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Leopard First Look, iPod Batteries, Transformers, eBooks and Flock

Friday, October 26th, 2007 – running time 32:43
Take a look at the new hotness in Leopard. How to replace your iPod battery. Find out how the Transformers were made. Go read an eBook! And the latest in social web browsing with Flock.

Kicking off this episode, Jessica is disturbed by the Hello Kitty themed AK-47 available at GlamGuns.com.

Do you have an old iPod whose battery is just so far gone? It won't hold a charge and now is pretty much useless? Well don't despair, you can replace the battery! Yes, YOU can do it as Sarah, along with the help from the tutorial at ifixit.com, will show you the tools, the step by step instructions and the challenges on replacing your iPod's battery.

One of the summer's biggest movie hits, Transformers features state of the art, photorealistic effects to make the robots look real. We spoke with some of the movie making wizards at Industrial Light and Magic, who opened the hood on these robots in disguise and explained how they were able to make these robots come to life.

Heather's website pick of the week is gemueseorchester.org (there was a mistake in the show CG stating that it is gemueseorchester.com), the world's first vegetable orchestra.

Chris Breen, senior editor from Macworld visits us to give us the skinny on the new release of OSX from Apple, Leopard. With the new version, there are great new features like, Time Machine, Spaces, Stacks, Quicklook and a new version of Spotlight.

Freedocumentaries.org - Want to stream and watch documentaries online for free? Well here's the site for you. Check out the great and informative documentaries available, all for free!

Our fearless leader and CEO of Revision3, Jim Louderback tries to convert Jessica to the wonderful world of eBook Readers with the Sony PRS-505 which holds over 100 books and has rechargeable batteries to allow you to turn up to 7,500 pages on a single charge which can be charged via USB. It also can store music or photos (even though the display is black and white). While the Sony Memory Stick is still present, they also support SD cards. While you can buy books through Sony's Connect store application, but you can also load your own books and PDFs. Jim also shows us an older eBook, the RCA REB1200 which has a touch screen and the ability to mark up the screen as you read.

Martin Sargent makes his plea to take over Tekzilla and Systm from Patrick Norton.

Site of the week: etsy.com - A great site to buy and sell hand made projects with super cool ways to search.

Jessica brings us this week's Code Red: a new browser based on social browsing, Flock. Making it easy to blog, upload photos and interact with your social network websites. It's also got great extensions like me.dium.com which allows you to see other users using Flock. It also has neat tools like "Drag and Drop" interaction with Flickr for all your photo needs.

We've got some viewer e-mail:

Gary from North Carolina writes in asking about how to convert old 8mm film reels to DVDs? The obvious answer is to look up a video transfer/dubbing service in your local yellow pages. But Sarah and Jessica have a bit more ghetto way: Buy a projector and film the projected image with a video camera.

If you have any questions, be sure to email us at tekzilla@revision3.com

Highlights
World of Warcraft ( 24:32 ) new book ( 18:52 ) best actor ( 9:22 ) operating system ( 10:12 )

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" Coming up on Tekzilla. Mac OS-X leopard has arrived and we're gonna take a little -- Let's change your iPod battery and all by yourself. And we go behind the scenes at industrial light and magic to see how transformers the movie was made him. In this week's episode which is brought to you by Netflix and godaddy.com. And her. Can contain no I'm Jessica -- I'm still not Patrick what it. No matter how you drag I would and they're being I we're subsidize I was there and I'm here filling in -- because he is. Probably getting thrown up on right daddy beauty. Anywhere Patrick and that's. Right so how -- yeah exactly about what my new favorite things are not really so earlier this is it. I soggy HK AK 47 consults. Rifle -- and sends it dot com free test it out 1072. Dollars and nine -- accidentally we what. Okay why is a hello kitty. Assault -- Anaconda got it handed the -- shoulder shot up color and it titanium -- 400 lexmark. You see your name would it burned into. Okay I need to take let's take a step back from yeah. Yeah I am. Why is -- okay assault rifle is it is it real like it can kill somebody I mean I think so. It's a thousand dollars so I paying for -- as an -- or -- heard a bird. This is very weird looking at your marketing is quite quite funny and licensee your your aggrandizement and they have hello can be wedding dresses. Hello cutie yeah knows. -- hunger and disease -- that's not green. Definitely not green in there be some redemption and then hello -- the dog house which is and that's an ironic gifts. Because yeah. I mean that's just and it just says thanks. I say this is yeah I was kind of quiet areas psychotic little -- taking yeah I'm."

" And actually excited at this I next little project because I'm not really one to take apart things normally ranked at an internal gal at a software person -- have -- the person. However I'm just all iPod a third generation iPod. And the -- has been dying factory. And into the plant where when it's you know when it's charged -- at last just a couple of not even a short flight today yes I get them. -- companies online that will teach you how to take your battery out of your iPod replace the battery with tools and tutorials and a company called -- six had a really good tutorial so we went ahead behind the tools but. They're just little plastic things. And it battery hoping it under forty dollars that's not a bad deal cannot expect to get in the iPod -- more expensive and perhaps not so many years ago the third generation iPod and all. -- When it looked a hold switch -- an iPod can be kind of challenge -- it might take a few attempts certainly to need it so using a classic iPod opening tool or tar pit. I've heard is also great talent around the musician whenever I wanted candidates in the classic -- the metal backed iPod. And then once inserted he snapped up by the tabs hold -- to -- to open. Checking its its its its not just an easy thing to -- that -- had to put together men. Pretty tightly to lift in that panel away and you want to be sure to avoid catching on the headphone Jack that can be it will suck. Next to take up the tape attached to the top of the battery lipped about area from the hard drive and then finally you have a hard drive near the fire airport. To get into the battery connector they disconnect the right battery connector from the logic board. Now this doesn't I was planning good thank you think -- A -- okay and get right and the steps again online and look for the simple but it got -- Leo what -- the very for -- getting this. This thing. To disconnect from -- so. Was not just as."

