iTunes 4.9?

My podcast website and my blog are getting hit by iTunes 4.9. Ok it is not alot but it is still cool.

Odeo Test

Hello Everyone,

I am just testing out the features of Odeo.com. You may download the test podcast here.

Odeo

I just got invited to test out Odeo.com. I have 11 invites. Contact me if you want one.

Command-N episode 2 released

Amber and Mike from Call For Help 2.0 have released a new Command-N. They also have a new website and url. It is http://www.commandn.tv. They are offering it in alot of different formats. In this episode they cover:

• Adagio Teas
  
• vSkype Beta
  
• Google Patent
  
• Live Plasma
  
• Music Plasma
  
• JHymn
  
• Lords of Dogtown
  
• Wikipedia Widget
  
• Airsafe
  
  [digg it]

TWiT episode 9 & 10 released

This WEEK in TECH episode 9 has been released. You can download it here or listen to a stream version. Thanks to Ourmedia.org. You can also check out the totally official super-legit TWiT mirrors site here.

Update: Episode 10 has just been released. You can download episode 10 here. You may also listen to a stream version or download it here. You may download it here at Filefront.com.

Smartfeed

Smartfeed is the first Podcast Receiver, or "Podcatcher", to bring podcasting to both the Smartphone and PocketPC leveraging the same underlying .NET Compact Framework managed assembly!

Systm Website Updated

Just what the title says, the systm site has a new updated layout. I like the layout. It is very simple and clean.

read more | digg story

Flickr Album

Enter in your Flickr username, a tag (optional), and the max number of pages you want, then click go. After the Flash app loads, click and drag the little dogear corner of the page, and turn the page. Viola! Instant virtual reality photo album of your Flickr photos. [Flickralbum.com] [Digg this]

Just connect a camera, download our free vSkype plug-in, and invite up to 200 buddies to a video call - even if they don't have a camera. But wait, there's more! You can also share anything you see on your screen, even your entire desktop! Whether you use Skype for business or to connect with family and friends, now you can show a presentation, work on a spreadsheet, or share photos of your weekend fun while seeing everyone on the call!

Video: Hot-Air Balloon Basket Car

These people were zipping around in what looks like a hot-air balloon basket. This was taken at the 2005 Heritage Balloon Festival. I am offering this in the quicktime format. I finally figured out how to save it in mpeg-4 format in Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5.




[Quicktime, MPEG-4, 61.9 MB]

Systm episode 2 released

In this episode they show you how to make a PVR using MythTV. To download, you must have some kind of torrent client (such as BitTorrent or Azureus).

Star Wars: Broken Allegiance

Story...

Two dark Jedi flee the planet Coruscant but must fight for their freedom when Darth Vader engages the Super Star Destroyer Executor and a vicious bounty hunter to track them down.



Also see it here.

Microsoft offers tabbed browsing in IE 6

Microsoft offers tabbed browsing--in IE 6 | CNET News.com: "Weeks after promising tabs in its upcoming IE 7 release, Microsoft made the long-awaited browsing feature available for IE 6 through its MSN toolbar."

Apple to Use Intel Microprocessors Beginning in 2006

Apple to Use Intel Microprocessors Beginning in 2006: "At its Worldwide Developer Conference today, Apple announced plans to deliver models of its Macintosh computers using Intel microprocessors by this time next year, and to transition all of its Macs to using Intel microprocessors by the end of 2007."

ineen

Free voip, video and instant messaging that's easy to use. Make and receive free calls using IP Telephony!

Exotic Spotter

From the website WreckedExotics.com comes Exoticspotter.com. This site brings together hundreds of exotic car sightings from all over the world.

Which Revenge of the Sith Character are you?

You scored as Clone Trooper.



Clone Trooper 69%
Darth Vader 61%
General Grievous 61%
Yoda 53%
Anakin Skywalker 44%
C-3PO 44%
R2-D2 44%
Emperor Palpatine 36%
Obi Wan Kenobi 33%
Mace Windu 33%
Chewbacca 14%
Padme Amidala 6%

Which Revenge of the Sith Character are you? created with QuizFarm.com

Video: Balloon Festival 2005

2005 Heritage Balloon Festival. Balloon glow at the Palestine Municipal Airport. The weather was not to good. But two or more managed to take off. It was very cool.



Or download the high-res version:
[68.9 MB, WMV]

TWiT Episode 7

Episode 7 of This Week in TECH is now available.
Having trouble getting episode 7? Go here and download it.

Episode III

Just got back from seeing Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith. Wow, so that is what happened to him. If you have not seen the movie yet go and see it.

