[13:31] Gastroph: If I gave Eloy 10 bucks, you think he could slip me a copy of episode 19 so I can load it onto an MP3 player for the drive home tonight? <_<
[13:31] waggoner98: 1. outback
[13:31] waggoner98: 2. no, cause he doesnt even have it
[13:32] Gastroph: lawl
[13:32] Gastroph: Hmmmmm...
[13:32] Gastroph: What's the other Podcast you're on? GCO?
[13:33] waggoner98: ha
[13:33] waggoner98: yeah
[13:33] Gastroph: Maybe I'll download an episode of that
[13:33] waggoner98: download the latest one
[13:33] waggoner98: crom and eloy are on it
[13:34] Gastroph: haha
[13:34] Gastroph: k
[13:36] waggoner98: and we talk about porn
[13:36] waggoner98: and killing chickens
[13:36] waggoner98: wait
[13:36] waggoner98: no
[13:36] waggoner98: thats on my other podcast
[13:36] waggoner98: Porn and killing chickens online
[13:37] Gastroph: Subscribing to that one now
[13:37] Gastroph: That sounds hot
Friday, February 24, 2006
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
What has the world come to?
I know its very cliche to start a blog post with "Sorry its been a while, ive been sooooooooooooooo busy!", But in this case, its very true. I have been busy. Unfortunately, its been mostly lame stuff.
On the positive side, TavernCast is going strong. Thanks to all the listeners. Ive met a ton of people there that i am so grateful. Who would have thought that the people i would consider to be my closest friends are people i havent met in person, or have met once. Its a very different world now. Monday nights have become something of a ritual, with rushing home to make dinner and get ready for a 630 skype conference. Its a very fun experience. Always a bunch of laughs. And trust me, ive needed that lately.
Gamecast Online is going slower. We are down to about 2 shows a month, which isnt too bad, but im just losing the drive to do it. It seems like so much more of a job than Taverncast, but i think that is mainly because im host/producer/editor/webmaster/etc for a show with close to 1000 listeners. Trying to spark some life back into the show, but it seems like im just recycling old material. The last episode was fun, had Eloy and Cromley from Taverncast join us, but i cant do stuff like that every time. Suggestions?
Guested on the latest episode of World Of Warcast. Its so odd to be on these shows, when 6-8 mos ago, i was a faithful listener and saw all these people as pseudo stars, now i talk to them on a daily basis. Very odd. Thanks to starman and ren for having me on, even though i am "a disruptive influence :P".
The pod people continues to get big. We are over 350 members now...and thats after we have started pruning inactive members. We have over 15 level 60s now which is an awesome suprise to me.
Having some medical issues which i dont want to go into here. If you want to ask about it, shoot me an IM or email. Its pretty involved, and pretty depressing.
Hope all is well.
On the positive side, TavernCast is going strong. Thanks to all the listeners. Ive met a ton of people there that i am so grateful. Who would have thought that the people i would consider to be my closest friends are people i havent met in person, or have met once. Its a very different world now. Monday nights have become something of a ritual, with rushing home to make dinner and get ready for a 630 skype conference. Its a very fun experience. Always a bunch of laughs. And trust me, ive needed that lately.
Gamecast Online is going slower. We are down to about 2 shows a month, which isnt too bad, but im just losing the drive to do it. It seems like so much more of a job than Taverncast, but i think that is mainly because im host/producer/editor/webmaster/etc for a show with close to 1000 listeners. Trying to spark some life back into the show, but it seems like im just recycling old material. The last episode was fun, had Eloy and Cromley from Taverncast join us, but i cant do stuff like that every time. Suggestions?
Guested on the latest episode of World Of Warcast. Its so odd to be on these shows, when 6-8 mos ago, i was a faithful listener and saw all these people as pseudo stars, now i talk to them on a daily basis. Very odd. Thanks to starman and ren for having me on, even though i am "a disruptive influence :P".
The pod people continues to get big. We are over 350 members now...and thats after we have started pruning inactive members. We have over 15 level 60s now which is an awesome suprise to me.
Having some medical issues which i dont want to go into here. If you want to ask about it, shoot me an IM or email. Its pretty involved, and pretty depressing.
Hope all is well.
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Holy Crap!
