We said good bye to myspace we jumped to facebook, we opened our heads and hearts more to twitter. and we made the right choice (Myspace is slow as heck now).
Hopefully 2011 Gives us all just as much of a smooth transition to a better realm.
We saw Hulu Launch into a fizzle.
Though the Decade we saw Linux and Microsoft shake hands, we Saw Bill gates and Steve Jobs talk face to face.
We saw Blizzard games and Rockstar games launch into monsters (Rockstar has been sued so many times, we could lose them any day now). We saw activision actually create good games again (first decade since the 80s). We saw Video game consoles have motion sensing remotes, we saw Satellite radio come out with a huge launch and tons of hype and then admit defate and two seperate intities merged to salvage their existence I still only know a few people pay for radio $13 a month is stupid. We saw a president win an election with the assistance of Social media and social networking. We saw a movie called Social Network. We saw Kevin Rose and Leo Laoporte come from a near fatal ending as Video game Tv (g4) and TechTv Merged into G4tv and then become just g4 when it shook off everything tech and 90% of the video game. This left the Tech TV crowd searching for a new place, so they started podcasts and located Tech websites and the like who wanted to have their website mentioned on the podcast. We saw Kevin Rose (of revision 3) become a Goliath with digg.com and Diggnation. We saw 1000000000000001 clones of digg.com like the implementation of the digg button into Facebook. We saw Leo Laporte’s shows just chug along and gradually grow into the Entertainment network it is now at twit.tv. We saw computers make it into our phones. And that is a great move. We are all now a ton less social and have little things we plop into our ear to drown out the world and hold a conversation with someone who is not there . We can now have video chats on our cell phones.
We have seen a great things come this decade. We watched a few great Tech things go. I hope we are still motivated to make more for the next decade.
I hope you all have a good new year
Until 2011 techies, Happy New Year
Tag: tech
List of Tech Video Podcasts
List of tech video podcasts. This way it’s kind of like having your own Tech only DvR. These videos are sort of (not completely though) sorted by topic.
Diggnation – Diggnation is a weekly tech/web culture show based on the top digg.com social bookmarking news stories.
commandN – commandN is a weekly video podcast produced by MGImedia.ca that covers web/
technology news, reviews, and how-to’s.
Tekzilla – Tekzilla feeds your tech hunger! Patrick Norton and Veronica Belmont bring you hands on reviews of the latest gear, tips and tricks that improve the tech you already own and conversations with the most informative experts around.
DLTV – DL.TV is for tech fans, by tech fans. It features some of the most timely and honest views about what is going on in tech today!
GeekBrief Tv – Sorry no description tag. Cali Lewis is hot and smart and talks tech.
GeekBeatTV – GeekBeat.TV presents the day’s hottest stories, tips, trends, and news all in one place. It’s the next can’t-miss show for anyone looking to keep their finger on the pulse of the wired world.
Hacks – Cnet tech Podcast
Hak5 – Hak5 isn’t your typical tech show. It’s hacking in the old-school sense, covering everything from network security, open source and forensics, to DIY modding and the homebrew scene. Damn the warranties, it’s time to Trust your Technolust.
Tap that App – Cnet video Podcast about Apps for your phone, Android and Iphone and Ipad and Ipod Touch.
AppJudgment – With hundreds of apps to choose from for your iPhone, Android, iPad or whatever device you may have, how do know what’s worth the download? AppJudgment is your daily source for mobile app reviews and previews
Wired – G-Lab: CES Speculation, Tablets, 3-D Cameras – Video – Wired
Twit.TV Live – Live streaming Tech Related Videos from Leo Laporte’s Network on Twit.TV
Well in the search for Tech video podcasts, The news is, there are quite a few in Google. The bad news is, many are here one day, gone the next. but there are a few Tech video podcasts that seem to be a good promise to never go away. Should be hours of getting your geeky video on.
This is a nice list of good Tech Related podcasts. None to be the best Tech Podcast but still tech podcasts that are in high quality video. Of course they aren’t embedded or streaming from the bandwidth here.
If you have any Tech podcasts that you think should be in the list, feel free to respond below With show name and or link.
