Since I bought the mac, I’ve really been amazed at how integrated all of my gadget stuff can actually be. Along that vein, I decided that there had to be a way to watch all the new videos that I’ve downloaded to the ipod on my TV. I had read somewhere that you could use an RCA cable, but I couldn’t imagine that the video signal would come out of the headset (note about me, I tend to make things more difficult than they need to be). Anyway, I plugged an RCA cable into the ipod (I happened to have one that size – but if you need to go buy one, I think it’s the 1/8 size – it’s definitely the AV RCA for camcorders). I plugged the other side into the Red/White/Yellows on the TV, but all I got was a very irritating buzzing noise. Then I googled “Ipod to TV” and found the trick. Apparently Apple has changed things up a bit so that more people would buy their proprietary (read:expensive) cable. But that’s where the internet really helps. The trick is this:
Plug the red RCA plug into your TV’s yellow RCA jack.
Plug the yellow RCA plug into your TV’s white RCA jack.
Plug the white RCA plug into your TV’s red RCA jack.
Ha! It worked like a charm!
Don’t forget to adjust your video settings on the ipod – I have it set to ask me whether or not to change to TV. It’s a small extra step but well worth it.
Now, I’ve got home movies, youtube videos, downloaded episodes of my favorite shows, music videos and more playing on the TV. Yay!

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So, since my son was so disappointed with the fact that he couldn’t export youtube video to his ipod, I went in search of a fix. I really didn’t have to go far. There’s a widget called mytube, which lets you do all kinds of things. For a donation of $1.99 (I gave $5, it was worth it), you can unlock the ability to export youtube videos to itunes. So cool. Check out all kinds of cool dashboard paraphernalia. I love my mac.

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This is so bizarre… are they selling time Travel?????
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It rained all damn day. No pool, no outside, no ride (it was raining pretty damn hard). We did computer s***… like I don’t spend enough time on these machines…

Anybody have any idea where I can find the drivers for a Crystal Codec? I’ve searched all the obvious places. The ones I found were not compatible and apparently this particular chipset should never have been made at all. At least that’s what the manufacturer says on the website. I’m paraphrasing of course. Hey, I never let the truth get in the way of a good story… Neither do you, admit it.

Jim and T’ desktops won’t recognize their modems, (Haven’t used either modem in years as we were on Roadrunner at the other house). So all in all it was a very depressing, uneventful, exercise in futility of a day.

Fear not, I’ve got the vodka in the freezer and the grapefruit juice is a-chilling and I’m getting ready to watch the “City”. So there, rainclouds! No no they can’t take that away from me.

See you tomorrow!

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