Got a review for gamecastonline from a website called www.virginworlds.com that reviewed us. Take a read, we got a 5/5!
GameCast Online
Subject: Games and Gadgets
Website: http://www.gamecastonline.com/
Host: Brian Waggoner (AKA Asros from Taverncast)
Commentary: Brian's alter-ego, Asros, on Taverncast is the most disruptive personality on that show, but on GameCast, where Brian is the host he is surprisingly lucid. GameCast online can best be summarized as Gaming Steve Jr. The content is similar, the format is similar, and the production quality is equally superb. The only significant difference is the host. Gaming Steve excels in expertise and industry insight, but Brian excels in producing entertaining shows with precisely the right amount of detail within his chosen subjects. His laid back style, dry sense of humor, honest and insightful commentary and excellent production skills mark him as perhaps the most accomplished podcaster on this entire list. GameCast Online is an excellent show, and while I was skeptical at first, this podcast is now among my favorites. Brian has had a variety of well chosen co-hosts on his show, my only request to Brian would be, please never invite Jamie Jordan from Gaming Uncensored to be a guest again. The show deserves better.
(5 out of 5)
GameCast Online
Subject: Games and Gadgets
Website: http://www.gamecastonline.com/
Host: Brian Waggoner (AKA Asros from Taverncast)
Commentary: Brian's alter-ego, Asros, on Taverncast is the most disruptive personality on that show, but on GameCast, where Brian is the host he is surprisingly lucid. GameCast online can best be summarized as Gaming Steve Jr. The content is similar, the format is similar, and the production quality is equally superb. The only significant difference is the host. Gaming Steve excels in expertise and industry insight, but Brian excels in producing entertaining shows with precisely the right amount of detail within his chosen subjects. His laid back style, dry sense of humor, honest and insightful commentary and excellent production skills mark him as perhaps the most accomplished podcaster on this entire list. GameCast Online is an excellent show, and while I was skeptical at first, this podcast is now among my favorites. Brian has had a variety of well chosen co-hosts on his show, my only request to Brian would be, please never invite Jamie Jordan from Gaming Uncensored to be a guest again. The show deserves better.
(5 out of 5)
Thursday, January 26, 2006
My little Bears, my how far you came...
Another bear has been elected to the pro bowl, using the NFC's Need position. Im so proud of these guys this season....most analysts didnt give them a chance to win the division, let alone be the #2 seed in the NFC in the playoffs. Lets hope next year they can build on this!
"Bears tight end Desmond Clark on Wednesday was selected to the Pro Bowl as the NFC's 'need player.'
Clark's inclusion gives the Bears seven Pro Bowlers, tying the Colts and Seahawks for the most in the NFL.
Clark's teammates who were voted to the game include Brian Urlacher, Olin Kreutz, Tommie Harris, Mike Brown, Lance Briggs and Nathan Vasher. " - Chicagobears.com
"Bears tight end Desmond Clark on Wednesday was selected to the Pro Bowl as the NFC's 'need player.'
Clark's inclusion gives the Bears seven Pro Bowlers, tying the Colts and Seahawks for the most in the NFL.
Clark's teammates who were voted to the game include Brian Urlacher, Olin Kreutz, Tommie Harris, Mike Brown, Lance Briggs and Nathan Vasher. " - Chicagobears.com
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Asshole Of The Year Award Goes to......
This Hack!
Seriously. This guy did it just for the press hes getting/creating. Just because you dont like what people are doing doesnt mean you badmouth them. It means you support them in anyway you can to get them home safe, you insignificant jackass.
Seriously. This guy did it just for the press hes getting/creating. Just because you dont like what people are doing doesnt mean you badmouth them. It means you support them in anyway you can to get them home safe, you insignificant jackass.
Episodes in Instancing
So, this is a post i made on my guild site about a guild instance run in WOW last night. Pretty funny story, IMO.
We set up an UBRS group last night. Despite an Officers meeting on TS and login issues, we were able to get a group put together quickly and off to the instance, thanks to Kristyn and Defile grabbing a few pick ups. We had a 15 man raid of mostly pods, only about 4-5 pick ups. Including Happylaoda...which if you havent had the pleasure of meeting, he is a Chinese Gold Farmer rogue...and very odd. Ni hao?
