Sunday Beauty #55
Another picture of interest for your Sunday…
“Hüter des Feldes” (which I think means “Guardian of the field”), by Rainer Lippert. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
Today’s free download: Miro is a free HD video player. It can play almost any video file and offers over 6,000 free internet TV shows and video podcasts. (Converts and syncs to Android.) See, 9 Reasons why Miro is better than what you have now.
Today’s quote: “When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
Enjoy your day, everyone!
Copyright 2007-2011 © “Tech Paul” (Paul Eckstrom). All Rights Reserved.
>> Folks, don’t miss an article! To get Tech – for Everyone articles delivered to your e-mail Inbox, click here, or to subscribe in your RSS reader, click here. <<
5 Comments »
Post your Comment/Question
• About Tech Paul
I am a Retired computer & network technician. I used to think the machines were pretty cool. Now I don’t.
They’re anything but.
I regularly posted how-to’s and tricks & tips and general computing advice here starting in 2007. (Use the Search tool to find answers. But be aware, many are rather dated.) Sometimes I answered (your) specific questions in an article if I believed the answer was generally helpful to “everyone”. All the writing you see was my own, typos and all. There always is/was an implied “IMHO” in what you see here.
Note: You are responsible for using this blog and its content. I am in no way liable for any losses caused by user error, viruses and/or other malware, hardware or software failure, or any other conceivable reason.
-
Say "thank you!" Buy Tech Paul a cup of coffee (and keep T4E ad free).
-
-
McAfee® Cybersafety Resource Portal, an online help center designed to assist victims of computer crime and provide information on how to avoid becoming a victim.
-
Subscribe to Tech--for Everyone by EmailRecent Comments
-
-
-
-
Also:
-
-
Tech - for Everyone 
Hey Paul… That looks like a giant chia pet!
Rick
LikeLike
TechPaul,
You really caught my attention with the blurb on Miro… Good as or better than VideoLan?
Rick
LikeLike
Rick,
I am afraid I really cannot answer that question.. While I am a fan of VLC, I have to say that my use of it was back in the days of XP. Now I play any videos I may get in Windows Media Center. (WMC has improved. And Microsoft also has codec packs..)
Miro is supposed to provide all the codecs, (like VLC) and also be designed to render HD video better, but it also provides content (IPTV) — though I cannot remember being too terribly impressed with the selection (I am not trying to watch the Paraguay soccer team.. or see the Ukrainian crop report) way back when I played with it.
I think VLC might be better if you are doing any converting, and Miro might be better if you are just viewing…
And, yes, chia pet does seem to fit this very strange looking tree… ha!
LikeLike
TechPaul,
Thanks on the reply… I am a big fan of VLC due it has never let me down. Miro seems to be more feature driven and may have to try it. I’ve heard of it; just never put it in my sandbox to play with it. Thanks for your input; very helpful.
Rick
LikeLike
And your question has triggered me to add Miro to my list of “when time allows” reviews. It has been too long since I last gave it a test drive. (At least a year [I think].. and you know how long a year is in tech time!)
LikeLike