Logan Leger

Hey Guys, I've got a new blog up. I'm now using WordPress and so far, I'm loving it. You probably noticed the change to the blog template. I did this to familiarize with the template that I know I would be using on WP.

Also, I'm now using iHostFree.com for my hosting. I only pay $25 a year and that is for the domain, e-mail, and hosting services. And the domain is mine, registered under my name.

Also, the service is excellant. It's been a long 2 weeks trying to get WP up, and they've helped me with everything. And, I'm everything. Luckily, they also are very familiar with WP.

All this, I give them an 9/10; because nothing is guaranteed.

Check it out, still beta. Check daily for new updates! loganleger.com

One of Leo Laporte's old shows on TechTV was Call for Help. It's still airing in Canada. Well, now you can help bring it back to the US. You can also download the episondes via bittorrent. Link at plasticbugs.

Also, I'm looking into Wordpress. What WP hosting do you recommend? Any free ones?

FreeDesktopPC.com has a new addition. This one with a CD-RW and 128MB ATI card. Specs:

• ATX833 Case 350W w/ Window (SILVER)
• AMD™ ATHLON™64 2800+ CPU w/ Hyper Transport Technology
• GigaByte GA-K8NS nForce3 250 Chipset AGP8X w/LAN,USB2,&Audio
• 256 MB PC3200 400MHz DDR MEMORY
• 80GB 7200 RPM ATA 100 HARD DRIVE
• ATI RADEON 9250 8X AGP 128MB DDR W/ CRT & TV-OUT
• CD-RW 52X32X52
• 3D WAVE ON-BOARD 5.1 SOUND CARD

You should upgrade RAM, and probably case, too.

They also just recently upgraded their sites. There is a toolbar at the top that will direct you to one of their other sites or their home page upon directed.

Also check out freevideogames.com. No referrals. Just complete offers yourself, save up points, and spend them in their store. Great games (Half-Life 2, Halo 2 Special Ed, Far Cry).

Gratis Rules...

FreeMiniMac.com (I still need 10)
FreeiPodShuffle.com (I still need 3)
FreeiPods.com (I still need 5)

(I recommend the CallWave offer, no Credit Card required and it's free! Just cancel after the trial.)

Now that more than one person has left a comment, let's clarify. First, only post links once. Second, no soliciting. I would prefer you ask and not pay people on this blog.

With that being said, thanks for visiting. Please help me get mine though!

FreeMiniMac.com (I still need 10)
FreeiPodShuffle.com (I still need 3)
FreeiPods.com (I still need 5)

Please help guys... I need a new computer!

Post your links (and view mine) at:
freeipodlinks.blogspot.com (iMatt711@gmail.com)
www.0u812.com (e-mail souldrop@gmail.com; 0ou812.com as subject)
*UPDATE: for clarification... it's 0u812.com where the first digit is a zero.

Thanks to 0u812 and FreeiPodLinks for the link to my site. Also, help get the word out about 0u812.

More tech news to come tomorrow, not much happened today.

Please help with my free gratis. If you would like your link in my blog for some reason, refer my accounts. Heck, I might even give you a G-Mail invite, if you don't have an account.

This website shows how to dismantle a Mac Mini. This could enable you to upgrade the internal components (video card, harddrive, RAM) to mac worth $599. Video is fuzy, .mp4 file. You need Quicktime. Link. Free Mac Mini here.

Another shows (in pics) how to dismantle an iPod shuffle. I don't know why. Could you install an LCD? Upgrade RAM? Try and post your pics in the comments. Link.

Google takes over the world. They're looking for someone to help build a global fiber-optic network. Link.

Google released the second version of it's award winning photo album software, Picasa (which Google acquired almost months ago). Try it. Download is only 3 MB.

Google also released software that it hopes will eliminate comment spam.

These and other great Google news via http://www.google.com/googleblog.

FreeMiniMac.com (I still need 10)
FreeiPodShuffle.com (I still need 3, maybe 2)
FreeiPods.com (I still need 5)

Please help guys... I need a new computer!

