Kevin Rose is Here, Boost your Cellphone Signal, Custom Stencils, HDMI Switching
Friday, February 1st, 2008 running time 44:56
DIY Stencils, Cell Phone Boosters That Work, Pownce on the Desktop, 5 Things That Suck About the iPhone, Oppo's Low Cost HDMI Switch, Kevin Rose cohosts.... and did somebody say "Ass cancer?"
Kevin Rose o' Diggnation and Digg fame joins us as copilot for this episode of Tekzilla.
Aaron (and a few other folks) are miffed about us reviewing the DroboShare while DataRobotics was a running Drobo ads in the show.
Have we (or, more specifically, Patrick) no integrity? Trust us, Patrick might read ads in the show, but he'll quit before anybody dictates the content of a product review. You think the Drobo folks appreciated us pointing you towards a less expensive networked RAID device? (Like we said last week, If you don't mind dealing with managing a RAID, you can pick up Buffalo TeraStation Live with 1TB of hard drives onboard for the same price as the Drobo and DroboShare without any hard drives!)
Apple's Time Capsule definitely has potential (we haven't had a chance to review one yet, and we're curious about how well it works with XP and Vista) but, remember, if that single drive inside it goes down, you loose all your data... back it up to an online service or another USB hard drive!
Top Five Things Wrong With The iPhone: No Flash, No Exchange, that stupid headphone jack... Kevin and Patrick rant on a bit on the show.
Yes, Patrick did drill out that narrow iPhone jack with a drill press so he could plug in his beloved headphones without using a stupid iphone adapter. He'd use a Dremel rotary tool next time to make the cuts more manageable... the drill bit dug in pretty deep.
Your HDTV only has one HDMI HDMI input and you want to connect more than one HDMI device? That's the situation Tommy is facing, and he's hardly alone. And, like most of us, Tommy doesn't want to 'break the bank.'
Our fave HDTV reviewer, Robert Heron, is in the 'go to MonoPrice and buy whatever's cheap camp (they're a great source for cheap HDMI cables), but you might want to check out Oppo's new HM-31 3x1 HDMI switch. It's $99, and they've done a great job with their upscaling DVD players... we haven't had a problem with the HM-31 in our testing so far.
Joeseph downloaded the GOM Player, and noticed it's a bit sluggish with high quality Quicktime files... that's cause GOM uses DirectShow to play QT files... but some of the newer QT formats aren't optimized for DirectShow, and that makes for the slide show you're seeing. Best to stick with QT for those files... tho, just for kicks, download a fresh copy and try re-installing QuickTime to see if that fixes the problem.
Free software? Kevin shows off the Pownce Desktop software for his fave way to share files, pics and the news that he's off to lunch.
Daniel's dorm is a black hole where cell phone service dies. Is there a cheap cellular repeater he can pick up? We're not sure if $300 - $500 is cheap, but Wilson Electronics makes some monster 3 Watt amplifiers for cars and home/small office applications. We've used the mobile version to boost our signal from 1 or 2 bars to 4-5 bars. Talk to the folks at Wilson before you buy one; you'll want to make sure you've got the right cell phone frequencies (it's basically Sprint vs. Everybody Else), the best adapters for your phone, and that you can safely mount the antenna somewhere!
Is there a cell phone engineer in the audience? Kevin wants to know if he's like to get the 'ass cancer' if he leaves his cell phone in his back pocket...
While we're talking about protection, you should protect the screen on your new phone, smart phone, iPhone, Zune, media player, well, whatever it is with a shiny scratch free screen. Check out invisibleSHIELD, they've got some pretty good custom fitted covers that are pretty easy to apply and don't feel too bad under your fingers. They do absorb ink, tho!
Stencil's have been showing up on the sidewalks of San Francisco near Digg's offices, and Kevin's been documenting 'em on his Flickr account, so we take a look at how to generate your own stencils on the show. (Tho what Banksy and the folks on Stencil Revolution do with stencils and paint is way beyond us!)
Most of the tutorials on StencilRevolution are down during a redesign, but there's a good tutorial on making a single layer stencil from a color image in the forums there. Instructibles has more some good DIY help for stenciling, too. Search around: there are sources of eps stencil files on line, such as Guerilla Parenting.
Highlights
New York City
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black hole
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operating system
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hard drives
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New York City
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black hole
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31:20, 31:20
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operating system
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hard drives
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" Is that sort of -- response to modify -- remain -- on happily ended -- robotics it's great stuff coming up on this episode camera -- here's a legal challenge you know -- boosting -- yourself -- at least making it work work doesn't it he was vacationing you iPhone and iPod players and whatever it is like cell -- little -- scratched screen and it -- pixels he's best. Festivals pencils and your questions and a lot more about. Well to Tekzilla Patrick Norton and I Kevin Rose to got a great show lined up for you today coming up runs about -- your cell phone. Basically protecting the screen on any of your favorite toys extensively. I'm very sad lessons canceling your confidence that I want I've taken pictures of -- all over the city and that's where is it will kind of in the underground art thing going ballistic missiles is an amazing that actually will last more than later on yes and of course we get your question. So before we begin. And basically recently started using an iPhone my first new phone like three years and there's five things that want to whine about it -- like to call the top five things they're desperately wrong with the iPhone why. There's still no flash support for the safari browser this is pathetic it's been out for year two. No third party applications that hacking it at least until maybe February free. And it didn't read reviews of evolution the download speed sucks where's the real 3-D. He's SDP. Or as our friends at Cingular -- eighteen he -- on speed downlink packet. This -- war we are gonna have drew support for exchanges Debra. And not just -- email support we can use it is something to legitimately complete with a Mac berry if you want is exchange did Blackberry find that to be -- headphone Jack. And when you into it they're -- the."
" Headphone Jack height I'm right with -- I'd like busted my headphones trying to GM and in on the airplanes and I finally took him -- a precedent that is crazy and I think we. And we have some stills -- probably something tells me the company -- would not be is that -- I know I actually not only paid for this but I I paid this out of my own pocket. If you are thinking about. Doing terrible things to your iPhone in terms of opening up the Jack I was definitely suggest using the travel and not -- it. So how and why first of all there's other stuff and I can see expose electronics you almost destroyed the 500 all right almost 400 wider than just now. Yeah because you probably have we're by the current. Sets of headphones you want to build quietly cheating -- through the sets ahead of them there is no initiated I didn't feel like you know changing the Jack and overhead filter rumbling outside and every headphone Jack. What that little doubt that I've seen little tiny adapters Dubai yeah in the new leader of an -- three feet quarter things to categorize and it's about much more likely you're gonna break it to act. I just wanted to see if I can do it it's cool idea I'm glad you didn't break hit me too I don't think that's a little ball that you can put the sack on the table for us without -- the I had -- okay well we can't get you know -- if they want me. Who not because you have to -- by nature I can appreciate years looking like that but it is scary thought. Your comments yes."
" Admittedly bag of your comments so we do that actually read it here our first email. Because the judges today. He writes and now we have technology we have -- screen. I don't of the -- player who were gone gone Republican gone gone icons and more power. -- player but when playing high quality movie file it's horribly sluggish. I was watching Italy graduate HD which plays perfectly fine on quicktime but for some reason when it played in the -- player becomes a slide show why is that."
