https://aaron.blog/tags/opinion/Recent content in Opinion on The Dangling PointerHugoen-usThu, 01 Dec 2016 20:38:17 +0000https://aaron.blog/why-single-sign-on-is-stabby/Thu, 01 Dec 2016 20:38:17 +0000https://aaron.blog/why-single-sign-on-is-stabby/<p>Want to know why I really don't care for single sign-on? Let's pretend I want to sign into StackOverflow.com.</p><h1 id="the-flow">The Flow</h1><blockquote>Oooh! I want to check my reputation on StackOverflow! Oh crap, this is a new computer. Let me log in!</blockquote><figure><img src="2016-12-01_14-21-26.png" class="kg-image" alt="2016-12-01_14-21-26.png" loading="lazy" width="1135" height="349"></figure><figure><img src="2016-12-01_14-22-05.png" class="kg-image" alt="2016-12-01_14-22-05.png" loading="lazy" width="730" height="532"></figure><blockquote>Huh. Well, let's check 1Password.</blockquote><figure><img src="2016-12-01_14-22-42.png" class="kg-image" alt="2016-12-01_14-22-42.png" loading="lazy" width="346" height="304"></figure><blockquote>Shit. I didn't save my password. Oh wait, maybe it was Google?</blockquote><figure><img src="2016-12-01_14-24-33.png" class="kg-image" alt="2016-12-01_14-24-33.png" loading="lazy" width="403" height="629"></figure><blockquote>Okay I think it's the second one.</blockquote><p><br></p><figure><img src="2016-12-01_14-29-49.png" class="kg-image" alt="2016-12-01_14-29-49.png" loading="lazy" width="532" height="489"></figure><blockquote>Um. Okay? Allow.</blockquote><figure><img src="2016-12-01_14-30-061.png" class="kg-image" alt="2016-12-01_14-30-06.png" loading="lazy" width="755" height="375"></figure><blockquote>That wasn't it. Let me click Back and see if it was Facebook.</blockquote><p><br></p>https://aaron.blog/cable-companies-please-take-my-money/Tue, 24 Dec 2013 15:57:44 +0000https://aaron.blog/cable-companies-please-take-my-money/<p>I cut the cord two years ago from cable TV but am interested in using apps for the iPad and Roku to watch live cable TV.  I called Time Warner Cable today to ask them if they offered a cable TV package that wouldn't require a physical installation.  TL;DR - using the TWC TV apps (iPad, Android tablet, Roku) requires a physical install.</p><h1 id="my-situation">My Situation</h1><p>Most of the summer (April - October) I'm not home on the weekends as we have a seasonal spot at a campground about 3 hours away from home.  We ended up cutting cable two years ago and don't really miss it for what we used of it.  At one time I ran a <a href="http://www.mythtv.org" rel="noopener">MythTV</a> server with two tuner cards, and it worked well.  I have since moved to two dual-tuner <a href="http://www.silicondust.com" rel="noopener">HDHomeRun</a> units with <a href="http://www.elgato.com/eyetv/eyetv-3" rel="noopener">Elgato's EyeTV</a> running on a Mac mini.  It works well enough and it allows me to stream and download any recorded content to my iPad/iPhone.  I can even watch live remotely and not pay anything extra.</p>