Podcast Pick: Tekzilla
This week we are kicking off several new weekly features here at dwot, including our Podcast Pick of the Week. Each Monday we’ll spotlight a great podcast to help you waste a little more time. If you’re new to podcasts, you may want to pick up Miro, an excellent cross-platform podcast player with a lot of features, or of course iTunes, if you’re using an iPod, you’re probably already familiar with iTunes. (BTW: If anyone has any tips for an iTunes alternative that plays nice with podcasts and iPod classics, let me know. I’ve tried a few and was never able to find one that just worked, the closest was Floola, which I still have hopes for, but isn’t quite there yet.)
Our first podcast pick is Tekzilla, an excellent tech podcast offering daily tech tips and a full-show on Fridays reminiscent of all the good parts of the Screen Savers of TechTV before it evolved into the unwatchable Attack of the Show on G4. Hosted by Screen Savers alum Patrick Norton, Tekzilla brings you tech tips, reviews, DIY projects and more in a tasty podcast package.
Penny Arcade Expo 2008
Today is the last day of “Early Bird” Registration for PAX08, the Penny Arcade Expo which will take place in Seattle from Aug. 29th – 31st.
What is this PAX you say? According to the official FAQ:
PAX is a three-day game festival for tabletop, videogame, and PC gamers. We call it a festival because in addition to dedicated tournaments and freeplay areas we’ve got nerdcore concerts, panel discussions, the weekend-long Omegathon event, and an exhibitor hall filled with booths displaying the latest from top game publishers and developers. Even with all this amazing content the best part of PAX is hanging out with other people who know their shit when it comes to games.
This year will be my first PAX, as Seattle is a little bit of a haul from Upstate NY. Sounds like an absolutely amazing time, so sign up today and save $10 on your registration. See you there!
Weekly Preview – March 31 2008
This week we are kicking off several new weekly features here at dwot, including our Weekly Preview. Each Monday we’ll give you the low-down on the best new releases in Video Games & DVD’s, the Movie and Television premieres you don’t want to miss and more.
DVD’s
The only real DVD release of note this week is Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The Tim Burton musical starring Johnny Depp, and Helena Bonham Carter. Certainly worth a rental and watch, at the least.
The other new releases this week include such invigorating titles as Alvin & The Chipmunks, Murder She Wrote: Season Eight, and Becker Season One. Yikes!
Kick to First for the Out
Wow. I don’t know how this wasn’t the #1 play on Sportscenter. Absolutely insane.
BoomsticK
BoomsticK is a sweet new flash game from itch.com. Certainly worthy of wasting some time with, it’s a challenging shooter where you target menacing shapes. A spiritual successor to Space Invaders, as are so many excellent flash diversions. So what’s your high score?
Hacking Remote Desktop into Crippled Vista Versions
Vista isn’t perfect, there’s a lot it does wrong and not much it’s truly gotten right. One of the most annoying and confusing things Microsoft has done with Vista is release a multitude of variants. Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Ultimate all different variants with different “feature-sets” at scaling prices. Opt for a version other than the pricey “Ultimate” and you may find yourself lacking some key features, like Remote Desktop. Sure, there’s VNC, but it’s not quite the same and can be a bit confusing to get up and running reliably. Microsoft will gladly ransom the locked features back to you for a stiff upgrade fee or you could always do a little tweaking and unlock the functionality yourself. After a quick search, I located the following sites. Follow the instructions here and you should be up and running. If you happen to be running Vista 64, as I am, you’ll need to get the 64 bit version of the termsrv.dll, which I found here. Happy hacking!
South Park Studios
Like South Park? Check out creators Matt Parker and Trey Stone’s site, South Park Studios for every episode available in streaming form, as well as a bunch of clips, like the one above. Hulu, Adult Swim, ABC, South Park. I wonder what the cable companies think of all this…
Leprechauns in Alabama
Ireland and Alabama don’t have much in common. Except leprechauns. According to some of the citizens of our 45th smartest state.