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Archive for October, 2006

Lab Rats // Episode 48

Posted by Alan Henry on October 31st, 2006

Getting back to the “demystified” series of Lab Rats episodes, Andy and Sean are back in the saddle this week to explain to us how GPS technology works, what GPS is, and give us a little history into GPS, as well as make a few suggestions towards some decent GPS devices. All this with melons [...]

CommandN // Episode 67

Posted by Alan Henry on October 31st, 2006

This week’s CommandN is a Halloween Special! They chat about some Halloween stories; like the photos from the zombie wedding and how to get the best photos of you and your friends’ Halloween costumes, and the Toronto Zombie Lurch! Also, they celebrate the launch of both Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer 7, and look into [...]

This Week in Tech [TWiT] // Episode 74

Posted by Alan Henry on October 30th, 2006

This week’s TWiT isn’t really a full TWiT, since it’s kind of your standard flashback episode. You know the one, where the story has progressed enough that the people behind the show take a break and re-run footage from previous episodes in a montage to tell a new, short story? Yeah-Joe Kelly compiled this hour-long [...]

DiggNation // Episode 69

Posted by Alan Henry on October 30th, 2006

Hot number 69 for the DiggNation folks! Congrats! This week Alex and Kevin chat about the official release of Firefox 2.0, the IE team sending a cake to the Firefox dev team to congratulate them on shipping (which is wierd to me, I’d figure since FF has had numerous revisions and modifications and gone from [...]

Leoville Town Square Podcast // Episode 40

Posted by Alan Henry on October 30th, 2006

This week on the LTS Podcast, it’s just before halloween, and everyone’s jonesin’ for sugar. Okay seriously, Graham, Jamie, Todd, and Taylor all get together for the discussion this week and discuss some of the interesting tidbits that came out this week, including E! and G4 merging, due to G4′s horrid performance, and the subsequent [...]

DL.TV // Episode 107

Posted by Alan Henry on October 27th, 2006

This week’s DL.TV covers some of the week’s hottest news, like Sony shutting down Japanese importer Lik-Sang, Vista OEM and upgrade options (and which systems will come with Vista for free this fall), and more. Also on the show, why Rockstar’s Bully is actually a really good game, hard drive recovery applications, the woes of [...]

CrankyGeeks // Episode 33

Posted by Alan Henry on October 27th, 2006

This week’s CrankyGeeks hits on a whole lot of issues, so pay attention. Among the topics this week are Diebold’s source code leaking all over the place and now possibly stolen, politics and Google Earth, politics and the web in general leading up to the elections, the so-called “crackdown” on Internet porn, virtual shakespeare, and [...]

Pixel Perfect with Bert Monroy // Episode 4

Posted by Alan Henry on October 27th, 2006

Another Pixel Perfect is out, sooner than expected; Bert explains how to choose the best font, and how to add a few bells and whistles to the text to spice up even the most plain font into something that’ll stand out in an image or a banner. Pixel Perfect with Bert Monroy Episode 4 // [...]

Windows Weekly // Episode 3

Posted by Alan Henry on October 27th, 2006

This week’s Windows Weekly brings Leo and Paul back to the table to discuss their respective nightmares with Dell and Apple support, and about Windows Vista build 6000, and Windows Media Player 11, among other things. Also in the episode, Vista Express upgrades, and the Motion desktop. Windows Weekly Episode 3 // October 27, 2006 [...]

Security Now! // Episode 63

Posted by Alan Henry on October 26th, 2006

This week’s Security Now! is ready to download, and this week Leo and Steve chat about a topic dear to my heart, MojoPac, and how to make your own PC-on-a-USB-drive using it to keep your data, browsing, and other application behavior private regardless of the computer you’re using. Steve walks you through how to use [...]

This Week in Media // Episode 25

Posted by Alan Henry on October 26th, 2006

This week on This Week in Media, Alex Lindsay, Kenji Kato, and John Foster and Scott Bourne get together to chat about making purchases from Apple and what that might mean if you need something from Adobe, podcast money, and much much more. This Week in Media Episode 25 // October 26, 2006 [ episode [...]

Well, it looks like Inside the Net is about to make a change, and it’s looking like it’ll be for the better! Literally moments after (and in the same blog post) as Leo discussed the future of TWiT and that he was a bit tired and frustrated, he announces the future of Inside the Net, [...]

TWiT Lives!

Posted by Alan Henry on October 26th, 2006

Leo’s yielded on the future of TWiT, exclaiming that the outpour of donations, attention, and flood of comments took him totally by surprise. From his most recent post here: I had no idea what a storm my little sentence would generate. Hey, I was tired, dispirited, and trying to figure out how to do a [...]

DL.TV // Episode 106

Posted by Alan Henry on October 26th, 2006

A brand spankin new episode of DL.TV is up and ready to go! Jim Louderback and Robert Heron get together on the show this week to chat, and of course some of the biggest news is the shipping of Firefox 2, and the hundreds of Firefox parties going on across the country to celebrate, Apple’s [...]

Inside the Net with Amber MacArthur // Episode 39

Posted by Alan Henry on October 26th, 2006

This week’s Inside the Net is called “CSS: The Missing Manual,” and David Sawyer McFarland joins Leo, who’s on his own again, to chat about CSS, how important it is to every aspect of web design (and even some application design!) these days, especially with the whole Web 2.0 trend, and McFarland’s new book about [...]

MacBreak // Episode 25

Posted by Alan Henry on October 26th, 2006

Another MacBreak is available for your viewing pleasure, this time Leo Laporte and Jason Snell get together in front of the green screen to show you how to use Default Folder X to designate a specific default save folder for all of your applications, instead of letting the applications themselves set it for you, or [...]

Weezy and The Swish // Episode 72

Posted by Alan Henry on October 25th, 2006

This week on another hilarious Weezy and The Swish, Jackie Kashian joins the crew to chat about the business, comedy clubs and owning them, online dating and how much success you can expect to have with it, cooking chicken, and more. Enjoy, especially the video! Weezy and The Swish Episode 72 // October 25, 2006 [...]

Web Drifter // Episode 2

Posted by Alan Henry on October 25th, 2006

Martin Sargent is back in the saddle of his new show again this week with a brand new episode of Web Drifter! He heads to the mansion of Dr. Fred Bell, who claims to be a direct descendant of Alexander Bell, to see how he managed to amass his incredible wealth of big houses, fast [...]

MacBreak Weekly // Episode 12

Posted by Alan Henry on October 25th, 2006

This week on MacBreak Weekly, Leo Laporte, Merlin Mann, Alex Lindsay, and Scott Bourne get together to chat about Apple’s recent updates to the MacBook Pro, including faster, new Core2 Duo processors and the return of Firewire 800, and Scott decides to buy one. A ton of application picks from the crew, and much much [...]

Lab Rats // Episode 47

Posted by Alan Henry on October 24th, 2006

On this week’s Lab Rats, Andy and Sean give us the formal tour of upgrading your video card, determining whether your current video card is onboard or in a card slot, and show us the difference between AGP, PCI, and PCIe, as well as explaining what all of that means! They even dabble a little [...]