" He is using is that -- to point out that obvious that might help thinking that aside that you know of material like plastic. Is gonna be stronger than -- well and I think that I -- the company that I've used an editorial -- the tools found in their the only ones that are sounds Vietnamese like. The standard -- opener at what I did -- is. Was street adds an action had to enlist the help and David Randolph are you know residents hardware expert help me because I had to -- handle this thing right I I think and I'm glad you enlisted his yeah yeah. I'm actually it was really easy once we got. We got these two things split apart the but -- really -- once -- a new battery you go back the steps and of course -- and that's. -- you're listening and any display this video back prints. Really good thing yeah if any on your income did not -- game playback. Anyway it -- giants that was apparently simple. That you can do yourself to -- in that is not a simple at all. Blockbuster digital -- keep getting better and better and case in point the movie transformers. It looks so realistic. But how. -- Realism and ended down director Michael bay to the digital effects artist but what."

" Michael is very insistent about being able to recognize pieces from real cars and these robots in order to make them look. You realistic for one thing that we really focused on this film was making. CG. Car parts -- very very V. Helps increase the realism if it doesn't come out is making it clean is the easy thing to do. We've sort of delivered one model and Michael said no don't like that you need to put a lot more recognizable car parts and -- so. It was really important him that when you look at these provide cheap easy things they might recognize from your own card look at pistons and drive trains and you know break calpers analysts things and it's sort of this combination if you want something that looks nice as an ally -- it's culturally. At the same time you want it -- functional so if there is there's a chain on the site that drives and windows maybe that's used to raise his arm. Or if there's a piston. Sort of nestled into his arm. Then you want that the contract when that when armaments. By the time we're done and we really layered on the actor and and that the text here. Because they were they've been battling for thousands of years. And we we need to make it look like they are fresh out of that factory."

" When the camera get both top and -- expect to see in the lure the red expectancy of the battle flag reflective the end of the paint color on the front. You expect if in this world on the brush a little. Expect these dirt practice freeze for all that stuff."

" But how you make clunky supersize robots moved like dynamic athletes we had. We'll college legal system that animators can control and they didn't say how lose each piece was and then based on the running in the footsteps coming down. Pieces would jiggle up and down her move side to side. That really hoped for shots like this where optimism run. Under the bridge. Just to get some motion into this test and and did his legs and helps sell the fact that he's thirty PayPal. And when a thirty foot tall robot tears through city get better expects an extraction. The big hard. Making the transformers successful is. Integrating them into the shot and having stuff happen in the environment around them and having them have an effect on the environment. It is in this case where they had have a real explosion there it didn't do it he was hoping for onset you can see the tough part of the truck just balls straight down here. And so again we have to go and -- it -- CD version of the -- in order to have it. -- back this way and make the characters feeling there more pero. Here's another great example where the background into the city Israel but pretty much everything on top of that we had to create. And figuring -- this. Think this one out where the planes ripping apart and falling down takes a huge collaboration between so many different departments and people. To make it happen."

" To see -- go from here to here it's simply amazing. But according to visual effects supervisor Scott -- this is just the tip of the --"

" I think -- in the stoning -- computer. Computers are concerned there's a lot of refinement ago don't have to make it easier for the art -- all -- stranded itself out of here out there to show you."

" Yeah that's all that's idea that it another hill Abigail is easy to correct. It's a big all those wonderful people -- island. And if you are wanting to see transformers in its entirety it just came out on dvd making a run. For those oscars oh yes yes is not a special effects but best actor and ActiveX empire robot some political generate cash the renovated out of it. A -- I guess I'll say it I."

" A house that. Next on -- we take a look at Mac OS-X leopard but first Heather our producer is gonna show us her pick of the week. Crazy -- alert. The world's first vegetable orchestra founded in 1998 consists of ten musicians one cook any sound technician. These guys are serious about preventing us. This nine piece ensembles instruments are made entirely at a fresh vegetables. Cure athlete's foot if you impression elite violin and it -- a -- which is a hollowed out cucumber with accurate mouthpiece any bell pepper bell. They play out regularly but whatever you do don't ask them if they're vegetarians."

" This six major release of Mac OS-X operating system is finally arrived and senior editor of Macworld Chris Breen is here now. Show thanks shopping -- it's great things it's called leopard it is a leopard OS-X ten point -- And you're gonna show us five marks the aspects of leopard that's -- and would sort."

" Up with something called time machine because it look at this test it looks like a supernova at its -- is not going back and and the idea is that even though it has this wonderful name it's really just a backup program. And the point is that most people don't back up so you get leopard we get our external hard drive to plug in -- which ended up. -- dialogue box thing would you like to back to the strike guess what thank you very much and that's what you do. In the background while you're working its packing up quietly quietly quietly. And at some point you can throw stuff out and in a week later -- you know like you that file so -- to do as good a time machine icon here you click this. Moon. When -- yeah they only backup program and still you go. So I'm gonna go and look in my pictures folder for example and I know I created so movie awhile ago it's okay. And there is -- go back to today. It's going. So they go back here I can recover this -- to do is highlight the thing. Click restore and it's copied back to my heart that's amazing now does it doesn't copy everything -- doesn't have to copies specified. Documents right by the salt it will copy -- everything. But if you go into the system preference you have the option there to choose a different disc or -- like within options. You can say only back -- my documents don't back up all that system stuff with I don't care about."

" I love it because I need to back up -- I don't remember so I love this function -- it and you we also have spotlight right. Beat me -- how we have spotlight right now."

