Looks like the set for The Broken [ http://www.thebroken.org/ ] is complete and they’re moving ahead with taping new episodes! Good news for all of us who love our hacker tips from Ramzi, and appreciate the real tech content that we know Kevin Rose is capable of bringing us.
Check out Kevin Rose’s update on his blog:
[ http://www.kevinrose.com/index.php/weblog/trackbacks/207/ ]
Check out his Moblog for pictures from the new set:
[ http://kevinrose.textamerica.com/ ]
I’m a huge advocate of Picasa, Google’s photo application that does more than just catalog all the images on your system, but it’ll do everything from create custom slide shows and presentations to create a searchable index of all of your images, and if you’re like me at all, you have hundreds and hundres of images on your system.
Picasa has always been fast, attractive, and best of all, free-and it beats the pants off of some of the more traditional applications like Vallen JPegger or ACD-See (in my opinion). Installation is simple, the application automatically scans your system (the whole system or just selected locations) for images, organizes them into albums, allows you to perform simple manipulations like removing red-eye or changing the orientation of the images, zoom or change the image size, and simple editing. Create a few slideshows or some galleries to be posted on the web, or just scroll through the albums and pick and choose photos to be added to a special collection, it’s all right at the click of a mouse, and not many clicks at that.
Now all of those features were in the original Picasa, and they’re still around in Picasa 2, and PC World gives us a first look review of the new version of the software. Check out the review, and download and try it-if you take as lot of digital pictures like me, or just download a lot of…::ahem:: images, or maybe even do some web development and want places to keep all those images you’ll need for your new sites, Picasa will help simplify the process.
[ http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,119921,tk,dn030805X,00.asp ]
Well, we all know that our beloved Cat has been doing work for Stuff Magazine [ http://www.stuffmagazine.com/ ] but Cat was so kind as to post the photos from her articles, “Ask The Tech Chick.”
From what I’ve read, a lot of her articles are good, but of course the point of posting pics isn’t to read the article, and well-as they say, pictures speak a thousand words:
[ http://www.catschwartz.com/pixs.html ]
Hot, no?
Call for Help 2.0 is available on G4TechTV Canada. Interested in getting Call for Help aired in the United States again? Click here to help out!
[ http://www.g4techtv.ca/callforhelp/interact/callforhelpusa.shtml ]
Visit Call for Help on the web at:
[ http://www.g4techtv.ca/callforhelp/ ]
Monday, March 7th, 2005
* Andy will review Norton Internet Security 2005.
* Amber shows how to find your favorite music
lyrics online.
* Our Guest will teach us how to scale images
properly in Photoshop.
Tuesday, March 8th, 2005
* Andy demonstrates how to make your own security suite out of freeware.
* Amber explores the iTunes Music Store.
* Our Guest explains how to create synthetic worlds with “Digital Mattes”.
Wednesday, March 9th, 2005
* Andy reviews 3 anti-spam software packages.
* Amber let us into the world of MP3 blogs.
* Our Guest demonstrates how to correct image colors to produce great photos.
Thursday, March 10th, 2005
* Andy explains how to turn your old PC into a music server.
* Amber shows how to create a personal iPod tattoo.
* Our guest let us in virtual sculpting 3-D objects on your computer.
Friday, March 11th, 2005
* Andy diagnoses shutdown problems.
* Amber instructs how to use Excel to track distance running.
* Our guest demonstrates how to organize your life with MS OneNote.
Monday 3/7/2005
Tetsuya Mitsuguchi, “Robots,” Personal Satellite Radios
Tetsuya Mitsuguchi, creator of such unique video games as Space Channel 5 and REZ, explains his game design philosophy. We take a sneak peek at Robots (the new CGI animated feature by the creators of Ice Age), review the latest personal satellite radios, and we take a hard look at Uwe Boll’s career of turning video games into crappy movies. Plus, we have Kevin R.’s Dark Deals, Sarah’s Gems of the Internet, and Kevin P.’s First 50.
Tuesday 3/8/2005
Low-Budget PC, PXL THIS fest, Batmobile
We build the cheapest possible PC that can still capably run Windows XP or Linux — for $112. We also check out the PXL THIS Film Festival for movies made with the Fisher-Price PXL 2000 camera from the 1980s, and Brendan takes a ride in a complete replica of the 1960s TV series Batmobile. Plus, FilmThreat.com’s Chris Gore reviews this week’s biggest DVD releases, Sarah has a Damn Good Download, and Kevin P. reveals It Came From eBay.
