it setup today. Featuring 2 24 inch Dell displays hooked up to an I7 Mac Mini, an older 19…
With my iPad three on the shopping short-list, i’m once again looking at reorganizing and tweaking all of the applications that I have on there. As a great man once said : The greater your skills, the fewer tools you need. And as tempting as it may be to fill up your home screen (and…
Yes, I know i’m a day late for my mandatory Star Wars post for the annual Star Wars day ( May the Fourth) but I was too busy blowing up planets and force choking my enemies. And a dude needs to take his Jedi Cloak to the dry cleaners once a year too you know.…
This week we talk Macs and Mommies with the Charming Melissa Davis. We dive off the deep end in this 90 minute interview on technology, education and how she uses tech in her daily life AND introduces it into those of others. A delightful spontaneous interview that you will surely enjoy. Shownotes. The Mac Mommy…
The downside of having both Tech Skills and a family … is that sometimes you become the family helpdesk. Before you know it people ring you up to fix their computer, and for some (like my mum in law and my wife’s “Ubuntu” Granny) a smoothly running computer is VERY important. But sometimes when the…
I’ve been mocked many times for keeping hold of my old childhood toys. But where most men keep their toys in a box in the basement or the garage, some of my toys are proudly on display in our living room. Yes, I am fortunate to have a wife who is not only as geeky…
Don Mcallister is probably the master, no, the emperor when it comes to screencasting and making instructional video’s for Mac and IOS users. His website “Screencasts online” is packed with great instructional video’s for both payed and free users. One of these screencasts for the “non premium” users (or a ‘free screencast’ )…
In my never ending quest to find interesting Linux Distributions I have stumbled upon this little gem called Uberstudent. A Ubuntu-Derivative targeted at the student or the educational professional. It takes me back to the days of College Linux, an obscure little distribution that got me started in running Linux back in 2003. ( It’s long dead…
The great thing about OSX (and all Apple technology for that matter) is that there aren’t a lot of buttons you can press. This makes for simplicity and ease of use. For stark designs and intuitive interactions with technology. And that’s great. Until you feel the urge to customize something or want to change a…
If connoisseurs of Technology in general are terrible at one thing, then it must be their predictions. The question “How do you think the world of technology will look in 5 to 10 years time ?” will get you the most bizarre of answers. Just look around you. We are in a world where the kings of…
Season 3 of KWTV kicks off with a review of HTC’s ONE flagship phone the HTC ONE X. We run it through its paces and take a good hard look at this Tecra 3 Quad sporting chocolate brown goodness. Will it be enough to chase away the hordes of Samsung an battle the Unicorn tears…
We return to season 3 of the Knightwise.com podcast with a behind the scenes look on what it takes to get the show out there. What gear do we have, how do we use it and more importantly : What workflows we use and how that tech works for us. Enjoy a deeply technical behind…
With the whole rebranding redesign of Knightwise.com going on on the background, one of the things we wanted to upgrade was the logo. originally designed by fan of the show Sharky it portrayed the “Knightwise.com Heron” in side profile. With the rebrand we decided to turn the logo around and spread the Herons wings. Friend…
While looking for content for the next intro tune for the Knightwise.com podcast, I came across this little gem : The sound of a dial-up modem slowed down 700 times. I am not really sure to be completely spooked by this sound or to sit down and have it playing as some kind of background…
Download of the week : Until a while ago I used an app on my Mac (I have even forgotten the name) to download any Youtube video’s I needed for the podcast or for some of my presentations. When upgrading to Lion, it decided (or rather Lion decided) it wouldn’t work anymore. Tough 🙁 I…