" We just let it instincts and so we don't have you spotlight and it's. Because under the old spotlight it would opulent spotlight menu and what's on light does is it keeps it all the metadata. On your Mac and it -- everything so I can type in for example Hawaii is I've done here. -- I would have trillion hit yes because it points why everything yet under your show for it gets just the stuff I want I can show all in here. And finally for those who've been using the -- before. You could not search by file name now you can I can select this and saying -- got that. And since its spotlight up here I can show off something cool which is called quick -- So I can select this and say I think that's the image I want -- space for. And find out. Like you line that's what. You're packets that it again and of the trees so. And the idea quickly is we have a bunch of stuff we don't know what this is all that similar names like India's with the picture -- an audio file. Text file. And -- can see it immediately so that's the equipment in the number four we have something called. Acts stacks right stacks we have this wine duck down here. There's stuff it -- what's this. Oh look. It's this folder and it shows me just by clicking on your web. So the idea here is you take -- folder full of stuff you put it in the dock and then you can stack it and if you hold the shift key. You can do anything. It's just it's. Gorgeous it isn't about the smooth moves it just means my heart over everything it's that Apple -- everything is very smooth and very so. It and second and then. -- speeds right we have spaces in the idea here. Is that. And a lot of this a lot of the newest and is about this is clean water because you just have stuff everywhere. So in spaces there are virtual desktops. So the -- it over here I can go there so it can't play it on for work one per -- Play one brighter kind of task you're doing for example I might have my browser down here -- you know planet here. Photoshop down here and when things cluttered I immediately shift to a different space. You can also do things like you can say I always want safari the browser to open up in space -- And my email to open space three if -- Microsoft Word document here for example double click that people always open space too because I told."

" Base so much for fattening bank times about leopard -- then you have -- and sexy elegant yours. -- Super more information check out -- dot com are -- out what's coming. Next step we show you the latest e-book readers we might even convert you. Now for -- cool website things. Three documentary dot org is a place for you to educate yourself be gaining new perspective by locking free and stream provocative documentary film. -- is titled -- themes such as war activism globalization media politics for search I region. Free documentary dot org and these super cool place online check it out."

" that is. I think here with a man that runs this -- is an -- back if also detect expert. And CEO of Revision 3 what I reading this -- convert me on this whole e-book because I had not us. Not a big e-book man."

" So I and I don't blame you because he looks have a lot of drawbacks I have for a long time and but they are getting better."

" So what it is I brought the latest e-book with me right here from Sony and it also brought an older ones as well the first one thing left and outrage here. This is and they cramp now there are to be 1200. And I love this. But boy you can certainly tell the difference is the old one is probably weighs about two -- and yet look how -- this one this one weighs under well under a pound. We take you through this because this is Sony's second version. Of the the first version had some issues but the the biggest thing about this is the screen. It uses something called electronic paper and it's beautiful look at it's it's white and black it's not collar right but it's got great contrast you can actually read it outdoors sunlight bounces off that it reflects off. -- you can look at it. In the neat thing about these. Usually the typical monitors you've gotta be -- The Jews in there so that it keeps on refreshing the stream this once you do the page it's that it is using more power until you turn the page."

" So essentially does on standby why you're reading it the only -- his powers when you turn it."

" Yet which means that this tiny little device has enough energy to go through like 7000. Change terms. That's like war and peace remembrance of things past the entire library of more takes excellent a lot of its a lot of stuff yeah -- take you through a couple things on here that are -- it really does especially in these lights it really looks like paper. I'm gonna go back to the menu it holds over a hundred books. And you see this is it's with a visited here's they've got a number of numbers here you can hit the -- of the different -- the beginning of the book and of the book table content. But if I go back over here. You take a look at some other things these are all my books a couple of other things in here it's got photos and music as well. So yeah want to show this to you can get a photo player although I'm not sure why you want to. Let me go in here just pick up a photo that I did well we're on vacation. The problem with this is first gonna come up blurry and it'll come out clean. It's black going to -- you -- out they're taking good pictures and then you're so often black and white right."

" I can totally see utility of this especially when you're on vacation or your backpacking or you went and just keep your packing light you can store a ton of books on there. Pictures of your -- to be close to home you know that that's happening at CBS or is it going to need your main source of photo storage now."

" Open it and it's also does audio you can do it for that just a couple of things to other real -- parts about it. One Sony is like the master of their own formats that memory stick can UND and all those things. Well Leo actually embrace of course if it does have memories -- may be remiss without it but it also supports. -- flash which is really nice you can expand it because it holds audio you get eight gig version of this and put all your music on there. Also and this is new with this version it does have great battery life but you don't have to worry about bringing that -- charger with you. Because it'll charge over US being -- which is really -- bring your computer charge up that way if they get books into it that's filing harassment so -- that well. -- hit this is this of the application right here. It it's okay these applications they kinda sort of look like a web page but they're not a web page and they don't do all the things you want web pages to do him. -- it and so I bought this brand new book by Terry project which is actually what I've been reading on here called making money. And is about sixty box it's just it was a little bit more expensive. Two days ago when I bought it and they've cut the price. Now it's cheaper than Amazon I could buy the real book from Amazon for less money a few days ago. That's another problem I have witnessed you don't you don't have to print the book. -- that the move the book from a warehouse to somebody else he had a specific enough to waste it why aren't the books cheaper. Him more they chamber."

" Well in one point that I pointed out you're sideburns like -- it's different environment like I'm there at about that."

" Yeah well it is good for the environment it. You know this the other thing is you can put your own books in years you've gotta PDF or a word document you can load of up. I've actually put a bunch of books like that in here and that to me is also a real killer feature. When the first versions of you books came out. They wouldn't let you put your own stuff and you had to buy them from their stores which weren't as good as this didn't have nearly as many books as this you're limited basically to those books. At least now this when this Ari do you 1200 that I have -- you can put whatever you wanna do which is really nice the nice thing about this in general is this has a touch screen. And it has some other features I know that you really like remove over this book. Couple of other features that you really like you can market up as you see I've."

" Please I need to interact with my tax so when when biggest in this size -- that that I might."

" what wanted to let you know what that's going to mean now it's going to mean that the screen will not be as bright. Because you're gonna have put that display on. And it means that -- out there is not gonna be as long. Look if you want a break -- photo -- so we're really good battery -- in the -- it uses it it works I like it 300 dollars. And and is available now okay."