" Yet but this is issue with having optimize codec that's running inside -- player and stick Omaha Nebraska. Com don't sound like I two dollars -- free media player for windows sports a much Kodak's according to developers gone relies on directional filters which are basically part of windows to play quicktime files so it quicktime codec that's what direction should work with a player or home would be -- go right -- we did it's -- changed yet it's -- But maybe -- quicktime formats actually don't support directional and therefore cause issues when played through job. So basically they have anything in the works right now she may be better off using quicktime for some larger heavier. -- But you know you look at its its its that the user fees do right into the video -- act sounds much more friendly it. It reminds me a button and ruined it real player dispensable you know don't ever install they more than with half. -- the lighter weight kind of head fake real player's blood that I'm so glad it's gone who I see this -- it forever there there. Still making money you atmosphere that you are air rights and oh yeah economics there really read music is also -- flashing -- degree he's the pool Eric writes an accelerated three shows including textile from the beginning. This the first to feel the need to mail you guys broad overview. That a couple of episodes sponsored by drove -- the drug pusher reviewed this in episodes of the company that makes it well journalistic integrity can't take any of your reviews you know it you're responses hardware related to results. -- Okay that started. Well here's here's a thing right. We've we've been a couple of ways to distribute video you've given way right. You know if you wealthy you can support them on that night -- people don't realize is insanely expensive yeah. Yeah especially for Everest damage that -- the DOJ can't accept megabyte file that cost that's that's it there's tens of thousands of -- that's really interesting numbers the monthly basis yes we want to give you the biggest fattest most amazing files you download. And BitTorrent is an alternative but it's a problem it's -- problematic alternative and love the idea of doing everything -- it toward it is just not practical. That said. We can charge you for the media which works great for porn does it work for anything else in terms of video and including actually prerecorded movies -- lots of movie services that know C news brand. Or we can do advertising. Now what's weird about you know we -- advertising actually what you were the other screen -- I got like yours a magazine review before that and there's always advertising. You know that's going to be related to which however in the night. And a lot of stuff what are my favorite emails to get angry blistering email on the screen savers. Who's look at -- tools into -- because they advertise the program it was really funny is we never had. But he'd in this act until the advertising was. Anybody ever get -- it would see that because during the commercial rates have essentially -- go down and we we think blacks -- we have no idea if you're if Microsoft had displayed in the and come on the air and slammed minus exactly. But this isn't this that was kind of the best way to do it but add it's a great way to do it part of it was so funny about that email is that was the idea for example people might indeed processor until processes. So much more performance your money honestly don't watch the show that -- It is problematic right because you look at it in I'd like to think that if you know. I was basically a tool. It was the other word you know of advertisers. I wouldn't do things like tell you about competing products that you know actually include. -- accomplish that -- share and it's 200 dollars on top of the 500 dollar -- with no hard drives and I like you know what if -- your primary concern that points start looking at stuff. You know having brain spasm buffaloes terrorist or. Which is 700 dollars -- the terabyte worth of hard drives right there you ought to -- right so hard drives has -- networking built it can't the USB you know has it she's addressing hard drives different sizes. -- have to say -- lightly. I hear we're coming from and Aaron -- you other people you know back report. We're gonna you know we're gonna meet him -- editorial integrity as we can't because if you guys don't trust me the show's gonna go out of business has no please don't watch it. So trust me I'll give you the -- we can. And we will do our best to make sure you guys honestly believe that were obvious influence three by the appetizers is that by taking eighties opera and -- in the vendors would come and offer some stuff. You would turn down -- music -- it card. We could never do it yeah and you know we you know we basically we get stuff on loan goes back to the vendors penalty free products you know it's that reviews goes back. You know what wearers editorially and it's weird because we're reading ads and I know that's a little weird for a lot of -- It's how we can even shows right. So yeah ideas for -- for the -- just excellent Revision 3 com we want to hear. Good stuff coming up after the break including look at the ways to boost cell phone signal. About both of them before -- very big truck stop by -- by the way to go commercial on our."
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" a polymer that was originally invented the on the front of but -- those things. Rotors on helicopters okay -- that's like being that you it is. Important to actually Turkey's military helicopters you know its its got a very candid about. It's gonna very kind of what's the word for it like -- the state you're kind of thing and it actually works really well now this is really kind of stupid to do because the minute of the want to blue spots next summit try to look at my threat to some try to like look at the web browser on this."
" I mean that iPod itself is -- glass writes a pencil and I'm gonna damage just by tapping right now well it's not gonna damages but what's interesting is is gonna protected like if I get the exact and I doubt I can definitely cut through with the exact and I almost like we have some. Crushing issues with mine. Browser on here that the Pentagon. No actually. Period of what the picture in ninety evil little way and we actually you can see rev actually drawn on this then this is a really dumb thing to do some things about this out later. But what's interesting about this is if you take something dusty and crummy or banged against the would. On the bottom of this and it does a really good job of protecting glass. And that's basically with something like this is for if you spend a few hundred dollars on a cell phone or something like that definitely want to take. It -- matter really what it isn't kind of crazy about these guys that think -- 2500. Devices comfort -- so that you buy goods that you iPhone to mean check out the list of MP3 players parkas -- created diss me I -- high river Kaiser Olympus so they've essentially made custom like cuts through these different pieces of glass that are plastic that are out there exactly else I dropped my iPhone faced down and actually landed on Iraq smashed the glass this isn't gonna offer into the shock. Resistance or any type of I don't I don't think there's in the so thin again hello my stairs so. -- You know they -- like the face plate for the full face is usually about 1015 dollars. And they said it has strings of kit like this which you do basically they have a sticky side and polymers -- playing graphics to a car and you peeled the it's going to be really hard to do is designed for the back of the -- care about protecting. He actually I would like that I I've gotten a lot of scratches in the back and sides but is it. Is it seem a little like. Well you know it's interesting is what's kind of nice about it is the a lot of devices like the iPhone. Where their shiny on the back it's that's if they followed your hand -- priority and this is gonna give you some texture to hold on to you but it's a pretty basic system you spray on here. But look -- over them you spray on the back of the device. And you. Lay it out and I'm not going to be this permanently is gonna play around this for a second. And you match up everything he won a match on here. Then you can be little squeegee becomes there. And you squeegee the air bubbles and the access water -- this particular and then as the water basically the water's gonna dry out about 2448 hours and and you end up with this layer of plastic -- neighborhood you know. It feels a little bit more gripping them than just by itself so I -- had been I've actually been looking for the hardware store was out last summer when I'm just gonna put a big strike for continued like hockey stick -- script eight and -- program to examine that the little Leo likes anything so. You say -- you want at super grippy. No absolutely but it's like you know people that on there is gonna protect your screen on the make -- for just about anything which is nice facility at the vendors out there that basically basically. You know they have like a little screen cover for like two cell phones in -- iPhone -- an iPhone iPod who publicized bouts what's nice about. Invisible shield is they have it for literally a couple thousand like two -- 3000 devices. So it's pretty cheap especially if you've ever actually try the -- Damage and of the book icon screen so it fifty bucks -- recommending it at fifty bucks a recommending. It's you know I've I've I've uses onto iPods it's pretty bumpers you know you mean like the -- you know like that the texture of it let's and it's it's pretty. Pretty easy to Klein worked pretty well."
" What to say that -- some of these kind of screen shields in the past and what you'll trios and things like that you behind the computer store like initiative plus that he had plastic in it you can really tell that it -- on it was really clunky. This is something that's the first thing and actually touch where it doesn't feel like -- actually quite anything to you look. Really closely itself yet I don't like it interferes with using gas groceries and regards. And yet fifteen bucks compared -- like trashing your screens for profit -- you -- yesterday deal with who he's been so much for the device vehement government to draw the patina. -- while technically there is breaking down me neck and whatnot that would destroy on the surface. Period. -- I should be waiting for my child to be old enough to do this stuff to self that the to your Flickr account yet. What's with your session was pencils well if not it's not hard -- obsession with both things I was kind of driving and walking around the neighborhood and I saw on the street corners on the kind of where you cross intersections and there's a lot of people that hate increase stencil art inspiration on the -- it is illegal in those cities estate provincial cities. But it's pretty cool because it's kind of like an underground little art being here San Francisco Andy walker and and and people create is really kind of unique art -- pieces of art. Been directly on the concrete."
" And this is pretty amazing stuff thanks he is an artist it's pretty much known internationally as he guided the -- the little girl -- off from the balloon yeah Bobby's kissing him. It is a lot of I guess we call social commentary on. On basically the way it's been post terrorist action in London Britain because as the feeling of being sort of strip search by the police on a regular basis I understand you know I only get the whole. You know social political aspect of it but it's a pretty fascinating are some pretty compelling stuff is basically a design and the basic ideas you -- can. -- Where they do pre cut and this is kind of like this if you get lucky there's design you like you can save yourself hours of work with -- exact knife is basically. You just sort of see that on the -- actually cut that out -- bristled when you spray. Your."
" Neat you can get shouldn't you mentioned doing the the kind of incorporate kind of country kitchen thing is that some you have your house and it. Can I I didn't I didn't see much that kind of guy I I I wasn't I -- I used to deliver furniture for a lovely furniture shop a lot of that lot of stands of pine Apple. And it's very well and very warm thing just not really more important is sort of clean or more kind of skulls. -- crossed over the kitchen and I'm black flag symbols benches in the future tables if you don't survives death. How inequities okay well okay you too violent images kind of which is kind of cheating we should say like you're gonna do this don't -- when it's it's more or less the stuff I see around around town -- really kind of tagging per say it's more like you're trying to get a message across to me like a decent number of statements. But one of the classic ones as well the weather put like little Fisher crap dances you know don't don't in the -- things rice. All the -- directly that they and that people get tired of properties of -- I I someone they the airplane you're dropping out cupcakes is for the bombs on terrorism and this is and so immediately donated teachers pretty and so we're just if you feel I mean if you reduce and let's say one -- inside the case. With letter or you -- who want to create you know you're names you can put on your toolbox in years ago and bread -- with the ease -- use actually."
