LostInTechnology

Review: Logitech Harmony 659 Universal Remote

Posted on 24. Sep, 2009 by Bryan.Castleberry.

The other day I was surfing around Amazon, and I saw a Logitech Harmony universal remote used for around $45. I’ve always thought they were pretty neat, so I spent about oh.. 3 seconds thinking about it.. and then it was on its way. I’ve always thought spending more than $20 for a universal remote was a bit ludicrous, but I must say I see the appeal now that I’ve had a few days to customize and use this remote.

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Peek Pronto Review

Posted on 30. Jun, 2009 by Kyle Judkins.

A month or so ago, I was selected to participate in a Peek Pronto review program.  I was sent two Peek Prontos to review and test out for a month.  Well, that month is over and now I’m going to tell you about my experience with this little device.

You may have caught in the opening paragraph that I received TWO Peeks.  Why would I need two?  Well, to give one away of course!  And if you’re me, to give BOTH away!!  Look for details on how to enter the giveaway tomorrow.

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Make Your Computer Into a Webserver with XAMPP

Posted on 05. May, 2009 by srikanth.

There are vast number of open source frameworks on the web which can be configured and customized to build a wide range of websites from ecommerce to event management. But, if you want to test run a new software package you came across on the server, it would be a tedious task, as you would be entirely naive to the control interface.

Rather than testing a package on the server, you can install Apache web server and make your PC work as a local server and test run software packages like WordPress, Drupal, Elgg or any other open source frameworks. But, its not that easy to install an Apache web server and it gets harder if you want to add MySQL, PHP and Perl.

XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. You just need to download and extract to start experimenting.

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