Looking forward to the episode guys. Great work as always.

Remember to join us in the IRC chat room at http://kaffeinenet.com/dltv/
- or -
irc.kaffeinenet.com then /join #dl.tv

Ready!

Can't wait to see this on my new 10MB cable connection..

That was a bit of a short notice.

The best DL.TV chatroom is at

http://www.leeval.info/dltv/

as always - can't wait for the show.. Good afternoon/evening everyone.

Robert turned Asian. HAHA

streaming at 289kbps? ;/

RE: stream

It's better this way man. My stream was choppy last week and smooth this week. It doesn't look worse really.

Sydney Australia

i'm getting 490k :)

I'm actually getting 490k too, really smooth.

I tuned in late and the first thing I heard was talk about prostitution. heh.

Roger rocks let him be on every show.

Now they are talking about alcohol !!!

I just saw a cockroach crawl under the keyboard next to Patrick. ewwwwwwww

Way to go Patrick, must be difficult sometimes.

Heh...funny foil balls.

Great show!!! a funny one, good insights

p.S. missed Robert.
don

I missed half the show today. Lookin' forward to your coverage of the DigitalLife show, cause I'm gonna be in school during that time.

This comment refers to Patricks answer for the slow download speeds. Knowing that the network configurations between DLTVs hosting servers and the ISP's are the reason for the slow download speeds, the quickest "temporary" fix is to used a proxy server.It works with both HTTP and Socks proxies.I've had up to 100kb increase in download speed(depending on proxy sever host and location of proxy).

Socks: http://www.samair.ru/proxy/socks.htm
HTTP: http://www.samair.ru/proxy/

Hope this helps.

Does anyone know the wireless access manager app Patrick was using in episode 101?

It was called Network Stumbler

Roger Chang should be on every show:

Roger, is that you posting again? te-hee

Where the Download at?

Do you guys need a calendar? Apparently the date/time in hte system tray is too hard to look at! Notice what you posted (first line no less!):

Ep. 102 streamed live at 4PM PDT, 7PM EDT, 23:00 UTC/GMT Wednesday October 10th.

WHEN DID YOU RESCHEDULE THE SHOW TO STREAM LIVE ON "WEDNESDAY"!!!??? (In case you dind't see the OBVIOUS date error, that is.)

I'm waiting to download this on my PSP, when does it post?

Thanks and love the shows...

Don't forget Paint Shop Pro as well for lower cost graphics programs (~$130). Serif also has one of their older version of Photoplus for free at http://www.freeserifsoftware.com.

Roger should be a regular. He's about the smartest guy ever to appear on a videocast yet.

I think we need to have more of Roger Chang on DL.tv. Pacific rim rage machine.

Is anyone else having problems downloading today's show?

@Jeremy

Yeah mine is very sloooooow.

You can always go looking for GIMPShop which is an open source add-on (kind of) for The GIMP which will give it a nice photoshop like interface if thats what you are use to

Roger Chang is awesome. He should get to host every once and ahwhile when Robert or Pat is tired.

Anyone else think the coax cable example was poorly researched and presented?

The dl.tv meet up is on my b-day(14th to be exact), i might convince my parents to take my, but i have to hang out in the "smart drinks section" cuse im under 21.

Is it just me or was Jim Louderback seriously drunk in this one?

Working for Jim must be magical.

best episode EVAR!!!!!

lol sorry, hey, can you get roger to host more often? i love robert, but, Roger just rocks...

thanks

chris

Coax?
Who cares?
RJ-45s are a biatichatisamisto!
Look at these for us shakey-handed spasoids squeeze down the jack:
http://cableorganizer.com/ez-rj45-network-plugs/

Big files:
Download and install Apache web server for Windows...(all of three minutes)
Port forward port 80 to the local IP addy of the apache server.
Copy the files you want to share to
\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs
Rename index.html to index.old\
Go to Whatsmyip.com and record your public ip address.
Send public ip via email to recipient and let the browse and download.

Big files:
http://www.networkmagic.com
Download and install software.
Create a name.
Copy big files to a folder and share it using Network Magic.
Send email link to download recipient:
http://username/NET2GO.com
Downloader can browse,view and download.
You don't even have to port forward the router.

Oh that's just great- politics on dl.tv. Kudos to Patrick for trying to stay away from chang's ranting.

Great show. It didn't get said, but what I do is I make a multiple archive rar with winrar (Freeware, google for it) which more or less means that my 700mb file has been cropped into 7 100mb files, and then I rapidshare those, or more effectively, MegaUpload (Rapidshare makes you wait after ever download), them all, and then provide the links to my friends. That is to say, I used to do that before I went out and got my own webspace. But for a free alternative, make sure to check out multiple archive rar's. Quick, painless, done.

Is that the pudgy little asian from Entourage next to Patrick? You know, the gay assistant to Jeremy Piven's character.

Sheesh, Norton, my god..replacing one flamer with another? Is that like a quota thing you have to do?
Who next?
The cabana boy from la Cage aux Folles?

I, Rob Enderle, laugh in your face.
I wave my private parts at your aunties, you cheesy lot of second hand electric donkey-bottom biters

Luv, bobby e.

Roger's witty/funny, he should be on more often. Robert's constant banter gets annoying.

Trying to send big files, more than 100MB or even more than 1GB?

Try the http://www.sendthisfile.com web site.

You can send unlimited size files free for three days.

Just register free with an email account, and there is no spam.

Um, quad core cable? Try quad shielded Jim. And his technique with that stripper was terrible. Stipped off way too much, and if you use the stripper to pull off the ends of the cable it wears out the blades. One last thing, do yourself a favor and go on ebay and spend the extra $10 for a professional quality compression tool. That was possibly the worst researched segment I've ever seen on this show.