" You know if you're lucky and you can draw an illustrator. Extent that your web designer actually split out. Are. Logo for Tekzilla and what's interesting about this is we've got two things here agency detects -- on the bottom if you cut that out. And that would mean that basically corresponds to the white parts it appears you basically we cut the black outlines appear. And the black outlines in here and you begin to colors he didn't the color for the letter itself when it published threatening letters as well that's cool and if you can draw that's a really neat way to do it if you're. You have to have a magazine or print like if you want to give up the right size. You know the way they taught me had to do this back in the -- day. Are present school in New York City is we used to go to -- and like. Photocopy 510% a 1000% -- until we got the size you want in you to keep it down or better yet. -- down contacts that expert on contacts about. And then the other thing it's like almost universal what's cool now is if you have access to a laser you can actually laser cut on plastic. Right you can create the files court which is amazing the vast majority of us we're gonna grab an exact -- And much cheaper than a laser -- yes it is and a bunch of blades. And you need to find a surface that you will not destroy by cutting on it it's always gonna pile up."
" Folders and you're just gonna sit there and you're gonna cut everything out and it's the most boring. Seeing you can do other than watching. Grass. Grow. Basically -- some time together. Yeah it's you know it's good to work illustrated is. And you'll eventually go around all these edges and you'll end up with your letter that'll pop up."
" Nice. So after you. You get this all done in blown up I guess Photoshop kind of a requirement for some hikers -- campers will kind of it you know what's funny is I was actually like to have funded the strategies there are web designer -- three and she lives in illustrator logs -- vector graphics program. So if you get your stuff and vector graphics program that scales -- you absolutely not a bit map it's on Mac -- being exact -- mathematical. Formulas describes the thing you're doing so if you're you're gonna couple colors like that it's pretty easy. We can -- if you got a photo you like it's read you can view a single. Color prints -- I'm obsessed with like heavenly yeah it it was -- We'll take the pain. It's -- these are -- essentials like we've -- before. That are out. On the Internet and you realize just exactly how painstaking process was you know I mean and you'd end -- with that you pulled the cover sheet off. And now."
" The end result is likely to have the text civil that you could spray. So if you actually do what to do. An image. You can play around the couple things if we -- the computer. One of these you play around with is due to we shall we give up your Photoshop of into the tools into this. You can poster -- some images which virtually well it basically breaks it down into -- colors and you can choose that. If you want to do. You know it it's basically like. You know this is this image isn't going to work very well for -- basically the -- we'll split it into three or four history colors are in this case like windows me discreet colors -- want. But let's hit cancel on that one when the you can play around with is to do a single with a single color one is really easy. -- to colors. And we're gonna go into the hue and saturation. And obviously going to. And making it black and white and once you've made it you've sort of to get in the great skill. You go back in the colors you start playing around with the brightness and contrast and usually -- jacket -- contrast. And turn the brightness down a bunch and which one end up with on the it looks you're looking for basically it's just like distinct colors and edges and and -- you play around that you get. Sort of a combination you want it's basically want something like that -- very stark to make it easier to cut out that way when he's had you know the white black exactly and then which he's basically creating new layer. It's these are basically selected so we're gonna go and one last -- is doing this select. -- color. -- Again select like colors of it is not selecting that we go. -- think it. Begin is working a little weird on this. Forget that two. There you -- now you can just barely see it in there. And what it'll do is actually will create the outline you want to look at. -- project it's. This is right about that there it is you can just crashed on me and it should use Photoshop. But basically that'll output like if feeling we're -- black outline basically compare you know that the original photo. Dad you'll see how we basically reduced it to -- elements a lot of white space a lot of blacks days versus all the individual colors so there."
" Yes and you basically play around with a and then you get to go have fun. Future -- knife out and start having an out. And that's where it's really exciting thing which -- the website and there's a ton of us have our work out there yet and there's a lot of really good examples and you could take those out as the greatest united utilities deductibles systems a revolution is great source but their instructions are down. I'm actually -- how to make a stencil -- of your -- and ideas I think -- flaxman very popular out there punk rock photos and you were black flag authorities want to -- for more -- well -- in trouble. So -- pick suicide Tekzilla revision3.com. And special props -- you might be something outstanding. That's the word their producer Roger to have an outstanding job but the tags -- logo. We're taking quick moment to thank what we're sponsors that keeps us on the here as it work."
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" House is is really something that we created. To fulfill a need. That's out there and gears of break down with instant messenger and and in hand with. Files are things that your friends okay -- transcend age fifty megabyte file over you know this is not a -- you try and send. That -- I am sometimes get the we're firewall issues -- connection. Then you have to figure out Mikey chances to multiple people want us so he turned his services like you know you send it drops and things like that. But really those places they're just publicity can -- and drop off a piece of media. Someone else goes and picks it up the you'll have a conversation around that -- media -- you want file sharing. On a small scale basis needs instant messages to basically pounds is about twitter is about sharing it box well it's about sharing files about sharing anything he stumbled across that you really like and enjoy it want to broadcast to large group of people. Solid examples of this is the there's this is that this 2000 counts is that the website itself there's also the air client in this was -- client that was built. -- using Adobe's air technology. And it runs on windows and Palestinian. And what happens with the blogging here is essentially -- stream. Of events that your friends have been posting to the page you can see here -- in a message could be he could -- on the launch or hey I'm going to Britain or -- check out yeah so yeah anyone recorded for daisy give me a message at the top link -- file or an actual like real world events like I'm going Rockland me at this time and date. So what you see here is that that you're a bunch of different people posting these are all my friends that -- in opposing different types of things Joe you're sending a message. This you know saying something here to everyone Veronica is posting a song for people who check out. Ringo is always postings on if you -- is awesome they outsource no that's constantly -- very true and Martin -- of course is plaguing you show up as usual there's this link Internet superstar launched it earlier this which is awesome the day computer. Dvd -- was that you get -- shows it's hilarious. So let me say -- actually works so let's they had set up. You know -- her friends and I happen within the bounds network effect now I want to send this image is his image right here. I don't drag and drop it right inside pownce. And then I can describe the image like this is a -- You know national gallery I took what what lies a need to recite the photo on this for the can be. Did he makes me and whatever. And I can choose who once and it is an exit all my friends which means this'll instantly go out to everyone that I have different accounts. Or did you individuals who is -- just a drop it and say -- just to Patrick Norton or just to my friend buzz do you like a subset -- Bryant yeah exactly so what you see at the top to the climbers group that I've created. That is a group victory within -- common sense is that counts is just fourteen friends of mine that are really into rock climbing that this is the rock coming one puritanical just sure that had there been no one else can see this is just within the pownce client. So what that goes out. It's in allows you to basically make comments on that so here's an example. -- sent this file to 3397. People friends. France vs prior plus she's the she's -- she's -- it superstars. If she has she has lots of fan so these -- the record company's gonna freak out of people are sending out you know. Songs from from album to purchase well see the biggest that we we always say you don't say anything is copyrighted material here. And we like you stream certain things that are media so it's like video Morris song you can -- you'll have to download it. -- that you just want to preview of something. But yeah we definitely encourage we're not like -- use this is a pirating mechanism has not set up. I'm so that by the masses can see your files it's more for just your personal community of people that you actually know what is your stuff -- your friends by exactly. Oddly you see your brightest -- this out and is that he replies. Two that's I can click on that local all the replies to a like awesome song in the reading that song. And done the things that you found on line and basically you can get instant feedback from your friends what they thought that these media. There Tuesday because this is an altar which is that the pownce client is an alternative using pounds of them and went right exactly. To pounce on the web page is the same thing except with a couple of extra -- little features. -- eagle is that means things like that so I can just going to a certain tab need to look at that. I'm not having these witnesses along -- Need to have -- casualty yet but okay so. I can go to hounds dot com slash. Canon -- here is the stuff. But I'm sharing so. Essentially. You can see here like here's a video that I posted in my -- stream we have full -- that video you can instantly watch that -- is likens this way. Kept -- she's got like 200 cats throughout much of it freaked out with a fine. What she she consensus -- demonstration of -- negotiated this isn't this is an example of what can use this as a place to like put all of your media is if you find who did you find -- link -- the song whatever it is that you want it instantly blast -- a large group of people it's not about that too -- they communication and dynamic you don't expect a response from someone but you -- that you may get -- make -- on -- regular -- services the."