Post your links (and view mine) at:
freeipodlinks.blogspot.com (iMatt711@gmail.com)
www.0u812.com (e-mail souldrop@gmail.com; 0ou812.com as subject)
*UPDATE: for clarification... it's 0u812.com where the first digit is a zero.

Thanks for your help. Although, I could spare a G-mail invite for those of you who don't have one already. Let me stress that because they're are still some poor techs who don't have an accout, so if you have one, don't ask. If you refer with one of my links, drop me a line @ logan.leger@gmail.com.

THANKS!!

Can ya'll help me? I want a Mac Mini really bad. I need a new computer and especially need to be indulged into the world of Mac for learning purposes. My computer is outdated and I'm just a poor student. Thanks for your referrals.

FreeMiniMac.com
FreeiPodShuffle.com
FreeiPods.com

freeipodlinks.blogspot.com - a place where you can find more people to help.

Thanks... tech updates to come later today....

iMatt is doing a great thing over at http://freeipodlinks.blogspot.com/. Send him your links via e-mail at iMatt711@Gmail.com and he will post yours for all the world to see. Check it out!

FreeMiniMac.com
FreeiPodShuffle.com
FreeiPods.com

MacExpo was big, real big... remember the awesome MiniMac and iPod Shuffle? Get a free one!

FreeMiniMac.com (complete offer and refer 10 friends to do the same)
FreeiPodShuffle.com (complete offer and refer 3 friends to do the same)

Pretty cool... FreeiPods.com

Well, I'm sure we all know by now the outcome of the MacWorld Expo this year in San Fransisco. But, I'll review for you anyway.

1. Steve Jobs placed Apple on track once again for a release of Tiger in the first half of this year.
2. iLife gets updated in '05 edition ($79, available Jan. 22nd). These updated include the following:
• iPhoto: support for RAW and MPEG-4; new views (calendar, vertical hierchial folders, etc); 3 new book sizes; better slideshows (more cinematic, more transitions/effects, etc); image printing for $0.19 each.
• iMovie HD: import and edit HD movies; Magic iMovie, creates automatic (still editable) movie in a second; improved editing tools; import easier with media browser; high-def slideshows
• iDVD 5: dynamic dropzones, customizable with movie/video that moves across the screen; 15 new themes; OneStep DVD to transfer uneditied movie directly from DV camcorder to DVD; Edit smarter using the improved, editable DVD Map and the new Drop Zone Editor; Save time and safeguard your work: burn projects to your hard drive as fully encoded Disk Images.
• GarageBand 2: record up to 8 tracks; real-time notation display; timing enhancments; tuning enhancments
• iTunes 4.7: already release
3. iWork ($79, available Jan. 22nd) is the successor to AppleWorks, says Steve Jobs. It includes Keynote 2 and Pages, and new word processor that uses a lot more graphics than Word.
4. New Stripped Mac, for only $499? Meet the MacMini. For only $499 you get a 1.25GHz, slot loading CD-RW/DVD-ROM, 256MB, 36MB of video memory, 40 GB harddrive, built in 10/100 networking, 2 USB 2.0 and 1 FireWire 400 port along with a DVI and VGA adapter. For $100 more ($599) you get an upgraded processor (1.42Ghz) and a bigger harddrive (80GB).
5. iPod for only $99? Yes, sir! For only $99 you get the iPod shuffle. It holds 240 songs (4 min/song @ 128Kpbs ACC encoding). For $50 more ($149) you get twice the memory (1GB). I weighs less thatn car keys or 4 quaters and is smaller than a pack of gum. In a world were the iPod controls over 60% of the market share, this flash-based iPod is supposed to directly compete with the mainstream market share left.
6. iTunes update: 230 million songs have been sold via the iTunes Music Store to date. Jobs estimates that at its current run rate, Apple will sell 1.25 billion songs per year. That makes up a 70 percent share of the online music market.
7. iPod update: For the holiday quarter 2004, Apple sold more than 4.5 million iPods. That compares to 733,000 iPods during the same quarter a year. A 500 percent year-over-year growth. That means Apple has sold more than 10 million iPods to date -- 8.2 million of them were sold in 2004.
8. iPod your Car update: Mercedes Benz, Nissan, Volvo and Scion will be introducing iPod adapters for their factory-installed auto stereos in 2005. Alfa Romeo and Ferrari will be doing so as well.
9. Apple Store Update: 3 years ago -- first store opened. Today, 101 stores. Over 1 million people hosted each week, enough to fill 10 MacWorld's a week,

