My current desktop computer is a Acer which has been upgraded by way of the CPU and harddrives and seen as it#s an off the shelf thing, it has a standard 350 Watt power Supply and a rather limited case I would say. I pondered on upgrading what I have (cheaper) or buying a new one outright for the new technology. The current spec of the machine is Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4Ghz), 4 GIG DDR-2 Ram, 1TB + 250Gig HD, Geforce 7600GS.
In the previous Story we seen how the iMac had left the building and this meant for me that my existing desktop / Laptop machines would come back as the main machines and be used as they say – “In Anger”. I shall go into how I found it working full time Windows (Vista / Windows 7) as my only operating system.
I have to hold my hand up and say that I never really fully understand the lure of Twitter, it allows you to write upto 140 Characters and let everyone know what you are doing. The problem lies in that just like email, you can get spammed with useless infomation if you are not careful.
I always Struggled with the Concept of Twitter but it has some uses such as been able to know when people are going Live with there stream and to pass on communications. I used to have a client or a Firefox Plug-in which gave me real time “Twitter” Messages but these days I am happy to just pull up the web page and see what is happening – save’s me getting annoyed.
Now there is a new thing it seems that has come around, it is called ReTweeting or simply RT – this allows you to take somebody else Tweet and send it back out to all your followers, a sort of “Pass it on” messaging system. Now what happens though if you not only have the original posters on your tweet but a whole bunch of people who also “RT” the message?? The Answer is you end of with a page full of the very same tweet and if that does not drive you mad – then fair play to you.
I had some inspiration that I should go on a purge of all the web sites that I personally think I should stop using, I slept on it overnight to make sure it was not a flash in the pan idea that I would regret later and once my mind was made up, I went on a purge of all the site I had registered and used.
USTREAM TV
The first casualty was Ustream.TV – this was of no use to me and I had my fill so armed with this I made sure I deleted the Video’s I had recorded, removed the show and finally the user accounts, I Mirrored this on my IRC Client, no more shall I be on there for whatever reason, be it watching shows or broadcasting. READ MORE »
I have seen many reviews of the Beta of Windows 7 and even tested it myself – I agree it is faster “out of the box” then Vista and uses less memory, less services are running and by all accounts seems to b the answer to Microsoft Prayers. The thought on my mind and I know this from every single beta MS has ever put out there – will the end product be as good?
I see this as a make or break time for MS in terms of Operating systems – they still make lots of money anyhow on Servers and people buying machines with Windows pre-installed but were they make there real money is not from consumers but from the 1000′s of licences companies buy for each desktop OS. Even when they do bring out Windows 7 – many companies will want to wait for Service pack one.
As Part of my Upgrade Pack – I picked the Virgin Media ‘M’ TV Deal – this is there lowest TV Package from a choice of three (M, L and XL). I was never a fan of Virgin / NTL TV as there was and always will be problems with this set-up and is in no way a comparison to SKY for example.
It goes without saying that putting adverts on your website and hoping for the money to come rolling is the perfect dream in that your getting paid to do not much at all. Of course the problem is that Adverts do not pay out unless people click on that and most people are stick to death of seeing adverts – they are either blocking them or plain ignoring them. The question is then – can adverts actually work on a website?
Sony HC51
After looking into every angle on which camera to buy and finally thinking about buying one at long last, I had said to myself that the Sony HC51 which used Tapes but had firewire was the model of choice. The local Curry’s had this very model on sale for £135. Now I know I could find it on-line for £119 but by the time you add P&P – then its not such a bad price and of course you get to take it home then and there.
I have been thinking for some time now to buy myself a CamCorder – times have moved on and there is some varied choice out there and of course my needs are slightly different from the average person. The Mac has both Firewire 400 + 800 right on board and the ability for the Cam to be picked up as a Webcam should the need arise and this is what a lot of people already do when streaming.
Requirements
I need to be able to plug this Camera into both the Mac and the PC – all of my igs have Firewire and USB – so no major problem there. I need to be able to use it as a Fancy Webcam (with zoom etc), record and edit normal stuff and the quality to be god along with the cheapest one that does the job.
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