Hey this is my first post, love DL.TV but I've got to say Roger Chang deserves a regular spot on DL.TV or his own podcast. I know he's technically on What's New Now but he's sporadically on, he needs to be a regular/host on some show. Patrick I never watched the screen savers but man you an Roger had great on air chemistry, no wonder everyone misses it so much. Great show and great job keeping the monkeys on a leash Pat, you got information across and let in some zaniness which is always a tough thing to balance. My fave show yet.

roger was great! seriously insightul and entertaining.

For the love of god never let that drunkin retard Jim Louderback on the show again.

Yes, gimpshop!

Our company had 1and1 for our webhosting for a long time, and we have had connectivity issues forever. When we argued with them repeatedly saying it couldn't have been us, they ended up telling us that the problem was ours...but then mysteriously there was a router failure that they notified us of and service was better...for a short while.

DLTVFAN:
Dont you dare called Louderback a common drunk.
He's a Deadhead.
Which means he is either stoned on pot or trippin on acid!

The term you are looking for when you are talking about the quality is called sweep test. RG6 cable is sweep tested before it is issued to tell you how much information can be pushed thru that cable at any given moment. RG6 3000MHz is standard for Dish Network. The tool he was using to strip the cable (strippers) can be ajusted to strip the cable without having to peel away the rubber shell. Peel back the Braiding only not the tin foil stuff that surounds the white part of the cable. Otherwise you will use signal. P.S. Data travels thru the white part of the coax cable and not the copper center, People always beleives that its the copper that hold the signal. There are many better tools than what you saw on this episode. Dont use crimpers they are like pliers and they crimp the cable, cutting off the data stream. Its like standing on a garden hose not much water comes out till you take your foot off right! Well Just thought you would like to know this tid bit of info. Have any other questions about dish network or cableing, feel free to ask me or any other SBCA Certified Installer...

Horay!! Fat Bandwidth Is Back 545KB/sec About 4 1/2 mins to download the show. :)

Great to see Roger on-screen again. Robert's a good co-host but Roger deserves more air time. He used to do a lot of product on Call for Help; maybe he could do a weekly or biweekly product review section or something like that.

You guys sounded a little loopy today. As for the cable segment, Get a professional cable installer on one day to let loose some of their secrets. How the heck do they make the back of panels look SO nice? How do I run a wire through existing walls? Then there is the wire the ends of the cable stuff they also do.

For the love of god never let that drunkin retard Jim Louderback on the show again.

---- I agree!!! He's a cross between the SNL drunken college girl and a trying-to-be-cool Bugger from Revenge of the Nerds.

Over the past few weeks it has been difficult to download your shows. Today it is impossible. You're serving at a whopping 15 to 20Kbps. Woohoo!!! I have 3Mbps service.
What's up?

I Hope I'm not, but probably am worse than Jim cause I would love a 4th due to my three being FULL even though I transfer at least 50% to DVD with my set-top DVD recorder. Mostly old ZD/TechTV bits and Nova-type science/political shows(some Kung Faux and tournament paintball too). Even though TV isn't what it used to be and I'm only 24! Except for TWiT/DL .tv 's of course.

Much better today! Download speeds back up to ~495KBps.

Ok first off. The signal infact travels on the outside of the copper center conducter, and NOT the white dialectric. I belive you meant to say this and simply mistyped. The center conductor is NOT pure copper because of this "skin effect" The white portion is simply to allow for 75 ohms of impedence on the line in order to prevent ingress or egress on the line. I agree with everything else that has been said however. Thsoe crimpers where not of a good quality and may simply crush the line ruining the aforementioned impedence.

As far as running cable into a pre existing wall, what we use at work are two different tools. One is a low tech set of "glow rods". Glow Rods are approximately 5 feet long and have male and female parts on either end allowing you to daisy chain them if neccesary. ----

What we do is run a line from the "house box" outside up into the attic and run the line thru the attic over the wall joist of the wall that you want to run the new line into. At this point you use a 1/4 - 1/2 inch paddle bit to drill a small hole into the wall joist from within the attic. At this point, secure the RG6 or 11 if neccessary depending on length of run, to the end of the glow rods. And slide the glow rods down into the Hole. At this point if we have a partner with us we use teh glow rods in the wall to make enough noise for the cable guy inside to locate the approximate location of the rods within the wall. And he will cut out a small mudbox shaped hole into the wall. The cable tech inside then reaches into the hoel he just made and pulls the rods thru along with the attatched lines. And voila.. you attatch a fitting, F-81 (barrel) face plate and youre good to go.

However, if you are by yourself I would recommend that before you head into the attic you should cut off a small segment approxmiately 1 foot of coax cable. Remove the dialectric and foil and all using a cable stripper exposing an absurdly long piece of center conducter, at this point known as a stinger. You then link on the wall where yo would like the outlet and pierce the cieling directly above the location where the outlet should be. At this point when you are in the attic you should have a reference point as to where to drill your hole into the joist.

Oh, one last thing PLEASE avoid studs and breaker boards. I reccomend using a stud finder to find a nice safe spot to run your line between two studs. Then do a quick sweep to make sure there isnt any horizontal boards running inside the wall.

ps sorry for the typos its 4:30 am

What was the URL for Roger's East Meets West thing?

http://subbrilliant.com/emw/

When are you going to put a hot blonde with you guys?? it turns boring to listen 2 fay guys, would be nice to distract the eyes in a big tittie blondie chick there.

So can we agree that a lot of viewers are intrigued by cabling tricks,tools and techniques?
I would also like to see at least one joke a week about Louderback's hair.

2 words
More Roger!