Video4Skype

Dialcom's Spontania video plug-in is designed to be integrated with any 3rd party Internet-based communication solution. Dialcom selected Skype, the leading VoIP solution, as the first integration candidate.

It features:
* No network configuration
* End-to-End encryption
* Free

I want one

Ok I went to Best Buy today and played on a Mac mini. I want one. Wow what I cool little machine. I like how everything just runs smoothly. I don't know which model I was on though. And I don't know if it was a stock unit with the default specs. The only thing that I did not care for was the mouse. The keyboard was ok. I like that it has 2 usb ports on it. My scanner and printer will work with it. I might have to get a KVM switch for it. Maybe be the end of the year Apple will have updated the Mac mini with better specs. That would be cool. Maybe offer 512 Megs of ram instead of 256 Megs. And bump up the hard drive space. I want one.

Orange - Gold Spot - Darth Vader

Darth Vader's heart of evil is no match for Hollywood executives'. Funny Video Spoof


[Scoble]

From the Shadows Box 3.0 Released

Breakthroughs in wireless technologies over the past five years have yielded a revolution that reaches far beyond the world of those with advanced technical knowledge. The 2.4Ghz spectrum is used as the basis for technologies such as Wireless Networking (Wi-Fi) and even Wireless Security Cameras! This can be attributed to the fact that... [digg.com, fromtheshadows.tv] [CAUTION]

Systm

Kevin Rose and Dan Huard of Techtv's The Screen Savers have created their own tech show called Systm. The intros, music, graphics, and outros are all very well done. The first show is awesome. Go check it out. They are using bittorrent and offering it in four formats.

Art of the Saber

A light saber fight sequence with the flavor of a Hong Kong martial arts action movie. This short is set in a dense forest of an unknown planet, where a young Jedi, eager to fight to help the Revolution, clashes with a Sith Lord in a battle where only one will remain standing.



Source: TheForce.Net

Kevin Rose Leaves G4

Kevin Rose has just announced via his site: kevinrose.com that he has been released from his contract with G4. Friday, May 27th is his last day! [Digg.com; Kevinrose.com]

Podcast support in next version of iTunes

At the Wall Street Journal's D Conference, Steve Jobs showed ipodder-like features in the next release of iTunes, supposedly available within about 60 days. [O'Reilly Radar]

Six Flags Over Texas

I am at Six Flags today.

Podcasting: Finding and Subscribing to Podcasts

Book Excerpt: The upcoming ExtremeTech book,Podcasting: Do It Yourself Guide
is the complete do-it-yourself guide that will have readers not only finding, downloading, and listening to podcasts, but creating and broadcasting their own. [Extremetech.com]

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 E3 event

- Engadget & Joystiq’s live coverage of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 E3 event.
- Xbox.com for the live stream of the show.
- Or you can watch a stream here. [Gamespot.com]
- MajorNelson.com keynote blogcast
MP3 format 1:15 (26 MB)
- Xbox 360 will be backwards compatible.

Star Wars Revelations

A Panic Struck Production Film



Story....

The destruction of the Jedi Temple is devastating. Accusing Separatists of the attack, Emperor Palpatine declares martial law on Coruscant. As the Imperial presence spreads to most systems, Palpatine calls the scattered Jedi order ineffective. Their protests are denounced as treason, and all Jedi are declared traitors and are now fugitives of the Empire.

Looking for a way to turn the tide in this battle, both the surviving Jedi and the Empire are looking for a mystical Jedi artifact said to give the bearer great power...

Geek News Central - Podcasting: Do It Yourself Guide

Written by one of the first and most popular podcasters, Podcasting is the complete do it yourself guide that will have readers not only finding, downloading and listening to podcasts, but creating and broadcasting their own. Everything readers need is here including:

* Finding podcasts to subscribe to
* Using various podcasting software including ipodder, doppler and more
* Getting podcasts on your iPod, other MP3 player, pocket PC or even your cell phone
* Creating your own podcast with just your PC or Mac
* Building a more professional studio for recording your podcasts
* Integrating on-air phone calls, interviews, music and more into your ‘casts
* Dealing with copyright, music ownership, creative commons and RIAA issues
* Integrating advertising into your broadcasts
* Hosting and distributing your podcasts
* Understanding the geeky stuff – RSS, XML and Enclosures

Amazon.com| Geeknewscentral.com| Podcast Show #64

xbox 360

- The xbox 360 [Kotaku]
- Xbox360 video at OurColony - First official Info - Xbox 360 Watercooled! [Xbox-Scene.com]
- Random Thoughts - [MajorNelson.com]
- Xbox360.com
- More here [xbox360.com]
- Interviews [xbox360.com]
- Xbox specs revealed [Cnet.com]
- Engadget’s live coverage of the Xbox 360 launch [Cuation]
- Gamespot coverage [Great video]
- Also here. [Cuation]
- Xbox 360 FAQ [IGN.com]
- Xbox 360 Ushers in the Future of Games and Entertainment [Microsoft PressPass]
- Major Interviews Elijah [xbox.com] works in IE
- Tom's Hardware has a good look at the xbox 360. [tomshardware.com]

MeidaMan 2.1

Wow this software is cool. You can scan your dvds barcodes with your webcam or with a CueCate. I have a CueCate and it worked. You scan the barcode and they get all the info from Amazon.com with images. It is free.