" Good argument not a convert yet but I'll state can just try it just sorry reading about it the ones that I've done about it."

" Now Marty has something very important to tell all you Tekzilla fans out there right."

" With Patrick Norton way tending to his newborn child I thought I think this opportunity to come on the show to explain why I'd be a better host than him. Not only on this fine program but also un system and any other show in which you may become involved in perpetuity. I think the primary answer is in the question Patrick Norton is a way tending to his newborn child. What does that tell you. That Patrick Norton must've had sex so right there he should be disqualified as host for how can you honestly relate to you are geeky audience. Are you guys getting any you know you're lonely just like me and that's why I am a better choice of hosts along with David Randolph and perhaps -- Now then what what I do is host first off no more boring crap like Blu-ray versus HD dvd here full episodes about batteries. Way. No my tech projects would be exciting hard hitting and add value to your lives. I'd also talked a great deal about -- from a -- gangel of course. For example rowboat dump one point -- a robot that put routes or more accurately it's a robot the fool people into thinking that it's doing. To the untrained eye robot dubbed one point oh appears like a man and about the installed dropping -- And it sounds like that as well a man dropping a terrifying mind bending universe shattering dudes listen. But then reality robot double -- knows the stakes that a legs with some sound chips and speakers and wires and stuff attached. But I wouldn't stop there I'd create -- I'm 2.0 which has all the features the -- would dump one point oh but also tried to solicit sex from the man in the next stall. And that create -- down three point out was really David Randolph."

" Finally instead of breaking things with cameras like Patrick does I dedicate myself to nurturing and building of NATO tech projects that would improve your -- For example it's no secret deliberately towards a great undoing the apocalypse who will occur at the under the my calendar on December 21 2012. So of the geeks are truly don't inherit the earth we must be prepared. That's why they teach you how to create a gas mask -- computer parts there's a CPU fan a disc cleaner and the CD case. But it -- will not be enough when galactic invades on July 25 2011. And like if you 2009 great words are those with the red Chinese but not the invasion of Galactica. Let's not be silly. For that you'll need to know how to build your very own cabin shelters safe from was it inexpensive easy and space saving way to protect yourself from biological chemical new killer and space poison contaminants. So for the reasons I've just outlined plus my universal appeal as well the fact that I don't wear kilts and like most of you never had sex. I should be the host of tekzilla and systm out Revision 3 not. Patrick Norton. Tune in next time and I'll explain why don't make sense for me also replace Alex Albrecht on Diggnation. Thank you please check out Web Drifter every few days before PM Pacific."

" Then how what's coming up next think Marty it's a -- never -- browser flock dot com for the birth find out in this week's code red. And now -- handy helpful cited the weak all of those geeks looking to get -- please direct your browser stay at C dot com. Etsy dot com is a global community market which sells handmade goods online and the number of their items are made from recycled parts of old computers. When it comes to -- shot at he delivers interactive late. By using the geo locate or you can shop by product origin you can also search the Treasury's showcase we're -- the time machine. The coolest feature is a shop by another group. Perfect when he needs something in a specific shape. It's WR -- get with the equally geeky needs are guys who loves his World of Warcraft widow get on Etsy and get the latest in -- it could Stuart L and PS. It US effort did stiff. Check it all out at Etsy dot com. Sponsoring this episode of Tekzilla is Netflix if you like high -- you get both HD dvd and delivering movies and shows. Get a free trial by signing up to recite -- have just for asset netflix.com slash Tekzilla."

" Jeff Mac. Put back together Liggett Liggett paddy field -- still look better than I did when I was trying to -- Oakland and -- raid array and and a hat to you let's hope that's the trust co workers but put it together is actually snap. It works you put it back together by your lonesome -- enlist more help. I'm proud to say it did buy an island some you cannot even -- experts yeah. It's as I say thank you this let's step what's great about this but the best part is that I actually have a little battery. That's not actually I charging the format that's it was to in this way."

" Actually it's our rights of from one cool thing to another cool thing I must say it's time for a segment we call code red."

" Dot com has a web browser and of a much different rate than let's say I eat or Firefox it's a social web browser in the second half of people who run various platforms and desire one stop spot for blogging uploading pics in your photo sharing site or keep up on -- at. And you're not on a number of -- it can be hard. Though defined purpose park like I am a number of sites that think. That I can speak for many. Folks on the Internet today -- I'm liking insofar a case so it's in beta and we can't you know you that he acted a little bit leeway -- and I -- we're advocates newly released last -- ninth it wasn't. -- No real. It's doing everything he's aiming -- here are highlights when you know where these features is aside toolbar which allows users to view multiple session -- so right here -- You dark scenes and you can view multiple such -- I was in one place as well as access different social net tax -- All aggregated once I get so decently and numbered extensions available for example there is that medium so that's out and -- dot idiom. Allows users to see other -- users. Can browse together all in real time. That's going to cool and I think it's about who you know who your friends aren't so it's -- it's -- went to went in there and Michael's features is a web support and you let this right so especially here in the photos and that it is."

" Drag. And drop. We gotta be open to the right spot at the bank."

" And it. Tell what is wanted closely you can drag rabbit images for later use a steak and you stuff it still now. On said not so like high points and glad during an -- to conserve a similar purpose without having to download stuff. With the proper widgets like axis because this is I mean in essence it's it's it's it's down. It's a it's almost like a program yet it's just accessing the Internet Google for instance I really like it's lit up. I like it. It's very customizable -- gotta get I do that and got that Google feel -- familiar with admitted this point it's like a guy who will kind of this kind of right and everything legs and that is I mean it's. It's -- complex. It's it's a little bit more robust and -- it's it's robust and it's good if you wanted to feature is crazy about social network yeah and hard to find this really is kind and it even more worried about even more amazed -- some people may want to stick. To their brought their bookmarks right. So it GE I have to admit as archaic as they are -- bookmarks break they don't intend that it -- my bookmarks -- is an amazing right. But -- seeking go ahead try it something nailed for your next so bit if you're someone new to a number of sites or we haven't invested in -- that area. Flock dot com maybe. Or you otherwise is just nice and it's. A really good code red -- that's."

