AirPlay Mirroring Not Available on Pre-iPad2/iPhone 4S

Posted on January 13, 2012 by LordNeverdie

Hey Internet what’s happening? I picked up an Apple TV 2 awhile ago, probably about three weeks ago, and the device has been great. I have jailbroken the device already with the latest version of Seas0nPass, and have added XBMC software that allows me to stream media outside of iTunes. Everything is working great, but today I was on my iPhone and a iPod Touch that happen to be laying around the house, and noticed that the AirPlay feature lets you project pictures and stream videos on your iDevice to the TV via the Apple TV. I found this was a pretty awesome feature. I naturally thought that one would be able to view the home screen on the TV, a feature called AirPlay Mirroring, BUT, this feature is only available on the iPhone 4S and iPad 2. I thought this was a bit of a let down, it would have been nice to see this feature on my iPhone 4. Oh well, just another reason to upgrade to the 4S? LOL. I’d assume the extra video encoding needs a better processor, like the ones present in the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S. Oh how we love you A5 chip!

Thanks for reading everyone!

~Lord Neverdie.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Posted on December 30, 2011 by LordNeverdie

Good evening everyone, I hope you all had a lovely Christmas. Just writing to see if everyone got what they wanted for Christmas, and if you and your family had a great time together. Christmas this year for our family was not quite the same as it has been in years previous. This is due unfortunately to a family emergency that we had our attention drawn to a few weeks ago.

My sisters were pleased with all the gifts and such that they received, and despite the family drama that lingered they were all and all fairly happy.

I’m not too sure what our family intents on doing to ring in the new year, but a few of my friends would like to get together for drinks and celebration. I’m unsure yet if I will be coming into the city to partake in said celebrations. I suppose we shall see.

How are you bringing in the new year? Leave your comments below

Thanks for reading.

~Michael.

Thoughts on Data Preservation

Posted on December 10, 2011 by LordNeverdie

As I’m writing this post, I currently sit on the couch in the dark at my friend’s place in Spiritwood. It is 11:30 and my friend has already gone to sleep, as he has not slept well in the past few days. I’m not that tired, but a thought has run through my mind, and that thought was in regard to data preservation. Continue reading →

Great Place for Cables and Accessories

Posted on December 7, 2011 by LordNeverdie

Occasionally, there comes a time where a person needs cables, to you know, attach things to other things! I used to own a Mac Mini at one point in the past, and it seemed necessary to connect the Mini to the TV. The late 2009 model of the Mac Mini did not have a built in HDMI port to get video and audio to the TV. So I decided to check around for a solution to this problem. I came across a few cables that had the ability to connect a Mini Display port to a DVI-type interface, there is one that is actually made by Apple. Unfortunately, it comes at a price of $30 or so. Once this adaptor was purchased, it was still required to purchase a separate connector to adapt from a DVI interface to an HDMI interface.

Enter Monoprice!

I sort of stumbled upon monoprice, when I was ambling around the Internet in search more these cables and such. I was able to buy a 15-foot 3.5mm headphone jack to an RCA connector cable, and a Mini Display port to HDMI connector, also 15 feet both for $12, they were something close to $6 each! It was a steal of a deal if you ask me!

New connectors.

With the release of the new MacBook Pros, and latest other things that use the Thunderbolt port, I have been considering purchasing a Thunderbolt to HDMI adaptor with audio support. Apple manufacturers a Thunderbolt port to DVI, but does not officially have an adaptor to HDMI. Belkin, makes such an adaptor however. It cost $30, but Monoprice sells them for $6.65.

So there you have it, this is now the place I go for all of my cable needs!

Let me know your thoughts on this, and happy shopping!

From the Ashes

Posted on December 6, 2011 by LordNeverdie

Hello everyone!

I know it seems like a decade since I’ve posted anything here. Heck! It may seriously be a decade! Who knows. Anyway, tonight I’ve decided to sit down and actually put in an effort to write something. I just wanted to touch on a few points, and outline a few things in this post. First off, I have moved back to my parents place, and I’m going to be living here for the next two months. This should give me enough time to develop this blog into what I originally had planned for it.

I plan to use this site in conjunction with my YouTube channel whenever I make vlogs. There will be an expanded form in writing, as well as the accompanying video.

Later tonight, or during the afternoon of tomorrow I plan to add links to my friends blogs, and add a dynamic picture changer to this site.

The only thing I’ve accomplished tonight, is briefly teaching one of my sisters some electronics. We just plugged in a few LEDs with resistors, and hooked up a buzzer.

That’s all I’m writing tonight folks. See you tomorrow.

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The Blog is Reborn

Posted on July 4, 2011 by LordNeverdie

Hello everyone! Well it certainly has been a long time since I last posted an entry to this blog. You may also notice that if you previously followed this blog there were more articles here. Well what had happened is I actually backed up the operating files for this site, but as silly as I am I forgot to back up the actual database files that stored all the content!

It is a little unfortunate that I failed to do that, but now I guess this gives me the opportunity to start fresh. There are a few tweaks and things that I will need to do in order to get things back to how I would like them. Those changes will take place over the course of the next few weeks, provided I have time.

I will have to redo my ‘About Me’ page, and add updated pictures and information, but that will not take too long.

Here are two main things I would like to accomplish with this blog:

Knowledge Sharing

Some people may know that I have an interest in computer programming, electronics, and robotics. I would like to share my knowledge that I have acquired over the past few years, whether that knowledge was obtained through my brief time in post-secondary, or the many years of personal experience I’ve had.

In the past I have posted a number of tutorial electronics videos to YouTube, and I have had some amazing feedback from people explaining how much I’ve helped them. This ability to share information, and help people makes me happy.

Networked Blogs

Over the past few years of living in a new city, I have had the great opportunity of meeting and interacting with some amazing people, whether these interactions may have taken place in reality or in an on-line capacity in the form of social media. Through this networking I have had the chance to read some useful information. My idea of networked blogs is that I would like to have links on my page of my friends blogs, and like-wise my link on their page. This creates the opportunity of increased exposure for everyone’s writing.

Thank-you for reading my first new post.