You can watch the broadcast here. Be patient though, the servers are slow.
MiniMac pics, all of them.
iPod shuffle pics, every last one.

As one of Kevin Rose's New Years Resolutions, he plans to make thebroken as a weekend hobby but take an aim at the former TSS audience. Donate and Article here.

Dan Huard has his new site scopetech.net in alpha stage... more great things to come.

G4 drops TechTV as of Feb. 15, 2005. Press Release. More destruction of the wonderful TechTV to come... stay tuned.

Merry Christmas. Biggest Blue Screen of Death in the world! Times Square.

Which one is better? Spybot S&D, Ad-Aware, or Microsoft's new one? Review!

Be a smarter e-mail user and Rampage on Verizon.

HIV resistance, IBM patents (over 500) to go open sourced and a missle set to destroy a comet via Google News.

So, I was following up on my last post from yesterday and found that...

IT WASN'T TRUE!!

So, I say... I'm sorry. I saw it on a former host's site and, figured it was true.

Never again... only truth from now on!

via the techtified.

In a short amount of time, Microsoft has taken Giant Software's revolutionary Anti-Spyware utility and turned it into something that may be worth taking a look at. (For those of you who didn't know, Microsoft bought out Giant). It is available for publiv beta through July 31. Well, I'll test it out and let ya'll know. Story Download

Acrobat 7.0 was released today. The newest feature... support for Linux!! Story and Download

So, the rumors have turned out to be true. Six Apart, makers of the Movable Type publishing platform and TypePad blog hosting services has bough out Danga Interactive, maker and owner of LiveJournal. LiveJournal will continue to exsist in its entirety but, with more research and development to make it better. And, it's all open-source! via Six Apart Blog, Danga Interactive's CEO and Founder's LiveJournal, and also on the hompage.

EXTRA: Make your Media Center PC join Windows domains. This enables you to "sneak" your Media Center into your corporate network or, to manage more than one box. Enjoy!

CES... the biggest gadget fair in the world is going on in Las Vegas this week.

For Coverage of the big CES, check out Kevin Rose's blog. He will be updating with exclusive pictures and coverage. Also, check out Endgadget. They have some pretty good stuff, too.

They've got a pretty good lineup of Keynote speeches. Here's a list. You can watch Bill's, if you missed it here. Oh, and during his speech, he got the Blue Screen of Death!

In latest tech news, someone is sueing Apple for antitrust violations with their "monopoly" with their iPod and iTunes. Supposedly, it breaks the law because iTunes is only compatible with iPod. Link.

Microsoft's anti-spyware beta released today. A product of their acquisition of Giant software. From news.com.com.

Well, you heard it from the horse's mouth. Microsoft is officially buying TechTV from Comcast! The release date is set for somewhere around May 28th (you know what day that is!). Straight from an anonymous PR exec at the big MS... read on!!!

via the techtified: (also on Joey's site)

When I asked him about programming he said a few shows were already being created. A 2 hour daily tech call-in, help, tip and geek show. In other words, this is the TSS show we've been wanting back. Other shows for the line up will be a daily tech news show, a gaming show (weekly) and a gadget show. The MSTECHTV site will also serve as a great supplement to the network. When I asked the PR exec about talent, he said "I already think I risked a lot by confirming the rumor, but if I had to tell you, you will know a lot of the talent." So I guess seeing Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Alex Albrecht, Dan Huard, and Yoshi on MSTECHTV is possible.