" I really just a -- I am in the mood to answer any amounts I mean. It's Gary McPherson. -- Matthews North Carolina writes. But there's some really old circa 1960s and -- sent me some movies on eight millimeter -- Like to get and convert its dvds since these -- original films insuring their integrity is critical are there any services or better yet it couldn't. That can do this. -- obvious choice is to the minute I don't need to get it into us and look up. Romney may -- transferring yeah. It you weren't that wanted to -- distribution but yeah I mean this transfer services actually did this and super eight a super eight movies that took him as recently as -- I don't even have that machine anymore so there's having services that can -- reality and look at dot. But there's actually more clever lake Hackwear around and it's kind of ghetto but we'd like. Yes it's actually it works really well what you do is invest in a projector right because these -- of course. They're film you know receive projected on a while that's the way that you know the parents and grandparents Waxman originally and he shoots that projected image on the well with the camera right. It seems like. You're creating sort of like a lot -- Products that way but actually. It's Biloxi look to get it. On there you know you're gonna really pick up on that. Maintenance -- in its its sort of we want to make sure that it's not like a blown out projecting going to want to make sure that the lenses really tight so that the answer in a concentrated in all the lines -- and obviously -- camera that you should the while with want to make sure that that's a good enough camera right here well in focus it's free into the night. Cutting out any of the movie. It's actually it's it's actually not a bad idea really it makes a lot more sense then it if you gonna get answers and area right now. I really need to protect your camera."

" Right and -- and more information just for capturing sound and more of this to just Google convert to eight millimeter movies to dvd. Okay yeah well after I got an -- I think the -- And like you public IR -- you can so that instantly and I'm just that part. Yes."

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" Those in need to open up your iPod and changeable. That. What. You're -- End in -- At and you just got the tools they need to open up your iPod and seemed to -- a great day. Our days are your thing you. Can."

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" Coming up on Tekzilla. Mac OS-X leopard has arrived and we're gonna take a little -- Let's change your iPod battery and all by yourself. And we go behind the scenes at industrial light and magic to see how transformers the movie was made him. In this week's episode which is brought to you by Netflix and godaddy.com. And her. Can contain no I'm Jessica -- I'm still not Patrick what it. No matter how you drag I would and they're being I we're subsidize I was there and I'm here filling in -- because he is. Probably getting thrown up on right daddy beauty. Anywhere Patrick and that's. Right so how -- yeah exactly about what my new favorite things are not really so earlier this is it. I soggy HK AK 47 consults. Rifle -- and sends it dot com free test it out 1072. Dollars and nine -- accidentally we what. Okay why is a hello kitty. Assault -- Anaconda got it handed the -- shoulder shot up color and it titanium -- 400 lexmark. You see your name would it burned into. Okay I need to take let's take a step back from yeah. Yeah I am. Why is -- okay assault rifle is it is it real like it can kill somebody I mean I think so. It's a thousand dollars so I paying for -- as an -- or -- heard a bird. This is very weird looking at your marketing is quite quite funny and licensee your your aggrandizement and they have hello can be wedding dresses. Hello cutie yeah knows. -- hunger and disease -- that's not green. Definitely not green in there be some redemption and then hello -- the dog house which is and that's an ironic gifts. Because yeah. I mean that's just and it just says thanks. I say this is yeah I was kind of quiet areas psychotic little -- taking yeah I'm."

" And actually excited at this I next little project because I'm not really one to take apart things normally ranked at an internal gal at a software person -- have -- the person. However I'm just all iPod a third generation iPod. And the -- has been dying factory. And into the plant where when it's you know when it's charged -- at last just a couple of not even a short flight today yes I get them. -- companies online that will teach you how to take your battery out of your iPod replace the battery with tools and tutorials and a company called -- six had a really good tutorial so we went ahead behind the tools but. They're just little plastic things. And it battery hoping it under forty dollars that's not a bad deal cannot expect to get in the iPod -- more expensive and perhaps not so many years ago the third generation iPod and all. -- When it looked a hold switch -- an iPod can be kind of challenge -- it might take a few attempts certainly to need it so using a classic iPod opening tool or tar pit. I've heard is also great talent around the musician whenever I wanted candidates in the classic -- the metal backed iPod. And then once inserted he snapped up by the tabs hold -- to -- to open. Checking its its its its not just an easy thing to -- that -- had to put together men. Pretty tightly to lift in that panel away and you want to be sure to avoid catching on the headphone Jack that can be it will suck. Next to take up the tape attached to the top of the battery lipped about area from the hard drive and then finally you have a hard drive near the fire airport. To get into the battery connector they disconnect the right battery connector from the logic board. Now this doesn't I was planning good thank you think -- A -- okay and get right and the steps again online and look for the simple but it got -- Leo what -- the very for -- getting this. This thing. To disconnect from -- so. Was not just as."

" He is using is that -- to point out that obvious that might help thinking that aside that you know of material like plastic. Is gonna be stronger than -- well and I think that I -- the company that I've used an editorial -- the tools found in their the only ones that are sounds Vietnamese like. The standard -- opener at what I did -- is. Was street adds an action had to enlist the help and David Randolph are you know residents hardware expert help me because I had to -- handle this thing right I I think and I'm glad you enlisted his yeah yeah. I'm actually it was really easy once we got. We got these two things split apart the but -- really -- once -- a new battery you go back the steps and of course -- and that's. -- you're listening and any display this video back prints. Really good thing yeah if any on your income did not -- game playback. Anyway it -- giants that was apparently simple. That you can do yourself to -- in that is not a simple at all. Blockbuster digital -- keep getting better and better and case in point the movie transformers. It looks so realistic. But how. -- Realism and ended down director Michael bay to the digital effects artist but what."

