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Thursday, June 11th, 2009 – running time 38:01
Secret Shortcut Saves Thousands of Mouse Clicks, Does Blackle Really Save Energy Over Google? What's In Store for WordPress? Veronica Interviews Matt Mullenweg. WWDC: New OS X! New Macbooks! New iPhone! (Same old AT&T...) Convert File Formats Fast and Free, More!

Apple's WWDC 2009 was the launching pad for a number of product announcements including a revamped MacBook Pro line, the new iPhone3G S, iPhone OS 3 and of course OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Pat and Veronica engaged in vigorous debate on why AT&T has decided to charge an ungodly sum for those on contract to upgrade.

Mauro out in Florida was interested in upgrading to a 1.5TB hard drive but was wary to do so after reading numerous reports of failures due to faulty firmware or design. He was curious about what brands to consider and what criteria to judge them on.

This week's freebie file is WinCDEmu. A great free open source application, WinCDEmu. lets you double click on a disc ISO, IMG, CUE, BIN or RAW to mount them as a virtual drive in Windows. Great for those of us who've ripped our entire CD/DVD collection to our hard drive or just need a way to quickly test the functionality disc image.

Veronica interviewed WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg about the history of WordPressand the questions you had about the popular open source blogging application.

This week's "Website We Just Can't Get Enough of" is ConvertFiles.com. A super useful site that enables you to convert any number of different file formats into a more convenient or accessible format. Need that *.doc file into a *.pdf? No problem. Want to that turn that *.zip into a *.rar? No problem. It's fast easy to use and, best of all, accessible anywhere you have a high speed internet connection. A great tool for anyone computing on the go or on the road.

Oliver urged us to inform our viewers about the ecological benefits of having everyone use Blackle in place of google.com, claiming hundreds of watt hours could be saved this way. Being the sceptic he is Patrick decided to put this hypothesis to the test and you'll be amazed at what he found.

Todd in Tampa, FL had a question about DisplayPort and how it will improve upon his current video card/monitor combo. Is it worth it to spend the $$ on a new video card that's DisplayPort capable or is it just another attempt to squeeze consumers for unnecessary upgrades?

Finally we received an email from Lance about which keyboard shortcut selects the "Don't Save" when you're closing an application in OS X. Short answer Lance, it's the CMD-D combo.

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" Coming up on Tekzilla you OS-X new notebook you iPhone same old AT&T might go Android or free. Seven million blogs hosted band in Turkey blocked by China in a 29 billion dollar round of funding last year what's up when word press rocky interviews Matt -- like the founder of saving. The energy with your monitor and display port mockery heat up that she's dipping crack yourself a diet soda 'cause Tekzilla starts now. Is episode of Tekzilla is made possible by. Go to assist. Squarespace. -- game fly. I'm banner Norton Veronica Belmont -- the Tekzilla and the reviews the witnessed tech and how to make the most that of the year you already got."

" What your beginner at tech support for your friends and then link if you've got a question about fun upgrades faster photo editing video -- the top three places to avoid eating in Ely Nevada. We've gotten cancer."

" Korea and if we don't -- tracked down someone who does. I'm playing a little bit of field sims three lately that enough you've been obsessed with sims three instead of spending nine hours a day playing World of Warcraft. "

" And the only thing thinking away from World of Warcraft are now so I guess there's some kind of accomplishment right since -- it's really. It's not that huge. Of an advancement for instance -- I mean it's that -- step up. A -- MPC of course and the graphics look ray can do so much more of your character's looks like The Sims we don't know causes aids like you click you point little -- great. I'm not the kind of person I can just like at the randomized button and make some crazy character in -- give them life. I have to tailor make my characters to be people line now. So I have like a Veronica character that looks like I mean -- Ryan care actor and I I give them characteristics like. Veronica likes computer -- so your right now and tribulations of your relationship it is it's like and well Google work we hope this doesn't -- what happens when I put myself to basically stop just stop this. You're admitting that you're developers conference -- want it's just you know my new. Worldwide developers conference how often do we have some story. -- Well -- find it out at WW TC c'mon yeah -- it. Little excitement doesn't compass and early used to be although when I saw the new stuff in -- iPhone three -- yes I was a little excited and how about that upgrade for existing years as of the three G until it was -- wait until sometime 2002 you'll be he would like. 490 and I only paying for that for the trip 32. The by what is 699. Dollars. Are your your don't abandon 99 dollars just right."

" That's the full price of the phone for. That is they DJ on. -- wants money eighteen he wants to get -- Apple however is looking around it at at windows seven turning around an entire generation of windows users to actually not be pissed off at Microsoft -- decided to release snow leopard as -- thirty dollar upgrade this guy he's a very good this is awesome that's did you think it's really you've been here is an upgrade to leopard."

" We're just it makes it and -- mom. The price to I don't know link now actually it's kernel panic -- parents and I haven't thought about that I'll probably and the upgrading to immediately to tell us right."

" Thirty dollars who can't afford that. New MacBook pros thirteen inch. --"

" It was pulling my pants I have to -- and Roger super excited because it has firewire back actually -- got to present his like."

" He literally that -- and you. Like world watches like little coverage on the line at the bottom Procter and lost it."

" Presidency major hardware upgrade. Yeah I sliding keyboard of them that it would."

" But couldn't touch screen one about the -- touch screens bit Newton's screen device they face up for Mac world I guess men in an article on Macworld they're -- going."

" Yeah like yeah yeah. He -- Apple Booth at C yes napalm baseball ever got an acronym Mac anymore -- the giant cluster."

" in case my bitterness didn't come across the opening AT&T right Apple's like like the fifth or sixth thing. Other will be available at all this isn't have been referred to did you out of there --"

" like like for a week you know for heaven sent for sending us which that was about 88. To -- a dish back to boost in the go antsy. And ruin my usability experience."

" Oh my goodness. Via. Okay so not the only one that's -- the company that your name I don't know about it isn't enough you know want to sweats. Actually what's really we don't want to switch is. And part is like you know maybe maybe -- deploying it. HD ESP. AB some --"

" she can -- that's gonna deliver the performance that might African sprint modem has for the last two years. I would think that -- coverage in San Francisco. Yeah that's difficult right I because hip and rocks in the hills these days but we've been having. My wife's phone which is actually a pretty decent non Smartphone has actually -- it's an excellent phone phone of the radio -- is. And we'd be getting our our -- earned our house half the time just disappears off -- network and we've been getting drops in place and never had problems before signal connectivity issues quality issues eighteenth he. Get together I'm -- They've heard is like I don't want to pre I just want off AT&T."

