Philip Nelson

Is your HP printer initializing every 5 minutes? I may have discovered the secret!

Philip — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:50:57 +0000

I purchased an HP LaserJet CM1415fnw last night and setup seemed pretty straight forward and easy.. All was well until I tried to go to sleep. Every 5 minutes, the printer would reboot and initialize.. DROVE ME CRAZY.

I spent an hour online with HP tech support and they determined it was most likely a hardware problem.

I boxed up the printer and returned it to Office Depot today.

Imagine my frustration when I installed the new printer and it also started rebooting every 5min. I immediately went to the web and started searching for answers. I ran across a thread in the HP forums were someone asked a simple question, “Do you have a Boxee Box on your network?”

That lead me to search for Boxee HP issues and led me to the thread on the Boxee forums that saved the day!

Thanks to the Milkman for posting the solution! For curious minds, here is a link to the original thread..

I found this thread while on my 3rd 35min call into HP tech support while waiting on my last lengthy hold session while the support agent consulted with his supervisor on how to handle this case. Thanks to all for posting about this. My HP Laserjet Pro CM1415fnw was also rebooting about every 5 minutes while the printer was connected to either my wired or wireless network (only USB was OK).

HP tech support had no idea how to resolve this. They assumed I had a dud and sent me a refurb printer to replace my new unit. They had no ability to enable debug logs to help determine what was causing the printer to crash and reboot. Instead their only other idea was to replace my router which they assumed was the cause of this network interoperability problem.

The fix on this forum indeed saved the day! HP updated their tech support database with this fix today so HOPEFULLY future callers like me might have a chance of getting some help from them if they search on a similar issue. I would like to give back in a small way by posting step by step instructions for newbies on how to fix this issue (as the setting is not available directly on the printer. . .at least not anywhere that HP Support or I could find):

(1) Log into the printer’s web interface using your web browser and navigating to the printer’s IP address,
(2) Select the “Networking” tab on the printer’s web page,
(3) Select “Advanced” on the left column,
(4) Remove the check box next to “WS-Discovery”
(5) Click on the “Apply” button at the bottom of the page.

I do agree with comments from previous posts that this is an HP bug which Boxee could do their part to help work around by limiting the amount of unnecessary network traffic while AV is not streaming. Casual Boxee users may not be able to so easily discover this specific fix so Boxee could help prevent this type of issue before it happens

Happy Star Wars Day.. May the 4th Be With You!

Philip — Sat, 05 May 2012 03:30:05 +0000

As May 4th aka Star Wars Day comes to a close, I thought it would only be fitting to share the Star Wars “Party with My Friends” Sing Along!

May the 4th Be With You until next year!

GI Joe Retaliation Trailer

Philip — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:42:04 +0000

Looks like a midnight showing is in my future! YO Joe!!!

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Wired: Man Successfully Flies With Custom-Built Bird Wings

Philip — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:52:41 +0000

A project started by engineers grandfather is realized using modern technology.

Using videogame controllers, an Android phone and custom-built wings, a Dutch engineer named Jarno Smeets has achieved birdlike flight.

Smeets flew like an albatross, the bird that inspired his winged-man invention, on March 18 at a park in The Hague.

“I have always dreamed about this. But after 8 months of hard work, research and testing it all payed off,” Smeets said on his YouTube page.

Read the Wired article HERE

Feds are thrilled with connected TV’s.. Will transform ‘transform clandestine tradecraft’

Philip — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:56:52 +0000

When people download a film from Netflix to a flatscreen, or turn on web radio, they could be alerting unwanted watchers to exactly what they are doing and where they are.
Spies will no longer have to plant bugs in your home – the rise of ‘connected’ gadgets controlled by apps will mean that people ‘bug’ their own homes, says CIA director David Petraeus.
The CIA claims it will be able to ‘read’ these devices via the internet – and perhaps even via radio waves from outside the home.

Can computer viruses effect human health? YES!

Philip — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:18:27 +0000

What an interesting story from Sky News.. A cybernetics profession implanted with an RFID chip has contracted a computer virus and he has spread it to all of the security keys in his building.. What would happen if the electronics in your pacemaker get a some sort of virus? Pretty scary stuff!

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Hooked – LightWave Animated Short

Philip — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:54:21 +0000

NewTek received an awesome letter from LightWave artist..Ben Cooper. I had to share the letter and his fantastic animated short with you!

Hooked from Character Matters on Vimeo.

My name is Ben Cooper and i am the lead-lighting artist at Character Matters
Animation Studios in South Africa.

Our short-film “Hooked” was lit, shaded and rendered in Lightwave and is
currenlty being featured at a large number of film festivals globally
incl. The Toronto International Film Festival.

Here is a link to the vimeo link: http://vimeo.com/19475041

Many responses we had were people who asked me if i used Renderman or Arnold and
were quite surprised when they learned it was done with Lightwave.I love working
with Lightwave for it’s ease of use and the beautiful native renderer.

Thanks for making such an awesome program to bring our art to life!

All the best,

Ben Cooper.

Article: How One Tech Company Got MTV to Embrace Live Music

Philip — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:12:33 +0000

How One Tech Company Got MTV to Embrace Live Music

Seven years ago a Texas company called NewTek launched TriCaster, a product that essentially puts all the equipment from a TV news truck into one box. It’s affordable as broadcasting equipment goes, with rigs as cheap as $5000.

There is even a video interview with yours truly!

Read the entire article HERE

I wonder how many people wanted to take Karate after watching this video?

Philip — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:29:00 +0000

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Practical Joke: Senile Old Man as Grocery Cashier

Philip — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:12:54 +0000

Love the reaction from these customers when a senile old man scans each item they purchase multiple times.

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