" Michael is very insistent about being able to recognize pieces from real cars and these robots in order to make them look. You realistic for one thing that we really focused on this film was making. CG. Car parts -- very very V. Helps increase the realism if it doesn't come out is making it clean is the easy thing to do. We've sort of delivered one model and Michael said no don't like that you need to put a lot more recognizable car parts and -- so. It was really important him that when you look at these provide cheap easy things they might recognize from your own card look at pistons and drive trains and you know break calpers analysts things and it's sort of this combination if you want something that looks nice as an ally -- it's culturally. At the same time you want it -- functional so if there is there's a chain on the site that drives and windows maybe that's used to raise his arm. Or if there's a piston. Sort of nestled into his arm. Then you want that the contract when that when armaments. By the time we're done and we really layered on the actor and and that the text here. Because they were they've been battling for thousands of years. And we we need to make it look like they are fresh out of that factory."

" When the camera get both top and -- expect to see in the lure the red expectancy of the battle flag reflective the end of the paint color on the front. You expect if in this world on the brush a little. Expect these dirt practice freeze for all that stuff."

" But how you make clunky supersize robots moved like dynamic athletes we had. We'll college legal system that animators can control and they didn't say how lose each piece was and then based on the running in the footsteps coming down. Pieces would jiggle up and down her move side to side. That really hoped for shots like this where optimism run. Under the bridge. Just to get some motion into this test and and did his legs and helps sell the fact that he's thirty PayPal. And when a thirty foot tall robot tears through city get better expects an extraction. The big hard. Making the transformers successful is. Integrating them into the shot and having stuff happen in the environment around them and having them have an effect on the environment. It is in this case where they had have a real explosion there it didn't do it he was hoping for onset you can see the tough part of the truck just balls straight down here. And so again we have to go and -- it -- CD version of the -- in order to have it. -- back this way and make the characters feeling there more pero. Here's another great example where the background into the city Israel but pretty much everything on top of that we had to create. And figuring -- this. Think this one out where the planes ripping apart and falling down takes a huge collaboration between so many different departments and people. To make it happen."

" To see -- go from here to here it's simply amazing. But according to visual effects supervisor Scott -- this is just the tip of the --"

" I think -- in the stoning -- computer. Computers are concerned there's a lot of refinement ago don't have to make it easier for the art -- all -- stranded itself out of here out there to show you."

" Yeah that's all that's idea that it another hill Abigail is easy to correct. It's a big all those wonderful people -- island. And if you are wanting to see transformers in its entirety it just came out on dvd making a run. For those oscars oh yes yes is not a special effects but best actor and ActiveX empire robot some political generate cash the renovated out of it. A -- I guess I'll say it I."

" A house that. Next on -- we take a look at Mac OS-X leopard but first Heather our producer is gonna show us her pick of the week. Crazy -- alert. The world's first vegetable orchestra founded in 1998 consists of ten musicians one cook any sound technician. These guys are serious about preventing us. This nine piece ensembles instruments are made entirely at a fresh vegetables. Cure athlete's foot if you impression elite violin and it -- a -- which is a hollowed out cucumber with accurate mouthpiece any bell pepper bell. They play out regularly but whatever you do don't ask them if they're vegetarians."

" This six major release of Mac OS-X operating system is finally arrived and senior editor of Macworld Chris Breen is here now. Show thanks shopping -- it's great things it's called leopard it is a leopard OS-X ten point -- And you're gonna show us five marks the aspects of leopard that's -- and would sort."

" Up with something called time machine because it look at this test it looks like a supernova at its -- is not going back and and the idea is that even though it has this wonderful name it's really just a backup program. And the point is that most people don't back up so you get leopard we get our external hard drive to plug in -- which ended up. -- dialogue box thing would you like to back to the strike guess what thank you very much and that's what you do. In the background while you're working its packing up quietly quietly quietly. And at some point you can throw stuff out and in a week later -- you know like you that file so -- to do as good a time machine icon here you click this. Moon. When -- yeah they only backup program and still you go. So I'm gonna go and look in my pictures folder for example and I know I created so movie awhile ago it's okay. And there is -- go back to today. It's going. So they go back here I can recover this -- to do is highlight the thing. Click restore and it's copied back to my heart that's amazing now does it doesn't copy everything -- doesn't have to copies specified. Documents right by the salt it will copy -- everything. But if you go into the system preference you have the option there to choose a different disc or -- like within options. You can say only back -- my documents don't back up all that system stuff with I don't care about."

" I love it because I need to back up -- I don't remember so I love this function -- it and you we also have spotlight right. Beat me -- how we have spotlight right now."

" We just let it instincts and so we don't have you spotlight and it's. Because under the old spotlight it would opulent spotlight menu and what's on light does is it keeps it all the metadata. On your Mac and it -- everything so I can type in for example Hawaii is I've done here. -- I would have trillion hit yes because it points why everything yet under your show for it gets just the stuff I want I can show all in here. And finally for those who've been using the -- before. You could not search by file name now you can I can select this and saying -- got that. And since its spotlight up here I can show off something cool which is called quick -- So I can select this and say I think that's the image I want -- space for. And find out. Like you line that's what. You're packets that it again and of the trees so. And the idea quickly is we have a bunch of stuff we don't know what this is all that similar names like India's with the picture -- an audio file. Text file. And -- can see it immediately so that's the equipment in the number four we have something called. Acts stacks right stacks we have this wine duck down here. There's stuff it -- what's this. Oh look. It's this folder and it shows me just by clicking on your web. So the idea here is you take -- folder full of stuff you put it in the dock and then you can stack it and if you hold the shift key. You can do anything. It's just it's. Gorgeous it isn't about the smooth moves it just means my heart over everything it's that Apple -- everything is very smooth and very so. It and second and then. -- speeds right we have spaces in the idea here. Is that. And a lot of this a lot of the newest and is about this is clean water because you just have stuff everywhere. So in spaces there are virtual desktops. So the -- it over here I can go there so it can't play it on for work one per -- Play one brighter kind of task you're doing for example I might have my browser down here -- you know planet here. Photoshop down here and when things cluttered I immediately shift to a different space. You can also do things like you can say I always want safari the browser to open up in space -- And my email to open space three if -- Microsoft Word document here for example double click that people always open space too because I told."