" Prius really nice it's showing him yes. It's it's it's fun to play I don't Adobe flex leader who are clearly trying to find when right now yet the whole multitasking thing being able to have multiple cards open at the same time it just knowing. -- this. Open up this thing almost expect that other thing I'll let me just do. It but it. But. It's never been a high speed phone adopters that this is giving the dangers. Our first question of the day our discussion that today comes from the Mario. In the -- Any internal one point five terabytes SATA interface hard drive but I've written really battered views about -- firmware timeouts to write data -- problems and new green drives that slow the spindle to lower power consumption the cost attract the time out when -- rape. About to around a 10250 dollars and one as many gigabytes is possible for my money. What should pay more attention to when shopping but -- and should match. -- and by hard drives for. How twenty years well I I feel old Alyssa and my question is with the green stuff does great power consumption is cutting down really have that much of an effect on how the drive runs the big issue that's happening now."

" Okay so. Let's actually I'll get that I -- We'll talk about that assailants which were aware -- that's -- the green drives are primarily you know let me go back to where's the last year has been really tough and drive vendors especially Seagate. I have never seen so many major drive problems. -- they basically had a whole hard drive to the wrong firmware coming at a one factory have been other issues here they seem to have everything bolted together. Here's the thing is there's a new rule when buying a hard drive. Don't be the first person buys a new drive size or series. Doctor when it comes -- drive is gathered what little light up to your hard drives or how the -- like. Like a week ago I -- totally like really Macs are Drobo. Yeah here's the thing right just just just let a few thousand other people. By them through like for example new egg and then wait to see because they -- it's been really accurate the new eggs sort of responses from people that love mood due to but it would cut his."

" Long as you yes they break their reviews are gonna be totally honest and well yeah they're really great information out what went wrong or what works actually recommendations generally if there's like 150 of them it's usually awesome at this like five read all five of them -- have actually seen someone give product like -- personality disorders a winning getting in creating ahead yes careful."

" Both sides somebody gave -- a product the one star review because he didn't like the packaging. Crude we're gonna it's also because it."

" To be too long to open it's like okay. Here's the thing though it -- if you're running if you running a -- check what you read it to make should drive is compatible or look at the forums for that. Drobo for example works great with a Western Digital green drives facing the Western Digital -- red green and black in the black is slightly faster than the green the green uses what is energy in the black. You know the thing is so they're quieter. The least to my ears and they generate less heat which is really nice marine environment stack of the budget drives an ice cream which makes it excel yeah well it's that it get in the green washing. What's what's satire about green more time about computers is that whole thing has just such a mass at the screen. Should be from people that actually afford to eat after assembling your electronic device. That you act -- otherwise of the start beeping. He. The -- so don't be the first person -- a new drive size -- you sort of like drive family. The green drives are cool -- I actually like them so in some great tips that you create issues ticket seekers firmware corrections that check to see if it is supported by the manufacturers lot of -- to a lot of hard drive testing. And the very least proud of the forms with other people who operate your -- you are having problems. So suggestions suggestions for him one terabyte drives are dropping below a hundred bucks one terabyte drive on particularly fond right now Western Digital drives if you're pretty happy -- here -- see -- wait for them to kind of get it together. What's it is those keynote two terabyte drives. I'm not buying one that just came a week ago did your mother might feel loading up the Drobo with a bunch of new drives but. You have Western Digital black drives are great for -- for performance -- for -- for super performance the wooded lots of raptor deaths -- it's like saying that. They're tiny but they're super fast even later operating system is up on that. The Intel drives we talked about earlier this year the X 25. The it I doubt -- want to spend like 400 dollars for eighty gigabyte drive -- it's. OK so you're not you don't don't don't don't don't but it's solid state drive them. Yeah history."

" of the and that maybe something strange thing right now Western Digital black. One terabyte should be a hundred bucks keep your eyes of one after Wright drives are going to be dropping them -- releases like Christmas links. To things. I can do that tiger new a local computer stores which. Still got work president Matt -- talked a rocket about the challenges facing word press and what's comin' up in the future for that we could think it's giant. Posting thing just to stay here it actually order your attention game -- the largest online video game rental service offered which -- of over 6000 Buick classic titles."

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" I try. As you mentioned we have a special guest on today's show not long -- is a founding developer of word press -- hugely successful blogging platform. And is also -- Barbeque taste tester the severed Cisco based start -- automatic. Apparently know what that means but it sounds delicious thanks to mean format that doesn't mean exactly."

" Chief barbecued taste test -- means I don't like titles -- from Texas excellent from the San Francisco or I've missed that morning. I do and I -- barbecue at on in Austin -- but I already is my favorite. -- That is -- a good period is up to your standards to govern you next time I think okay anyways we're we're -- didn't get a little back kind of word press how you started it where it all came from the whole back story."

" Sure so we're press actually just celebrated our sixth birthday -- since last Wednesday. Answer about six Cisco I was nineteen year old nineteen years old and just starting college in Houston Texas."

" But I was terrible student which means I spend my time on a computer and when these things that book."

" I was pretty frustrated with the bargains are for the time I felt I it was too difficult to use not really. Flexible enough so -- with a guy and England named Mike little I've never met before -- are working on this open source project culprit for us."

" Fantastic in the processing problem at hand as -- or as we passed across Catholic -- get out of ambiguity that no way. That's -- And I'm gonna plus two some after Twitter audiences and -- few questions I should probably start with us on the first one is from trees -- Formula One block and it's pretty appropriate considering all the news from -- BGC's this week he wants to know little precedent for it I thought our blog is based -- present more robust I've would be --"

" I totally agree I think I found -- that we have an -- produce an actually hot IP act. It was too I think we follow that Apple guidelines of a bit too closely so we're -- and it's actually more difficult to publish a book on my iPhone -- and is publisher just on the web server published but you have to like. Going to status and changes its way to difficult UA. Very rating from scratch and anticipation I guess now. Of that iPhone for porno version and has some new things that take advantage of cool stuff. Anything in particular you can talk about Ayers to proceed past super secret -- everything around Apple."

" Our next question is really relevant to my personal blocking habits -- says the introduction of micro blogging sites like Twitter have affected traditional blocking. What are your plans to come back to this is -- what you would need to -- with but any ideas about micro blogging and how it's affected traditional --"

" Well we different on a combatant thing we want to different with everything you agree to integrate or open source it's all about open they have different things and bring things out. Micro blogging I think as observer are wonderful trends IC a lot of people also using it --"

" As. For just this mechanism for the book."