As the first guild UBRS run, there were some things to be expected, and i pity the pick ups that werent on teamspeak to hear the tomfoolery :P Raid started off pretty well, even though after the first boss, kristyn pulled an exact replica of Leroy jenkins, and went in and agrod a bunch of the rookery whelps....wiping the party. At that point....we had our first PUG drop. Claiming they had to help their guild with something, we all knew why :P
After shendo walked through the eggs....(he claimed a graphics glitch) and a PUG's voidwalker walked through the eggs, i figured we were done with those frigging whelps. Ohhh no. Our favorite farmer rogue said that he knew of a mage to bring into the raid to round us out at 15, even though it really came out as "i know invite mage plz" or something to that effect. SO a few of us ran outside to send a summon, and after 2 tries, he didnt show. Kristyn said to forget it and keep moving, and we started pulling some mobs on the ledge above the rookery. Well, less than 5 min later, we see the mage, face down in a pile of rookery whelps. We decide to rez him after the whelps despawn, and as he is rez'd, he immediately ninjas a nice hunter 1h axe, while cru rolled need on it. Mage...with an agil axe....makes sense. So we tell him to cut that out, and move on. Next, this clown runs straight for the first chest he sees, untill we get on his case about rolling for it. We start moving through the rest of the instance, where this mage only uses improved blizzard or his wand. No other spells. We do the rend event, and he starts saying the following whenever anything drops.
"[Dropped Item] Give me KK?? TYTY!!!"
I kid you not. he did it for EVERY item. When he won an item off of Rend, Defile got whispers stating "I Love you!!!!" Looks like he has a new fan. Calls for him to be kicked were made, but in the end, we kept him for whatever minute damage he did put out. We got to Beast, and were prepping for the pull of the 2 dragons right outside of where beast is, when our favorite mage decides to pull beast....by himself....Since TPP are LEETPANTZ, we took down the 2 dragonkin and beast with minimal deaths, and he does the same "GIVE ME KK?!?! TYTY!!!" with the items that drop off of beast(all crap, though). So, we give him some more shit, and get ready to pull some more dragons. Im discussing chain freezing them with kristyn when genious boy pulls them again with blizzard. And again...and again. We barely survive the room where the general is. I keep telling myself...
"Who cares that its 1230am and im up at 530. Who cares that we have a Gold Farmer with a death wish. Beaststalker Tunic could drop off the general." I tried to find solace in that...but alas, we pressed on. After some more intelligent blizzard pulls by our good mage, we decide to let him stay dead until we have the room with the general cleared. We couldnt stand to take any more wipes, so we let him stay dead, much to his chagrin.
Defile got many angry broken engrish tells asking for a rez, but we kept him dead till the room was cleared. Alas, we were able to kill Drakkisath on the first try, with a near wipe, thanks to Cru and Ablatus being PRO tanks, Akando, Shendo, Kristyn and Defile being PRO healers, and me being a not-so-pro puller who dies on one hit. So what dropped?
Devout Robes. Which Defile already had.
/sigh
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Hey Crackhead
Here is a task for you blog readers....
1. surf to www.google.com
2. type in "hey crackhead" in the search box
3. Click the "I'm feeling lucky" box
4. Read and enjoy.
1. surf to www.google.com
2. type in "hey crackhead" in the search box
3. Click the "I'm feeling lucky" box
4. Read and enjoy.
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Weekend Away
Hey all -
Been a busy guy lately. Work has been picking up, plus I seemed to be infected with bird sars for a few days. This past weekend, went with mom and dad to Las Vegas to see Tower Of Power. We stayed at The Orleans, a pretty nice hotel, and had a good time.
Im not a big gambler, but i decided to play the dollar slots with mom, we both were just going to do 10$ worth. About 4 spins in, boom, i won 60$. Me, being the suave gambler i am, immediately cashed out. What was going through my head?
This is what im going to bet on the Bears on sunday. Needless to say, they lost, but put up a good fight. Hopefully next year they will be a bit more in sync with the offense, and the defense will be up to where it was at the peak of the season. Still, first round bye isnt too bad.