Wednesday 3/9/2005
Game Developers Conference, Ambient Dashboard, Anonymizer
Kevin P. reports gaming news live from the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. We take a look at the Ambient Dashboard analog indicator device, Kevin R. reviews Anonymizer 2005 in his Dark Tip on surfing anonymously, and we pick our favorites in the current User Created challenge.
Thursday 3/10/2005
Eric Nakamura, Damn Good Download, LAN Party
Eric Nakamura, editor of Giant Robot magazine, shows us some of the latest Japanese collectibles. Sarah tells us about a Damn Good Website, and it’s LAN Party Thursday with our special guest, model Tami Tyson.
Friday 3/11/2005
Theodore Gray, Fave P2P Apps, The Lift
Theodore Gray, columnist for Popular Science Magazine, will demo a spoon-melting experiment live on the show. Kevin R. reveals his top three favorite P2P apps, and our Live Music Friday performer is rock band The Lift.
****** TSS Weekend ******
Saturday 2/12/2005 — 11am ET / 8am PT
Low-Budget PC, PXL THIS fest, Batmobile — 3/8/2005 Show
Sunday 2/13/2005 — 12am ET / 9pm PT
Eric Nakamura, Damn Good Download, LAN Party — 3/10/2005 Show
3am ET / 12am PT
Low-Budget PC, PXL THIS fest, Batmobile — 3/8/2005 Show
11am ET / 8am PT
Game Developers Conference, Ambient Dashboard, Anonymizer — 3/9/2005 Show
Keep your eyes peels, European CfH fans! Looks like it’s quite possible that Call For Help 2.0 may be arriving in Europe sometime soon. No further details, but Leo posts on the Leoville Messageboards that they may be close to a deal to bring CfH to European television:
[ http://tinyurl.com/5oapj ]
Keep your eyes peeled, if a deal breaks, we’ll bring you the details!
Okay, sorry for the all-caps article title, but if you’re at all a fan of The Broken [ http://www.thebroken.org/ ] as I most certainly am, you know you’d do well to take your hacker tips from Ramzi.
What’s that you say? Haven’t seen The Broken yet? Head on over and catch up on the episodes; you’ll get the drift.
Anyway, Ramzi himself doesn’t have a blog, but some fans have made one for him, and they’ve been hookin up readers with regular tips and news for a while now. I mean, how can you beat this tagline?
Ramzi and his l33t Hacker tips, Beotch! Hacking with Ramzi! You know me, its Ramzi. Kevin got Blog. I get it too. Word up. Please be noting, that Ramzi (or anyone) can take no responsibility for anything you do with this infomation. Dont break the law. NOTE THIS IS A TRIBUTE SITE!! It doesnt have the Real Ramzi! He Praise him and honor with this Tribute Site. So Relax.
Rock on guys, keepin Ramzi alive. Bookmark this beeyotch:
[ http://ramzi.bizhat.com/ ]
According to Dan Huard’s blog:
[ http://danhuard.typepad.com/dan_huard/2005/02/definitive_scop.html ]
ScopeTech launches officially today! The sneak preview last week only really served to whet our appetites, so I for one am more than ready to see how everything pans out and how the site launches. Keep an eye out, something tells me that our friend Foo is going to make good with the tech writing and commentary we know he’s good at now that he’s no longer on-screen.
“Some clever people have already figured out how to find it,” eh? Guess that makes us clever! Rock on!
Call for Help 2.0 is available on G4TechTV Canada. Interested in getting Call for Help aired in the United States again? Click here to help out!
[ http://www.g4techtv.ca/callforhelp/interact/callforhelpusa.shtml ]
Visit Call for Help on the web at:
[ http://www.g4techtv.ca/callforhelp/ ]
Monday, February 28, 2005
* Andy will take on the attack of the killer data packets.
* Amber is making over your website!
* Our guest teaches us about Netspeak.
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
* Andy will get to your email from anywhere in the world.
* Amber shows you how to plan your wedding online.
* Our guest will see if a game in the hand … is worth two in the works?
Wednesday, March 2, 2005
* Andy demonstrates a do-it-yourself freebie PC fix-it software suite
* Amber turns your favourite photos into pop art!