" So let's say just by chance have a -- longer than a 140 characters to help us with a -- but that on your blog -- Pentagon's further and FaceBook and everything like that and drive traffic back to place. That you control the domain the design and may even have -- And --"

" I have -- bit of a problem -- it. Saying things on Twitter that normally it would have been a blog post just condensing meant so much that. In going to 140 characters but that I really could expand it a lot more on my blog -- is -- easy answer that just convenient."

" It's I think a lot that's convenient I don't think it's a bad thing that I mean. People might have -- things -- blog entries that can really need to be before. Transom now like I Twitter lots of things that I my different blogs my audience would probably get very very bored very quickly and."

" All about. Keeping things compact easily digestible I guess I love that I love -- And then -- brownie back wants to know what their ever we -- big capabilities for word press you know. Back -- just drag and drop the things in a blog post or. More so then just. The feet."

" Extended. Editors and word press. Not sure what he means around. We do have with the Rick of course are pathetic and he might be referring to sort of template. That's been a big focus actually that two point eight release trying to make themes and templates like -- work. For example -- in editing you. It's attacks products are the codes that can make a mistake it's that stops you before you save it and crash your blog and process things like for every function on the page it gives you in my documentation. Those are steps along the way I can be osment someday down the road. You would need to do anything right everything was just a box that checkbox and no code at all but I think there's still a little ways -- We're presses that printed anymore for more serious -- powerful waters. Most powerful this week more powerful for serious bloggers I think product that."

" On a powerful warriors are just -- that -- literally consider myself a powerful blog I'm gonna evening and other -- we're president comes out. I think it's it's it's easy enough for people use every day but still having a functionality for power users exactly -- your ER age can't aren't gonna get that it would -- for something a little more on the political side of things captain -- Twitter user must know that there is going to be a chance that China was going to unblock -- these were -- blogs. You know anything about."

" Patrick a question. Book the situation in China is that. We're not really officially blocked but effectively if you're concerned that you can't get anywhere pressed -- com blogs are mainly 95% attack. So without us changing something seriously about what type of content we live on the domain her those types of policies."

" Probably not gonna become more -- and we are currently."

" And I says some sort of political changes -- so for example around the Olympics we're for stock promised him a successful the whole time because they opened up sort of that. The great for our little bit more there are lots of business."

" Having had any had a dialogue with the Chinese authority is about it is it just what they see us I think what they say kind of goes police and -- think. -- next one comes from -- Vinson and asked what are your favorite word press plug in your personal favorites as good question so -- an adjustment."

" Oh no one's ever happy. When I ferrets are just activated by voice vote yet another related posts plugin. York -- sounds makes you feel like Paris. But what it does is under the -- to sort of shows things that are -- it have been going. Seven or eight years now. So I've got a lot archives and actually surprises me sometimes on a blog about something and -- a -- the C Everett about it before that's something related. And also increases traffic on a book like some people come in just a one entry with this other stuff that's."

" I've been thinking about adding a plugin -- that recently that was good suggestion that you got to look at that I love that hello -- into my notes kept at -- like how does the plugin but it brings me great -- that was the first ever -- in the world. First ever played in the world -- acknowledgment and how to teach Aimee and Swanson now what is word press to daddy coming out. When that pack a day so it's so. So we're recording this earlier in the week and it comes out on Thursday it was at this coming -- one -- hours they came out yesterday it came out yesterday her backpack -- in the future in the future if that's that's exactly you're you're well pleased with where pressed uniting. And finally Eric's on asks what's in future for Britain press when you guys looking. -- it too would -- planning anything house."

" So word press is always been super user driven so really with every released are about to go through this wants to point it comes out is our reservist sit down and we go through what is the community asking for the most we have server open RC meetings and -- through their ideas formed."

" Political slogans of the most popular. Go through what I've been."

" And learning when I talked before camps around the world. And sort of decide based on Mac so it's always been a 100% here's -- the things that uses asking for the most right now isn't true media capability. So right after doing video audio and even if something damages and found bits Francis -- I don't think it's just word press that -- genetic clock your prosperous in masses and I helped them out that we have a lot more broader. Actually second thing we're bringing usability professionals from around the world are sort of open sourcing their talents and -- to witness. -- we have this broader base accident we're testing helpful there really smooth -- friends and."

" Look at that you purposely integrated into previous versions of repressed it's not a populated a weariness actually built into absolutely almost every feature that -- has ads has been previously -- the -- even all the way back down we added automatic upgrade. And two point seven which you can one click search -- huge how people love that that was a plugin for us. Six in the gallery same thing that almost anything you want to it was we've. Mention -- camp Kate tells a little bit more outward camp and what else. Sure so the first our campus in 2006 -- here in San Francisco very much a bar camps are we thought about it two weeks before -- is there an event. There are 200 people. It's grown. To be all over the world so -- press uses all the world's self organize for. Today's goes in Jakarta -- This we cannot be in. Romney broke. I am an island out of there -- after that if Brazil on the week after that is mark Montreal I mean this one almost every single week. All around the world. And the cool thing is that rather than having spent a ton of money to go to a conference halfway around the world. W and artistry that typically costs like 20/20 bucks which is that the one in San Francisco. Had over 700 people there. Acting as a great deal because Barbara Boxer got barbecue lunch of course fold your speakers include some folks like adamantly is CO Mozilla. Who is speaking at the 6000 are all things. T shirt. An open bar and that's. You. You just tried it once the novelty factor question I've tried I would love to hear everything every single about it I get back I don't have time. -- there were Democrats tax cut it would just gonna eventually. So I am now making it so around half an. And maybe on this very in the future. They're really fun and so where can people find your work on the web search on my website is -- dot TT. That's Trinidad and Tobago. I twitters photographed and right now let's have Mac that moment darker."