" to -- just a little rest over the top than than than FaceBook right more usable bare bones than any and its -- not in this case look at something in between yeah for the fun costs. Street and I should we should point out that mr. -- of the founders yes -- with multiple people -- stuff that they can. We have important reasons you're an email deep hidden deep within inbox from Daniel who's having less than stellar -- reception. He says mind. College dorm appears to be a black hole for cell phone signals or maybe -- cage. All signals die a horrible death in my dorm solid concrete loss for the full five bars outside to get one or zero bars inside are there any small range cheap cellular repeater is like guidance for big business is available that I could try to get. Some decent phone service -- great question. A lot of concrete buildings the reinforced concrete is reborn side of them and maybe concrete walls are really thick and enter into charity case -- brought radio signals. One of the downsides to go I guess lot of it depends on how you define. Cheap and repeater if you're talking like a full grade commercial like trailer that the guys from you know. Verizon or Cingular -- tunnel out to a trade show or state -- something now you can find one that's cheap in that sense if you -- and it's gonna boost the signal on your cell phone. That becomes a lot more likely. Not a fan -- same step back will be doing it. Don't reflect this causes cancer well you know what it gives cellphone ideal where is it if in my car outside okay where is it normally. I in my pocket and use it up if your head trying oxygen okay do you keep in your pocket and your pants. Yes you plan -- reading. Yeah of the yeah recycled yeah. If it isn't really this is literally one and I'm curious because they're hurting you it's not pocket I don't transmitting I don't think there's anything well actually it's transmitting the -- this signal you know if if if there's anybody out there who works for the cell -- companies want to explain finer points of light yes and call and response. It would be great and how much power is used for that it's kind of fascinating subject so far that the studies I've seen indicated that we can and can't I didn't want to know if you like do you have in the front pocket close to the testes -- you can in the back I didn't back I already read you read -- that's that's that's officially over at that point the I think it in interesting and -- actually had a lot of people you asked me about like you know cell phones and and reading your brain and Flickr that nervous about it headset itself as far away from you can't particularly that. We are to do I think we're did this is actually usually isn't."
" Like one that you bars inside -- here. Looking probably just barely known I didn't close I'll turn the phone back on that'll help but -- go get like one bar is really see that."
" And I'm gonna put that in this -- will we have -- electronics. If you're versed kickass of the truck stop you'll probably see display from these -- and and they if you and tennis. And cellphone amplifiers and I really like the equipment related customer services so we'll play around with on system. And if a fire this thing up. And I probably really shouldn't have this thing it had levels this can -- full three watts so back up again here I don't know out of your picture pull this right here tonight in my get a hold it -- beautiful tank. Keep in the body away and that's things gonna fire up so we've got one bar and in a moment or -- you that's gonna go to -- Mars. Or at least it did earlier today and assistance. There -- better for you better. Well that's really weird it was working earlier so to answer your question Daniel. What it depends on. How you set it up but this actually was giving us five hours earlier I've seen it take stuff from one to two bars up to -- five bars and companies when I'm on for some how did you work that basically what it does is to create I have it sitting in. It's sitting in the cradle to cradle picks up the the radio signal. From other goes bankrupt by Barcelona's takes a -- you adjust the cradle based."
" The pics of the signal from the top of it runs it through the amplifier built -- get better. Runs it through the amplifier. And the amplifier basically -- the reception and boost the signal to three lost its legal maximum. I don't think we're gonna you know killer brains inside I don't know man but basically. You do -- you normally go to and you want access outside the dorm room -- antenna and they do inside your house versions it's working it's crazy yeah it's about where you talk about. You know you can get an antenna and the kid and they usually -- like a little chocolate bar for in car used to going to different systems for about 5600 dollars for with a colossal okay at a small let's -- that work read your dorm. Vehicle -- started about 250 to 300 dollars. But if you have freedom cellphone reception like in our offices here we have the same situation. It'll take it from one glorified bar he saw it before it to beaver like a bar 25 bars then you can -- you can have a little ways away from you exactly the -- and done -- You know talked I I think I think Wilson -- one of those jobs out there. We have disputes -- who are very next sentence of them getting tips or suggestions. On breaking free from bad cellphone connectivity that don't involve -- 3500 dollars let us know just emails it Tekzilla at revision3.com. Now. We just were minor little viewers of his awesome episode -- awesome they're still responsible couples only dot com. Started to -- and build a web presence of domain dot com to -- and affordable domain names advanced hosting custom website design. Gupta has decent deal at all as part of the fun -- more expensive services like hosting. At domain dot com you can register domain to hours -- five cents and -- price for only five dollars more. There's this special offer the text of the viewers in the coupon code TZ I LL hate. When you check and you get 25% discount on domains and hosting. --"
" got an email from Tommy he writes I have a forty inch Sony brought it TV but the problem is -- only have one -- you might input. I'm looking for dates and I switch that won't break the -- the tedious and breaking -- resolution. Any info would be great signed Tommy oh man. This is a great question a lot of people have this problem including myself. Early adopters always -- yes it's it's got it makes you Boras is three years ago and still five minutes of praised him and then a couple of years later so the like and uses bracket it everything innovation on my Apple TV if you my my PS3 of these in my. Mike Comcast cable or my guess is that he they -- mine. And that I -- have to ports but most of all we have one yeah."
" Really easily and one it's amazing what these if you're buying an HDTV now -- definitely look at it ports and again basically enough room for expansion. -- ton of options if you're lucky get a receiver that -- which is HDMI in the back if you're less lucky. If you want to Cadillac of switchers -- sort of a commercial television equipment company makes consumer products get and it's kind of the Crandall Graham. -- having less expensive. Robert -- over its. Robert earnestly basically my former host deal to be does all the each TV reviews -- PC -- he's like a model priced dot com and like by the cheapest which you can get on the little uptight about that because of seeing some of -- which is -- do very good job. Because this which basically. 48. Do you mind if you have any TCP device which include. Your playstation or any Blu-ray or into the media player. It has that basically handled the pastor. Of information and it can be a little tricky some of the really cheap -- ones don't do it so well. So what do you they don't do well because I mean it's a digital signal right so thought it'd be like to see like crap your quality. Right well its its its its that quote is I'm gonna degree but it seemed things like. The audio and video -- am sick -- or it's simply doesn't work because it's not handling the pass through most of the devices after the nation the problem. -- if you're thinking forward to probably a few my one point -- even if you can almost it's almost impossible on television that hasn't. AC CP's mandatory because he'll -- that you can't do you. Can you believe writers to write UPS three it was a really great reputation for making up scaling dvd players aren't too expensive. Has bigger. Three in one switching device. They called the advanced three by one -- you might switch and you hear that keep coming off in this fallen off before. But still provide a hundred bucks. It doesn't auto switch you're gonna use either -- and you universal remote control or. Or you're gonna have to you know have your ninth through control on the table but if you have universal remote should be able to program this solo play around with him. But basically that we've got three so three inputs here and recycling plan before. Oh that's funny. Now it's fighting with me on. That's fighting with on the second monitor so. This is this is like one of the many nightmares in the TCP is Susan and a PC. But you know it does a pretty good job switching. And what are things what to do it's kind of funny -- but on the third cable and so obviously third channel was so if this thought about before when there but. 400 bucks they say they've got into my one point three certification. Man. That's a pretty good deal yeah totally. You know it probably you have like nine devices in which case you know you have a lot of money to spend a lot like definite threat to -- At school -- it in other -- box that's really -- heard about some really high end ones will you can there's ones out there for like 575 dollars American like you know friends and then they work -- you know if you're feeling venturesome. You buy one from a place where you can turn that it doesn't work conceive it works for right -- of those you mean you pretty good deal pretty good job of this one. And that Geffen I think it's kind of the Crandall -- I don't hear. Makes an auto switcher -- which are sometimes they don't detect and only if you sort of turn the other two devices off to play multiple inputs on them but have a Belkin. Don't own stuff I think it just play around any other stuff but wouldn't he would -- and -- to -- we got one last email from my quiz question about switching to the Mac. I noticed a slow transition from piece of the Macs that all detection isn't watching the shows are mostly about PCs and related software and gadgets. Is it time for me to switch to the Mac as having four gigabytes -- gigabytes of -- to receive a patent you know we're in the second part of that question we'll do that next week. Here's the whole four gigabyte -- it's a huge question visibly different between -- list -- in between now windows XP right to it that Vista. But man how can we all these revision every three the only smacks of production machines from. Bootsy. -- apparently somebody I know -- likes to protect you. That uses a PC not about. Deirdre coastal system again until the studio around he's yeah he's PCI. You've given up on the PC."
" I have but I think I've noticed two mean things that you really have to. Be comfortable with missing and that's one games can beat you games in the second. Is like you to the financial software like quicken or quick books all itself. It's needed needed right perfect current version on the PC in right -- the house when you go to the Mac side it's always like a release behind never quite as good. There's of the the better than I mean I've been happy exit lover Mac like to switch to Mac. I you know I didn't know -- initially I think I've I've just like caught up in the whole Apple craziness that was going on the time being what albums advantage you can switch from yeah precisely private three and a half years now so -- before Vista. But you know now they have like all that the dashboard widgets that -- my -- my next my name -- the all -- different settings. It's just so much faster for me get things done. And I just would never go back I have a Vista box click the desktop box only games at home. And the more -- use -- more realizes just like a pain in the -- in his life for us is operating system yes I just you know the Mac doesn't have positions for me right. Some a lot of people actually."
" You that I know move to Mac to just get Fed up with running any virus and anti spyware applications or dealing with some of just they just like you -- and they need to thinking Jackson's got a basically it's it's a really pretty interface on top of the BSD core which is a variation of unix. And a lot of people just like the way the operating system -- the fact that it takes a lot of work crashes usually. And -- Vista I think Vista just ticked off a lot of people tech community kind of pushing towards analysts and a lot of people look analytics unix background I love the fact that you a lot of cool guy cool -- unix stuff. -- We are back creating new features that -- death threat this."