* Our guest will be mad about applets!
Thursday, March 3, 2005
* Andy lets Mikey show us Firefox on a USB key.
* Amber’s Web Workshop – Flyball Insanity.
* Our guest is making awesome infrared photos with your digital camera.
Friday, March 4, 2005
* Andy shows you how to put music files on MP3 player with Windows Media Player 10.
* Amber tells you to give your time – volunteer online.
* In Free File: Clean your Windows registry.
Monday 2/28/2005
AngryAlien.com, LCD Window, Super Root Beer
Jennifer Shiman and Douglas McInnes of AngryAlien.com explain why they make 30-second movie reenactments — starring bunnies. Ryan Hoagland turns two 15-inch LCD monitors into a window with a view, and we brew our own “super” root beer with an added kick. Plus, we have Sarah’s Gems of the Internet, Kevin P.’s First-50 game review, and Kevin R.’s Dark Deals
Tuesday 3/1/2005
PMA 2005, Portable Satellite Radios, TiVoHME
We visit Mike Logan Schiffbauer’s movie props and replicas studio, Dragonfyre Designs. Then we check out the latest digital camera technology with a report from the Photo Marketing Association 2005 conference, review personal satellite radios, and examine TiVoHME, which allows you to install homebrewed Java apps. Plus, we have Kevin P.’s It Came From eBay, Sarah’s Damn Good Download, and it’s DVDuesday!
Wednesday 3/2/2005
Steve Niles, Gray Kangaroo, Dark Tip
Horror comics writer Steve Niles (“30 Days of Night”) talks about his latest scary projects. We test the Gray Kangaroo “personal liquor filter” that promises to transform cheap booze into high-quality stuff, and we check out the latest digital camera technology with our final report from the Photo Marketing Association 2005 conference. Plus, we have a Dark Tip from Kevin R. and we review entrants in our User Created Maya 3D modeling challenge.
Thursday 3/3/2005
The Onion, Sand Drag Racing, Mia St. John
Joe Garden, writer for fake news icon The Onion, discusses the thin line between satire and reality. We examine the phenomenon of “sand drag racing” (which is exactly what it sounds like), turn really dumb things into USB devices, and our LAN Party guest is pro boxer and former IBA champion Mia St. John. Plus, we have a Damn Good Website from Sarah.
Friday 3/4/2005 —- *** Repeat Show ***
Homestar Runner, Mac mini, LA Auto Show — 1/24/2005 Show
****** TSS Weekend ******
Saturday 3/5/2005 — 11am ET / 8am PT
AngryAlien.com, LCD Window, Super Root Beer — 2/28/2005 Show
Sunday 3/6/2005 — 12am ET / 9pm PT
Steve Niles, Gray Kangaroo, Dark Tip — 3/2/2005 Show
3am ET / 12am PT
AngryAlien.com, LCD Window, Super Root Beer — 2/28/2005 Show
11am ET / 8am PT
PMA 2005, Portable Satellite Radios, TiVoHME — 3/1/2005 Show
Looks like Becky Worley’s got the thumbs up from her old hometown on her new show, Mother of All, airing on the National Geographic Channel. She definitely has my thumbs up, so make sure you check your local listings, and tune in for the show in all of it’s glory. I mean, what’s better than our old friend Becky blowing stuff up the way you always knew she wanted to?
Nothing! That’s what!
Check out SFGate’s review:
[ http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/02/23/DDG1CBEHSF1.DTL&type=printable ]
Dan Huard’s new project, ScopeTech, hasn’t officially launched yet, but there are a few ways to se the backend and see what the new site is going to look like. A little bird clued me in on some of the details, and for the time being, you can check out some of the features and columns planned for the site by heading over to ScopeTech’s Intelligence page:
[ http://www.scopetech.net/intelligence.php ]
and you can see the featured columns already set for the site’s launch at:
[ http://www.scopetech.net/columns.php ]
and the featured columnists (oh to be in THAT list of folks):
[ http://www.scopetech.net/columnists.php ]
while you’re nosing around, check out the readme:
[ http://www.scopetech.net/readme.php ]
and don’t forget that Dan has called for moderators for the ScopeTech forums, if it’s not too late to apply! Check out his blog for more info:
[ http://danhuard.typepad.com/dan_huard/2005/02/moderators.html ]
While you’re nosing around in there, check out some of the other pages that are ready for development; and the cute little roll-over icon in the upper left corner that Dan is using as his site logo. Poke around, but be warned, the site’s not finished yet and I’m sure Dan will have much more info and content when it’s ready to go. Enjoy!