Robots are So Close Now
There is a crew in Asia (unsure where can’t see much face) that is steadily working on a robot with some human looking features and motions. The robot smiles, blinks nods and looks around (if those are cameras in the eye sockets). Many of the normal human actions of a smile and talking, happen with this robot. I haven’t seen the hands or arms of the robot move yet
The mouth is still very “puppety” when the robot talks.
I understand why they used female for the texture. couple simple reasons. 1 they are guys and i am sure it would have been creepy trying to build a pleasant non offensive looking male. 2 all killer robots are male.
I hope the end result in this robot venture is to help those who are unable to help themselves.
or if you want to be more gross about robots
And a bit more robot gross. Robotic arm being used by a living monkey.
Another robotic hand, This one does not work on the mind control, this robotic hand works on muscle movement.
both arms are robotic
I am surprised there is not a larger group of tech people working on these robots or competitive robots. Not so much like battle bots or robot wars. More like if there is competition, you have room for greater ideas and higher goals for achievement. Take a chance on your robot as apposed to just make it happen. If tech was done that way, those cyborg arms would be running on diesel fuel and there would be 20 foot hoses connected to the back of them.
Comments are open below.
What killed Tech Evolution
First I have to explain that this is a bit dated. I yanked it from Archive.org. It’s mine and I finally have access to my content. I was kicked from Lockergnome by a rouge mod and his boyfriend. This post was one of mine on lockergnome.
Ok I understand that if someone wants to sell their work.
They want to be the only person making money on it. And they do not want people to be able to get the software for free. I mean why buy the cow…..
But have you noticed, no one does anything anymore.
Everyone is scared of getting arrested for tweaking files and programs. I mean the past ten years have been amazing in software development. Now it’s just down to a trickle. We aren’t moving faster and faster every time we check, anymore. Those days are gone. Kids now are scared to mod psp software because those who do and show others, get silenced fast.
I mean the most I learned was when I was wanting to make my purchased items better. Like over clocking, there are no over clocking forums left but one or two . I mean back when everyone was tweaking and modding their Xbox, we where learning so much from each other. We where passing notes and moving faster and faster. People emulated machines. Sony killed that when they created psp addons and called them “Emulators” . If you did any searches on the net for “emulator tips” you would find stupid junk that showed you how to change your back ground on your psp. I mean they did that very well I have to give them props. But my god, if it wasn’t for people modding the psp… Sony would have no idea what firmware to add to the stupid battery chugger.
So now you just have to sit around and wait on Sony to tell you what’s good.
We are getting dumber by the minute. Don’t bother asking any kids these days how to play a 360 game on a computer. They flip out and tell you you need a decompresser… blah blah blah.. It’s software.
“Encoded” means YOU think it’s unbreakable.
Where is the crowd of people who inspired others to get upset with the useless crap bundled in our gadgets?
What happened to everyone? I feel like it’s becoming a TiVo/Apple world. Where everyone just sits with their mouth open waiting to be given what ever there is to fill it.. And we like it.
Was it laziness? Did the really tech gen just get old and walk away?
Am I a dinosaur? Did everyone stop caring what it is inside their gadget that rattles when you shake it?
Is the new generation the fat gen?
Ps: Don’t share other people’s works. But share the mods you made to make them better.
Netflix and Godaddy
Should both Netflix and Godaddy really be crammed down our throats every time we boot up our computers?
Have you ever been to their sites?
Netflix, they sponsor every dang podcast I listen to and every online video I watch. (well not all but many). Have you ever looked at the shows they offer on Netflix? I mean even Redbox has a larger, better and higher quality selection than Netflix. I truly do not like Redbox. I stop there all the time, smear my snot on the screen as I flip through the first page or so of videos and walk away feeling ashamed I did it again. Heck the Redbox movies are just a dollar and I can get up, grab one movie and be back home watching it, before it ever even comes out on Netflix. If it shows up there. mean while you hog up all of the bandwidth using Netflix and your spouse is mad and your kids are mad.
