Episode 72 - Geotagging Photos, Powerline vs. WiFi, Free Partitioning Tools, Benchmark Your Mac, More! [Discussion]

[marilee]

Can you stream HD movies over a Powerline Network? GParted, Geotagging Photos: we've got several different ways to do it. Xbench, Will old movies and TV shows look good in Blu-ray?

Watch or download now! (http://revision3.com/tekzilla/powerlinenetwork)

[boldfire]

Tekzilla seems to be getting better, more newsy bits and the promise of more hands-on reviews... loving it!

Anybody else thing the studio felt 'warmer' today? I'm not a fan of the bricks (eeeew!) but today they were really nicely lit.

Good job TZ Crew, I'm really glad you're taking on our feedback :D

[fee]

I agree, Great episode. I like the info on the geotagging cameras, ever since I got my iphone i wanted a real camera that did geotagging.



Also cool Fable 2 impressions Veronica, ;)

[fishtoprecords]

I'd love to join your gotomeeting, but the vendor won't make a product that works on my computers operating system.

Where is the Linux version? Let alone *bsd?

A tech show really shouldn't cut out the tech viewers.

[veronicazilla]

I agree, Great episode. I like the info on the geotagging cameras, ever since I got my iphone i wanted a real camera that did geotagging.



Also cool Fable 2 impressions Veronica, ;)

Hehe, not Fable 2... LBP!

[fee]

Oh my bad! I though you was doing the Fable 2 :) I still need to get to LBP

[bulkhedd]

Great episode, as usual. I was wondering why you didn't mention the Eye-fi Explore card for Geotagging. I know it doesn't use real GPS but it still seems pretty cool. I just got one but haven't had much time to test it out.

[computoman]

It is a shame that CC finally learned how to treat customers but it was too little too late. The local CC had prices even with the discount that were higher than most other places selling at regular price. Even in dissoution they could not get customers. The place was pretty much empty, but there was lots of stock. Maybe they did not learn a lesson.

Powerline networking is awesome and there is nothing to configure. True plug and play. I bought two units (one connections worth) for twenty five dollars each at Fry's. Great investment not to have to mess with wifi settings and remembering passwords. Most internet is only 10mbit vs near 100mbit for the eop.

I agree with the others, in that this show was more pro than usual.

Photography is certainly getting more technical.

The induction charging does not seem to be very conserving of power. But it is neat none the less. Maybe we can hook up a clothes line with a bunch of transformers near the outside powerlines and get free electricty from induction..

[veronicazilla]

Great episode, as usual. I was wondering why you didn't mention the Eye-fi Explore card for Geotagging. I know it doesn't use real GPS but it still seems pretty cool. I just got one but haven't had much time to test it out.

We actually did talk about Eye-Fi, but we took it out of the final show because we disagreed on some technical specs. We'll go back to it on this weeks show!

[davmoo]

My big gripe with Circuity S**ty was, at least in my area, they favored online sales and treated the local stores like the proverbial red-headed step children. I almost always do a search to see what is available before I go buy something at the local store and make sure what I want is in stock. If I had a dollar for every time I found a product that would be *perfect* but also was "available online only" or "not available in stores" I could have bought the damned chain and bailed them out. I wanted to make a local and instant purchase. If I wanted to go mail order, I certainly wouldn't be doing it from Circuit City where I'd be charged at least 50 percent more than anywhere else.

[chickpea]

Veronica:

Welcome to linux, resistance is futile.

Here are my favs (but as always it depends on what you are trying to do):

Amarok (hands down the best music app on ANY OS)
Deluge (bittorrent client its cross-platform so there are also windows osx versions)
Boxee (based on XBMC, best media center app, EVAR!) or if you are not using a *buntu distro, then straightup XBMC
OpenOffice (of course)
Firefox (goes without saying)
SMplayer (video player GUI frontend for Mplayer)
KeepassX (secure cross-platform, OS agnostic, password keeper, database app)
KVPNc (GUI app to quickly connect and configure VPN connections for almost any architecture: Cisco-based, PPTP/MPPE (so Microsoft's built-in VPN), OpenSwan).
HPLIP (for HP printers/scanners/all-in-ones)
For cloud computing: check out some OpenOffice extensions that sync up your openoffice docs created on your local machine with your googledocs account.
If your netbook has the chops (unlikely): Compiz-fusion (oooh pretty).


Nerdware:
Wireshark
Audacity
SSH
VNC

[computoman]

If you like ssh, start trying screen. you can start a session then detach and then go across country and log back in and reattach via the internet exactly where you were at. Great to start the running programs and not have to wait tp babysit them. I would not manage a server without it.

There is also a ton of open source educational software for all ages available for linux. That is in addition to all the business software. The state of Texas educational system (as well as others) is now mandating open source software everywhere it can. My most recent open source program to use is Qcad. I just started using Qcad and it will use Autocad like files.

Open source software is not just for linux. It is available for Microsoft, Apple, and all Open source operating systems.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open_source_software_packages
http://www.fosstools.org
http://www.unesco-ci.org/cgi-bin/portals/foss/page.cgi?g=Software%2FProductivity_Tools%2FCD-ROM%2Findex.html;d=1
http://www.theopendisc.com/
http://osscd.sunsite.dk/

[davmoo]

I would not manage a server without it

Yup, what you say. I'd have to go beat the snot out of someone if they took away my 'screen'.

[computoman]

If your netbook has the chops (unlikely): Compiz-fusion (oooh pretty).

I have run compiz on an old 1g compaq with built in vid card. I have heard of people who have run it on a 450 mhz machine. I think there is even a video of it on you tube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXwGMf141VQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfy184C2yjw&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbQAQYd4Mrg&feature=related

For cloud computing: check out some OpenOffice extensions that sync up your openoffice docs created on your local machine with your googledocs account.
We run opengoo and eyeos as well as many other apps on our server for the cloud feeling. I can not think of their names, but there are companies that have a commercial packages for servers to dole out open office on the web. Wait, Safeware is one. I have a demo cd for the other company, but never really played with it. besides if you have a terminal server client you can run the real thing from a terminal server anyway.


eyeOS running on our home server:

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/94/eyeoscg6.png

[cipherpaladin]

http://www.linuxalt.com ...HTH

[fishtoprecords]

If your netbook has the chops (unlikely): Compiz-fusion (oooh pretty).

Foo, netbook. I have a dual core Lenovo laptop with a separate ATI video card, and it doesn't have the chops to run Compiz while I'm doing my usual hard core development stuff. (compiling, running Apache, MySql, ssh'ing, etc.)

I don't grok all the eye candy at all. If I want eye candy, the internet has plenty.

Then again, I typically edit stuff with vi.

[dapuma]

Regarding the ethernet over power you do not have to be on the same leg. You can use a Phase coupler to bridge the 2 legs. They make them that install in the breaker box or you can also by plugs that you can plug in between your dryer or Stove outlets and the appliance.