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" Is that sort of -- response to modify -- remain -- on happily ended -- robotics it's great stuff coming up on this episode camera -- here's a legal challenge you know -- boosting -- yourself -- at least making it work work doesn't it he was vacationing you iPhone and iPod players and whatever it is like cell -- little -- scratched screen and it -- pixels he's best. Festivals pencils and your questions and a lot more about. Well to Tekzilla Patrick Norton and I Kevin Rose to got a great show lined up for you today coming up runs about -- your cell phone. Basically protecting the screen on any of your favorite toys extensively. I'm very sad lessons canceling your confidence that I want I've taken pictures of -- all over the city and that's where is it will kind of in the underground art thing going ballistic missiles is an amazing that actually will last more than later on yes and of course we get your question. So before we begin. And basically recently started using an iPhone my first new phone like three years and there's five things that want to whine about it -- like to call the top five things they're desperately wrong with the iPhone why. There's still no flash support for the safari browser this is pathetic it's been out for year two. No third party applications that hacking it at least until maybe February free. And it didn't read reviews of evolution the download speed sucks where's the real 3-D. He's SDP. Or as our friends at Cingular -- eighteen he -- on speed downlink packet. This -- war we are gonna have drew support for exchanges Debra. And not just -- email support we can use it is something to legitimately complete with a Mac berry if you want is exchange did Blackberry find that to be -- headphone Jack. And when you into it they're -- the."
" Headphone Jack height I'm right with -- I'd like busted my headphones trying to GM and in on the airplanes and I finally took him -- a precedent that is crazy and I think we. And we have some stills -- probably something tells me the company -- would not be is that -- I know I actually not only paid for this but I I paid this out of my own pocket. If you are thinking about. Doing terrible things to your iPhone in terms of opening up the Jack I was definitely suggest using the travel and not -- it. So how and why first of all there's other stuff and I can see expose electronics you almost destroyed the 500 all right almost 400 wider than just now. Yeah because you probably have we're by the current. Sets of headphones you want to build quietly cheating -- through the sets ahead of them there is no initiated I didn't feel like you know changing the Jack and overhead filter rumbling outside and every headphone Jack. What that little doubt that I've seen little tiny adapters Dubai yeah in the new leader of an -- three feet quarter things to categorize and it's about much more likely you're gonna break it to act. I just wanted to see if I can do it it's cool idea I'm glad you didn't break hit me too I don't think that's a little ball that you can put the sack on the table for us without -- the I had -- okay well we can't get you know -- if they want me. Who not because you have to -- by nature I can appreciate years looking like that but it is scary thought. Your comments yes."
" Admittedly bag of your comments so we do that actually read it here our first email. Because the judges today. He writes and now we have technology we have -- screen. I don't of the -- player who were gone gone Republican gone gone icons and more power. -- player but when playing high quality movie file it's horribly sluggish. I was watching Italy graduate HD which plays perfectly fine on quicktime but for some reason when it played in the -- player becomes a slide show why is that."
" Yet but this is issue with having optimize codec that's running inside -- player and stick Omaha Nebraska. Com don't sound like I two dollars -- free media player for windows sports a much Kodak's according to developers gone relies on directional filters which are basically part of windows to play quicktime files so it quicktime codec that's what direction should work with a player or home would be -- go right -- we did it's -- changed yet it's -- But maybe -- quicktime formats actually don't support directional and therefore cause issues when played through job. So basically they have anything in the works right now she may be better off using quicktime for some larger heavier. -- But you know you look at its its its that the user fees do right into the video -- act sounds much more friendly it. It reminds me a button and ruined it real player dispensable you know don't ever install they more than with half. -- the lighter weight kind of head fake real player's blood that I'm so glad it's gone who I see this -- it forever there there. Still making money you atmosphere that you are air rights and oh yeah economics there really read music is also -- flashing -- degree he's the pool Eric writes an accelerated three shows including textile from the beginning. This the first to feel the need to mail you guys broad overview. That a couple of episodes sponsored by drove -- the drug pusher reviewed this in episodes of the company that makes it well journalistic integrity can't take any of your reviews you know it you're responses hardware related to results. -- Okay that started. Well here's here's a thing right. We've we've been a couple of ways to distribute video you've given way right. You know if you wealthy you can support them on that night -- people don't realize is insanely expensive yeah. Yeah especially for Everest damage that -- the DOJ can't accept megabyte file that cost that's that's it there's tens of thousands of -- that's really interesting numbers the monthly basis yes we want to give you the biggest fattest most amazing files you download. And BitTorrent is an alternative but it's a problem it's -- problematic alternative and love the idea of doing everything -- it toward it is just not practical. That said. We can charge you for the media which works great for porn does it work for anything else in terms of video and including actually prerecorded movies -- lots of movie services that know C news brand. Or we can do advertising. Now what's weird about you know we -- advertising actually what you were the other screen -- I got like yours a magazine review before that and there's always advertising. You know that's going to be related to which however in the night. And a lot of stuff what are my favorite emails to get angry blistering email on the screen savers. Who's look at -- tools into -- because they advertise the program it was really funny is we never had. But he'd in this act until the advertising was. Anybody ever get -- it would see that because during the commercial rates have essentially -- go down and we we think blacks -- we have no idea if you're if Microsoft had displayed in the and come on the air and slammed minus exactly. But this isn't this that was kind of the best way to do it but add it's a great way to do it part of it was so funny about that email is that was the idea for example people might indeed processor until processes. So much more performance your money honestly don't watch the show that -- It is problematic right because you look at it in I'd like to think that if you know. I was basically a tool. It was the other word you know of advertisers. I wouldn't do things like tell you about competing products that you know actually include. -- accomplish that -- share and it's 200 dollars on top of the 500 dollar -- with no hard drives and I like you know what if -- your primary concern that points start looking at stuff. You know having brain spasm buffaloes terrorist or. Which is 700 dollars -- the terabyte worth of hard drives right there you ought to -- right so hard drives has -- networking built it can't the USB you know has it she's addressing hard drives different sizes. -- have to say -- lightly. I hear we're coming from and Aaron -- you other people you know back report. We're gonna you know we're gonna meet him -- editorial integrity as we can't because if you guys don't trust me the show's gonna go out of business has no please don't watch it. So trust me I'll give you the -- we can. And we will do our best to make sure you guys honestly believe that were obvious influence three by the appetizers is that by taking eighties opera and -- in the vendors would come and offer some stuff. You would turn down -- music -- it card. We could never do it yeah and you know we you know we basically we get stuff on loan goes back to the vendors penalty free products you know it's that reviews goes back. You know what wearers editorially and it's weird because we're reading ads and I know that's a little weird for a lot of -- It's how we can even shows right. So yeah ideas for -- for the -- just excellent Revision 3 com we want to hear. Good stuff coming up after the break including look at the ways to boost cell phone signal. About both of them before -- very big truck stop by -- by the way to go commercial on our."
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" a polymer that was originally invented the on the front of but -- those things. Rotors on helicopters okay -- that's like being that you it is. Important to actually Turkey's military helicopters you know its its got a very candid about. It's gonna very kind of what's the word for it like -- the state you're kind of thing and it actually works really well now this is really kind of stupid to do because the minute of the want to blue spots next summit try to look at my threat to some try to like look at the web browser on this."
