So I am a really big fan of Leo Leporte and the TwiT crew. I enjoy listening to them and I enjoyed watching them on TV back during the TechTV era. I loved watching all of the shows on the channel. I recently earned my Boy Scouts of America's Eagle Scout ranking and requested a letter from Leo. I knew he was going on a Geek Cruise, but I did not get anything back for a long time. I checked my mail two days ago and to my surprise Leo had mailed me! Thank you Leo that really made my day!
Labels: Court of Honor, Eagle Scout, Leo Leporte, TV, TwiT
So I watched the new O.C. last night and I really like what I see. Everyone should check out this season that is on FOX. Willa Holland is Katlin and will stir up trouble of her own. Of course, Summer, Seth, Ryan, Sandy, Kirstin, and Taylor will be appearing. Another change to the season has to do with Summer becoming a tree hugger. That is ok, but not the best idea but forth by Josh Swartz. Che and Summer recently ended their little thing (for now) because of Che telling that Summer caused all of the trouble. The other little thing, which is quite wonderful, is Taylor and Ryan. Who knows what happens, but I really hope that they make it though. This is turning out to be one of the greatest plot lines in any season of The O.C. Everyone should check it out every Thursday at 9 P.M. on FOX.
I am a true fan of the show The O.C. and I am terribly excited for the fourth season! I have read many articles and they have said that this season will be like the first. The first was the best season, take it or leave it. It was grand! If you love suspense and drama, this is the show. Watch and learn. I just do not look for Mischa Barton. But! Do watch crazy Rachel Bilson and Adam Brody as they start the best season, from what I have heard, yet! Autumn Reeser will be premiering as a full cast member this season. And, yes, Peter Gallagher will be here! So you do not want to miss this great and wonderful season. The O.C. will be premiering on FOX, Thursday, November 2nd at 9:00 P.M. Check it out!
Labels: The O.C.
I would like to write a mini-report on the Macintosh and Enthusiests. Yes, we all know them. They prounce around talking about their Apple products and their Macintosh products and how "all-knowing" and great thier products are. And I must say, for the record, that I use Windows, Mac OS X Panther, and Linux in my life. And of course I own my own iPod and my blog has talked about iPods more than what it was suppose to. So honesty, I really know what I am talking about. Now, I was just reading a blog whenever I came across a .gif file with some text unlining it. The picture was of the old Apple logo and under the picture was this text: "Still better than Windows!" Well, in some instances I admit, this is true. They are better for the multimedia items and I mean that. They are, I truely mean that. Artistic people should really pick one up, I mean if you have the cash to dish out for it. That is one of the problems with a Mac though, you have to have the money. That is a major issue with the Macintosh. Another problem, which is major for anyone, is compatibility. What an issue. Most people use Microsoft Office 2003 or 2007 (I have used NeoOffice and OpenOffice too) and why would you purchase a Macintosh for work if you were going to buy Microsoft products. I have heard of people even purchasing the Microsoft Virtual PC for Macintosh. As in the words of Flavor Flav, "Wooooooooowwwwwww!" If you are going to do that, why purchase a Mac? You could purchase an incredible PC for the price of the Macintosh. Oh well most people want reliability. I wonder why Macs have virtually no viruses or Trojans? Maybe, just maybe, most of the population do not use Macs? No one likes to bring that up. I mean, no Mac Enthusiast likes to say that everyone uses a PC. Here are some fidgures that I found:
2006 WinXP W2000 Win98 WinNT W2003 Linux Mac
Sepember 75.6% 9.2% 1.4% 0.3% 2.0% 3.5% 3.8%
August 75.2% 10.1% 1.4% 0.3% 2.1% 3.5% 3.6%
July 74.3% 10.1% 1.5% 0.3% 2.0% 3.4% 3.6%
June 74.1% 10.6% 1.6% 0.3% 2.0% 3.4% 3.6%
May 74.2% 10.7% 1.6% 0.2% 2.0% 3.4% 3.6%
April 74.0% 11.2% 1.8% 0.3% 1.9% 3.3% 3.6%
March 72.9% 11.9% 2.0% 0.3% 1.8% 3.4% 3.5%
February 73.3% 12.3% 2.1% 0.3% 1.8% 3.4% 3.6%
January 72.3% 13.1% 2.4% 0.3% 1.7% 3.3% 3.5%
Happy 8th Birthday to the wonderful Google Search Engine. You are actually much more than a search engine.
So blow out those candles and eat the yummy cupcake because it sure does look delicious.
Labels: Google
So Apple has released their newest invention. Much better than the Ipod Video because who needs to watch movies or TV shows on a tiny screen? I could understand if you lived in a big city or had to commute by a train/bus.
Much better than the Ipod Nano. The Nano's were just lame. And ugly. I wasn't a fan of them. I liked the color screen, but again, like the Ipod Video, the back of them got so scratched up in the first 5 minutes!