One of my personal favorite TechTV personalities is back on the air doing her own thing, and rightfully hosting her own show this time. As a bonus, she announced she has her own website now as well!
Becky Worley took time out to update the TechTV Forever Yahoogroup [ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/techtv-forever/ ] that her new show, Mother of All which will be airing on the National Geographic Channel TONIGHT (8 pm eastern, then the second episode airs immediately afterward at 9pm. There is a Pacific repeat at 8pm Pacific and then the second episode at 9pm Pacific.) so make sure you tune in tonight and check it out!
If you love the show, tell the National Geographic Channel you do, and let them know they’ve hired talent as absolutely wonderful as Becky Worley and that they should keep her and give her a raise. I’m serious! Send em a note at comments@natgeochannel.com!
Last, but certainly not least, Becky unveiled her new site, which naturally is at:
[ http://www.beckyworley.com/ ]
So make sure to add it to your bookmarks and poke your head over there for updates! Good luck Becky, break a leg!
Call for Help 2.0 is available on G4TechTV Canada. Interested in getting Call for Help aired in the United States again? Click here to help out!
[ http://www.g4techtv.ca/callforhelp/interact/callforhelpusa.shtml ]
Visit Call for Help on the web at:
[ http://www.g4techtv.ca/callforhelp/ ]
Monday, February 21, 2005
* Andy will edit an MP3 file and upload it to your cellphone.
* Amber teaches you to make your sweetheart a super song CD with a customized cover.
* Our guest shows us NAT Routers.
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
* Andy talks Norton Internet Security 2005: Not recommended for newbies.
* Amber wants you to learn your lyrics!
* Our guest will show us why image size matters!
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
* Andy gives us a do-it-yourself PC security suite.
* Amber shows us how to use the iTunes Music Store.
* Our guest will be creating Synthetic Worlds with ‘Digital Mattes’.
Thursday, February 24, 2005
* Andy kills spam dead.
* Amber points us to weblogs for music lovers!
* Our guest will get the Balance Right on your images.
Friday, February 25, 2005
* Andy will turn your old PC into a music server.
* Amber will tattoo your iPod.
* In Free File: CD-DA X-Tractor to convert CD into other formats!
Looks like Yoshi is on the move again; he still of course maintains his forums over at
[ http://www.yoshi.us/forums/ ]
but if you take a peek at the root directory:
[ http://www.yoshi.us/ ]
you’ll notice something different going on under the hood!
Yoshi’s modding the web this time, and finally getting around to building his own site, “Mod Times, Where Stock is Not an Option.” Looks good so far, and it looks like the real URL to the project will be:
[ http://www.modtimes.com/ ]
so make sure to bookmark it now.
From one of Yoshi’s posts in his forums:
” I talked with my developers this morning.
Looks like the full complete site will take about a month +/- a week. So look for Mid March. We do plan to roll some things out in stages. So you’ll prolly see some changes take place before the entire site is done.
In the meantime please send all content submissions directly to me. This includes pictures for them.
I need to have time to edit and format them.
If it gets submitted sooner, when the new sections are ready we can roll them out with content on them for you.”
Way to go Yoshi! We’re looking forward to the new site and the new digs! It’s about time the master of mods made his own web presence!
Monday 2/21/2005 (Repeat Show)
Hong Kong Cinema, MacWorld, Gaming Gloves — 1/13/2005 Show
Tuesday 2/22/2005
Drew Curtis, “Indestructible” Cell Phones, DVDuesday
Drew Curtis of FARK.com fame reports on all things FARKian. We test whether Nextel’s i315 and i325 cell phones are truly “indestructible,” make our own QTVR panoramic image of the show’s set, and DVDTalk.com’s Kim Morgan runs down her list of this week’s biggest DVD releases. Plus, we have Sarah’s Damn Good Download and Kevin P.’s It Came From eBay.
