of mice and pen - Latest Comments

Re: Ruby on Rails – Disabling a select tag using the select helper

B Seven — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:46:57 -0000

Thanks! It helped me a lot and it is very easy to understand.

Re: Meta – Migrating mice and pen from posterous to wordpress

Download Files — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:18:18 -0000

Thanks for the post. It was interesting to read. One minus the pretty heavy information to digest.

Re: Accessing US-only blocked content in Canada (video)

Kory Mathewson — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:52:44 -0000

Just wanted to say, I have been loving this hack. Thanks again.

Re: Accessing US Content From Canada with a Boxee Box

DaveO — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:45:51 -0000

Cool.
I got the free trial to try out on my Wii specifically, but haven't got it to work, as the link above notes. Unfortunately, relegated to just the computer for now, I think I might let the trial expire until they either fix the issue or I get a compatible device (Boxee, etc.).

Re: Accessing US Content From Canada with a Boxee Box

benzittlau — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:29:22 -0000

Hi DaveO,
I have not tested this method on AppleTV, only on a computer and a Boxee Box. It is possible that Unblock Us's information is out of date, or it is possible that the Boxee Box just happens to be one of the devices that works. I don't personally own an Apple TV, but I do have access to one. I'll test this out when I get a chance and update my post when I have an update.

Cheers!
Ben

Re: Meta – Migrating mice and pen from posterous to wordpress

Privatdetektiv — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:15:07 -0000

Oh it's look like you have used too much mind and concentration for making this post because you have posted very rarely seen information specially for beginners like me. Nice Post...........thanks For posting.

Re: Accessing US Content From Canada with a Boxee Box

DaveO — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:56:41 -0000

It seems, according to their website, that a Canadian Netflix account only works via the computer, iPad or iPhone: http://support.unblock-us.com/...

Otherwise, for other devices like a Wii in my case, it appears that you need to have a US Netflix account. The same appears to go for other devices like Apple TV, etc. So, I'm puzzled how you got it to work with your Boxee?

Re: Accessing US-only blocked content in Canada (video)

benzittlau — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:51:07 -0000

Hey joeladria ,
Few comments. What Dreamhost allows or does not allow as usage of their services has always been somewhat unclear. This will likely consume much less bandwidth than other uses of their services, so I find it likely that as a paying customer they will not mind this use terribly. However, that being said, If you are using them to host mission critical services than I would likely be cautious about performing any actions that could disrupt those services (whether I think it's a good idea to have mission critical services on Dreamhost is another discussion!)

There are plenty of other alternative hosts through which this type of usage is clearly within the terms of use (Linode, RackSpace, EC2, etc.) and if you have one of those alternatives available they are probably a better option to use (note that EC2 might incur some decent costs depending on how much bandwidth you are using).

Cheers!
Ben

Re: Accessing US-only blocked content in Canada (video)

joeladria — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:41:11 -0000

While this is an excellent hack, Dreamhost and/or any other webhost might not always be happy about streaming through their server. I'm with dreamhost and have quite a few sites with them, and wouldn't want them locking up my sites over something like this :-)

Re: Accessing US-only blocked content in Canada (video)

Oddman — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:42:32 -0000

Great presentation at DemoCamp. Very helpful.

Re: Meta – Migrating mice and pen from posterous to wordpress

USB 3G — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:25:29 -0000

Oh nice, thanks for your
information!

Re: Accessing US Content From Canada with a Boxee Box

benzittlau — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:56:52 -0000

Yes, Netflix uses your current location to determine the available content. From their Terms of Use:

"Geographic Limitation: You may instantly watch a movie or TV show through the Netflix service only in geographic locations where we offer our service. The content that may be available to watch will vary by geographic location. Netflix will use technologies to verify your geographic location."

Re: Accessing US Content From Canada with a Boxee Box

Rob Davy — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 04:29:59 -0000

http://support.unblock-us.com/...
Answered my own questions...
"Netflix allows owners of Canadian Netflix accounts to access US content while they're “travelling to US”." lol

Re: Accessing US Content From Canada with a Boxee Box

Rob Davy — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 04:15:40 -0000

What about Netflix payment? Are you using a US credit card?

Re: Ruby on Rails – Disabling a select tag using the select helper

michelegera — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:16:47 -0000

Thanks!I keep banging my head against this, and I forgot the syntax every time.Bookmarked for future reference!

Re: SkypeIn – Another service not available in Canada

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Re: SkypeIn – Another service not available in Canada

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Re: Part 3 of 3: Pandora in Canada – A step-by-step workaround

bryan — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:15:13 -0000

Or just use tunnelbear.

Re: Rails Host Review – (the bad) HostingRails

Justin — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:53:14 -0000

I have had an account with hostingrails.com for a few years. My experiences is like Sasha's. When I first went with them, they were phenomenal. Great service, great prices, great server performance, more or less great all around. And then about a year ago or so they just went to crap. I guess it was when they got bought. My cost went up, the performance went down, and I am generally not happy with the product. I am currently looking for another provider, so any suggestions would be great.

Re: Rails Host Review – (the bad) HostingRails

Sasha — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 07:12:45 -0000

I had more then 30 accounts with hostingrails.com Now i have just 4 more.. Dont ask why! The guys there are IDIOTS!! Period! It was the best hosting i ever saw and then, after they were bought it all went bye bye...I transfered to another hoster and i am pretty happy with them..Bye bye hostingrails.com

Re: Configure Dreamhost to act as a DNS for your Posterous Custom Domain

ads1 — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:08:08 -0000

Thanks a lot, this is exactly what I needed. Much appreciated, if I could send a beer over the interweb I would have!

Re: Configure Dreamhost to act as a DNS for your Posterous Custom Domain

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Re: Rails Host Review – (the bad) HostingRails

Andy — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 08:40:00 -0000

Wish I'd seen this earlier, I'm on my 4th support e-mail now to just migrate. "Rails 3.0 out of the box"... I think not ! :(

Re: Apps4Edmonton – Open Data App Competition

Stephen Kiers — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 02:27:05 -0000

I agree with your post. I put up a blog post @ http://blog.stephenkiers.com/s... as well. It is a great idea but, IMHO, needed better organization.

Re: Apps4Edmonton – Open Data App Competition

Mark Bennett — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:46:22 -0000

Great post Ben! I build http://yegtrash.com as an entry for this competition and couldn't agree with your thoughts more.Overall, I've come away with a really positive feeling from the Apps4Edmonton contest and think it's gone great for a first run. The issues with voting and clarifications about rules where both frustrating, but had a minor impact on my app. I'm proud of the City of Edmonton for taking this initiative and am thrilled to see how many useful apps have come out of this. I was also impressed with how accessible and responsive the judges where to any comments posted on twitter.Great work on My Edmonton!