http://www.podfeet.com/wordpress Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:15:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Nosillacast no http://www.podfeet.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.podfeet.com/wordpress http://www.podfeet.com/wordpress/2010/05/09/nc_2010_05_09-mom-digital-book-reader-video-podcasts-sheepshaver-running-os-8-5-overdrive-media-audiobook-builder-don-mcallister/ http://www.podfeet.com/wordpress/2010/05/09/nc_2010_05_09-mom-digital-book-reader-video-podcasts-sheepshaver-running-os-8-5-overdrive-media-audiobook-builder-don-mcallister/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 02:15:57 +0000 podfeet http://www.podfeet.com/wordpress/?p=1457 My Mother’s Day present: Porter Cable 7424XP Dual Action Orbital Polisher, Mom tells us about her Digital Book Reader, courtesy of the Library of Congress, and I walk through each of the video podcasts I like in answer to a listener request: The Apple Byte, Diggnation, The Digg Reel, Circuits with David [...]]]> http://www.podfeet.com/wordpress/2010/05/09/nc_2010_05_09-mom-digital-book-reader-video-podcasts-sheepshaver-running-os-8-5-overdrive-media-audiobook-builder-don-mcallister/feed/ 3 accessibility,blind,emulation,video My Mother's Day present: Porter Cable 7424XP Dual Action Orbital Polisher, Mom tells us about her Digital Book Reader, courtesy of the Library of Congress, and I walk through each of the video podcasts I like in answer to a listener request: The Apple ... My Mother's Day present: Porter Cable 7424XP Dual Action Orbital Polisher, Mom tells us about her Digital Book Reader, courtesy of the Library of Congress, and I walk through each of the video podcasts I like in answer to a listener request: The Apple Byte, Diggnation, The Digg Reel, Circuits with David Pogue, Onion News Network, Prize Fight HD, Real Deal, Screencasts Online with Don McAllister, Cranky Geeks, . Fun with running Mac OS 8.5 using Sheepshaver from sheepshaver.cebix.net. George from Tulsa reviews Audiobook Builder from www.Splasm.com, and how IMDB is better on the iPad than any other device. Don McAllister of ScreenCasts Online steps in for the ill Bart Busschots on Chit Chat Across the Pond and tells us about his process for learning new tools. Listen to the Podcast Once (1hr 1 min)Today is Sunday May 9th, 2010 and this is show number 259. Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there! I hope you had a great day today. I had a blast this weekend - on Friday I drove to San Diego to have lunch with my daughter Lindsay, my mom, and my mother-in-law Merlee. I adore all three of them and we've made this a ritual now. I was surprised to receive beautiful potted yellow tulips from Lindsay, AND to have her buy lunch for all three of us! It was a very girly lunch and we loved every minute of it. My son Kyle actually had flowers delivered to me on Saturday - he's not the affectionate type so I was very touched that he was actually thinking of his dear old mum - he even called me today too! And Steve woke me with a bouquet of red roses and a lovely card. I've had some good mother's days before, like the year I got the chainsaw, or the year I got the power washer, but Steve may have outdone himself this year - he got me an orbital polisher for the cars! It's the Porter Cable 7424XP Dual Action Polisher, just like my neighbors so I can really go to town waxing the cars now! What a great mother's day! Speaking of moms... Mother's Day with Jeanne ====insert mom=============== Mom tells us about her new Digital Book Reader, courtesy of the Library of Congress. What Video Podcasts do I Watch Someone, somewhere, either in Twitter or in email asked me to tell them what video podcasts I like. I wish I could remember who it was, but all I can remember is that I didn't answer them! So the only way I can be sure they get the answer is to answer it on the show. First of all, realize that I listen to almost nothing but technology podcasts. I know, you're shocked, right? Normal people have several dimensions to their lives but mine is pretty darn centralized on the one topic, but in any case, here goes, in no particular order!   The Apple Byte with Brian Tong- this is a silly podcast, but all about Apple. The idea is that Brian gives the good, and the bad about Apple each week or so. If they've misbehaved, they get the BAD Apple! Diggnation with Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht - Ok, maybe this one isn't really about tech, and it's inappropriate, often profane, and features two idiots drinking beer sitting on a couch, but for some reason it really tickles me. I know I could enjoy the articles by just reading Digg, but their delivery slays me. My friend Nancy and I are probably the only two 50+ year old women who watch. The Digg Reel - Ok, this is even dumber than Diggnation, but Andrew Bancroft makes me giggle too. I'm not as fond of the new daily format - the ratio of videos to ads has gone down, same number of ads but now in a short format so the ads are 5 days a week. I liked one long silly show better. Still watching but annoyed and considering dropping if something better comes up. Circuits with David Pogue - You might be noticing a theme here, the sillier the host the more I seem to like it! David's tech reviews are slightly informative but mostly silly. Onion News Network - geez, I do just like goofy stuff, don't I? These spoof videos are absolutely hysterical. Nosillacast no http://www.podfeet.com/wordpress/2009/03/29/197-appletv-vhs-to-dvd-easy-wi-fi-spyder2express/ http://www.podfeet.com/wordpress/2009/03/29/197-appletv-vhs-to-dvd-easy-wi-fi-spyder2express/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:58:35 +0000 podfeet http://www.podfeet.com/wordpress/?p=828 In Dumb Question Corner Kate asks, “what’s the big deal with the AppleTV” and Katie Floyd of themaccore.com joins us to answer. Brent trucklover and Steve spsheridan discuss VHS to DVD capture techniques. I learn about Easy Wi-Fi for AT&T iPhones from Devicescape Software on from iTunes, and then the listeners teach [...]]]