HuberBlog ::Jason Huber

Getting Flash to play in your web page (flv or m4v)

I had a need to get flash to play on a website recently. I took a look around and finally came up with JW FLV Player. So I took the dvd I needed to get on the web (it is a dvd showing the benefits of the Masonic Model Student Assistance Program) and applied handbrake [...]

Another reason to use DropBox

Today I had a student call me on my google voice number and tell me that his laptop would not start up with video. Nothing on the screen. He even tried to hook it to a TV and there was nothing coming out. Video card seemed to be toast. No big deal? Normally this would be [...]

New iPhone Battery – take 2

I replaced my iPhone battery last month with no success. It turns out it was the seller that was the problem. I ordered a new battery from Amazon: Maximal Power Battery with Change Tool Kit and Photo Instructions for iPhone 3G, 3G S (Silver) Worked like a charm. Battery is taking a charge and came with 50% [...]

KidsGames on github.com

I finally got around to taking some of the old apps I wrote – practicing apps – to github. My youngest daughter is just old enough to start using the colors and letters apps I wrote back in the day. These are VERY simple apps that ask the child to pick the right color or letter. [...]

KeePass on the iPhone and DropBox

I like to use KeePass on my laptop. I find it is an easy enough way to create random passwords and NOT remember them. The problem I have is that when I go to use that same website or app on my iPhone I need that random password. Typing that password on my iPhone is [...]

Prezi = PowerPoint redone.

A cool tool I started to use in late January is Prezi.. Just a PPT replacement, but think about the uses. Record yourself presenting in front of class then share the prezi and the video. Two for one. You can drill as deep as you want, so share concepts and as you go deeper perhaps [...]

Vanity Remover – a simple tool

I found something like 1400 folders that had no content. I ran the vanity remover yesterday and haven’t missed anything yet. Does it really matter that you remove empty folders from your HDD? I cannot imagine why, but I am sure someone somewhere will tell you. Check Google. The funny thing about this app is the [...]

New iPhone Battery?

My iPhone lasts about 1 hour. There is nothing I can do to make it last longer. If it is charging when I am talking on it I can see the power drain. I tried to purchase a new battery from ebay user ecell. I received the battery: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200363623970&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT. I installed it using the instructions I found [...]

Two Exchange accounts on one iPhone?

I work for Sage Software as well as DeVry. Both use exchange for their email and I initially thought I could get both Exchange accounts on my iPhone. As most of yo know you can only have one exchange account on your iPhone at a time however. DeVry was a wash since I could not [...]

Google OS.

After reading the “Human’s guide to running Google OS” I was ready to give it a shot. I downloaded Virtual Box (again) and also downloaded The Virtual Machine from gdgt. After that I loaded it up like and virtual hard drive and logged in with my google creds. I was pleasantly surprised, but certainly underwhelmed. I [...]

Have you ever heard

Song of the day. I just found thesixtyone.com and figured I could fill in the days sharing songs that I liked. The Payer by Kid Cudi although it does contain a little bit of explicit lyrics is a great simple song with an easy beat. You can sing along, beat the brain a bit or [...]

DBAN – selling your computer or HDD. Read this

So I sell a fair share of my old computers and I have computers from two of my jobs that I regularly turn in for upgrades. When I do this I like to make sure my data is no longer on the machine. It isn’t that I am doing anything wrong, it is just that I [...]

Passwords, passwords and more passwords

So you know the saying that you need to have a separate password for each site you access right? Most of us do not. I am as guilty of this as anyone. Why is it so important (and why am I going to change my behavior)? Let’s say China gets into Google’s servers and finds my password. [...]

Do you use the “Remember my Password” feature of FireFox

FireFox users are a funny bunch. We think that we are more secure, and generally that the Mozilla foundation takes care of us better than Microsoft is willing to. For the most part this is true and what I am about to expose does not dispel that belief at all. Do you use the Remember my [...]

Security – TrueCrypt

I use TrueCrypt to encrypt on of my thumb drives that I store sensitive information on. Why? Because I can and I should. It can be as simple as creating a TrueCrypt volume on a certain drive, which will look like a file or you can encrypt an entire volume. You can also encrypt a drive [...]