Archive for July, 2008
Charles Teague: Building Windows Live Writer Plug-ins
I have said this many times and I will say it again. Windows Live Writer is the best application out of Microsoft for the online community EVER! And for those of you out there with a little programming skill you can see how easy it is to write Live Writer plug-ins. Thanks to Charles Teague and Catherine Heller for the video [...]
Where is “Quality Television” today?
Like most of you around my age, you look back at the shows we group up on and often reminisce with friends about the shows we grew up on. Where are the shows that left impressions on our impressionable minds? Today's television lacks the creativity and uniqueness that once was out favorite shows. The shows from the 80's created [...]
Honey Bee Crisis hits YouTube: Bee-Boy dance crew drops dead
Häagen-Dazs Help the Honey Bee Initiative has hit YouTube in the form of an informative PSA announcement on the death of honey bees. Bees provide the necessary pollination of plants that in turn contribute to the worlds food supply. More than 25 percent of the Western honey bee population had disappeared over the last several [...]
The Best Peer2Peer Torrent application HANDS DOWN!
I recently had the opportunity to try out Vuze which is the latest Bittorrent peer 2 peer application out there. Like I said HANDS DOWN! I have used BitTorrent.com's torrent program in combination with Peer Guardian 2 for my online sharing between other IT techs. None of the ones I know have ever heard of or used Azureus (what Vuze [...]
Sony PlayTV coming on September 10th for PS3 in the UK
Okay so I guess the US gets the Playstation Video Store and the UK doesn't. But the UK is getting PlayTV and the US isn't. How long will we wait before we get to turn our Playstation 3 into a DVR device and watch out television shows on it? February 17, 2009 is the cut-over date for the US to have all transmissions completely digital [...]
Letter to Sony Computer Entertainment of America, Playstation 3 Team
I love the video downloads online being offered through the Playstation Network Store. So I could only wonder when SCEA would offer music downloads and I wrote them the following letter. July 18th, 2008 Dear Sony Computer Entertainment of America, I recently became truly excited about the new Playstation Network store providing Videos [...]
PS3 Movies available in the Playstation Store
So it’s been announced and the still isn’t much to compete with the Netflix service, but it is available for those of you that want to watch a movie without the monthly service commitment. The Netflix service is being made available to the XBox 360 community according to yesterdays news, however you have to be a Gold member in order to truly [...]
PS3 Hard drive crashes after upgrade from 2.40 to 2.41
Thank God, Sony Entertainment Corporation pulled the firmware update when they did. I didn’t get the 2.40 firmware so I am unable to test the situation and verify the problems people are having. I ran across a blog which had the following to say about Call of Duty 4 crashing after the update from 2.40 to 2.41. This is some news [...]
Review: Incipio Wallet for Zune 80GB
Review done for GotZune.com Vendor: Incipio Price: $24.99 This review if for Incipio's Zune 80 wallet case, in caramel leather. The Incipio Wallet is a snug fitting quality leather case with a suede insert. It can fit a few cards such as your drivers license, credit card and some cash. The stitching encompasses the entire case adding [...]
Paige Hurd gives away Zune for charitable donations
Teen Actress Paige Hurd know for her roles on ‘Everybody Hates Chris,' and 'Beauty Shop) is asking everyone to donate to children’s charitable cause rather than send gifts for her. Unlike the out-of-control kids that get overly spoiled on that MTV show, Hurd is interested in actual causes that affect others. Her enthusiasm is derived [...]
