Assuming media is required, the following 16 results were found.
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Also known as a "home theater PC" (HTPC), a media center PC is connected to a TV and is built and configured for streaming / downloading media available on the Internet or local network. I personally label it a mere hobby, but I admit that building the...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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I also receive emails like the one pasted below (and friend requests) from some questionable company known as Reverse Media Group. Perhaps their offices are in Seychelles too. I never knew I had so many Facebook friends over there! CEASE AND DESIST 4...
- Type: Article
- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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and TV shows on a computer connected to the Internet, my goal here was to have it on my TV screen. Approach #1 - A Custom Media Center PC I used this for years during my time in Japan, and it worked quite well. Kodi (formerly known as XBMC) is by far...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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RSSocial is an awesome free Joomla extension I use to display social media icons on my site. Since it uses the Fontello Zocial font kit, I figured out how to modify it to display other social media icons. * Navigate to /media/mod_rssocial/css and look...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: IT
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* People swear on a bible in the courtroom promising the Puritan God that they will tell the truth. * Adult magazines and media like "Playboy" and "Hustler" were widely labeled the banes of American society. Well, I guess few societies revere porn as...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Japan--an American boy that struggles constantly with reducing the amount of crap he owns. Get Rid of All Physical Media In this day and age, this is actually possible. Here's what I did. * I bought an ebook reader and exclusively read ebooks. I own...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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out a way to quickly and easily combine an image file (jpg) and audio file (mp3) into a video file (mov) using the free media converter tool ffmpeg. This would allow me to upload my podcast episodes and songs to YouTube. After extensive googling and...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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The Roku media player has Google's free public DNS (8.8.8.8) hard-coded into it. This is great for DNS redundancy, but totally sucks if you use an unblock service to watch Netflix abroad (see this: How to Watch Netflix in Japan). From time to time my...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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profile, comments, or messages to other members. Profiles and usage in violation of this rule are subject to being removed immediately and without warning. I will not solicit any kind of paid service. I will not create or submit unwanted email (spam) to...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Legal
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But there have been major challenges with breaking in. I certainly don't fit "the pattern" often seen on mainstream Japanese media. I sing funny songs in Japanese, and sometimes they're about taboo topics. Japanese comedians rarely reference politics,...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Show Biz
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Sony PRS-505 Ebook Readerhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/it/10052-sony-prs-505-ebook-reader
look bad-ass whilst reading. The Sony reader has a sizable geek cult following, so I can turn my reader into a file server, media center, and space probe navigational console. I can proudly say that I'm not part of the Kindle herd, thus maintaining my...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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Why I Hate the Apple Storehttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/it/10149-why-i-hate-the-apple-store
simple. Microsoft shows it to you to make it available. Both approaches aren't without flaws, but when working outside the "media creator" realm that Mac excels at, Apple can really get on my nerves. When it comes to IT stuff, the free alternative OS...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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support Netflix unblocking, it currently only supports the USA region. Getflix does support unblocking for lots of other media services, though. Pandora and Amazon Prime Video USA work swimmingly! Step 2: Sign Up for a Netflix Account (Duh!) Now that...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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out the logistics of this. For now please feel free to contact me using the link at the very bottom or via Facebook (social media links also at the bottom) with your IT-related queries. NOTES * Please do not ask for support using the blog comment...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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a girl and represents the joy a new child can bring to the family. It is a beautiful name that has been used in cultural and media productions for years and still remains popular in Japan and surrounding nations. It is not so popular overseas in the US,...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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be opened in your name. - More info here: Living Abroad - Credit Reporting, Alerting, and Freezing BEST PRACTICES - SOCIAL MEDIA - Review your security and privacy settings. Then review them again. - Turn on login notifications. This emails you when...
- Type: Article
- Author: Japanatron
- Category: IT