Free Frostys

Wendy’s restaurants are giving away free Frostys frozen desserts this weekend as a thank you to customers who supported the burger chain following an embarrassing incident in California where a women allegedly planted a severed finger in a bowl of chili. [digg.com]

Voice Mail

If you tried to contact me using one of the voice mail numbers try again please.

Apple releases iTunes 4.8

Apple today released iTunes 4.8, an update to its digital music jukebox software and its client for the iTunes Music Store. Version 4.8 includes new Music Store features and support for transferring contacts and calendars from your computer to your iPod (requires Mac OS X version 10.4 on your computer), according to the documentation. [digg.com]

Stationery is bad

Let's face it. Stationery isn't very good. And when it comes to note taking, it just isn't up to the job. Watch the movies and see why you should have a tablet pc running Microsoft's OneNote. This is great.

I win.

I just won a contest over at Dave's iPaq.com. I won a Convergent Technologies Aluminum Case for 2200 series iPAQ. So that is cool.

Free Candy Bars

Hershey is giving away 5 million Take5 candy bars today. At the time of this post they don't have the coupon up yet. Check back later. Update: The coupon is up. Also it might not work in Firefox.

TWit Logo Design

With the new podcast TWit (This Week in Tech) comes a new logo design "call for help" (pun intended). So grab your tablets, sharpen your pen drawing skills, fire-up photoshop or illustrator and submit a piece of artwork for TWit to use on their website.

read more | digg story

Via Talk (VOIP Service) Invites

ViaTalk is HostRocket's upcoming VoIP (Voice over IP) telephone service. I have 6 invites left. If you want one please email me or skype me. Thanks Josh.

iPodlounge.com: Buyers' Guide 2005

If you have an iPod then you need to download this guide. Even if you don't, this guide is a good source of info.

iTunes XHTML Playlist Converter

iTunes XHTML Playlist Converter

Embedded Video and Firefox

Ok, I have figured out how to embed videos into my blog. I used Macromedia's Dreamweaver MX 2004 program. I have it set to autostart="false". It is not suppose to play automatically when the page loads. However it does auto play when you go to my website in Firefox. But it does not auto play when you to go to my website in IE. Have I messed something in the code? Is there a way to make it not auto play in firefox? Please help me?

My Link Blog

I have a link blog, del.icio.us page, and my digg page. All have an RSS feed. Please subscribe to it.

Change Skype Ring Tone

Change the default ring tone for Skype with the ring tone heard on 24.

24 was awesome

Ok this was the best 24 ever. Wow.

Daimler's SMART coming to the U.S.

ZAP, a niche motor vehicle company which made its mark building electric cars (hence its name -- Zero Air Pollution), announced this week that it had received final approval from the US Department of Transportation to start selling an Americanized version of the SMART "FourTwo" micro-coupe ("Americanized" means adding structural supports to meet safety standards and confirming that the emissions meet EPA regulations). Update: Watch the test crash video. (only in IE) [via engadget.com]

Audioblog.com is great

I had a 7 day free trial of Audioblog.com. It has expired now. I am not going to renew my account. I however did like the service alot. It was very easy to use. I like the videoblogging feature the most. But that is in beta and probably is going to cost extra in the future. I have the videos that I put on my website but they are in the flash video format. I don't know how to setup a player on my website for them to play. I have full versions of Macromedia's flash MX 2004 and Dreamweaver MX 2004. But they are not very easy to understand. Today I had the honor of being a Pallbearer for a friends wife's funeral. It went very well.
Update: I will use OurMedia.org to store the videos.

American Cities That Best Fit You

American Cities That Best Fit You:
70% Honolulu
65% Seattle
55% Miami
55% San Diego
50% Atlanta

VIDEO: The Storm

I like to get the video camera out and record when we have bad storms. This time I got lucky. (Video shot on 8-20-04)




Or download the high-res version:
[316 KB, WMV]

RoamDrive

RoamDrive is an application that allows you to store data in your GMail (or Hotmail/MSN) e-mail account. Unlike GMail Drive, you can not mount this as a hard drive, but there is no 40 character file name limit or 10MB file size limit. Via: Digg.com

VIDEO: My dog

My dog is sleeping.




