Episode 56 - Free Personal Finance Tools, Best Universal Remotes [Discussion]

[travislopes]

Supercharge Task Manger, Replace MS Money and Quicken, Router Request, Analog TV for HDTVs and your PC, PS3 Universal Remote

Watch and download here. (http://revision3.com/tekzilla/smooth/)

[headshot1485]

Did Patrick fall at the end, after telling Veronica to wear a helmet...lol

[therage800]

Woo! Bloopers were back and a lot of them!

[ayaksich]

The website for all those great remixed video game songs is actually ocremix.org and ocremix.com. But it is still easy to find if you google (I love that verb) it.

Adam

[boldfire]

A good episode as always.

I know Tekzilla is now a 'viewer question' show, but I'd like to see some more original features like in the early episodes with Patrick's out-of-studio netbook review and Jessica's camera tutorial, they break things up a little.

Also, Mint.com isn't available in the UK but a good alternative is Wesabe.com :)

Keep up the good work, you're doing an ace job!

[davmoo]

The video of Veronica "Robert" Belmont playing air guitar is the single best clip I've seen thus far in my lifetime! But I do feel sorry for the members of the production crew that Veronica is now going to kill for spreading the video.

The "cone" edit and the unSegway video was pretty good too.

And for what its worth, Patrick, I'm in agreement with your friends. Unless I have a specific reason that I have to go wireless on a device (portability on my laptop, etc), I run a cable. Its faster, its more reliable, and its more secure. And like the dude in one of your questions, I think the walls in my house are lined with lead. But my decisions there may also be influenced by the facts that I regularly install cat5/6 as part of my work and thus have all the tools and several spools of cable laying around, I'm single, and I own my house (well, in partnership with the bank). Its a lot easier to run cables around when you don't have a landlord saying "no drilling!" or a wife saying "does that cable have to go there, and does it come in a different color?".

Edit: How could I forget to also mention Veronica's touching Meow Opera!

[jakeinpro]

Another alternative to Mint.com, Quicken Online and Wesabe is ClearCheckBook.com. I prefer it to the others as I don't need all the features that the previously mentioned sites provide and it acts strictly as a register (meaning you have to input all your transactions whereas sites like Mint will pull that information automatically from your online accounts and you don't have to do a thing; I'm still not hot on giving my login information to sites like Mint regardless of the level of security they provide, but that's just me). The site provides you with multiple methods to update whatever accounts you choose to maintain and even has a iPhone-optimized site that actually works (I tried Quicken Online earlier this year during the free trial when they were still charging for it before offering a free service and I was not impressed; Mint pretty much met or exceeded Quicken's capabilities and Quicken's iPhone site was useless). The site is free, but they do ask for donations as I believe the site is privately run.

[Argopo]

Edit: How could I forget to also mention Veronica's touching Meow Opera!

Awwwww...

http://lh6.ggpht.com/jomanos/SQP1WbIhaGI/AAAAAAAAA5o/MqbD2GJ3Xv8/s800/meow_VB.jpg

[DoXiD]

Regarding the proccess explorer you showed.
I think this tool is better and have been around for a while:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

Not sure but i'd use the Proccess Explorer : )

[methos101]

I had to put this up. Patrick norton segway experience. Also on the blooper reel of this episode when veronica is making the cat noise if you rewind it the part it sounds like why why why why lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmaQLkC4uZM

[therage800]

I had to put this up. Patrick norton segway experience. Also on the blooper reel of this episode when veronica is making the cat noise if you rewind it the part it sounds like why why why why lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmaQLkC4uZM

I actually remember watching that live.

[veronicazilla]

Wow... those bloopers RULED.

Also, I will never, EVER, look cool on a Segway. Ever.

[Murphy1d]

Wow... those bloopers RULED.

Also, I will never, EVER, look cool on a Segway. Ever.

Nobody ever has...

[pizzacat]

It does not look like Patrick put ANY effort into his wardrobe.. apart from his old stoners cap.

[therage800]

Nobody ever has...

Damn it, you beat me to it, I was going to say the same thing! :p

[Daikun]

Oh, dear Patrick...

It's ocremix.ORG, not .com.

[boseith]

Hello, just wanted to say I love Tekzilla. I enjoyed this episode. I have a harmony 880 remote and I picked up an IR2BT for the ps3. I love having the IR2BT because I can control everything with one remote. The advantage of the IR2BT over the nyko is that you can turn the ps3 on and off using the harmony.

[rallystile]

Nobody ever has...

http://static.flickr.com/42/83272815_5810d9c83b.jpg