" I mean that iPod itself is -- glass writes a pencil and I'm gonna damage just by tapping right now well it's not gonna damages but what's interesting is is gonna protected like if I get the exact and I doubt I can definitely cut through with the exact and I almost like we have some. Crushing issues with mine. Browser on here that the Pentagon. No actually. Period of what the picture in ninety evil little way and we actually you can see rev actually drawn on this then this is a really dumb thing to do some things about this out later. But what's interesting about this is if you take something dusty and crummy or banged against the would. On the bottom of this and it does a really good job of protecting glass. And that's basically with something like this is for if you spend a few hundred dollars on a cell phone or something like that definitely want to take. It -- matter really what it isn't kind of crazy about these guys that think -- 2500. Devices comfort -- so that you buy goods that you iPhone to mean check out the list of MP3 players parkas -- created diss me I -- high river Kaiser Olympus so they've essentially made custom like cuts through these different pieces of glass that are plastic that are out there exactly else I dropped my iPhone faced down and actually landed on Iraq smashed the glass this isn't gonna offer into the shock. Resistance or any type of I don't I don't think there's in the so thin again hello my stairs so. -- You know they -- like the face plate for the full face is usually about 1015 dollars. And they said it has strings of kit like this which you do basically they have a sticky side and polymers -- playing graphics to a car and you peeled the it's going to be really hard to do is designed for the back of the -- care about protecting. He actually I would like that I I've gotten a lot of scratches in the back and sides but is it. Is it seem a little like. Well you know it's interesting is what's kind of nice about it is the a lot of devices like the iPhone. Where their shiny on the back it's that's if they followed your hand -- priority and this is gonna give you some texture to hold on to you but it's a pretty basic system you spray on here. But look -- over them you spray on the back of the device. And you. Lay it out and I'm not going to be this permanently is gonna play around this for a second. And you match up everything he won a match on here. Then you can be little squeegee becomes there. And you squeegee the air bubbles and the access water -- this particular and then as the water basically the water's gonna dry out about 2448 hours and and you end up with this layer of plastic -- neighborhood you know. It feels a little bit more gripping them than just by itself so I -- had been I've actually been looking for the hardware store was out last summer when I'm just gonna put a big strike for continued like hockey stick -- script eight and -- program to examine that the little Leo likes anything so. You say -- you want at super grippy. No absolutely but it's like you know people that on there is gonna protect your screen on the make -- for just about anything which is nice facility at the vendors out there that basically basically. You know they have like a little screen cover for like two cell phones in -- iPhone -- an iPhone iPod who publicized bouts what's nice about. Invisible shield is they have it for literally a couple thousand like two -- 3000 devices. So it's pretty cheap especially if you've ever actually try the -- Damage and of the book icon screen so it fifty bucks -- recommending it at fifty bucks a recommending. It's you know I've I've I've uses onto iPods it's pretty bumpers you know you mean like the -- you know like that the texture of it let's and it's it's pretty. Pretty easy to Klein worked pretty well."
" What to say that -- some of these kind of screen shields in the past and what you'll trios and things like that you behind the computer store like initiative plus that he had plastic in it you can really tell that it -- on it was really clunky. This is something that's the first thing and actually touch where it doesn't feel like -- actually quite anything to you look. Really closely itself yet I don't like it interferes with using gas groceries and regards. And yet fifteen bucks compared -- like trashing your screens for profit -- you -- yesterday deal with who he's been so much for the device vehement government to draw the patina. -- while technically there is breaking down me neck and whatnot that would destroy on the surface. Period. -- I should be waiting for my child to be old enough to do this stuff to self that the to your Flickr account yet. What's with your session was pencils well if not it's not hard -- obsession with both things I was kind of driving and walking around the neighborhood and I saw on the street corners on the kind of where you cross intersections and there's a lot of people that hate increase stencil art inspiration on the -- it is illegal in those cities estate provincial cities. But it's pretty cool because it's kind of like an underground little art being here San Francisco Andy walker and and and people create is really kind of unique art -- pieces of art. Been directly on the concrete."
" And this is pretty amazing stuff thanks he is an artist it's pretty much known internationally as he guided the -- the little girl -- off from the balloon yeah Bobby's kissing him. It is a lot of I guess we call social commentary on. On basically the way it's been post terrorist action in London Britain because as the feeling of being sort of strip search by the police on a regular basis I understand you know I only get the whole. You know social political aspect of it but it's a pretty fascinating are some pretty compelling stuff is basically a design and the basic ideas you -- can. -- Where they do pre cut and this is kind of like this if you get lucky there's design you like you can save yourself hours of work with -- exact knife is basically. You just sort of see that on the -- actually cut that out -- bristled when you spray. Your."
" Neat you can get shouldn't you mentioned doing the the kind of incorporate kind of country kitchen thing is that some you have your house and it. Can I I didn't I didn't see much that kind of guy I I I wasn't I -- I used to deliver furniture for a lovely furniture shop a lot of that lot of stands of pine Apple. And it's very well and very warm thing just not really more important is sort of clean or more kind of skulls. -- crossed over the kitchen and I'm black flag symbols benches in the future tables if you don't survives death. How inequities okay well okay you too violent images kind of which is kind of cheating we should say like you're gonna do this don't -- when it's it's more or less the stuff I see around around town -- really kind of tagging per say it's more like you're trying to get a message across to me like a decent number of statements. But one of the classic ones as well the weather put like little Fisher crap dances you know don't don't in the -- things rice. All the -- directly that they and that people get tired of properties of -- I I someone they the airplane you're dropping out cupcakes is for the bombs on terrorism and this is and so immediately donated teachers pretty and so we're just if you feel I mean if you reduce and let's say one -- inside the case. With letter or you -- who want to create you know you're names you can put on your toolbox in years ago and bread -- with the ease -- use actually."
" You know if you're lucky and you can draw an illustrator. Extent that your web designer actually split out. Are. Logo for Tekzilla and what's interesting about this is we've got two things here agency detects -- on the bottom if you cut that out. And that would mean that basically corresponds to the white parts it appears you basically we cut the black outlines appear. And the black outlines in here and you begin to colors he didn't the color for the letter itself when it published threatening letters as well that's cool and if you can draw that's a really neat way to do it if you're. You have to have a magazine or print like if you want to give up the right size. You know the way they taught me had to do this back in the -- day. Are present school in New York City is we used to go to -- and like. Photocopy 510% a 1000% -- until we got the size you want in you to keep it down or better yet. -- down contacts that expert on contacts about. And then the other thing it's like almost universal what's cool now is if you have access to a laser you can actually laser cut on plastic. Right you can create the files court which is amazing the vast majority of us we're gonna grab an exact -- And much cheaper than a laser -- yes it is and a bunch of blades. And you need to find a surface that you will not destroy by cutting on it it's always gonna pile up."
" Folders and you're just gonna sit there and you're gonna cut everything out and it's the most boring. Seeing you can do other than watching. Grass. Grow. Basically -- some time together. Yeah it's you know it's good to work illustrated is. And you'll eventually go around all these edges and you'll end up with your letter that'll pop up."
" Nice. So after you. You get this all done in blown up I guess Photoshop kind of a requirement for some hikers -- campers will kind of it you know what's funny is I was actually like to have funded the strategies there are web designer -- three and she lives in illustrator logs -- vector graphics program. So if you get your stuff and vector graphics program that scales -- you absolutely not a bit map it's on Mac -- being exact -- mathematical. Formulas describes the thing you're doing so if you're you're gonna couple colors like that it's pretty easy. We can -- if you got a photo you like it's read you can view a single. Color prints -- I'm obsessed with like heavenly yeah it it was -- We'll take the pain. It's -- these are -- essentials like we've -- before. That are out. On the Internet and you realize just exactly how painstaking process was you know I mean and you'd end -- with that you pulled the cover sheet off. And now."
" The end result is likely to have the text civil that you could spray. So if you actually do what to do. An image. You can play around the couple things if we -- the computer. One of these you play around with is due to we shall we give up your Photoshop of into the tools into this. You can poster -- some images which virtually well it basically breaks it down into -- colors and you can choose that. If you want to do. You know it it's basically like. You know this is this image isn't going to work very well for -- basically the -- we'll split it into three or four history colors are in this case like windows me discreet colors -- want. But let's hit cancel on that one when the you can play around with is to do a single with a single color one is really easy. -- to colors. And we're gonna go into the hue and saturation. And obviously going to. And making it black and white and once you've made it you've sort of to get in the great skill. You go back in the colors you start playing around with the brightness and contrast and usually -- jacket -- contrast. And turn the brightness down a bunch and which one end up with on the it looks you're looking for basically it's just like distinct colors and edges and and -- you play around that you get. Sort of a combination you want it's basically want something like that -- very stark to make it easier to cut out that way when he's had you know the white black exactly and then which he's basically creating new layer. It's these are basically selected so we're gonna go and one last -- is doing this select. -- color. -- Again select like colors of it is not selecting that we go. -- think it. Begin is working a little weird on this. Forget that two. There you -- now you can just barely see it in there. And what it'll do is actually will create the outline you want to look at. -- project it's. This is right about that there it is you can just crashed on me and it should use Photoshop. But basically that'll output like if feeling we're -- black outline basically compare you know that the original photo. Dad you'll see how we basically reduced it to -- elements a lot of white space a lot of blacks days versus all the individual colors so there."
" Yes and you basically play around with a and then you get to go have fun. Future -- knife out and start having an out. And that's where it's really exciting thing which -- the website and there's a ton of us have our work out there yet and there's a lot of really good examples and you could take those out as the greatest united utilities deductibles systems a revolution is great source but their instructions are down. I'm actually -- how to make a stencil -- of your -- and ideas I think -- flaxman very popular out there punk rock photos and you were black flag authorities want to -- for more -- well -- in trouble. So -- pick suicide Tekzilla revision3.com. And special props -- you might be something outstanding. That's the word their producer Roger to have an outstanding job but the tags -- logo. We're taking quick moment to thank what we're sponsors that keeps us on the here as it work."
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" Sign up for free download pick the week useful -- or some piece of software that you enhance anyone's computing experience. Watson who -- as -- mr. Kevin Rose brings us the pownce client. Pounds -- pounds yes."
