Category: 745: Netflix, Silverlight and Cartoons, Reader Feedback, TotW: Faster DNS Servers

About a week ago, I was surfing the web on my iPad and tapped a link. Safari tried to load the page but stalled. I waited a minute or so and tried another site to no avail. I tried quitting Safari and re-opening it with the same result. I then tried my girlfriend’s iMac without…

Here in the Mad River Valley of Vermont, we are fortunate to have high-speed Internet access via the local utility, Waitsfield Telecom. Much of the system was just upgraded from 1.5 Mb/sec to 6 Mb/sec, some of us can upgrade to 12MB/sec, and some new constructions can even have fiber to their home or business.…

__From Tech Tails reader Paul K.__ “Hi Matt! I was reading Tech Tails and I have a solution to the problem you describe in your article ‘Let it Sleep.’ I used to be annoyed having to wait some seconds before my MacBook Pro would go to sleep until I found a preference pane called “Smart…

Netflix offers a video streaming service that is much-loved by its members, so much so that many are canceling their traditional television service. The streaming service is generally quite reliable, but relatively new, so troubleshooting can be tricky. Last week, a customer who had just upgraded from an iBook to a MacBook was suddenly unable…

Happy Tuesday, After a rainy Sunday and Monday, the Mad River Valley is once again covered in snow. Many of our dirt roads thawed with the warm rain, and now with temperatures in the twenties, the ruts thawed in place. Driving home is going to be an exercise in patience for a while. We’re nearly…