" That's it it's gonna be from what I like being on the show today and up next had to save energy with Google but -- Go to this -- their computer in your brain. Ready get the -- without wasting time and money traveling is good Pacific express to you in controlling your customer's computer online you can fix the problem on the spot. Save time and money and I'll satisfy customers quickly and efficiently and month they cast. Plus sign up now get a chance to have it considered -- on the show by text on last -- Fijian. The sign of a little sis dot com slash Tekzilla and email us with his fifth nineteen with the -- Tekzilla good lesson is in the subject line. You may be picked at random giants haven't missed it you definitely. To try it just expressed free for thirty days this special offer you must visit goodness its stock concept Tekzilla. That's good to assist dot com slash Tekzilla for a free trial. Support us by supporting our --"

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" My next question comes from Oliver who writes it's excellent. If Williams from Apple dot com instead of Google dot com we could save hundreds of watt hours of electricity here. It's Google just him black please put this -- the tip of the day so I can be the envy of all my friends. Thanks Oliver IU is I words that are that. -- all of your friends well I -- the weekly show counts as much as the daily here because your -- it. I can probably save hundreds of water is in your home by turning off lights when you leave the room or converting incandescent bulbs to compact fluorescent bulbs. The ego iron -- article that originally proposed changing Google's page from white to black Jessica would save 3000 megawatt hours a year electricity around eight point three megawatt hours per day and and just about average and 750 megawatt -- see here -- and his trusty kilowatt power meter we'll explain my."

" Gadget doesn't -- I have this thing annoys Jim not back CO it's could I guess like year watching. He just keeps not picking up. -- asked me if it's happened and to surrealism and -- in any case. Search ginger wine at check the power meter to his desktop monitor the only see your key to big fat old school -- television -- monitor left in the Revision 3 offices. Google full screen -- big white screen 118 -- black gold full screen. 92 want not back and actually that's like not quite 25% less energy but have fairly good drop like twenty point 3%. The same comparison on my LCD flat panel on my desk one watts if we get actually -- you change at all this particular monitor. There were running here in the studio with the kilowatt here. We got 3435. Watts. In Google. And -- it. Although 31 Watson black goal. It's interesting -- right here's an exe -- teams used different amounts of electricity for different colors white consumes more than black. Most of the power consumed in an LCD monitor whether -- in your notebook or monitor like this is that act like it's fallen. Constantly sees in black want to -- CD doesn't do a whole lot compared using on an old school CRT. -- my desktop LCD flat panel these single watt not a big deal since the original equal aren't guesstimate on the energy savings replaced NC RTC is what the monitor is doing all the Google searches and all the all the world. Add in unreality about the world actually dropped CRTs real CDs -- missed for a little to be. You want to -- some serious energy Oliver turn your monitor off LC CRT whatever it is every time you leave your computer that. We'll save a lot more energy to go from like 31 watts on this one or 75 on my desktop."

" And at zero. True but okay if he literally drops one line for on the LCD. That's 11 times all the LCD users in the entire world to them if that become -- does become the majority you know display which is. That's. Being saved well."

" It's coming or is completely because -- this huge entry Q and have done maps that people have checked didn't like cigarette thousand dollars electricity here which score. Right for -- hundred megawatts. But when you start looking like what it small town."

" Consumes did you think that every little every little bit helps every little bit helps but it how revenue."

" And about little bit how about some big honking drops once in awhile like would you give up from your -- to -- off to show everybody. In my office I Taurus and monitors off at night they're looking for no actually."

" Not an -- lunch break we come back that monitors I counted actually gonna and one of the offices that Clinton."

" Like five out of every seven monitors was left on."

" Over the weekend that's not at night it's time."

" Its -- I am guilty of as well enough yes you are all just -- in here how are yes people again."

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" Never mind you will be your monitor what your monitor. -- I want it I want both you monitors here's thing right. I want your monitor she has to monitor not because one of the Ramallah -- it actually has a full size display port because it's nice point seven inch monitor. We should prayer lots of Apple products have meaning display port jacks. They can pass me here dvi signals over euphoric over the long green for one of their adapters for. Tad annoying yet it's kind of funny because Dell and Apple are to a big proponent to display port. And it's not a proprietary technology there's a laundry list of big names in tech to support display port you can find him -- display port dot or. To a talk with the open standard that is displayed towards."

" So they can do that it's an open standard that they -- the video electronics standard association proposed as a replacement for dvi back into about sex and carry audio -- HD CP and like HDMI ports are lots of the dvi jacks on in the future display per promises things like enough bandwidth to pass multiple video Austrians -- the same connector. And a micro packet architecture that supports easy expansion the standard. -- yet. In the future you might. Have slimmer cheaper flat panels because display port and drive panels directly and eliminate the scaling in control circuitry in the monitor on my play -- pretty well aged him -- four cents per device on top of an annual fee of ten grand for big manufacturers. -- What's this mean for the average genome and provides you."

" Yeah I cars inexpensive want to get on the treaty gaming a more expensive what do you do you're not going to notice. In the difference between that and display board the damn what a title that it twice as fast is bandwidth in. Trust me dvi and H you might more than enough bandwidth for anything you gonna punch up on that monitor commodity by a few years from I think completely different story but you'll be on the graphics card by -- and by that point I've display port. Or beats the in my -- well will be on every monitor and plan."

" Screens. And you could with the people are making an enemy of my screen actually they were doing to get going. -- images we about the hand you -- Netflix -- Gromit tarts and every. Is that achieves. Up here at our last question today. To be the -- person yes."

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" Think about it and yeah did if you have to reach for the mouse and click on don't save the second turns in the minutes over the course of Europe in time you click."

" Don't save. Hundreds of trips to the soda machine I mean that's a super super common pop up for me like I'm always writing in windows and then you know -- Oscar this closing in Iraq. On us this one I consider myself a pretty keyboard shortcuts fat lady. I guess it does -- for not knowing this one thank you hate I'm stupid mouse but apparently hated them on so I coasted into friendfeed into my -- it -- automatically you. Feed 501 and victor actually came to the same completion. And that's command. -- don't say if we will activate don't saves it just like done. Yeah I need it got sometimes -- insist they're things that that I I guess I could have. -- Doesn't sound the same sentence and -- Google doesn't I think you get."

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" What is it comes to the joy of Microsoft advertising we know with the lack of high priced stars that make sense this advertising. Two. Google Google yeah. So I don't."

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" Coming up on Tekzilla you OS-X new notebook you iPhone same old AT&T might go Android or free. Seven million blogs hosted band in Turkey blocked by China in a 29 billion dollar round of funding last year what's up when word press rocky interviews Matt -- like the founder of saving. The energy with your monitor and display port mockery heat up that she's dipping crack yourself a diet soda 'cause Tekzilla starts now. Is episode of Tekzilla is made possible by. Go to assist. Squarespace. -- game fly. I'm banner Norton Veronica Belmont -- the Tekzilla and the reviews the witnessed tech and how to make the most that of the year you already got."

