Month: November 2005

On this week’s Weezy and The Swish, the duo interview Fritz Coleman [ http://www.nbc4.tv/nbc4/1310077/detail.html ], a playright, comedian, and a household name in the LA area. If you think it’s kind of silly that Weezy and Laura spent this podcast essentially interviewing their local weatherman, you’d be way off base. It’s definitely a fun interview. Check it out!

Weezy and The Swish Episode 23 // November 15, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]

Patrick and Robert and the Digital Life TV gang ARE soliciting suggestions for the format of the show, whether you’d like to see any changes made to the format, the content, or the media types and availability of the show. This week Patrick is down in Baja working on race cars for the Baja 1000, but in the meantime they’re taking suggestions! Head on over, read the questions, and email them with your input!

[ http://digitallifetv.com/blogs/digitallifetv/archive/2005/11/15/2172.aspx ]

This week’s edition of Lab Rats is up and ready to go! This week Andy and Sean show us how to use msconfig in Windows to control what loads when our computers start up. Advanced geeks might think this is a little pedestrian, but speaking as someone who has to wade through slow booting and slow loading computers every day, I can say that msconfig is probably one of the most underrated tools already built into windows. It’s very powerful and very easy to use, and gives you a great deal of control over the performance of your system. It’s definitely worth knowing how to work with. The pair say they can cut your boot time in half by using msconfig properly, and it’ll help you get rid of unwanted spyware and adware that load when your computer starts up, whether you want it to or not. And of course, the kitties make their grand appearances. Head on over and grab it now:

Lab Rats Episode 4 // November 14, 2005 – [ episode notes and download links ]

This week’s Cyberwalker Mondays has Andy, Mike, and their callers on AM 640 Toronto (640 AM) on The Stafford Show chatting about getting music videos onto your new iPod, and while you’re at it, getting steamier adult content onto them as well, why you would get phished on purpose (as Andy did), why bother with a firewall at all, and free antivirus alternatives. Also, Andy manages to plug Lab Rats, his new net video tech show!

CyberWalker Mondays Episode 6 // November 14, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]

This week’s Command-N has Mikey sporting a lab coat. Seriously! Amber and Mikey talk more about the new iPod that plays video, and where to get good video for your iPod, Apple’s hit the million switchers mark, and that’s only in 2005, and a new Command-N that’s specially formatted for the iPod! Yahoo! and TiVO strike a deal, and some of Google’s newest projects, all this and the weekly web picks you’ve come to know and love, this week on Command-N!

Command-N Episode 22 // November 14, 2005 – [ episode notes and download links ]

Happy 20th, DiggNation! Walking the fine line between absurdity, hilarity, inane, mindless, and enlightening, DiggNation is one of the best and most popular podcasts on the web. All this in only 20 episodes. Way to go, guys! This week on DiggNation, Kevin and Alex chat about the most dugg stories at Digg.com this week, including Hong Kong architecture, the email time capsule that lets you send yourself a note years in the future, a thread full of comments right after the first iPod was released and the funny takes people had on the new product back then, Torrent Finder, AMD passes Intel in chip sales for the first time ever, and of course, Sony’s rootkit DRM. The podcast is up now, head on over and grab it!

DiggNation Episode 20 // November 10, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]

This week’s Security Now returns to the topic that Leo and Steve were discussing prior to being so rudely interrupted by the Sony rootkit DRM story last week. Leo and Steve were discussing securing your wireless network, and this week they continue to the topic by talking about WPA and ways to securie your wireless network, no matter what it takes. The pair finish up their discussion on last week’s Sony rootkit DRM also. Head on over and download it now:

Security Now! Episode 13 /November 11, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]

This week’s Digital Life TV is up and ready for download. It airs live and streaming every Tuesday night at 9PM ET over at the Digital Life website [ http://www.digitallifetv.com/ ] but of course if you’re like me and totally missed the most recent episode, then you can head over and download it. This week Patrick and Robert talk about what “Real HD” means and why you might be shopping for that next year instead of “HDTV,” Sony’s Rootkit DRM technology and what you can do if you’re infected (and I use that word intentionally), Microsoft’s 30th birthday and where they are today and if they’ll be relevant tomorrow, and lots of guests, segments, and viewer questions. Enjoy!

Digital Life TV Episode 13 // November 8, 2005 – [ episode notes and download links ]

Another podcast that’s getting up there in episiodes is Weezy and The Swish, on their 22nd episode now! This week heralds the return of the Swish, and some highlights from the star students in Weezy’s comedy class. The two discuss what’s happening on the Weezy and The Swish message boards, and much much more! The new show is up for download, head over and grab it now!