" House is is really something that we created. To fulfill a need. That's out there and gears of break down with instant messenger and and in hand with. Files are things that your friends okay -- transcend age fifty megabyte file over you know this is not a -- you try and send. That -- I am sometimes get the we're firewall issues -- connection. Then you have to figure out Mikey chances to multiple people want us so he turned his services like you know you send it drops and things like that. But really those places they're just publicity can -- and drop off a piece of media. Someone else goes and picks it up the you'll have a conversation around that -- media -- you want file sharing. On a small scale basis needs instant messages to basically pounds is about twitter is about sharing it box well it's about sharing files about sharing anything he stumbled across that you really like and enjoy it want to broadcast to large group of people. Solid examples of this is the there's this is that this 2000 counts is that the website itself there's also the air client in this was -- client that was built. -- using Adobe's air technology. And it runs on windows and Palestinian. And what happens with the blogging here is essentially -- stream. Of events that your friends have been posting to the page you can see here -- in a message could be he could -- on the launch or hey I'm going to Britain or -- check out yeah so yeah anyone recorded for daisy give me a message at the top link -- file or an actual like real world events like I'm going Rockland me at this time and date. So what you see here is that that you're a bunch of different people posting these are all my friends that -- in opposing different types of things Joe you're sending a message. This you know saying something here to everyone Veronica is posting a song for people who check out. Ringo is always postings on if you -- is awesome they outsource no that's constantly -- very true and Martin -- of course is plaguing you show up as usual there's this link Internet superstar launched it earlier this which is awesome the day computer. Dvd -- was that you get -- shows it's hilarious. So let me say -- actually works so let's they had set up. You know -- her friends and I happen within the bounds network effect now I want to send this image is his image right here. I don't drag and drop it right inside pownce. And then I can describe the image like this is a -- You know national gallery I took what what lies a need to recite the photo on this for the can be. Did he makes me and whatever. And I can choose who once and it is an exit all my friends which means this'll instantly go out to everyone that I have different accounts. Or did you individuals who is -- just a drop it and say -- just to Patrick Norton or just to my friend buzz do you like a subset -- Bryant yeah exactly so what you see at the top to the climbers group that I've created. That is a group victory within -- common sense is that counts is just fourteen friends of mine that are really into rock climbing that this is the rock coming one puritanical just sure that had there been no one else can see this is just within the pownce client. So what that goes out. It's in allows you to basically make comments on that so here's an example. -- sent this file to 3397. People friends. France vs prior plus she's the she's -- she's -- it superstars. If she has she has lots of fan so these -- the record company's gonna freak out of people are sending out you know. Songs from from album to purchase well see the biggest that we we always say you don't say anything is copyrighted material here. And we like you stream certain things that are media so it's like video Morris song you can -- you'll have to download it. -- that you just want to preview of something. But yeah we definitely encourage we're not like -- use this is a pirating mechanism has not set up. I'm so that by the masses can see your files it's more for just your personal community of people that you actually know what is your stuff -- your friends by exactly. Oddly you see your brightest -- this out and is that he replies. Two that's I can click on that local all the replies to a like awesome song in the reading that song. And done the things that you found on line and basically you can get instant feedback from your friends what they thought that these media. There Tuesday because this is an altar which is that the pownce client is an alternative using pounds of them and went right exactly. To pounce on the web page is the same thing except with a couple of extra -- little features. -- eagle is that means things like that so I can just going to a certain tab need to look at that. I'm not having these witnesses along -- Need to have -- casualty yet but okay so. I can go to hounds dot com slash. Canon -- here is the stuff. But I'm sharing so. Essentially. You can see here like here's a video that I posted in my -- stream we have full -- that video you can instantly watch that -- is likens this way. Kept -- she's got like 200 cats throughout much of it freaked out with a fine. What she she consensus -- demonstration of -- negotiated this isn't this is an example of what can use this as a place to like put all of your media is if you find who did you find -- link -- the song whatever it is that you want it instantly blast -- a large group of people it's not about that too -- they communication and dynamic you don't expect a response from someone but you -- that you may get -- make -- on -- regular -- services the."
" to -- just a little rest over the top than than than FaceBook right more usable bare bones than any and its -- not in this case look at something in between yeah for the fun costs. Street and I should we should point out that mr. -- of the founders yes -- with multiple people -- stuff that they can. We have important reasons you're an email deep hidden deep within inbox from Daniel who's having less than stellar -- reception. He says mind. College dorm appears to be a black hole for cell phone signals or maybe -- cage. All signals die a horrible death in my dorm solid concrete loss for the full five bars outside to get one or zero bars inside are there any small range cheap cellular repeater is like guidance for big business is available that I could try to get. Some decent phone service -- great question. A lot of concrete buildings the reinforced concrete is reborn side of them and maybe concrete walls are really thick and enter into charity case -- brought radio signals. One of the downsides to go I guess lot of it depends on how you define. Cheap and repeater if you're talking like a full grade commercial like trailer that the guys from you know. Verizon or Cingular -- tunnel out to a trade show or state -- something now you can find one that's cheap in that sense if you -- and it's gonna boost the signal on your cell phone. That becomes a lot more likely. Not a fan -- same step back will be doing it. Don't reflect this causes cancer well you know what it gives cellphone ideal where is it if in my car outside okay where is it normally. I in my pocket and use it up if your head trying oxygen okay do you keep in your pocket and your pants. Yes you plan -- reading. Yeah of the yeah recycled yeah. If it isn't really this is literally one and I'm curious because they're hurting you it's not pocket I don't transmitting I don't think there's anything well actually it's transmitting the -- this signal you know if if if there's anybody out there who works for the cell -- companies want to explain finer points of light yes and call and response. It would be great and how much power is used for that it's kind of fascinating subject so far that the studies I've seen indicated that we can and can't I didn't want to know if you like do you have in the front pocket close to the testes -- you can in the back I didn't back I already read you read -- that's that's that's officially over at that point the I think it in interesting and -- actually had a lot of people you asked me about like you know cell phones and and reading your brain and Flickr that nervous about it headset itself as far away from you can't particularly that. We are to do I think we're did this is actually usually isn't."
" Like one that you bars inside -- here. Looking probably just barely known I didn't close I'll turn the phone back on that'll help but -- go get like one bar is really see that."
" And I'm gonna put that in this -- will we have -- electronics. If you're versed kickass of the truck stop you'll probably see display from these -- and and they if you and tennis. And cellphone amplifiers and I really like the equipment related customer services so we'll play around with on system. And if a fire this thing up. And I probably really shouldn't have this thing it had levels this can -- full three watts so back up again here I don't know out of your picture pull this right here tonight in my get a hold it -- beautiful tank. Keep in the body away and that's things gonna fire up so we've got one bar and in a moment or -- you that's gonna go to -- Mars. Or at least it did earlier today and assistance. There -- better for you better. Well that's really weird it was working earlier so to answer your question Daniel. What it depends on. How you set it up but this actually was giving us five hours earlier I've seen it take stuff from one to two bars up to -- five bars and companies when I'm on for some how did you work that basically what it does is to create I have it sitting in. It's sitting in the cradle to cradle picks up the the radio signal. From other goes bankrupt by Barcelona's takes a -- you adjust the cradle based."
" The pics of the signal from the top of it runs it through the amplifier built -- get better. Runs it through the amplifier. And the amplifier basically -- the reception and boost the signal to three lost its legal maximum. I don't think we're gonna you know killer brains inside I don't know man but basically. You do -- you normally go to and you want access outside the dorm room -- antenna and they do inside your house versions it's working it's crazy yeah it's about where you talk about. You know you can get an antenna and the kid and they usually -- like a little chocolate bar for in car used to going to different systems for about 5600 dollars for with a colossal okay at a small let's -- that work read your dorm. Vehicle -- started about 250 to 300 dollars. But if you have freedom cellphone reception like in our offices here we have the same situation. It'll take it from one glorified bar he saw it before it to beaver like a bar 25 bars then you can -- you can have a little ways away from you exactly the -- and done -- You know talked I I think I think Wilson -- one of those jobs out there. We have disputes -- who are very next sentence of them getting tips or suggestions. On breaking free from bad cellphone connectivity that don't involve -- 3500 dollars let us know just emails it Tekzilla at revision3.com. Now. We just were minor little viewers of his awesome episode -- awesome they're still responsible couples only dot com. Started to -- and build a web presence of domain dot com to -- and affordable domain names advanced hosting custom website design. Gupta has decent deal at all as part of the fun -- more expensive services like hosting. At domain dot com you can register domain to hours -- five cents and -- price for only five dollars more. There's this special offer the text of the viewers in the coupon code TZ I LL hate. When you check and you get 25% discount on domains and hosting. --"
" got an email from Tommy he writes I have a forty inch Sony brought it TV but the problem is -- only have one -- you might input. I'm looking for dates and I switch that won't break the -- the tedious and breaking -- resolution. Any info would be great signed Tommy oh man. This is a great question a lot of people have this problem including myself. Early adopters always -- yes it's it's got it makes you Boras is three years ago and still five minutes of praised him and then a couple of years later so the like and uses bracket it everything innovation on my Apple TV if you my my PS3 of these in my. Mike Comcast cable or my guess is that he they -- mine. And that I -- have to ports but most of all we have one yeah."