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" And the only thing thinking away from World of Warcraft are now so I guess there's some kind of accomplishment right since -- it's really. It's not that huge. Of an advancement for instance -- I mean it's that -- step up. A -- MPC of course and the graphics look ray can do so much more of your character's looks like The Sims we don't know causes aids like you click you point little -- great. I'm not the kind of person I can just like at the randomized button and make some crazy character in -- give them life. I have to tailor make my characters to be people line now. So I have like a Veronica character that looks like I mean -- Ryan care actor and I I give them characteristics like. Veronica likes computer -- so your right now and tribulations of your relationship it is it's like and well Google work we hope this doesn't -- what happens when I put myself to basically stop just stop this. You're admitting that you're developers conference -- want it's just you know my new. Worldwide developers conference how often do we have some story. -- Well -- find it out at WW TC c'mon yeah -- it. Little excitement doesn't compass and early used to be although when I saw the new stuff in -- iPhone three -- yes I was a little excited and how about that upgrade for existing years as of the three G until it was -- wait until sometime 2002 you'll be he would like. 490 and I only paying for that for the trip 32. The by what is 699. Dollars. Are your your don't abandon 99 dollars just right."

" That's the full price of the phone for. That is they DJ on. -- wants money eighteen he wants to get -- Apple however is looking around it at at windows seven turning around an entire generation of windows users to actually not be pissed off at Microsoft -- decided to release snow leopard as -- thirty dollar upgrade this guy he's a very good this is awesome that's did you think it's really you've been here is an upgrade to leopard."

" We're just it makes it and -- mom. The price to I don't know link now actually it's kernel panic -- parents and I haven't thought about that I'll probably and the upgrading to immediately to tell us right."

" Thirty dollars who can't afford that. New MacBook pros thirteen inch. --"

" It was pulling my pants I have to -- and Roger super excited because it has firewire back actually -- got to present his like."

" He literally that -- and you. Like world watches like little coverage on the line at the bottom Procter and lost it."

" Presidency major hardware upgrade. Yeah I sliding keyboard of them that it would."

" But couldn't touch screen one about the -- touch screens bit Newton's screen device they face up for Mac world I guess men in an article on Macworld they're -- going."

" Yeah like yeah yeah. He -- Apple Booth at C yes napalm baseball ever got an acronym Mac anymore -- the giant cluster."

" in case my bitterness didn't come across the opening AT&T right Apple's like like the fifth or sixth thing. Other will be available at all this isn't have been referred to did you out of there --"

" like like for a week you know for heaven sent for sending us which that was about 88. To -- a dish back to boost in the go antsy. And ruin my usability experience."

" Oh my goodness. Via. Okay so not the only one that's -- the company that your name I don't know about it isn't enough you know want to sweats. Actually what's really we don't want to switch is. And part is like you know maybe maybe -- deploying it. HD ESP. AB some --"

" she can -- that's gonna deliver the performance that might African sprint modem has for the last two years. I would think that -- coverage in San Francisco. Yeah that's difficult right I because hip and rocks in the hills these days but we've been having. My wife's phone which is actually a pretty decent non Smartphone has actually -- it's an excellent phone phone of the radio -- is. And we'd be getting our our -- earned our house half the time just disappears off -- network and we've been getting drops in place and never had problems before signal connectivity issues quality issues eighteenth he. Get together I'm -- They've heard is like I don't want to pre I just want off AT&T."

" Prius really nice it's showing him yes. It's it's it's fun to play I don't Adobe flex leader who are clearly trying to find when right now yet the whole multitasking thing being able to have multiple cards open at the same time it just knowing. -- this. Open up this thing almost expect that other thing I'll let me just do. It but it. But. It's never been a high speed phone adopters that this is giving the dangers. Our first question of the day our discussion that today comes from the Mario. In the -- Any internal one point five terabytes SATA interface hard drive but I've written really battered views about -- firmware timeouts to write data -- problems and new green drives that slow the spindle to lower power consumption the cost attract the time out when -- rape. About to around a 10250 dollars and one as many gigabytes is possible for my money. What should pay more attention to when shopping but -- and should match. -- and by hard drives for. How twenty years well I I feel old Alyssa and my question is with the green stuff does great power consumption is cutting down really have that much of an effect on how the drive runs the big issue that's happening now."

" Okay so. Let's actually I'll get that I -- We'll talk about that assailants which were aware -- that's -- the green drives are primarily you know let me go back to where's the last year has been really tough and drive vendors especially Seagate. I have never seen so many major drive problems. -- they basically had a whole hard drive to the wrong firmware coming at a one factory have been other issues here they seem to have everything bolted together. Here's the thing is there's a new rule when buying a hard drive. Don't be the first person buys a new drive size or series. Doctor when it comes -- drive is gathered what little light up to your hard drives or how the -- like. Like a week ago I -- totally like really Macs are Drobo. Yeah here's the thing right just just just let a few thousand other people. By them through like for example new egg and then wait to see because they -- it's been really accurate the new eggs sort of responses from people that love mood due to but it would cut his."

" Long as you yes they break their reviews are gonna be totally honest and well yeah they're really great information out what went wrong or what works actually recommendations generally if there's like 150 of them it's usually awesome at this like five read all five of them -- have actually seen someone give product like -- personality disorders a winning getting in creating ahead yes careful."

" Both sides somebody gave -- a product the one star review because he didn't like the packaging. Crude we're gonna it's also because it."

" To be too long to open it's like okay. Here's the thing though it -- if you're running if you running a -- check what you read it to make should drive is compatible or look at the forums for that. Drobo for example works great with a Western Digital green drives facing the Western Digital -- red green and black in the black is slightly faster than the green the green uses what is energy in the black. You know the thing is so they're quieter. The least to my ears and they generate less heat which is really nice marine environment stack of the budget drives an ice cream which makes it excel yeah well it's that it get in the green washing. What's what's satire about green more time about computers is that whole thing has just such a mass at the screen. Should be from people that actually afford to eat after assembling your electronic device. That you act -- otherwise of the start beeping. He. The -- so don't be the first person -- a new drive size -- you sort of like drive family. The green drives are cool -- I actually like them so in some great tips that you create issues ticket seekers firmware corrections that check to see if it is supported by the manufacturers lot of -- to a lot of hard drive testing. And the very least proud of the forms with other people who operate your -- you are having problems. So suggestions suggestions for him one terabyte drives are dropping below a hundred bucks one terabyte drive on particularly fond right now Western Digital drives if you're pretty happy -- here -- see -- wait for them to kind of get it together. What's it is those keynote two terabyte drives. I'm not buying one that just came a week ago did your mother might feel loading up the Drobo with a bunch of new drives but. You have Western Digital black drives are great for -- for performance -- for -- for super performance the wooded lots of raptor deaths -- it's like saying that. They're tiny but they're super fast even later operating system is up on that. The Intel drives we talked about earlier this year the X 25. The it I doubt -- want to spend like 400 dollars for eighty gigabyte drive -- it's. OK so you're not you don't don't don't don't don't but it's solid state drive them. Yeah history."