Wednesday 2/23/2005
Gareb Shamus, Sand Drag Racing, Dark Tip
Gareb Shamus, founder and chairman of the Wizard Entertainment Group, talks about his toy/gaming/comics magazine empire. We examine the phenomenon of “sand drag racing,” and Kevin R.’s Dark Tip shows you how to attach a speaker to the iPod shuffle. Plus, we review the “CD sculpture” entries in our User Created challenge, and introduce a new challenge with our guest, Maya animator John Edgar Park.
Thursday 2/24/2005
Eric Nakamura, Fatal1ty, LAN Party
Eric Nakamura of Giant Robot magazine shows off the latest in Asian collectibles. We look at Jim Henson Studios’ new technology for improvising in real-time with animated characters, Kevin R. puts the new Fatal1ty AA8 motherboard through its paces, and professional gaming legend Fatal1ty is also our guest at our Thursday LAN Party.
Friday 2/25/2005
Rael Dornfest, Jamil Moledina, Unwritten Law
We get some expert Google tips and tricks from O’Reilly Media’s Chief Technology Officer, Rael Dornfest, who co-authored the latest edition of Google Hacks. Jamil Moledina, director of the Game Developer’s Conference Live, previews the next big developments in console news. And our Friday Live Music performer is rock band Unwritten Law.
****** TSS Weekend ******
Saturday 2/26/2005 — 11am ET / 8am PT
Drew Curtis, “Indestructible” Cell Phones, DVDuesday — 2/22/2005
Show
Sunday 2/27/2005 — 12am ET / 9pm PT
Eric Nakamura, Fatal1ty, LAN Party — 2/24/2005 Show
3am ET / 12am PT
Drew Curtis, “Indestructible” Cell Phones, DVDuesday — 2/22/2005
Show
11am ET / 8am PT
Gareb Shamus, Sand Drag Racing, Dark Tip — 2/23/2005 Show
She was on TechLive, wasn’t she? Or was it Fresh Gear? I definitely remember her from her days on Audio File. 🙂
I caught her on the Travel Channel a couple of nights ago co-hosting a show called “Travel Gear,” where she demoed and reviewed everything from huge camping tents to land sailing; it was fun and reminded me of the old Fresh Gear feel.
Then I decided to look it up and make sure it wasn’t a fluke, and look what I found:
[ http://travel.discovery.com/fansites/travelgear/bio/kris.html ]
She’s definitely over there! Check out her “journal;”
[ http://travel.discovery.com/fansites/travelgear/journal/kris.html ]
Looks like she’s keepin the tech dream alive, but in a bigger swath of places than San Fran, I imagine!
Well well, look who’s trying to get back into the browser game:
[ http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/15/technology/microsoft_browser.reut/index.htm ]
Apparently MS decided it’s time to ditch the service packs and patches and stop riding their popularity and come up with an entirely new browser to address the massive security issues in the current iteration of Internet Explorer.
While it looks like Bill Gates committed to the release of IE 7, he didn’t give much indication on when it would be, or whether or not the featureset would be comparable to other broswers like Firefox and Opera, one reason why
people are switching so quickly to them. Microsoft has claimed that they’re switching focus and energy to security, and even that’s debatable. But security isn’t everything, now let’s see if Microsoft has it’s eye on usability and attractiveness as well.
Well well, not only does Chi-Lan have a blog, but she posted a little while ago about why you don’t see much of her in the nook anymore; looks like this is the trend with our geekier friends left at G4, they take to the sidelines in order to have a little more influence on the tech content of the shows, exchanging it for the spotlight that we wish they had.
Kevin Rose did the same thing; traded the primary host slot for more editorial control, and it looks like Chi-Lan is doing the same; and for that I infinitely respect her. The current iteration of TSS isn’t too horrible (in my taste) but I’m glad that Chi-Lan is getting back to what she was absolutely stellar at when she was on Fresh Gear-product reviews and gadget reports. I’m looking forward to what she’s got.
Her blog post:
[ http://chubbybrain.blogspot.com/2005/01/13105.html#comments ]
and her blog:
[ http://chubbybrain.blogspot.com/ ]
Looks like her blog has been around for a little while, but at the same time her first and only entry addresses a very important issue, the Tsunamis in Asia in December. Looks like her site is poised to grow and change a bit, and she very well might keep blogging or turn the site into something of an online portfolio and resume. Check it out and bookmark it if you’re a fan; I’m sure she’ll update soon and we’ll all want to know what’s up with one of our favorite ex-TechTV personalities!