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David

Name that Video on The Urly Show #29

 

This past week, I was a call-in contestant on The Urly Show, a podcast hosted by our friends at Urlesque. (You might remember them as being partly responsible for various NYC meme parties, which we’ve covered before.)

Anyhow, in true NY geek fashion, I took part in a “Name that Video” quiz, in which I was required to recognize recent viral internet videos based on audio alone. You can check out the video below to see how I did…

You can find more of The Urly Show on iTunes or Urlesque.com, and you can also follow Urlesque on Facebook and Twitter. Thanks for having me on the show, guys!

David

Bite-size #4 – Flynn Lives

 

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If you’re as geeky as we are, you’re already aware of the new TRON film coming out in December 2010. In this bite-size episode, David and Andrew discuss “Tron Legacy” after getting a sneak preview of the IMAX 3D trailer. END OF LINE.

(Warning: Spoilers)

mp3 link

David

Add your own Apple “i-prefix” joke

 

ipad_hero_20100127If you’re a frequenter of the internets, most likely you’ve already heard about the iPad, the new Apple product that’s a cross between an iPhone and a regular Mac laptop. It kind of reminds me of the Apple “Knowledge Navigator,” a product concept shown in this video from 1987.

Proponents are calling it a Kindle-killer; however, unlike the iPhone, consumer feedback seems to be squarely divided on this shiny new gadget. Best Roof Talk Ever posted this amusing reaction. What do you all think?

Nelson

NYGC Episode 27 – Media Overload

 

So many choices, so little time.

So many choices, so little time.

Are you overwhelmed by the ridiculous amount of movies, video games, e-books, mp3’s and all the other media and devices out there at your finger tips? We are! In this episode we discuss how we deal with the sheer amount of crap available to us.

Break song: The Overload by Talking Heads

Show Notes:

3D TVs
Old man destroys antique cylinder
Avatar is Pocahontas
Skype on your TV
Boxee TV
Boxee beta open to all
Nintendo DSi XL
DRM (Digital Rights Management)

Nelson

God mode in Windows 7

 

"I smite thee seventh of Windows!"

"I smite thee seventh of Windows!"

While this was already discovered a while back I just found out about it now.

You can enable a god mode in Windows 7 and Vista which is essentially everything in the control panel but all in one place instead of broken down into all those categories…..pretty neat.

A word to the wise: Don’t try it on Vista x64 as it’ll crash your system.

Here’s how to do it.

Andrew

Making of the Computer Graphics for Star Wars

 

I always wondered what they used to make this. It’s striking how similar it is to modern 3D software…except you don’t need cool knobs now.

Brett

Update your Apple TV AGAIN if you actually want to WATCH videos

 

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GOOOOOO Mac Mini HTPC!!

And on a brief side note, the Apple TV 3.0 update looks pretty ugly and introduces nothing that wasn’t new in iTunes 9. Maybe if the update had come out then it would have been exciting – but only maybe. Quite a disappointment that there’s no new feature unique to this device this time around.

Apple TV Update Stops Your Media from Disappearing – Apple TV – Lifehacker