Archive July 2007
Video How-to Guru
For the most part, I think I’ve found a pretty good groove with video production – and this week has been off-the-chain with interactivity. I believe it’s largely due to the new nature of the Ustream player that plays automatically – certainly does help the numbers. The hardest part is coming up with new questions [...]
Software Development
http://live.pirillo.com/ – A couple of guys from the AlphaGeek crew interviewed Chris about Software Development – what he thinks is wrong with it and how to correct its problems. Want to embed our Software Development video in your blog? Use this code: <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/G8T3wU0yirU"></aram><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/G8T3wU0yirU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><a [...]
Fingerprint Scanners
http://live.pirillo.com/ – QuadForLife asks: would you recommend having a fingerprint scanner for a laptop? Yes and no. For ease of use, it's pretty convenient: swipe your thumb and you're in without having to enter a username or password. Ss for security we don't recommend using it. Grabbing fingerprints to use for nefarious reasons is pretty [...]
Deserted Island Gadgets
http://live.pirillo.com/ – Mark wants to know what gadget you would have if you were stranded on a deserted island. So, it would need to be hand-cranked or solar-powered. We think the ultimate gadget would be a hand cranked or solar powered laptop with the ability to connect to the Internet via a satellite linkup as [...]
iPhone Activation
http://live.pirillo.com/ – As many of you watched the other day, Ponzi bought Chris an iPhone for his birthday. Opening and playing with the iPhone was not a difficult experience. Activating the iPhone, on the other hand wasn't fun. Want to embed our iPhone Activation Problems video in your blog? Use this code: <object width="425" height="350"><param [...]
Happy Birthday!
http://live.pirillo.com/ – Go me, it's my birthday! Go me! Want to embed our Happy Birthday video in your blog? Use this code: <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qET5JJ2Ut-0"></aram><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qET5JJ2Ut-0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/">Chris</a> | <a href="http://live.pirillo.com/">Live Tech Support</a> | <a href="http://media.pirillo.com/">Video Help</a> | <a href="http://feeds.pirillo.com/ChrisPirilloShow">Add to iTunes</a> Formats available: MPEG4 Video (.mp4), [...]
Pownce: Social Networks aren’t Identity Networks
Interesting. Someone just told me that I was on Pownce – which is odd, because I never signed up for an account. Lo and behold, here “I” am. I’m not terribly upset about it at this point, but that’s pretty much my identity – and the people following “me” may not know that that’s “me” [...]
iTarded
I was trying to figure out why my iPhone was automatically resizing an image to 640×480 when sending it through email… but that’s a feature, not a bug, according to Mobileburn: The user has no ability to choose the photo resolution or set a white balance mode. Nothing. In fact, when an image from the [...]
Birthday Dinner: Tasting Menu
We didn’t have any cake or ice cream to celebrate my birthday today, but we did have quite an amazing dinner at Rover’s in Seattle. This is a once-a-year experience for Ponzi and myself, although we may make an exception to that rule when my parents visit in a few weeks (for Gnomedex, as they [...]
Birthdays are Better on the Internet
My birthday was quite stressful (working on Gnomedex and Lockergnome stuff), but it was also very fun. The Internet has changed the way I celebrate my birthday, wholly. Buddies from a variety of social networks have been sending their best wishes throughout the day (ICQ, Skype, FaceBook, MySpace, etc.). It’s been overwhelming, but in a [...]
Media is Still in the Dark Ages
I’ve long believed that the future of media playback on the desktop (or mobile device) would ultimately pass through Flash. Why there hasn’t been a truly universal, codec-neutral media player released for any operating system is beyond me. Lockergnome reader Anthony Baker submitted the following, in respect to the future of the Windows Media Player: [...]
Mac Learning Curve
http://live.pirillo.com/ – Does OS X have a learning curve? Can you really get used to OS X after being a diehard Windows user for so many years? Chris thinks it's very possible. In fact, he's thinking of converting to OS X for his daily computer use, for several reasons: Apple has paid attention to the [...]
External Video Cards
http://live.pirillo.com/ – There have been rumors of external graphics cards floating around the Internet for years. Recently, though, some of these rumors may have credibility. With so much heat and power consumption – as well as the growing demands of dedicated PC gamers – it's a real possibility to see external graphics cards hit the [...]
Hard Drive Failure
http://live.pirillo.com/ – Hard drives are generally a very reliable part of your computer setup. Given the fact that the hard drive is one of the few components that has moving parts and it's active all of the time, it's actually kind of surprising that the hard drive doesn't fail more than they do. Still, hard [...]
Windows Media Player
http://live.pirillo.com/ – Back in the day Windows Media Player burst onto the scene and kicked ass. It was slick, played a lot of formats, and was the media player. As time went on, however, WMP has become bloated and user unfriendly. ADHD from the chat room heard that Windows Media Player 11 sucks: is that [...]