Godaddy. You ever decide you want to buy a domain name? Ever find that someone bought that domain name but never did anything with it? Yeah that person is typically on Godaddy. It’s like everyone found a place that has a known name and decided to buy from there. Kind of like Walmart. Everyone knows it’s there and the people that shop there, have no idea why you call their stuff crap. Well the people who buy up domain names and do nothing with them are called “squatters”. That name sounds a bit negative, right? Of course it does. It’s meant to. I mean you have a great idea for that domain name and that jerk has 700 domain names and does nothing with them. One of his domain names you have a brilliant idea and are not able to use it now. Now your Websitedesigner dot what ever domain name has to be 1websitedeigner1 dot what ever is available.
Cool they have a domain auction section on their site. That just further provokes even more people to just buy up random named domain names and sell them at scary high prices. Meanwhile their prices are no better than other domain registrars.
Would be nice if the ads would just lay up or be in relevant media.
What’s more likely to happen, I will end up renting a Netflix movie and find a Godaddy commercial at the beginning. Or register with godaddy and find a netflix ad in some banner I can’t remove from my site.
Have a difference of opinion? Reply.
The MUST HAVE App for Android
I personally have a G1. The G1 phones have probably the sorriest battery life. In less than 4 hours, my battery is usually at 1/4 capacity. This means when I go to lunch at work, G1 is on the charger in the car while I eat lunch. This means 0% of my work day involves using facebook. :-(.
I have done everything I could to reduce battery usage. but this story isn’t all about my phone.
I found (from a lady at my job) Advanced Task Killer. You can find the actual app in the Android Market. It’s free and very useful.
Just install it and open your menu bar. Once you click on Advanced Task killer the first time, it should for ever be in your bar at the top of your screen (if you have a g1 like ) do still running the 1.6 firmware). As soon as the program opens the first time, you will see a list of apps that are currently running. Un-check the ones you do not want to disable (may I recommend you do not kill ATK?). If you must disable Advanced Task Killer, I would like to take the time to suggest that you go back to your main screen, press down in an empty space and just wait there with your finger on the screen. After a few (2-5) seconds you should get a pop up. This pop up will ask you what you want to add to home screen. Select “shortcuts”. There will be a second of things to select from, chose applications. This next menu will be in alphabetic order, Select Advanced Task Killer. This will place ATK on your Home Screen.
I myself create folders and separate my apps by placing them into specified folders. You can rename your folders by opening them and pressing in the folder with your finger and hold there for about 5 seconds or less. You will then be prompted to rename the folder.
Only downside, is the programs keep re-opening and you have to keep closing them. and every time you turn on the light to use the app, you run the battery down a bit more.
So for the battery saving Android application that you MUST HAVE, Get Advanced Task killer.
advanced task killerAdvanced Task Killer
Houston Tech Events
Startup Houston Tech Event Listing Calendar.
September 21st – iphone Developer’s Monthly Meet up. Python enthusiasts. (python? Really?)
October 7th PHP User Monthly Meet up.
Scroll down There is more :-)
http://eventful.com/houston/events/categories/technology
Texas Technology Summit – Houston IT Conference, Texas IT Conference
These are registered event holders and sponsors for the 2011 Texas Technology Summit.
Ok just playing around with Autodesk
Played a bit with auto cad autodesk today.
Tech Reviews
Had to make a a funny picture for TruXtertech.Com
Just making something funny.
Not much you can do for a tech review website.
Especially one that’s about budget tech.
Useful Tech Toolbar
Made a toolbar. It has a couple boredom games. Of course :-) .
Also has a few essential links to free virus scanners. Just look at the “Clean Machine” Section. These are very important when it comes to cleaning up a hijacked computer.
Added a few radio stations. It’s the stuff i listen to when deep into my work.
Also added a few podcasts about tech related content.
There is an SEO tools section. This section is still new so please send me link you want added.
The Official TruXtertech Toolbar
If you have any links you want added to the toolbar please respond below and they will be considered.
The Official TruXtertech Toolbar
Got tired of Googling all of the tools I use on a regular basis and decided to put these all in one toolbar. Since I am of the two I.T. guys at my job, This tool bar will come in super handy.
There are antivirus tools. Virus scanner tools and Search Engine optimization tools.
so now when building website, there is tons of media to listen to and SEo tools to ensure the website being designed is properly optimized and handily ready for Bing, Yahoo and Google to crawl about it.
Grab a copy of this toolbar and see for yourself it is very much useful for Most of your IT needs and wants.