Or Download the high-res version:
[18.7 MB, WMV]

Flickr Upgraded

Flickr has new prices and added more freebies. Wish I had a pro account.

TopDesk

TopDesk - With a single key press, you can view thumbnails of all open windows, display all windows belonging to the current application, or hide all windows to quickly access the desktop.

Sony PSP is cool

I got to play with a Sony PSP tonight. I went into Game Stop and asked if they had one and they did. Some guy had to trade it in becuase he got a $180 speeding ticket. The PSP is so small. The screen really is the killer on this little device. I only got to play the Tony Hawk game, but it is was cool. I think this might be under the tree this Christmas. That or a Tablet PC.

UPDATE: RSS feed

I have changed my RSS feed. The new feed is:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/nYOH

You can also use the atom feed.
http://willij2.blogspot.com/atom.xml

VIDEO: The Squirrel

Took out the video camera to catch a squirrel on the thin branch of the tree eating.




Or download the high-res version:
[25.2 MB, WMV]

NEW Address - Update

Hello:
I have changed my blog address again. I know it is crazy.
Please update your blogrolls to: http://willij2.blogspot.com.

Thanks.

Tango DropBox

The Tango DropBox allows you to upload files and folders without launching your FTP application. Simply drag and drop files on to the Tango DropBoxes you create on the desktop.

Update

Please update your blogrolls to the new address for my site.
http://home.earthlink.net/~jimhw/blogger2.html

Google Video (beta)

The upload program lets you submit videos electronically to Google Video, as long as you own the necessary rights (including copyrights, trademarks, rights of publicity, and any other relevant rights for your content). Just sign up for an account and use our upload tool to send your videos to Google. The program is still in beta so you won't see your videos live on Google Video immediately.

Loudblog

Loudblog is a sleek and easy-to-use Content Management System (CMS) for publishing audio content on the web. It automatically generates a skinnable website and an RSS-Feed for Podcasting. Just upload your audio files, add some notes and links, and you’re done! [via GeekNewCentral.com]

Watch the video for Armin Van Burren's remix of the '24' theme tune

Armin Van Buuren did a remix of Sean Callery's closing credits theme for '24'. It's called 'The Longest Day' [via 24weblog.com] Or buy the song off

It is better!

Send Large Files

Dropload is a place for you to drop your files off and have them picked up by someone else at a later time. Recipients you specify are sent an email with instructions on how to download the file. Files are removed from the system after 7 days, regardless if they have been picked up or not. You can upload any type of file, mp3, movies, docs, pdfs, up to 100MB each!

YouSendIt enables you to send files up 1 GB in size. Files will be deleted after 7 days.

Podcast Intro

UPDATED: Thanks to Jeff of Jeffradio.com I now have my intro for my podcast. Listen to it here. I hope you like it. Let me know.

Microsoft USB Flash Drive Manager (Standard)

Use this application to backup and restore presentation, pictures, songs and applications from and to USB Flash Drive devices and take them with you. Use USB Flash Drives to store personal data, to keep your network configuration and to share information with your friends. Microsoft USB Flash Drive Manager is available for Windows XP only

Do you YaGoohoo!gle?

This website combines Yahoo.com and Google.com searches on one page. Pretty cool.

I won

I just won the contest over at Geek News Central. Listen to his podcast to hear my voicemail I sent. And sign up for the mailing list. Cool.

Google Maps+Satellite View

Google Maps now has a satellite view.

24

Tonights 24 was the best one I have ever seen. Wow.

Shutterbook.com

Shutterbook.com - Drag-n-Drop Photo Sharing. This site is awsome. You can upload 20,000 photos while it is in beta. You get a blog. The website is very easy to understand and use. You can create tags and albums. And all beta testers receive Premium accounts and after the official launch, beta testers will keep their Premium accounts at no additional charge.

Onfolio

Onfolio is a PC application for reading RSS news feeds, collecting and organizing online content and publishing to email, weblogs and websites. Found this program on Scoble's website. It works in Firefox or IE. I like it.

MSN Search

I just did a MSN search on my name and this is what it pulled up.

The Chris Pirillo Show

I'm listening to The Chris Pirillo Show right now. I'm also in the live session using GoToMeeting. This is so cool. You can see Chris Pirillo's desktop screen. And if you are in the GoToMeeting session he can also give control to anyone and we can see their desktops. It has been going extremely well. He has talked and shown sites like flickr, and Yahoo 360. It is great. Update: I found a phone card and I am now on the phone with Chris and about 14 other people using GoToMeeting. This is so coool.