" of the and that maybe something strange thing right now Western Digital black. One terabyte should be a hundred bucks keep your eyes of one after Wright drives are going to be dropping them -- releases like Christmas links. To things. I can do that tiger new a local computer stores which. Still got work president Matt -- talked a rocket about the challenges facing word press and what's comin' up in the future for that we could think it's giant. Posting thing just to stay here it actually order your attention game -- the largest online video game rental service offered which -- of over 6000 Buick classic titles."

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" I try. As you mentioned we have a special guest on today's show not long -- is a founding developer of word press -- hugely successful blogging platform. And is also -- Barbeque taste tester the severed Cisco based start -- automatic. Apparently know what that means but it sounds delicious thanks to mean format that doesn't mean exactly."

" Chief barbecued taste test -- means I don't like titles -- from Texas excellent from the San Francisco or I've missed that morning. I do and I -- barbecue at on in Austin -- but I already is my favorite. -- That is -- a good period is up to your standards to govern you next time I think okay anyways we're we're -- didn't get a little back kind of word press how you started it where it all came from the whole back story."

" Sure so we're press actually just celebrated our sixth birthday -- since last Wednesday. Answer about six Cisco I was nineteen year old nineteen years old and just starting college in Houston Texas."

" But I was terrible student which means I spend my time on a computer and when these things that book."

" I was pretty frustrated with the bargains are for the time I felt I it was too difficult to use not really. Flexible enough so -- with a guy and England named Mike little I've never met before -- are working on this open source project culprit for us."

" Fantastic in the processing problem at hand as -- or as we passed across Catholic -- get out of ambiguity that no way. That's -- And I'm gonna plus two some after Twitter audiences and -- few questions I should probably start with us on the first one is from trees -- Formula One block and it's pretty appropriate considering all the news from -- BGC's this week he wants to know little precedent for it I thought our blog is based -- present more robust I've would be --"

" I totally agree I think I found -- that we have an -- produce an actually hot IP act. It was too I think we follow that Apple guidelines of a bit too closely so we're -- and it's actually more difficult to publish a book on my iPhone -- and is publisher just on the web server published but you have to like. Going to status and changes its way to difficult UA. Very rating from scratch and anticipation I guess now. Of that iPhone for porno version and has some new things that take advantage of cool stuff. Anything in particular you can talk about Ayers to proceed past super secret -- everything around Apple."

" Our next question is really relevant to my personal blocking habits -- says the introduction of micro blogging sites like Twitter have affected traditional blocking. What are your plans to come back to this is -- what you would need to -- with but any ideas about micro blogging and how it's affected traditional --"

" Well we different on a combatant thing we want to different with everything you agree to integrate or open source it's all about open they have different things and bring things out. Micro blogging I think as observer are wonderful trends IC a lot of people also using it --"

" As. For just this mechanism for the book."

" So let's say just by chance have a -- longer than a 140 characters to help us with a -- but that on your blog -- Pentagon's further and FaceBook and everything like that and drive traffic back to place. That you control the domain the design and may even have -- And --"

" I have -- bit of a problem -- it. Saying things on Twitter that normally it would have been a blog post just condensing meant so much that. In going to 140 characters but that I really could expand it a lot more on my blog -- is -- easy answer that just convenient."

" It's I think a lot that's convenient I don't think it's a bad thing that I mean. People might have -- things -- blog entries that can really need to be before. Transom now like I Twitter lots of things that I my different blogs my audience would probably get very very bored very quickly and."

" All about. Keeping things compact easily digestible I guess I love that I love -- And then -- brownie back wants to know what their ever we -- big capabilities for word press you know. Back -- just drag and drop the things in a blog post or. More so then just. The feet."

" Extended. Editors and word press. Not sure what he means around. We do have with the Rick of course are pathetic and he might be referring to sort of template. That's been a big focus actually that two point eight release trying to make themes and templates like -- work. For example -- in editing you. It's attacks products are the codes that can make a mistake it's that stops you before you save it and crash your blog and process things like for every function on the page it gives you in my documentation. Those are steps along the way I can be osment someday down the road. You would need to do anything right everything was just a box that checkbox and no code at all but I think there's still a little ways -- We're presses that printed anymore for more serious -- powerful waters. Most powerful this week more powerful for serious bloggers I think product that."

" On a powerful warriors are just -- that -- literally consider myself a powerful blog I'm gonna evening and other -- we're president comes out. I think it's it's it's easy enough for people use every day but still having a functionality for power users exactly -- your ER age can't aren't gonna get that it would -- for something a little more on the political side of things captain -- Twitter user must know that there is going to be a chance that China was going to unblock -- these were -- blogs. You know anything about."

" Patrick a question. Book the situation in China is that. We're not really officially blocked but effectively if you're concerned that you can't get anywhere pressed -- com blogs are mainly 95% attack. So without us changing something seriously about what type of content we live on the domain her those types of policies."

" Probably not gonna become more -- and we are currently."

" And I says some sort of political changes -- so for example around the Olympics we're for stock promised him a successful the whole time because they opened up sort of that. The great for our little bit more there are lots of business."

" Having had any had a dialogue with the Chinese authority is about it is it just what they see us I think what they say kind of goes police and -- think. -- next one comes from -- Vinson and asked what are your favorite word press plug in your personal favorites as good question so -- an adjustment."

" Oh no one's ever happy. When I ferrets are just activated by voice vote yet another related posts plugin. York -- sounds makes you feel like Paris. But what it does is under the -- to sort of shows things that are -- it have been going. Seven or eight years now. So I've got a lot archives and actually surprises me sometimes on a blog about something and -- a -- the C Everett about it before that's something related. And also increases traffic on a book like some people come in just a one entry with this other stuff that's."