TOP Show was great. Were right up by the stage, and as soon as i get the pictures i took off of my dads laptop, ill be sure to post them. Incredible set, incredible time. Never knew going to a concert with my parents would be fun :P
Missed night 2 of TOP because i had either some kind of wierd food poisoning or a flash up of my bird sars, but its ok, cause i got to see the 24 premiere. Show is getting better and better each season. Cant wait to see how it is going to play out.
Hope all is well with everyone, and be sure to look for pictures soon. Also, check out the revamped Brianwaggoner.com! The new iWeb app from Apple is pretty fun :)
Take care!
Been a busy guy lately. Work has been picking up, plus I seemed to be infected with bird sars for a few days. This past weekend, went with mom and dad to Las Vegas to see Tower Of Power. We stayed at The Orleans, a pretty nice hotel, and had a good time.
Im not a big gambler, but i decided to play the dollar slots with mom, we both were just going to do 10$ worth. About 4 spins in, boom, i won 60$. Me, being the suave gambler i am, immediately cashed out. What was going through my head?
This is what im going to bet on the Bears on sunday. Needless to say, they lost, but put up a good fight. Hopefully next year they will be a bit more in sync with the offense, and the defense will be up to where it was at the peak of the season. Still, first round bye isnt too bad.
TOP Show was great. Were right up by the stage, and as soon as i get the pictures i took off of my dads laptop, ill be sure to post them. Incredible set, incredible time. Never knew going to a concert with my parents would be fun :P
Missed night 2 of TOP because i had either some kind of wierd food poisoning or a flash up of my bird sars, but its ok, cause i got to see the 24 premiere. Show is getting better and better each season. Cant wait to see how it is going to play out.
Hope all is well with everyone, and be sure to look for pictures soon. Also, check out the revamped Brianwaggoner.com! The new iWeb app from Apple is pretty fun :)
Take care!
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Interesting news on Intel Macs
This from Engadget...
If you've been counting on being able to run Windows on those new Intel-based Macs, Apple's not about to make it easy for you -- at least not if you're attached to Windows XP. According to Apple SVP Phil Schiller, the new Macs announced yesterday (those being the Intel iMac and MacBook Pro) may not be able to run current versions of Windows due to the fact that the computers will boot using the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI), rather than a traditional BIOS (current Power PC Macs use Open Firmware). EFI was developed by Intel and allows a number of advanced features, including the ability to connect to the Internet from a command shell before the OS is loaded. Since EFI was developed after the rollout of Windows XP, it's not supported by the current or earlier version of Windows (it is, however, supported by 64-bit versions, but the new Macs are 32-bit, so it's back to square one). However, all is not lost: Windows Vista will support EFI, and Apple has said it has no plans to directly block Windows from working on the new boxes. So, if you're a Vista beta tester and have ordered a new iMac or MacBookPro, get those install CDs out; the rest of you will have to wait for the official Vista release, or find a way to hack XP to boot using EFI (which we're sure is about to become a major priority of some of you at this very moment).
Friday, January 06, 2006
Who Says Tivo Is Dead?
This looks to be exactly what Tivo needs to stay afloat.
Dual cable cards?
Backlit remote?
HD?
External SATA drive option?
I love it. Please, tivo, come out with one soon so i can watch my lovely digital cable without using the crappy comcast DVR...
TiVo’s Series 3 HD Lives!
Dual cable cards?
Backlit remote?
HD?
External SATA drive option?
I love it. Please, tivo, come out with one soon so i can watch my lovely digital cable without using the crappy comcast DVR...
TiVo’s Series 3 HD Lives!
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Touche.
Sorry for those of you who might have viewed an "unsavory" image due to the hotlinking debacle. I have changed the image.
BTW, nice move, buddy. Touche.
BTW, nice move, buddy. Touche.
Monday, January 02, 2006
The Internet Brings out The Best In People
So...
After having the images for my 10 list of tech toys, apparently someone got upset that i hotlinked an apple promotional image of a G5 from his site without giving this dude credit...so here is the credit you wanted, boss.
So, here ya go. Credit where you want it. Next time, dude...try not to be such a jerk about things like this. If you dont want hotlinking, configure your site to not allow it. I found the image on google images. If google images hotlinks it, and you piss and moan about the bandwidth I bring on to your server? You got some serious issues.