" Really easily and one it's amazing what these if you're buying an HDTV now -- definitely look at it ports and again basically enough room for expansion. -- ton of options if you're lucky get a receiver that -- which is HDMI in the back if you're less lucky. If you want to Cadillac of switchers -- sort of a commercial television equipment company makes consumer products get and it's kind of the Crandall Graham. -- having less expensive. Robert -- over its. Robert earnestly basically my former host deal to be does all the each TV reviews -- PC -- he's like a model priced dot com and like by the cheapest which you can get on the little uptight about that because of seeing some of -- which is -- do very good job. Because this which basically. 48. Do you mind if you have any TCP device which include. Your playstation or any Blu-ray or into the media player. It has that basically handled the pastor. Of information and it can be a little tricky some of the really cheap -- ones don't do it so well. So what do you they don't do well because I mean it's a digital signal right so thought it'd be like to see like crap your quality. Right well its its its its that quote is I'm gonna degree but it seemed things like. The audio and video -- am sick -- or it's simply doesn't work because it's not handling the pass through most of the devices after the nation the problem. -- if you're thinking forward to probably a few my one point -- even if you can almost it's almost impossible on television that hasn't. AC CP's mandatory because he'll -- that you can't do you. Can you believe writers to write UPS three it was a really great reputation for making up scaling dvd players aren't too expensive. Has bigger. Three in one switching device. They called the advanced three by one -- you might switch and you hear that keep coming off in this fallen off before. But still provide a hundred bucks. It doesn't auto switch you're gonna use either -- and you universal remote control or. Or you're gonna have to you know have your ninth through control on the table but if you have universal remote should be able to program this solo play around with him. But basically that we've got three so three inputs here and recycling plan before. Oh that's funny. Now it's fighting with me on. That's fighting with on the second monitor so. This is this is like one of the many nightmares in the TCP is Susan and a PC. But you know it does a pretty good job switching. And what are things what to do it's kind of funny -- but on the third cable and so obviously third channel was so if this thought about before when there but. 400 bucks they say they've got into my one point three certification. Man. That's a pretty good deal yeah totally. You know it probably you have like nine devices in which case you know you have a lot of money to spend a lot like definite threat to -- At school -- it in other -- box that's really -- heard about some really high end ones will you can there's ones out there for like 575 dollars American like you know friends and then they work -- you know if you're feeling venturesome. You buy one from a place where you can turn that it doesn't work conceive it works for right -- of those you mean you pretty good deal pretty good job of this one. And that Geffen I think it's kind of the Crandall -- I don't hear. Makes an auto switcher -- which are sometimes they don't detect and only if you sort of turn the other two devices off to play multiple inputs on them but have a Belkin. Don't own stuff I think it just play around any other stuff but wouldn't he would -- and -- to -- we got one last email from my quiz question about switching to the Mac. I noticed a slow transition from piece of the Macs that all detection isn't watching the shows are mostly about PCs and related software and gadgets. Is it time for me to switch to the Mac as having four gigabytes -- gigabytes of -- to receive a patent you know we're in the second part of that question we'll do that next week. Here's the whole four gigabyte -- it's a huge question visibly different between -- list -- in between now windows XP right to it that Vista. But man how can we all these revision every three the only smacks of production machines from. Bootsy. -- apparently somebody I know -- likes to protect you. That uses a PC not about. Deirdre coastal system again until the studio around he's yeah he's PCI. You've given up on the PC."
" I have but I think I've noticed two mean things that you really have to. Be comfortable with missing and that's one games can beat you games in the second. Is like you to the financial software like quicken or quick books all itself. It's needed needed right perfect current version on the PC in right -- the house when you go to the Mac side it's always like a release behind never quite as good. There's of the the better than I mean I've been happy exit lover Mac like to switch to Mac. I you know I didn't know -- initially I think I've I've just like caught up in the whole Apple craziness that was going on the time being what albums advantage you can switch from yeah precisely private three and a half years now so -- before Vista. But you know now they have like all that the dashboard widgets that -- my -- my next my name -- the all -- different settings. It's just so much faster for me get things done. And I just would never go back I have a Vista box click the desktop box only games at home. And the more -- use -- more realizes just like a pain in the -- in his life for us is operating system yes I just you know the Mac doesn't have positions for me right. Some a lot of people actually."
" You that I know move to Mac to just get Fed up with running any virus and anti spyware applications or dealing with some of just they just like you -- and they need to thinking Jackson's got a basically it's it's a really pretty interface on top of the BSD core which is a variation of unix. And a lot of people just like the way the operating system -- the fact that it takes a lot of work crashes usually. And -- Vista I think Vista just ticked off a lot of people tech community kind of pushing towards analysts and a lot of people look analytics unix background I love the fact that you a lot of cool guy cool -- unix stuff. -- We are back creating new features that -- death threat this."
" I don't know if I -- philosophy government's long and years. Anderson they've got a question -- suggestion comment or pics of some outrageous text that a especially ones that aren't in your living. -- office. Simonyi in the address has always Tekzilla and -- three dot com W check out previous episodes six because what you realize -- three dot com slash -- and and hey you know what we're in the market for who feels almost getting ideas in this area San Francisco area -- trying to yourself. And -- head shots -- bought -- three dot com with Tekzilla co -- in the subject -- more details are up on the site. -- over the next show that hope to my poor little I think we've got a very special codes and we're gonna be playing them but we ratings and he spent so much for watching Kevin and that's about it is damaged and hopefully we'll see you -- sounds good to next time you watch and Tekzilla. We'll see -- That's. Development."
andreparris
Started discussion: February 1, 2008 @ 2:48pm GMT
Episode #18 - Kevin Rose is Here, Boost your Cellphone Signal, Custom Stencils, HDMI
DIY Stencils, Cell Phone Boosters That Work, Pownce on the Desktop, 5 Things That Suck About the iPhone, Oppo's Low Cost HDMI Switch, Kevin Rose cohosts.... and did somebody say "Ass cancer?"
esalonia
over 2 years ago
Patrick and Kevin hosting tekzilla... Screensavers flashback...
Good Episode ppl!
Good Episode ppl!
Mr. Underachiever
over 2 years ago
Hey, that's two episodes in a row with no fake sponsors! Now everyone can stop their bitching... right?
CheatRZ
over 2 years ago
After watching Kevin on Diggnation for so long, it's almost weird seeing him back in a hosting roll on a tech show. Good stuff though =]
Ryudo
over 2 years ago
[COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"]That was the best episode I have seen yet and now wish Kevin was the new perm co host as this felt so much like the old TSS days![/COLOR]
slonkak
over 2 years ago
I would like to put in my two cents. If Kevin will accept, the quest for a Tekzilla show-host should be considered over. It is totally different seeing Kevin in this role compared to the Diggnation role, but most people will appreciate the nostalgia. Plus, though Kevin probably seems like more of an everyman to people who only know him from Diggnation, those of us who have been around since the ZDTV/TechTV days know that Kevin actually knows his stuff. Having him on this show in particular is a good move for Rev3, in my opinion.
Now, on to content. I do feel that the show could run a little more smoothly. What I mean is there is rambling sometimes. Sometimes hosts just keep talking well after they've made their point. I know everyone working at Rev3 knows how to keep segments short (not too short) yet totally get the point across in detail. It feels to me that sometimes they think, "this isn't live, we can relax, ramble a bit, and it'll be edited out later." I feel that for a better show everyone involved needs to act like it's a live show.
Hope this all makes sense and helps!
Now, on to content. I do feel that the show could run a little more smoothly. What I mean is there is rambling sometimes. Sometimes hosts just keep talking well after they've made their point. I know everyone working at Rev3 knows how to keep segments short (not too short) yet totally get the point across in detail. It feels to me that sometimes they think, "this isn't live, we can relax, ramble a bit, and it'll be edited out later." I feel that for a better show everyone involved needs to act like it's a live show.
Hope this all makes sense and helps!
Bret
over 2 years ago
was great seeing kevin hosting a show again. Really think he should do this regularly cuz hes a natural for sure. Great Ep guys!
nextgenxbox
over 2 years ago
Man it was so awesome seeing Kevin and Patrick hosting... brought me back to the goold ol' Screensavers days.
If only Kevin would be the permanent co-host... but I guess he's too busy, what with 3 companies to worry about and diggnation. :)
If only Kevin would be the permanent co-host... but I guess he's too busy, what with 3 companies to worry about and diggnation. :)











Love the rotating guest hosts.