" I've been thinking about adding a plugin -- that recently that was good suggestion that you got to look at that I love that hello -- into my notes kept at -- like how does the plugin but it brings me great -- that was the first ever -- in the world. First ever played in the world -- acknowledgment and how to teach Aimee and Swanson now what is word press to daddy coming out. When that pack a day so it's so. So we're recording this earlier in the week and it comes out on Thursday it was at this coming -- one -- hours they came out yesterday it came out yesterday her backpack -- in the future in the future if that's that's exactly you're you're well pleased with where pressed uniting. And finally Eric's on asks what's in future for Britain press when you guys looking. -- it too would -- planning anything house."

" So word press is always been super user driven so really with every released are about to go through this wants to point it comes out is our reservist sit down and we go through what is the community asking for the most we have server open RC meetings and -- through their ideas formed."

" Political slogans of the most popular. Go through what I've been."

" And learning when I talked before camps around the world. And sort of decide based on Mac so it's always been a 100% here's -- the things that uses asking for the most right now isn't true media capability. So right after doing video audio and even if something damages and found bits Francis -- I don't think it's just word press that -- genetic clock your prosperous in masses and I helped them out that we have a lot more broader. Actually second thing we're bringing usability professionals from around the world are sort of open sourcing their talents and -- to witness. -- we have this broader base accident we're testing helpful there really smooth -- friends and."

" Look at that you purposely integrated into previous versions of repressed it's not a populated a weariness actually built into absolutely almost every feature that -- has ads has been previously -- the -- even all the way back down we added automatic upgrade. And two point seven which you can one click search -- huge how people love that that was a plugin for us. Six in the gallery same thing that almost anything you want to it was we've. Mention -- camp Kate tells a little bit more outward camp and what else. Sure so the first our campus in 2006 -- here in San Francisco very much a bar camps are we thought about it two weeks before -- is there an event. There are 200 people. It's grown. To be all over the world so -- press uses all the world's self organize for. Today's goes in Jakarta -- This we cannot be in. Romney broke. I am an island out of there -- after that if Brazil on the week after that is mark Montreal I mean this one almost every single week. All around the world. And the cool thing is that rather than having spent a ton of money to go to a conference halfway around the world. W and artistry that typically costs like 20/20 bucks which is that the one in San Francisco. Had over 700 people there. Acting as a great deal because Barbara Boxer got barbecue lunch of course fold your speakers include some folks like adamantly is CO Mozilla. Who is speaking at the 6000 are all things. T shirt. An open bar and that's. You. You just tried it once the novelty factor question I've tried I would love to hear everything every single about it I get back I don't have time. -- there were Democrats tax cut it would just gonna eventually. So I am now making it so around half an. And maybe on this very in the future. They're really fun and so where can people find your work on the web search on my website is -- dot TT. That's Trinidad and Tobago. I twitters photographed and right now let's have Mac that moment darker."

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" My next question comes from Oliver who writes it's excellent. If Williams from Apple dot com instead of Google dot com we could save hundreds of watt hours of electricity here. It's Google just him black please put this -- the tip of the day so I can be the envy of all my friends. Thanks Oliver IU is I words that are that. -- all of your friends well I -- the weekly show counts as much as the daily here because your -- it. I can probably save hundreds of water is in your home by turning off lights when you leave the room or converting incandescent bulbs to compact fluorescent bulbs. The ego iron -- article that originally proposed changing Google's page from white to black Jessica would save 3000 megawatt hours a year electricity around eight point three megawatt hours per day and and just about average and 750 megawatt -- see here -- and his trusty kilowatt power meter we'll explain my."

" Gadget doesn't -- I have this thing annoys Jim not back CO it's could I guess like year watching. He just keeps not picking up. -- asked me if it's happened and to surrealism and -- in any case. Search ginger wine at check the power meter to his desktop monitor the only see your key to big fat old school -- television -- monitor left in the Revision 3 offices. Google full screen -- big white screen 118 -- black gold full screen. 92 want not back and actually that's like not quite 25% less energy but have fairly good drop like twenty point 3%. The same comparison on my LCD flat panel on my desk one watts if we get actually -- you change at all this particular monitor. There were running here in the studio with the kilowatt here. We got 3435. Watts. In Google. And -- it. Although 31 Watson black goal. It's interesting -- right here's an exe -- teams used different amounts of electricity for different colors white consumes more than black. Most of the power consumed in an LCD monitor whether -- in your notebook or monitor like this is that act like it's fallen. Constantly sees in black want to -- CD doesn't do a whole lot compared using on an old school CRT. -- my desktop LCD flat panel these single watt not a big deal since the original equal aren't guesstimate on the energy savings replaced NC RTC is what the monitor is doing all the Google searches and all the all the world. Add in unreality about the world actually dropped CRTs real CDs -- missed for a little to be. You want to -- some serious energy Oliver turn your monitor off LC CRT whatever it is every time you leave your computer that. We'll save a lot more energy to go from like 31 watts on this one or 75 on my desktop."

" And at zero. True but okay if he literally drops one line for on the LCD. That's 11 times all the LCD users in the entire world to them if that become -- does become the majority you know display which is. That's. Being saved well."

" It's coming or is completely because -- this huge entry Q and have done maps that people have checked didn't like cigarette thousand dollars electricity here which score. Right for -- hundred megawatts. But when you start looking like what it small town."

" Consumes did you think that every little every little bit helps every little bit helps but it how revenue."

" And about little bit how about some big honking drops once in awhile like would you give up from your -- to -- off to show everybody. In my office I Taurus and monitors off at night they're looking for no actually."

" Not an -- lunch break we come back that monitors I counted actually gonna and one of the offices that Clinton."

" Like five out of every seven monitors was left on."

" Over the weekend that's not at night it's time."

" Its -- I am guilty of as well enough yes you are all just -- in here how are yes people again."

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Started discussion: June 11, 2009 @ 5:17pm GMT

Episode 92: iPhone 3Gs, WordPress' Matt Mullenweg, WD vs. Seagate: Don't Buy A Bad Hard Drive! Free Virtual Drives, Displayport, Sims 3, Squee! [Discussion]

Secret Shortcut Saves Thousands of Mouse Clicks, Does Blackle Really Save Energy Over Google? What's In Store for WordPress? Veronica Interviews Matt Mullenweg. WWDC: New OS X! New Macbooks! New iPhone! (Same old AT&T...) Convert File Formats Fast and Free, More!

Watch or download this episode here

Fee
5 months ago
Another good episode!