Weezy and The Swish Episode 22 // November 8, 2005 – [ episode notes | download links ]

This week on Command-N has Amber and Mikey still without a proper studio, but lucky enough to do the show from iPrimate in Toronto’s Liberty Village. This week’s episode also includes an interview with Mike Shaver from the Mozilla Foundation. This week’s show includes topics like the announcement by Microsoft to do completely online versions of Windows and Office called Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Office Live, and Windows Live Messenger, the pair’s take on Apple’s video sales through the iTunes video store so far, and the new Yahoo! Maps. Amber and Mikey talk about the new Firefox release candidate, and give us their web picks of the week! Enjoy!

Command-N Episode 21 // November 7, 2005 – [ episode notes and download links ]

Andy’s back again, wrappimg up and providing us with his weekly radio bit about technology and taking live, unscripted calls and answering tech questions on AM 640 Toronto (640 AM) on The Stafford Show. This week’s CyberWalker Mondays has Andy, Mike, and callers talking about using Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0 for home video editing, deciding between a Mac or a PC, DSL or a cable modem, and what’s up with this new thing called Revver [ http://www.revver.com/ ] that promises to pay you for your videos? Download the mp3 today to find out!

CyberWalker Mondays Episode 5 – [ episode notes | download ]

This week’s edition of Lab Rats is up and ready for download! Andy and Sean discuss camcorder features using crackers and cheese (no, I don’t know yet, I still have to watch the episode) and somehow make the analogy between the numminess that is cheese and crackers and topics like image stabilization, the question of getting a camcorder that uses tape versus a completely digital camcorder that uses memory cards, and the pair attempt to demystify some of the other terms and features you’ll encounter when shopping around for a new camcorder. Enjoy!

Lab Rats Episode 3 // November 8, 2005 – [ episode notes and download links ]

This week on DiggNation, Kevin and Alex cover the usual-the most dugg stories over at digg.com [ http://www.digg.com/ ] including robust iTunes video sales, Nintendo graphics, artificial “trees” that could help end global warming, Motorola’s new and upcoming iTunes phone-that promises to be much much better than the ROKR, the IE tab plugin for Firefox, and much much more. Head on over and check it out:

DiggNation Episode 19 // November 3, 2005 – [ episode notes | download links ]

Security Now! fans rejoice! Leo and Steve have gotten together early to publish the most recent Security Now! that covers the whole debaucle over Sony/BMG using rootkit technology to impliment DRM on the machines of people who have purchased DRM protected music from Sony recently. The story broke earlier this week, partly due to the excellent work of J Alex Halderman, who runs the Freedom To Tinker blog [ http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=919 ]

and he goes on with the story in the following posts:

[ http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=920 ]
[ http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=921 ]

The issue is important for everyone, and if you want a good first step to protect yourself, disabling autorun on your home computer is definitely a good idea. But back to point: Leo and Steve get together early to discuss exactly what’s going on, and to try and boil it down for the everyday listener and provide some good tips to keep this kind of nonsense off of your computer and protect your personal rights and privacy. Links to tools and more information can be found in the episode notes. Snag it today!

Security Now Episode 12 // 2 November, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]

This week’s Digital Life TV aired as usual, on Tuesday night the 2nd of November, at 9PM EST. But if you missed it, you can download the show on demand from their website. This week’s show included showing off the Digital Life TV viewer map on Frappr, a viewer question about why they have commericals during the show, and getting video onto your shiny new video-capable iPod. At the same time, the guys will show you how to get your video onto your PSP, if you chose that route instead, and the guys run down a few universal remote controls that claim to give you complete control over your networked home. Also, more viewer questions, and upcoming segments! Head on over and download it if you don’t have it already:

Digital Life TV Episode 12 // November 2, 2005 – [ episode notes and download links ]

Another Weezy and The Swish to get you through this boring Tuesday! This week is sans Swish, but the crew has brought on Brett Gilbet [ http://www.brettgilbert.com/ ] as guest host, who has been in a number of television shows, commercials, and movies, albeit not anything near a starring role-but hey, it’s everyone ELSE that makes it a movie and not just a play on a big screen, right? Right. So head over and download this week’s Weezy and The Gilbert!

Weezy and The Swish Episode 21 // November 1, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]

This week’s cyberwalker Mondays has Andy and Mike talking with callers about Spyware removal, cleaning out viruses from your system by booting into Safe Mode first, what you have to do to avoid worm infections on fresh windows installs. They’ll also answer questions about using TiVo in Canada. Enjoy!

Cyberwalker Mondays Episode 4 // October 31, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]