Free Voicemail

With eVoice, you'll get a free phone number that delivers voicemail messages to you as email attachments. Use it any way you want. Sound good? Sign up today for your free number. Great if you have a podcast.

RingCentral is an easy-to-use online service that keeps you in touch with your customers and in control of your communications. It screens and forwards incoming calls, takes voicemail, sends and receives faxes, and notifies you of important messages.

Sign up for K7, the world's leading web-based unified messaging system that channels your free voicemail and fax messages directly to your e-mail.

Archive complete

This post will explain it all.

Yahoo 360

I got a Yahoo 360 account. If you want one let me know at - Jimsipod AT Yahoo DOT com

New Design Almost

Well, I found a CSS Rounded Box Generator online. I need to make some borders that go around the boxes. But I don't know how and trying to find people to help me is like asking for a kidney. After seeing Scott's new design I really like the shadows behind the boxes. But I don't know how to do that.

Easter

Have a nice and safe Easter Day.

Free Post

- Free iPod
- Free iPod shuffle
- Free Mac mini

Xbox Live

A friend brought over his xbox and we connected it to my DSL and have been playing Halo 2 on Xbox live.
Here are the stats. Not the best, but we are having fun.

Media Portal

Media Portal turns your PC in a very advanced Multi MediaCenter / HTPC.
It allows you to listen to your favorite music & radio, watch your video's and DVD's, view, schedule and record live TV and much more. You get Media Portal for free/nothing/nada/noppes and best of all it is opensource.

MSGTAG.com

MSGTAG Free allows you to know whether the person who you sent your email two actually read your message and is just ignoring you, or whether he or she is on vacation, etc.

LocationMail tells you where e-mail was sent from. It uses the most accurate data in the world to analyze your e-mail, trace it, and look up where the sender was when the message was sent. Find out where your friend was when she e-mailed you, or where a business contact is really writing from.

When you use DidTheyReadIt, e-mails that you send are automatically and invisibly tracked. The instant the recipient opens your message, DidTheyReadIt automatically notifies you.

OurMedia.org

Ourmedia.org is an open source media project that allows it's users the ability to store any kind of digital media on it's servers with no charge for unlimited bandwidth or unlimited storage forever.

Car Show

I went to a car show that was in my town on Saturday. My town puts on the dogwood festival every year. I took some pictures. I also shot alot of digital video.

StupidVideos.com

StupidVideos.com - Your Web-Repository of Stupid Videos. Good, Clean, and Fun.

Halo 2: The Place To Get A Nap

Some guy fell asleep while playing Halo 2 online, and the other guys in the game decided it would be fun to goof on him. [via Scoble] (caution)

Does Your Weblog Own You?

31.25 %

My weblog owns 31.25 % of me.
Does your weblog own you?

iPod Shuffle Rip Off

A company called Luxpro has come out with a product that looks almost like the iPod shuffle. Via Engadget.com

Lucas debuts Episode 3 poster

George Lucas released the theatrial poster for Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith today and the first full-length trailer will debut on Thursday

Via: VideoETA.com

CherryOS Rereleased

A trial version of the CherryOS Mac emulator is once again available for download from the Maui X-Stream website. The $50 Windows software purportedly emulates a G4 processor, allowing a Windows XP machine to run Mac OS X. Via: Kevinrose.com

Hotmail Temorarily Unavailable

I can't access my hotmail account. It is the profile that I use for my .net passport. I can access another hotmail account that is newer. And it is not a passport account. The website saids:

We apologize, but your account is temporarily unavailable. This delay does not affect the entire site or result from any problem specific with your account however the server that holds your account information is temporarily unavailable. We do not expect this delay to last much longer, so please continue to check our site for your account status.

We will do our best to make your account available as quickly as possible. We appreciate your support, and sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.

Make your own annotated multimedia Google map

Engadget has a cool HOW-TO: Make your own annotated multimedia Google map.

Montage-a-google, v1.0

Montage-a-google is an interesting site that allows you to enter in a search term and it scours Google Image Search and comes up with your own custom montage.

New Version of Google Desktop Search

No more beta for Google Desktop Search program and they have released a new version. The new version can index from:

Netscape Mail / Thunderbird
Netscape / Firefox / Mozilla
PDF files
Music (MP3, WMA, WAV),
Images (JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP)
Video (AVI, MPG, WMV)

There is also a couple of plug-ins.

iTunes store downloads pass 300 million

Apple on Wednesday announced that more than 300 million purchases and downloads have been made from its iTunes Music Store. [Via playlistmag.com]