> http://www.podfeet.com/wordpress/2009/03/29/197-appletv-vhs-to-dvd-easy-wi-fi-spyder2express/feed/ 4 http://www.podfeet.com/wordpress/2009/03/22/196-search-on-podfeet-more-pedias-moral-dilemma-vhs-to-dvds/ http://www.podfeet.com/wordpress/2009/03/22/196-search-on-podfeet-more-pedias-moral-dilemma-vhs-to-dvds/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:24:06 +0000 podfeet http://www.podfeet.com/wordpress/?p=826 I go without power till 15 minutes before showtime, GOOD search comes to podfeet.com, DVDpedia and all the other pedias starts a wave of emails from bruji.com. I struggle with a moral dilemma. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart and I are joined by Steve to talk about how he moves [...]]]> http://www.podfeet.com/wordpress/2009/03/22/196-search-on-podfeet-more-pedias-moral-dilemma-vhs-to-dvds/feed/ 1 conversion,DVD,morals,organization,search,vhs,video I go without power till 15 minutes before showtime, GOOD search comes to podfeet.com, DVDpedia and all the other pedias starts a wave of emails from bruji.com. I struggle with a moral dilemma. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart and I are joined by Ste... I go without power till 15 minutes before showtime, GOOD search comes to podfeet.com, DVDpedia and all the other pedias starts a wave of emails from bruji.com. I struggle with a moral dilemma. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart and I are joined by Steve to talk about how he moves videos from VHS tape to beautiful DVDs, and we talk about the future in this process. Listen to the Podcast Once (55 min) Today is Sunday March 22nd, 2009, and this is show number 196. Have you guys thought up anything clever for the 200th show? I think Steve is working on an idea but I have no idea what he's up to - has me intrigued! Emergency power Search on podfeet.com I want to thank all of you for never once yelling at me for how AWFUL search is on podfeet.com. For crying out loud guys, it's dreadful and nobody ever pointed that out. It's not that I didn't know it was dreadful, I just couldn't figure out how to fix it. I tried to put in google search but for some reason it just wouldn't work. then research assistant Niraj suggested I try out the Wordpress plugin Search Unleashed. Sounded like the answer to my problems, but I installed it and it didn't work! I mean, it didn't work at ALL. I couldn't even find Honda Bob with it! I complained to Niraj that his plugin was dumb and then he asked me I'd configured it. Now of course I TRIED to configure it but I couldn't find the configuration settings! Here's one of the problems - Wordpress has been updated a bunch lately, and the version I was used to using had a section called Manage and that's where plugins configuration options are shown. The latest version though, 2.7, doesn't have a manage section. Niraj helped me dig around till we found it in Settings, and sure enough there's a button you have to click that says "index". Um, duh, I guess if it hasn't indexed it, no search engine could ever find Honda Bob, even on MY site! I clicked on index and sure enough, we now have REAL search on podfeet.com! Go give it a try, and thanks again for never pointing out how lame it was. DVDpedia and more I don't think any application I've ever reviewed has gotten more response from users than the one I did last week on DVDpedia. One of my favorites was the comment on the blog from Conor - (a different Conor) when he wrote that he was listening away to the show when he suddenly realized that I was reviewing the product that HE wrote! What fun for him - especially since I liked it! About 126 people sent in emails after the review about the free iPhone app called PocketPedia, but I have to give first dibs credit to Jena because she told me about it AGES ago and I forgot all about it! Pocketpedia allows you to sync your DVD collection from DVDpedia over to the iPhone. I downloaded & installed it from iTunes onto my iPhone, and sadly it was empty. Well I guess that makes sense, have to get it to talk to my collection first, right? Well luckily it wasn't without entertainment though, because you can search Amazon for movies which is pretty fun. When I got home I synced up my iPhone to my mac, and then in Pocketpedia there was a sync button all of it's own. I clicked sync and in about 2 minutes, my DVd library was in my phone. It's beautiful. It looks just like Address Book, except all of the entries have nice album art next to them. click on an entry and you get the full info about the movie, and click on the tiny album art and it flips around and you get a full screen picture of the album art. It all works exactly like you would hope it would work! But that's not all! I got an email (or I should say several emails) about the plugin for Front Row that allows you to view your DVDpedia library, which is really cool if you have an Apple TV or Mac Mini hooked up to your TV. Scott told me about that, and while that sounded nifty to me, I told him I thought it would be a big ol' tease though because while you could see the images of your DVD collection, Nosillacast no