As a fellow iPhone user agree with Patrick and Veronica comments on AT&T ;)
computoman
5 months ago
Someone gave us an old Dell (P2-333) g1 clunker today, We installed ubuntu jaunty server with a lamp setup and phpmyadmin. Downloaded Wordpress 2.8 after watching the podcast and then it took a whole couple of minutes to install. We were able to blog immediately on the local network. Cool!!

Might add mediatomb software also to see if that is viable.
davmoo
5 months ago
What is it with you Apple people and unrealistic expectations? You seem to think you all deserve special upgrade pricing that no one else gets just because you bought Apple products.

If you buy a discounted cellphone from Verizon, Sprint, Nextel, etc, or any other phone besides the iPhone from AT&T, and sign the obligatory two year contract, and then a new phone comes out that you like better two months later, guess what...they aren't going to give you discount pricing either. If you want the new phone, you're going to be paying full price to get it.

Why do you expect AT&T and/or Apple to treat you people differently just because you drank the Koolaid and have an iPhone? Would you like some cheese with that whine?
masterevilace
5 months ago
for what it's worth, Veronica, it's pronounced rah-lee. Raleigh. Guess you haven't been there? :P


Definitely recommend WD drives. I have two 250gb Seagates from ~a year ago? and I just barely missed that whole faulty firmware fiasco (according to model #'s, etc)

I have two 1TB WD drives and the ACTUAL transfer speeds are at times 2x faster than the seagates. I believe I got the WD's for $110 in April. I believe they are the Black drives. Highly recommend them. There are some 1.5 TB drives but the reviews weren't as GREAT at the 1TB ones, so I went with that.
eminemdrdre00
5 months ago
I wonder why Veronica didnt read the entire Squarespace question. It wouldve cleared up his confusion on the WYSIWYG aspect of it.
jonbach
5 months ago

Ditto on the hard drive recommendations

I can definitely back up Patrick's hard drive recommendations.

At our company, we have carried both Seagate and Western Digital as primary hard drive brands. We've sold over 3800 Seagate hard drives and over 2900 Western Digital hard drives. Final verdict?

Seagate: 3.35% failure rate
Western Digital: 2.78% failure rate

That's a small difference until you think of it this way: Western Digital has a 17% better track record with us. The Velociraptors are especially impressive. We've had two fail. Ever.

But Patrick is also right that firmware with new drives are a big problem. We don't currently carry the Seagate drives, so we've been spared the problems I've read about, but Western Digital does have its own share of problems. One that we're currently battling is that if you use a WD 1TB Black drive as a secondary drive on an Asus P6T V2 motherboard, about 30% of the time when you resume from standby, the drive will disappear. You have to reboot to get it back. We're working with Asus and WD engineers to figure that one out, but the hard drive firmware is the primary suspect. WD 1TB Green drives do not experience that particular problem. Give us a few more weeks, and I bet WD will come up with a firmware update to solve the problem -- this is *exactly* the kind of "early adopters" problem that Patrick is getting at.

Great show, always fun to watch! Let me know if I can help by providing data -- we see a lot of components and systems go through our doors, and I love putting that data to good use!

Jon Bach - President
Puget Systems
http://www.pugetsystems.com
computoman
5 months ago
In reply to jonbach:
I can definitely back up Patrick's hard drive recommendations.

At our company, we have carried both Seagate and Western Digital as primary hard drive brands. We've sold over 3800 Seagate hard drives and over 2900 Western Digital hard drives. Final verdict?

Seagate: 3.35% failure rate
Western Digital: 2.78% failure rate

That's a small difference until you think of it this way: Western Digital has a 17% better track record with us. The Velociraptors are especially impressive. We've had two fail. Ever.

But Patrick is also right that firmware with new drives are a big problem. We don't currently carry the Seagate drives, so we've been spared the problems I've read about, but Western Digital does have its own share of problems. One that we're currently battling is that if you use a WD 1TB Black drive as a secondary drive on an Asus P6T V2 motherboard, about 30% of the time when you resume from standby, the drive will disappear. You have to reboot to get it back. We're working with Asus and WD engineers to figure that one out, but the hard drive firmware is the primary suspect. WD 1TB Green drives do not experience that particular problem. Give us a few more weeks, and I bet WD will come up with a firmware update to solve the problem -- this is *exactly* the kind of "early adopters" problem that Patrick is getting at.

Great show, always fun to watch! Let me know if I can help by providing data -- we see a lot of components and systems go through our doors, and I love putting that data to good use!

Jon Bach - President
Puget Systems
http://www.pugetsystems.com


Some drives can be rehabilitated if you use the low level utilities.
Fee
5 months ago
In reply to davmoo:
What is it with you Apple people and unrealistic expectations? You seem to think you all deserve special upgrade pricing that no one else gets just because you bought Apple products.

If you buy a discounted cellphone from Verizon, Sprint, Nextel, etc, or any other phone besides the iPhone from AT&T, and sign the obligatory two year contract, and then a new phone comes out that you like better two months later, guess what...they aren't going to give you discount pricing either. If you want the new phone, you're going to be paying full price to get it.

Why do you expect AT&T and/or Apple to treat you people differently just because you drank the Koolaid and have an iPhone? Would you like some cheese with that whine?



I wasnt really agreeing about the upgrade price, The new iPhone is nice but i dont think its that much of an upgrade so I'm happy with my 3G. I agreeing about AT&T's poor service, its terrible around here also, No 3G not much signal inside of places, my friends want me to show them some of the cool features, but i can't because of no signal! I always tell them its nice phone but wait until the IPhone deal only on AT&T deal runs out before they get one. Also commenting on how AT&T isn't going have MMS working when 3.0 comes out! I mean come on they knew this coming for awhile now, also the whole tethering fiasco! I'm just hoping Verzion gets an Iphone when the att deal runs out

Aso my friend has a Verzion Blackberry and he has none of these problems anywhere around here and 3G! lol
JBCIII
5 months ago

wasting energy

I was loving it when Patrick was talking about going around
the office turning off other people's monitors, because that's
my MO too. I don't comprehend why people don't setup their
Power Options to turn off the monitor after some time. People
only think about the dollar value of the electricity, which isn't
that large. They don't think about the mercury dust from coal
smoke settling down onto all of our farmland, lakes, etc.

I shut down my desktop system at night. I have a timer
set in the BIOS to turn the system on 20 minutes before
I get to my desk in the AM, so I don't lose much time getting
back to business.
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