The best Ipod ever released was most definitely the Ipod Mini. The aluminum cover, the color choices were very hot. So what did they do? They DELETED THEM! However, they have seriously surprised me! An Ipod Nano that looks like the Ipod Mini AND has color choices! HOW PERFECT IS THAT!
*You can choose between 2 GBS, but only in Silver.
4 GBS in Lime Green, Silver, Blue, and HotPink
8 GBS, but only in black
*New aluminum cover
*3.5 inches tall
1.6 inches wide
1/4 inch thin
*Color display is 40% brighter
*24 hours of battery life
*Up to 2,000 songs
or 25,000 pictures
Those Nanos get a 10/10.
Ash.
Microsoft's Windows Vista's OS price was leaked today. I must say, I was impressed to see that the price was not overwhelming. I am really glad to see that the upgrade for "Vista Home Basic" was $99.95! The "Vista Home Basic Full Installation" cost $199.00. Wow! That is all that I can really say right now. That is not all! Check this out! "Windows Vista Ultimate, $399/$259" That is what is amazing. Vista is also reported by Amazon.com to come out January 30, 2007. That came a lot faster than what I thought that it would be released.
In other news, my mother sent me a joke, you know a forward thing, about my main site, Google. I thought that this joke was going to be relativity dumb, but it was actually really funny. She told me to type in "failure" into the Google Search Engine. So, I did. It came up as George Bush's White House site! I thought that it was really funny. There was a link above the site that read: "Why these results?" So, I had to click it. I am a reader of the Google Blog. I love to hear from the Google Team and I was surprised that they had reacted to this situation. I am glad that they did. They might of had a lot of controversy about it. Great job handling the situation Google!
I have also been looking for different firmware for my Linksys WRT54G router. I really want new options and more security. So I was looking around for different firmware (because we all know that Linksys will not give us more options and it takes forever for them to create an update) for my router. I was looking at HyperWRT Thibor. I really liked the firmware, but I noticed that my router was not compatible with the firmware. I found out that I could not downgrade, as you would say, to my Linksys firmware. I think that it is time that we told Linksys to give us an update with more options! Viva La Upgrade!
I was, again, reading Slashdot.org and found where Google finally started a word processing application. Unlike Google Spreadsheets Beta, this word processing application was wonderful. The site is called Writely. Whenever I entered the site, I looked at the site to make sure that it was a Google site before I tried it out. I found the Google 2006 copyright on the bottom of the page and registered as a new user. I nice feature is just using your email to register. That is all that I had to to. Set a email address and a password. That started you off fast. After the registration, I was taken to the home user page. It was neat and you had different options of what to do. You could create "New" or "Upload." I tried to upload, but there was a error. This was also cerious. The error message read, "If this document is not that private, please email us the document to try to fix the bug." It said something like that, but that was an interesting solution to the problem. So, I went back to the home user page and clicked "New." The screen poped up like the screenshot above and asked me what the title of the document was to be called. I named it "Test Page."
I typed in my name and a few random words onto the document to see how they were presented onto the page. All the options that you could use on the document was easy to find and worked wonderfuly. You were presented with alot of options and it was not as hard to use as what the Google Spreadsheets was. The icons worked and I used the highligher. It was wonderful. All the tabs worked wonderfully and everything.
I am interested in seeing how Sony's Playstation 3 sells compared to the PS2, Playstation 2. I was reading Slashdot and according to "The Yankee Group (a Boston Technology firm) recently announced that it predicts Sony's PS3 to lead the market with a 44% share through 2011." I really do not see that happening. The Nintendo Wii is the most interactive next-gen system coming out. The problem with Nintendo is the game selection. Nintendo's games are more for the family. There are some old-school gamers out there that enjoy playing Mario and Zelda, but most gamers today like to play online FPS (First-Person Shooters), or action games. That is where Sony comes in. Sony has the free online play and the online shooters. Microsoft has Halo. That is where they make profit. When Halo 3 comes out, Xbox 360 sales will sky rocket. I think that the Wii will lead this year's next-gen sales.
Another thing that has caught my eye, is the Microsoft Zune. The Microsoft Zune is Microsoft's alturnivie to Apple's iPod. I really recommend everyone to go to their site, www.comingzune.com. The commercial is kind of strange and really does not make sence. I am really interested in this product. I have an iPod of my own but still this Microsoft product interest me. This MP3 player is so interesting because it has WiFi connectivity built-in to the product. It also transfers music and files wirelessly. I think that this will really hit Apple hard. The rumar that has been around for a long time is that the next iPod will be touchscreen. That will not hurt Microsoft. I would not want to carry a touchscreen iPod around in my pocket. I would be afraid of scratching the screen. Apple will probolby fix that and have a wireless connection also. More updates later.
Google is hosting free WiFi to the local residents of Mountain View, CA. That is great! Google is clearly giving back to their community in a really different way. I have looked a different screens of how to connect to the WiFi. This is just amazing that they would do such a thing. I think that someone has done this once before in a different city. I forget what company had done this in a different city. Well, this is a wonderful and very useful tool to the town of Mountain View.