" Base so much for fattening bank times about leopard -- then you have -- and sexy elegant yours. -- Super more information check out -- dot com are -- out what's coming. Next step we show you the latest e-book readers we might even convert you. Now for -- cool website things. Three documentary dot org is a place for you to educate yourself be gaining new perspective by locking free and stream provocative documentary film. -- is titled -- themes such as war activism globalization media politics for search I region. Free documentary dot org and these super cool place online check it out."

" that is. I think here with a man that runs this -- is an -- back if also detect expert. And CEO of Revision 3 what I reading this -- convert me on this whole e-book because I had not us. Not a big e-book man."

" So I and I don't blame you because he looks have a lot of drawbacks I have for a long time and but they are getting better."

" So what it is I brought the latest e-book with me right here from Sony and it also brought an older ones as well the first one thing left and outrage here. This is and they cramp now there are to be 1200. And I love this. But boy you can certainly tell the difference is the old one is probably weighs about two -- and yet look how -- this one this one weighs under well under a pound. We take you through this because this is Sony's second version. Of the the first version had some issues but the the biggest thing about this is the screen. It uses something called electronic paper and it's beautiful look at it's it's white and black it's not collar right but it's got great contrast you can actually read it outdoors sunlight bounces off that it reflects off. -- you can look at it. In the neat thing about these. Usually the typical monitors you've gotta be -- The Jews in there so that it keeps on refreshing the stream this once you do the page it's that it is using more power until you turn the page."

" So essentially does on standby why you're reading it the only -- his powers when you turn it."

" Yet which means that this tiny little device has enough energy to go through like 7000. Change terms. That's like war and peace remembrance of things past the entire library of more takes excellent a lot of its a lot of stuff yeah -- take you through a couple things on here that are -- it really does especially in these lights it really looks like paper. I'm gonna go back to the menu it holds over a hundred books. And you see this is it's with a visited here's they've got a number of numbers here you can hit the -- of the different -- the beginning of the book and of the book table content. But if I go back over here. You take a look at some other things these are all my books a couple of other things in here it's got photos and music as well. So yeah want to show this to you can get a photo player although I'm not sure why you want to. Let me go in here just pick up a photo that I did well we're on vacation. The problem with this is first gonna come up blurry and it'll come out clean. It's black going to -- you -- out they're taking good pictures and then you're so often black and white right."

" I can totally see utility of this especially when you're on vacation or your backpacking or you went and just keep your packing light you can store a ton of books on there. Pictures of your -- to be close to home you know that that's happening at CBS or is it going to need your main source of photo storage now."

" Open it and it's also does audio you can do it for that just a couple of things to other real -- parts about it. One Sony is like the master of their own formats that memory stick can UND and all those things. Well Leo actually embrace of course if it does have memories -- may be remiss without it but it also supports. -- flash which is really nice you can expand it because it holds audio you get eight gig version of this and put all your music on there. Also and this is new with this version it does have great battery life but you don't have to worry about bringing that -- charger with you. Because it'll charge over US being -- which is really -- bring your computer charge up that way if they get books into it that's filing harassment so -- that well. -- hit this is this of the application right here. It it's okay these applications they kinda sort of look like a web page but they're not a web page and they don't do all the things you want web pages to do him. -- it and so I bought this brand new book by Terry project which is actually what I've been reading on here called making money. And is about sixty box it's just it was a little bit more expensive. Two days ago when I bought it and they've cut the price. Now it's cheaper than Amazon I could buy the real book from Amazon for less money a few days ago. That's another problem I have witnessed you don't you don't have to print the book. -- that the move the book from a warehouse to somebody else he had a specific enough to waste it why aren't the books cheaper. Him more they chamber."

" Well in one point that I pointed out you're sideburns like -- it's different environment like I'm there at about that."

" Yeah well it is good for the environment it. You know this the other thing is you can put your own books in years you've gotta PDF or a word document you can load of up. I've actually put a bunch of books like that in here and that to me is also a real killer feature. When the first versions of you books came out. They wouldn't let you put your own stuff and you had to buy them from their stores which weren't as good as this didn't have nearly as many books as this you're limited basically to those books. At least now this when this Ari do you 1200 that I have -- you can put whatever you wanna do which is really nice the nice thing about this in general is this has a touch screen. And it has some other features I know that you really like remove over this book. Couple of other features that you really like you can market up as you see I've."

" Please I need to interact with my tax so when when biggest in this size -- that that I might."

" what wanted to let you know what that's going to mean now it's going to mean that the screen will not be as bright. Because you're gonna have put that display on. And it means that -- out there is not gonna be as long. Look if you want a break -- photo -- so we're really good battery -- in the -- it uses it it works I like it 300 dollars. And and is available now okay."

" Good argument not a convert yet but I'll state can just try it just sorry reading about it the ones that I've done about it."

" Now Marty has something very important to tell all you Tekzilla fans out there right."

" With Patrick Norton way tending to his newborn child I thought I think this opportunity to come on the show to explain why I'd be a better host than him. Not only on this fine program but also un system and any other show in which you may become involved in perpetuity. I think the primary answer is in the question Patrick Norton is a way tending to his newborn child. What does that tell you. That Patrick Norton must've had sex so right there he should be disqualified as host for how can you honestly relate to you are geeky audience. Are you guys getting any you know you're lonely just like me and that's why I am a better choice of hosts along with David Randolph and perhaps -- Now then what what I do is host first off no more boring crap like Blu-ray versus HD dvd here full episodes about batteries. Way. No my tech projects would be exciting hard hitting and add value to your lives. I'd also talked a great deal about -- from a -- gangel of course. For example rowboat dump one point -- a robot that put routes or more accurately it's a robot the fool people into thinking that it's doing. To the untrained eye robot dubbed one point oh appears like a man and about the installed dropping -- And it sounds like that as well a man dropping a terrifying mind bending universe shattering dudes listen. But then reality robot double -- knows the stakes that a legs with some sound chips and speakers and wires and stuff attached. But I wouldn't stop there I'd create -- I'm 2.0 which has all the features the -- would dump one point oh but also tried to solicit sex from the man in the next stall. And that create -- down three point out was really David Randolph."

