Update / Refresh network media folders for PS3 streaming

Problem: You put new files (music / video / whatever) in your 'shared-media' folder on a networked PC in your home, then you go to your PS3 to play them streaming over the network and they are not in the folder(s) you set up.

Solution: On the PC you are using as a media server you simply need to fire up Media Player (11 or 12, I forget) and let it go through it's discovery and refresh the 'Library'. All should be good.

This is all based on you having everything else set up and working and only having the folder refresh issue. It seems like Media Player has the final say as to what is currently available from the PS3's point of view. Look at like a restaurant menu. If you put new items up for sale, you have to redo the menu don't you and that is what firing up Media Player does.

Hope it works for you, worked for me.



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Farewell Mr. Jobs

Computers are huge part of my life today. When I was young I could not imagine how ingrained computing would be in all our lives on the daily basis that it is. I remember tapping away at the computer in the public library 'cutting code' for a random number generator that mimicked the roll of a dice following example code in a magazine. I think the magazine was called 'Basic', I could be wrong.

Today I am a Software Developer and a video editor by hobby. I've got my hands on a computer keyboard sometimes the majority of the day. It is amazing how exponential computing has grown in such a relatively short amount of time. Equally amazing is how personalized these devices has become in our lives and how embraced they are. Men like Steve Jobs are (were) responsible for the computing revolution. The Apple corporation will not fail or go under. I cannot help but think Steve Jobs instilled enough of his vision through his leadership into the company for that to happen.

Photo courtesy of Apple corporation.

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17 to 48 Husker loss to Wisconsin Badgers - yet I don't care.

Last night was a Husker-Stinger to say the least. I stopped caring about and watching Husker games years ago without even trying. I remember getting gas and overhearing two guys talk about getting back home to 'watch the game' (a Nebraska Cornhusker football game) on TV. The game was starting within an hour. It was a Saturday and late afternoon and I thought to myself that I might go home and watch it too, maybe invite the rest of my family to do the same and maybe order a pizza and make a night of it. That was the last thought I had about the game for the rest of the evening. I totally forgot to remember to tune into the broadcast once I got home and have watched one Husker game since that Saturday some 5 years ago.

I have not lost my love for the state of Nebraska. One day I realized this team of 18 to 22 year old young men had no hold over me. There are very few 18 to 22 year olds I care to be in the company of let alone worship if I may use such a strong word.

To use other slang; I'm not hatin', I'm just sayin'.

Photo from the Chicago Tribune website.

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2 weeks of beautiful mornings

I love walking with my son down to his bus stop every morning. The last 2 weeks have been SOLID BEAUTIFUL!!! Cool mornings with clear blue skies. It brings back memories of walking to school when I was much younger. Enjoy the video.

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DIY Steadi Steady Cam - a little warning...

I made this video to show the steady-cam I made as well as show a little footage shot with it. If you are looking at purchasing or making a steady-cam device I have one piece of advice (more like a 'warning'). They almost work too well. I mean they can be SO SMOOTH that they allow the camera to move so easily and slightly. Don't despair, with a little (a LOT) of practice you can get great shots. They pretty much REQUIRE two hands to operate effectively and get good shots. The one I made went through a few different design changes until I was satisfied. It turned out to be very smooth and fulfilled exactly my warning above. If you are serious about getting smooth walking shots, you can pull it off with a little practice.



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Sick boy... no longer

All is well on the sick front. My son pulled through after 3 days of terrible headaches and not-too-high fevers. There was a point early in the morning, right in the middle of the whole thing, when things got a little worse... Then, bang! He got rapidly better, like within 4 hours. I could tell just by looking at him and it turned out I was right. The final diagnosis was a viral meningitis. He is doing well and his 11th birthday is almost upon us.

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Sunday night at Children's Hospital, my sick little boy.

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A week or so ago my wife, daughter and I went to Red Mango for a frozen yogurt treat. The Red Mango we go to is right across the street from the new TD Ameritrade baseball stadium and just down the street from our neighborhood. The yogurt is good, the toppings are amazing and fresh.

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Tuesday and Wednesday (7/19, 7/20) I got to take my son to his week of 'Golf Camp' at Johnny Goodman golf course. The mornings were great, the rest of the day we had high 90's.

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Nike Skills Challenge & Nike Fieldhouse

I just finished up shooting video at the Nike Fieldhouse here in Omaha just 2 blocks away from the College World Series (CWS). I hooked up with a local photographer who was hired by these guys working for Nike. Today is Monday. It started last Wednesday at a baseball field in Ralston NE (Orval Smith Field) where the Skills Challenge took place. Then when the CWS started Saturday the 18th, the Nike Fieldhouse opened up in a retail space just two blocks from the TD Ameritrade Park, the new home for the CWS, I shot video for 2 hours on Sat, Sun and today (Mon) all to make clips for a 2 minute internal promo video for the guys that ran the Nike thing here in Omaha.
Right now it's 10:00 and I just got done capturing video off two Mini DV Tapes. I'll probably edit tomorrow for it is bedtime.
I have to say it was fun to a point but today, the video session ran into some other things I had to do and I had to push them back to tomorrow when I could have got them done today. It's fun to do what you love and when you can make some money at it, why not? But since last Wednesday till today I discovered where my 'line' is when it comes to working for someone else.

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Friday Afternoon at the 2011 Omaha Summer Art Festival

Here is the first of three videos I made for the Omaha Summer Art Festival.

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How to modify a Vivitar 283 flash / speedlight for variable output

Below should be an embedded video of the 'how to' I made showing how to modify/hack the Vivitar 283 flash to make it an adjustable variable output flash. I made two versions, a 3 minute and an 18 minute version. Each shows the steps, one is quicker than the other. If you are tech-savy and handy in the slightest you will probably be just fine watching the 3 minute video. Feel free to watch both, they have the video clips (with much editing) but I voiced each one differently.



Here are the links, just in case:
Vivitar 283 adjustable flash hack - 18 min

Vivitar 283 adjustable flash hack - 3 min



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Nikon and Canon DSLR comparisons, specs, model, chip, pixels, video, price

I've been wanting to look up the main differences and specs on Nikon and Canon DSLR's for a while. I finally did with the results below:

The (ss) in the Video column means that the LCD viewing screen on the back of the camera body is on a hinge and 'Swings' out. The Nikon D5000 hinges on the bottom and the Canon bodies hinge on the left side of the screen as you look at the back.

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Iowa Blackie caught the westbound...

I met Blackie last year at the National Hobo Convention in Britt Iowa while I was there with a friend shooting footage for a small documentary on the Hobo Convention and some of the attendees.
Blackie was one of the first guys we met and one of the more genuine fellows we talked to. I knew him just a short time (just for four days) until we left to come back to Omaha but he's one of those guys who you won't forget.

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Musical slideshow

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

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I worked on a self-photo today, I've learned a few cool things using Photoshop with layer masks. I try to make the photos not so crazy but at the same time, make them different and noticeable.















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Happy Birthday Pat Wilson

Last Saturday my family and I were invited to a birthday celebration for our friend Pat Wilson. Cameras of both kind were in order and a video was born. It was a fun time, I even got to play some ping pong.


Happy Birthday Pat Wilson - Jan 15, 2011 from Joe Cubicle on Vimeo.


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Duckface by Zeppelin before it was cool

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Nice shadows.

I saw this nice morning scene the other day. I tweaked my cell phone camera (HTC Incredible, 8 MgPix res)for a finer photo and snapped it off.

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