Day: January 2, 2007

Merlin Mann, Alex Lindsay, and Daniel Dilger gather around for this end-of-the-year MacBreak Weekly, and together they discuss whether or not upgrading to Vista is the same as suicide (yes), judging when your hard drive will Die, iLike, and much much more.

MacBreak Weekly Episode 21 // December 30, 2006
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An episode of MacBreak closes out the year for us; this one Leo Laporte and Kwesi Collisson get together to chat about visual effects in the movie Conversations with Other Women, and the challenges in compiling those effects.

MacBreak Episode 36 // December 30, 2006
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Martin Sargent is back at it again, drifting the web and then heading out into reality to find the web’s strangest stories in the real world. Martin heads to Intercourse, PA (a town not nearly as interesting as its name, trust me) to find out the dirty secrets of this mostly Amish town. Martin beckons:

It is here, amongst the rolling hills, rivers and idyllic corn fields that a man named Eric White couldn’t get laid and therefore used his technological genius to build a mechanical device that he believes is in fact superior to a human female for the purposes of sexual gratification. He calls it “The Virtual Sex Machine,” and I shudder to think what the simple Amish folk riding by his farmhouse in their horse and buggies would think if they knew what gurgled and churned within. I mean, I’m Internet’s Martin Sargent, I’ve been around, seen some unspeakable things, and it was almost too much for me. Will it be for you?

Sounds scary.

Web Drifter Episode 3 // December 30, 2006
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Bert Monroy closes out the year with one last look at his amazing piece of all-digital art, Damen, in the last of this three part series showing you how you can make and examine incredible digital art using tools that every designer should have. Bert shows us how the rusty bolts and beams were made, and brings attention to the textures in the piece.

Pixel Perfect with Bert Monroy Episode 12 // December 28, 2006
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The last DL.TV of the year (last year, that is) was another fun one, Robert was on his own, but no matter-Robert shows us how to surf the web with your Wii controller, some cool home theater sound options, calibrating your HDTV, and much more.

DL.TV Episode 124 // December 28, 2006
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The last CrankyGeeks of 2006 was a doozy, John C and Sebastian Rupley get together with Anil Dash, Evangelist, Six Apart; and Harry Fuller, Executive Editor, CNET News to get cranky just before the New Year! The group rounds up the top best tech of 2006, the worst tech of 2006, high tech toxins and hazardous materials, and the possible end to Web 2.0.

CrankyGeeks Episode 42 // December 27, 2006
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