After having the images for my 10 list of tech toys, apparently someone got upset that i hotlinked an apple promotional image of a G5 from his site without giving this dude credit...so here is the credit you wanted, boss.
Hi Brian.
Your blog entry
http://titaniumquicksilver.blogspot.com/2005/12/top-10-tech-toys-of-year.html
is hotlinking one of the images hosted on my server. Stop it. There is
absolutely no excuse for this. Download the image, host it somewhere else, and
then change your post to link to the new image.
I will check again in two days. Change it before then. If this mail seems
nasty, well it was meant to. You're using *my* bandwidth from my server, which
is using electricity *I* pay for. And you haven't even been kind enough to
give me some sort of credit for it.
Hey, I promised myself to be kind this year, but you've got me mad!
Now be a good lad and fix it, please.
R. Sanchez
--
www.reven.org
So, here ya go. Credit where you want it. Next time, dude...try not to be such a jerk about things like this. If you dont want hotlinking, configure your site to not allow it. I found the image on google images. If google images hotlinks it, and you piss and moan about the bandwidth I bring on to your server? You got some serious issues.
Thursday, December 29, 2005
Top 10 Tech Toys of The Year
Since im a self proclaimed Technophile, i thought id list out the top 10 cool gadgets i got over the past year. Heres the list!
10. Nextel i836 - this pulls in at 10 because its a cell phone. Not that im not a cell phone fan, but its just a cell phone. I got this when i decided i didnt want to lug my blackberry around as a cell phone. Probably a bad decision, since i realized having 2 mobile devices takes up more space than 1. As far as cell phones go, its probably my 2nd favorite so far, still 2nd to the black LG510 i had while in college. This one is sleek, small, easy to use and has decent battery life. Its got some sound quality issues, and the silver coating is starting to peel off. Oh well :(
9. Vonage IP Telephone Service - Vonage has been a good addition, IMO. I never was a big person on having a home phone AND a cell phone service, but once i started working from home more at my old job, it was nice to have a decent speakerphone for long conference calls. I still use it, since i like having a home number i can give out to people, as well as the fact that i can forward my vonage calls to my cell. Using the smaller vonage appliance box rather than the replacement router they initally sent has been more helpful, since its nice to have wireless capability, which the router they sent didnt have. All in all, ive been happy with vonage. Good price, sound quality is a bit low, otherwise, good value.
8. Elgato EyeTV - I was so excited to get this back in the spring. It is a PVR device for Macintosh that pulls cable signal directly into the computer for viewing or recording. It can also export what it records in almost any quality, which is incredible. Honestly one of the coolest devices i have ever used....until lately. Since upgrading OS's and hardware, this device has gotten worse and worse. It runs through a firewire connection, and lately it just keeps flaking out...to the point i disconnected it. About every 30-45 minutes, it would lose signal and just stop working. I was getting less and less impressed with the titanTV interface and the lack of support from Elgato over the known crashing bug. Hopefully they can get it fixed soon. It has a ton of potential.
7. Sony Cybershot DSC-W5 - Just got this camera for christmas. Its a nice upgrade from my old cybershot, 5.1mp, 3x optical zoom, nice big LCD screen...however, im having alot of trouble getting used to the auto focus. Id say about 90% of the pictures ive taken so far with it are blurry. I learned recently(after reading the manual, suprisingly) that to auto focus in certain modes, you need to hold the button down for a few seconds until the reticule on the LCD turns green, then take the picture. Not sure how i feel about this, since most of the pictures i take are of quick things. I.e. babies, cats, cityscapes, etc. Well have to see how it turns out. Honestly, the image quality has been great so far on the images that havent been blurry. Cant wait for my vegas trip to get a good test of it!
6. Blackberry 7510 - Got a good deal on this through my old company. Good interface, very rugged device. I still use it to this day, and really see no reason to upgrade. Im actually thinking of switching back to using this as my main cell phone again, rather than carrying 2 devices around. Great clear screen, easy to use keyboard, etc. Its very very cool.
