So last week we served up some sites and programs you could use to watch television programming on your computer or mobile device.  While some people have certainly embraced the glory of streaming internet television, some people still prefer getting their fix from the 60″ flatscreen holding court in their living room. But what if you could get all that lovely internet TV on your actual TV?  Without the pesky bother of paying for cable?  Well, look no farther.  Here are a handful of options you can use to accomplish just that feat.

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Lets face it, Leopard is great, but you mac may be long in the tooth. What to do? You can always stick some more memory in the machine. I know, times are tough and you don’t want to spend money. Believe it or not , the 3D dock in Leopard takes up bit of resources just to make it shiny. “We don’t need that”, you yell at me. Very well, this is how to get rid of it.

Open up terminal ( it’s in your application folder under utilities, you can also just type terminal in spotlight).
Enter this in the window:
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES; killall Dock

The dock should close out and open up in 2D mode. There you have it, a short and sweet hack. If you ever want to change it back all you have to do is set the Boolean value to NO in that command.

Netbooks, you either love them or hate them. Small, lightweight, inexpensive computers that are designed for portability and getting a quick email, twitter or google in while you’re on the road.  Sometimes Windows just doesn’t cut it and you need your OS X fix.  Unfortunately Apple hasn’t come out with a Netbook yet (hint), but the homebrew community has found a way to make OS X and the HP Mini work together.

I’ll admit that this is a little more techie than some people can handle, but it’s really only 12 steps!  Once you find the right software to download (explained in the link below) it’s a pretty easy thing to get working.

Basically you install OS X from a DVD, then the drivers, cross your fingers and everything should “Just Work”. YMMV

How to install OS X on an HP Mini

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