" Finally instead of breaking things with cameras like Patrick does I dedicate myself to nurturing and building of NATO tech projects that would improve your -- For example it's no secret deliberately towards a great undoing the apocalypse who will occur at the under the my calendar on December 21 2012. So of the geeks are truly don't inherit the earth we must be prepared. That's why they teach you how to create a gas mask -- computer parts there's a CPU fan a disc cleaner and the CD case. But it -- will not be enough when galactic invades on July 25 2011. And like if you 2009 great words are those with the red Chinese but not the invasion of Galactica. Let's not be silly. For that you'll need to know how to build your very own cabin shelters safe from was it inexpensive easy and space saving way to protect yourself from biological chemical new killer and space poison contaminants. So for the reasons I've just outlined plus my universal appeal as well the fact that I don't wear kilts and like most of you never had sex. I should be the host of tekzilla and systm out Revision 3 not. Patrick Norton. Tune in next time and I'll explain why don't make sense for me also replace Alex Albrecht on Diggnation. Thank you please check out Web Drifter every few days before PM Pacific."

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" Jeff Mac. Put back together Liggett Liggett paddy field -- still look better than I did when I was trying to -- Oakland and -- raid array and and a hat to you let's hope that's the trust co workers but put it together is actually snap. It works you put it back together by your lonesome -- enlist more help. I'm proud to say it did buy an island some you cannot even -- experts yeah. It's as I say thank you this let's step what's great about this but the best part is that I actually have a little battery. That's not actually I charging the format that's it was to in this way."

" Actually it's our rights of from one cool thing to another cool thing I must say it's time for a segment we call code red."

" Dot com has a web browser and of a much different rate than let's say I eat or Firefox it's a social web browser in the second half of people who run various platforms and desire one stop spot for blogging uploading pics in your photo sharing site or keep up on -- at. And you're not on a number of -- it can be hard. Though defined purpose park like I am a number of sites that think. That I can speak for many. Folks on the Internet today -- I'm liking insofar a case so it's in beta and we can't you know you that he acted a little bit leeway -- and I -- we're advocates newly released last -- ninth it wasn't. -- No real. It's doing everything he's aiming -- here are highlights when you know where these features is aside toolbar which allows users to view multiple session -- so right here -- You dark scenes and you can view multiple such -- I was in one place as well as access different social net tax -- All aggregated once I get so decently and numbered extensions available for example there is that medium so that's out and -- dot idiom. Allows users to see other -- users. Can browse together all in real time. That's going to cool and I think it's about who you know who your friends aren't so it's -- it's -- went to went in there and Michael's features is a web support and you let this right so especially here in the photos and that it is."

" Drag. And drop. We gotta be open to the right spot at the bank."

" And it. Tell what is wanted closely you can drag rabbit images for later use a steak and you stuff it still now. On said not so like high points and glad during an -- to conserve a similar purpose without having to download stuff. With the proper widgets like axis because this is I mean in essence it's it's it's it's down. It's a it's almost like a program yet it's just accessing the Internet Google for instance I really like it's lit up. I like it. It's very customizable -- gotta get I do that and got that Google feel -- familiar with admitted this point it's like a guy who will kind of this kind of right and everything legs and that is I mean it's. It's -- complex. It's it's a little bit more robust and -- it's it's robust and it's good if you wanted to feature is crazy about social network yeah and hard to find this really is kind and it even more worried about even more amazed -- some people may want to stick. To their brought their bookmarks right. So it GE I have to admit as archaic as they are -- bookmarks break they don't intend that it -- my bookmarks -- is an amazing right. But -- seeking go ahead try it something nailed for your next so bit if you're someone new to a number of sites or we haven't invested in -- that area. Flock dot com maybe. Or you otherwise is just nice and it's. A really good code red -- that's."

" I really just a -- I am in the mood to answer any amounts I mean. It's Gary McPherson. -- Matthews North Carolina writes. But there's some really old circa 1960s and -- sent me some movies on eight millimeter -- Like to get and convert its dvds since these -- original films insuring their integrity is critical are there any services or better yet it couldn't. That can do this. -- obvious choice is to the minute I don't need to get it into us and look up. Romney may -- transferring yeah. It you weren't that wanted to -- distribution but yeah I mean this transfer services actually did this and super eight a super eight movies that took him as recently as -- I don't even have that machine anymore so there's having services that can -- reality and look at dot. But there's actually more clever lake Hackwear around and it's kind of ghetto but we'd like. Yes it's actually it works really well what you do is invest in a projector right because these -- of course. They're film you know receive projected on a while that's the way that you know the parents and grandparents Waxman originally and he shoots that projected image on the well with the camera right. It seems like. You're creating sort of like a lot -- Products that way but actually. It's Biloxi look to get it. On there you know you're gonna really pick up on that. Maintenance -- in its its sort of we want to make sure that it's not like a blown out projecting going to want to make sure that the lenses really tight so that the answer in a concentrated in all the lines -- and obviously -- camera that you should the while with want to make sure that that's a good enough camera right here well in focus it's free into the night. Cutting out any of the movie. It's actually it's it's actually not a bad idea really it makes a lot more sense then it if you gonna get answers and area right now. I really need to protect your camera."

" Right and -- and more information just for capturing sound and more of this to just Google convert to eight millimeter movies to dvd. Okay yeah well after I got an -- I think the -- And like you public IR -- you can so that instantly and I'm just that part. Yes."

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