Archive for November, 2008

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As a kid I had this really cool TV. it was a Bentley with a 5″ Black and White screen and ran on AC power or 9 “D” batteries. It went all the way up to Channel 83, so if I hooked it up to the cable today, I would get the Big 10 network, MTV, and Disney. Yeah, Black and White, but sometimes you have to go old school.

Joost is no Bentley, but they might have finally pulled into a niche here. Last week they made an iPhone app for the Joost service. It’s not the best thing in the world, but it’s better than nothing.

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Sometimes it’s cool if you can work the 7-10 split. That is what we are doing tonight with the review of the WarmMe Mouse. It’s a mouse that warms up to 104 degrees Fahrenheit. However, I also wanted to review some of the Video streaming sites out there. Therefore, I took the review of the WarmMe mouse and did 4 different versions. I took 1 take on each site and will be reviewing the results of:

1. Stickam
2. YouTube
3. Mogulus
4. uStream

We will start with Stickam’s video:

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We had a special episode of the LIVE Show tonight as we talked about Black Friday and a bunch more stuff. Was only an hour tonight, but we still had some good conversation.

Trying to get work done today so I can sleep in and eat Turkey tomorrow. In the meantime, here is a small Bitstrip I created to wish everyone a Happy Turkey Day. I know that some of you don’t celebrate, but nonetheless, you should take some time out and think about what you are thankful for.

I would like to thank the following people:

Fred D. - CareerSaver
Todd Cochrane - Geek News Central
Andy McCaskey - SDR News
Norbert Davis - Totally Cool Tech Podcast
Mike Smith - Mike Tech Show
Bwana McCall - Bwana.tv
Art and Mike - Two Guys Podcast
Dustin Williams - Epic Online
Paul Rj Muller - Caffination
Cal Mazzara - PC/Mac Smackdown
Cali Lewis - Geek Brief TV
Cliff Ravenscraft - GSPN
Brett Hiley - Hiweb
Steven Heywood - The Tech Buzz

There are so many more I could thank including all who came on to be interviewed. I would also like to thank those who contributed - Brie, Frank, Art and James come to mind.

So without any further ado, here is the Bitstrip:

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I am under the weather, so we are going to make this as short of a show as possible.
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This week on the LIVE Show, we talk about the new Blackberry Storm. It came out this last weekend in the US and it brings up the discussion of Smartphones all over again. We talk about contracts, other phones and availability.

We do touch a bit on Justin.tv, but I point everyone to the article I did earlier in the week. We also talked a little about Windows 7, CES and a lot more.

Hour 1
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Last year we had one of the weirdest news stories come out. A man was thought to be killed by his LG phone battery when it exploded in his shirt pocket. There was a lot of controversy over this issue at the time - whether an item that is pretty volitile should be regulated and monitored more closely. It was then discovered…. well, you’ll have to listen to the Quickcast to find out what happened next.

Also, Microsoft is first spoken of, Fortran 2003 is released, Ken Jennings looses, Roxio buys Napster and so much more on the Quickcast.

Abraham Biggs was a troubled teenager - at least that is what the news stories out there state. Abraham had attempted suicide before. But now he had an International audience - And a cheering section.

It’s a travesty. Some of the viewers might have at first thought it was a joke, but it became all too real. In a first-hand account, he thought it was a joke. When the viewer realized it was less a joke and more reality, he tried to contact authorities. After multiple attempts and a couple hours later, the Broward County Police enter the home of Abraham. Jaws drop here.

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I have to admit, I sat down to get ready to write and I looked over at my lonely Sigma Guitar. It starred back at me like a puppy dog wanting to be petted. So I picked it up and started playing.

For those of you who don’t know, I am a musician and an avid FAWMer - February Album Writing Month. It’s a challenge to write 14 songs in 28 days. I did so for a couple years now. So a lot of the music I did tonight was from my personal songs.

I did do a song called “MySpace Friends” which you can find up on www.myspace.com/jeffreypowers. You can hear a few of the songs I’ve written there.

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I saw you back in Comdex in 83 - You were a exciting new technology - a marvel to me with a touchscreen.

Ohhhh, ohhh

But times have changed and you are now put to the side - the integration with the phone makes it real nice - and you get tossed in the scrap pile to die.

Ohhh, ohhh

I used your applications

ohhh, ohhh

And all your revelations….

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I did have a PDA. I had a few of them. Palm, iPaq, Axim and a host of others. However, 2 years ago I got my first Smartphone. That pretty much put my last PDA to the side.

Earlier in the week I read the article “5 things the Smartphone Killed“. While I am not in total agreeance of the list just yet, I do agree on a lot of their items and I can see the Smartphone can totally engulf all the item replacements. Read the rest of this entry »

This week I thought I’d start poking fun at the Mac - PC ads. Yeah, they’ve been overdone like next weeks Thanksgiving turkey over at your uncle Sams. Hopefully this one won’t be filled with tryptophan and put your to sleep.