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.