Are you a fan of Spiderman 1 and 2? How about X-Men 1 and 2? The Hulk? Well, the sequels and more coming from Marvel Comics is not to far away. Their planned schedule is here. via digg

The MacObserver as reported that:

IDG World Expo has issued a press release trumpeting that "hundreds of new products are expected to debut at next week's event."

I guess among these will be a flash-based iPod, a sub-$500 iMac and alot of talk about Tiger.

MacNewsWorld reports that a new CPU developed by IBM will allow 2 different OS to run at the same time, thanks to partitioning. This technology is used in IBM's blade servers. We should see this in Apple Computers and Servers on the account that they all use the same technology.

NEW XSERVE!!

Dual 2.3GHz G5s (only 55 wats per processor!!)
Up to 1.2TB in hot-swappable drives
Dual Gigabit ethernet
Dual FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 and 1 FireWire 400
Slot Loading Drive
Up to 8GB DDR SDRAM with ECC


The New Apple Xserve, She's a Beaute!

LOWER CINEMA DISPLAY PRICES!!

20-inch only $999
23-inch only $1799
30-inch only $2999


Lower Prices on the Already Stunning Cinema Displays!

With these prices and performance, I may have to get one!

via Gizmodo

Alex Albrecht, former host of The ScreenSavers on G4/TechTV, has reveled some definite specs. Including a flash-based harddrive and built-in DVD playback. He also states that there will be s live demo at E3 this year! And, the release date will be set at this year's E3! Check it out!

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) introduced the Alchemy Au1200 processor, with the company claiming the chip will "forge a new era of portable multimedia".

AMD said the low-power, high-performance, system-on-chip solution was designed to provide living-room quality video entertainment for consumers on the go. It said that the processor has been optimized for personal media players (PMPs) and enables a new generation of conveniences and features, including scalable DVD-quality displays, video content transfers directly from digital video recorders, and long-lasting battery life. TechTree.com

Microsoft will donate $2 Million in immediate corporate funds and another projected $1.5 million from matching employee contributions. Others like Amazon ($3.5 Million) and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ($3 Million) and Cisco and Computer Associates have helped with the overwhelming impact of the tsunami's on Dec. 26th in Southeast Asia.

Top 10 Microsoft milestones for 2005. Actually, pretty good.

AHHH!!! Halo 2.5! I can't wait. More feature (bots or system link co-op?), expanded story line, and HDTV resolution will all be added! Sweet... First title on Xbox 2. Bam! TeamXbox and GameShout.

I was going to try to talk about Apple but, all the talk about Apple is their sub-$500 PC that is speculated to be announced at this years Mac Expo. I'm not too excited. But the iPod users who all seem to be switching to Macs will be since most are only worried about price.

LSU GETS A NEW HEAD COACH!!! Yes, I can't wait to see wait Les can do!

Besides the disappointment of LSU losing in the last six seconds of the Cotton Bowl and that Nick Saban left LSU for the Miami Dolphins, my New Year's weekend was pretty good.

So now for resolutions:

1. Start swimming again for (at least) 3 days a week
2. Lose 5 lbs (I'm only 145)
3. Save for a new computer (I'm not sure which to buy, a PowerMAC, PowerBook, or Windows based Laptop; which do ya'll think? Comment away!)
4. Stronger, more Consistent walk with the Lord
5. Pass the A+ Certification

Well... hopefully these won't wash down the drain with the past resolutions, I hope I can keep them.

Looks like this is going to be a year to remember...

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Dan spilled the beans, again... life at G4/TechTV

Wow... this past year has been amazing. From all the things I've learned, experiences past, etc.

Hope this one is even better...

Celebrate the New Year by helping with the Asian Tsunami Relief... it's sad, latest reports are over 118,000 dead, and the death toll is still growing. With the short supply of clean water and shelter, disease is rapidly spreading therefore, death is also.

Besides...

Google's Year-End Statistics via the Google Zeitgeist. Pretty cool...

From Mine to Yours, hope you has a Merry Christmas and Have a Happy New Year!