5. iPod Mini - Cant go wrong with an ipod. I switched to a mini when i started travelling more for increased battery life, and its a bit more rugged than the last ipod i had. The screen was incredible, great backlight, and the clickwheel was so much better than the old touchwheel i had. I also got it on discount from apple, which wasnt bad. It is now being used by my dad, hes testing it out since he still has a 2nd gen ipod...:P
4. Sirus Sattelite Radio - Last year for christmas my folks got me a blaupunkt sirius head unit for my car. Honestly, sattlelite radio is one of my new favorite things. Great reception, awesome channel selection...only thing is i dont drive enough now to use it as much as i used to. Sirius is doing a great job with this, and this device is top notch. The only complaint i have is that the unit gets EXTREMELY hot after a short period of use. Other than that, it is a wonderful device!
3. ATI X800 - What a video card. I debated spending the money on a video card, since it was around 250$ when i got it, but hot damn. Worth every penny. Playing games like WoW or SWG with full settings as well as with doing video work, this card roars. Ive never had a high end video card like this, but it is simply amazing. With the 19in Dell LCD i got for my PC, it finished out my gaming rig, and this machine seriously is incredible. Id like to see how good it looks with a widescreen DVI LCD, but that is a long way off. With playing as much WoW as I do, this card makes that such an amazing experience.
2. Powermac G5 1.8ghz - Ive been wanting to upgrade my mac for a long time, and ever since the G5's came out, i knew i wanted to have a machine with that kind of horsepower. If it werent for this machine, i wouldnt have ever started podcasting, website work, audio editing, digital video and so much more. The sheer power of this box is amazing, and of course Tiger is a magnificant OS. Im running 2 monitors on this machine, and i wish i could run more, from all the things i want to do with it. Anyone who hasnt used a mac should really try one. I dont care what model you use, but try them out. They are one of the most pleasant user experiences ive had. 1.8Ghz, 80gb HD, 1.25GB RAM, Superdrive and digital audio ports, this machine is the perfect digital media machine.
1. iPod Video - Hands down the most amazing piece of technology i have seen apple put out since i have become a neo-fan of apple. Ive had just about every model of ipod and this by far is the best. The screen is beautiful, the device is thin and the interface is amazing. I cant stop messing with this thing. Watching video on the train is great. Perfect usability, and the screen is very comfortable on the eyes. The itunes video store is amazing, as all the shows that are on there are in spectacular quality for the ipod. I cant wait to test it out on a TV using the dock and AV cables. It would be nice if they made the device more scratch/fingerprint resistant. I have taken great care of it and it is not scratched it, but i have heard alot of complaints that it scratches easily. However, it is almost impossible to handle this thing without getting fingerprints and smudges all over it, which on a normal ipod isnt really an issue, but when you smudge up the screen, it makes it kind of difficult to watch video. Other than that, this thing is a 10/10!
10. Nextel i836 - this pulls in at 10 because its a cell phone. Not that im not a cell phone fan, but its just a cell phone. I got this when i decided i didnt want to lug my blackberry around as a cell phone. Probably a bad decision, since i realized having 2 mobile devices takes up more space than 1. As far as cell phones go, its probably my 2nd favorite so far, still 2nd to the black LG510 i had while in college. This one is sleek, small, easy to use and has decent battery life. Its got some sound quality issues, and the silver coating is starting to peel off. Oh well :(
9. Vonage IP Telephone Service - Vonage has been a good addition, IMO. I never was a big person on having a home phone AND a cell phone service, but once i started working from home more at my old job, it was nice to have a decent speakerphone for long conference calls. I still use it, since i like having a home number i can give out to people, as well as the fact that i can forward my vonage calls to my cell. Using the smaller vonage appliance box rather than the replacement router they initally sent has been more helpful, since its nice to have wireless capability, which the router they sent didnt have. All in all, ive been happy with vonage. Good price, sound quality is a bit low, otherwise, good value.
8. Elgato EyeTV - I was so excited to get this back in the spring. It is a PVR device for Macintosh that pulls cable signal directly into the computer for viewing or recording. It can also export what it records in almost any quality, which is incredible. Honestly one of the coolest devices i have ever used....until lately. Since upgrading OS's and hardware, this device has gotten worse and worse. It runs through a firewire connection, and lately it just keeps flaking out...to the point i disconnected it. About every 30-45 minutes, it would lose signal and just stop working. I was getting less and less impressed with the titanTV interface and the lack of support from Elgato over the known crashing bug. Hopefully they can get it fixed soon. It has a ton of potential.
7. Sony Cybershot DSC-W5 - Just got this camera for christmas. Its a nice upgrade from my old cybershot, 5.1mp, 3x optical zoom, nice big LCD screen...however, im having alot of trouble getting used to the auto focus. Id say about 90% of the pictures ive taken so far with it are blurry. I learned recently(after reading the manual, suprisingly) that to auto focus in certain modes, you need to hold the button down for a few seconds until the reticule on the LCD turns green, then take the picture. Not sure how i feel about this, since most of the pictures i take are of quick things. I.e. babies, cats, cityscapes, etc. Well have to see how it turns out. Honestly, the image quality has been great so far on the images that havent been blurry. Cant wait for my vegas trip to get a good test of it!
6. Blackberry 7510 - Got a good deal on this through my old company. Good interface, very rugged device. I still use it to this day, and really see no reason to upgrade. Im actually thinking of switching back to using this as my main cell phone again, rather than carrying 2 devices around. Great clear screen, easy to use keyboard, etc. Its very very cool.
5. iPod Mini - Cant go wrong with an ipod. I switched to a mini when i started travelling more for increased battery life, and its a bit more rugged than the last ipod i had. The screen was incredible, great backlight, and the clickwheel was so much better than the old touchwheel i had. I also got it on discount from apple, which wasnt bad. It is now being used by my dad, hes testing it out since he still has a 2nd gen ipod...:P
4. Sirus Sattelite Radio - Last year for christmas my folks got me a blaupunkt sirius head unit for my car. Honestly, sattlelite radio is one of my new favorite things. Great reception, awesome channel selection...only thing is i dont drive enough now to use it as much as i used to. Sirius is doing a great job with this, and this device is top notch. The only complaint i have is that the unit gets EXTREMELY hot after a short period of use. Other than that, it is a wonderful device!
3. ATI X800 - What a video card. I debated spending the money on a video card, since it was around 250$ when i got it, but hot damn. Worth every penny. Playing games like WoW or SWG with full settings as well as with doing video work, this card roars. Ive never had a high end video card like this, but it is simply amazing. With the 19in Dell LCD i got for my PC, it finished out my gaming rig, and this machine seriously is incredible. Id like to see how good it looks with a widescreen DVI LCD, but that is a long way off. With playing as much WoW as I do, this card makes that such an amazing experience.
2. Powermac G5 1.8ghz - Ive been wanting to upgrade my mac for a long time, and ever since the G5's came out, i knew i wanted to have a machine with that kind of horsepower. If it werent for this machine, i wouldnt have ever started podcasting, website work, audio editing, digital video and so much more. The sheer power of this box is amazing, and of course Tiger is a magnificant OS. Im running 2 monitors on this machine, and i wish i could run more, from all the things i want to do with it. Anyone who hasnt used a mac should really try one. I dont care what model you use, but try them out. They are one of the most pleasant user experiences ive had. 1.8Ghz, 80gb HD, 1.25GB RAM, Superdrive and digital audio ports, this machine is the perfect digital media machine.
1. iPod Video - Hands down the most amazing piece of technology i have seen apple put out since i have become a neo-fan of apple. Ive had just about every model of ipod and this by far is the best. The screen is beautiful, the device is thin and the interface is amazing. I cant stop messing with this thing. Watching video on the train is great. Perfect usability, and the screen is very comfortable on the eyes. The itunes video store is amazing, as all the shows that are on there are in spectacular quality for the ipod. I cant wait to test it out on a TV using the dock and AV cables. It would be nice if they made the device more scratch/fingerprint resistant. I have taken great care of it and it is not scratched it, but i have heard alot of complaints that it scratches easily. However, it is almost impossible to handle this thing without getting fingerprints and smudges all over it, which on a normal ipod isnt really an issue, but when you smudge up the screen, it makes it kind of difficult to watch video. Other than that, this thing is a 10/10!
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Nothing can stop the signal, Mal....
So.....a show that was cancelled because of "lack of interest", a movie that was said to be a failure because of "lack of interest" and the dvd of the movie is #1 and series is #3 on amazon's sales list for the week of christmas?
The numbers dudes are smoking something in the film industry....
Top Sellers
The numbers dudes are smoking something in the film industry....
Top Sellers
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