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Episode 226:
Veronica Belmont is here and showing off Blogging Software. Overclocking, 3 Games and More!
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What's new in Episode 226
STUFF
• This week's Tech Pic is from Brick of Murray, TX.
• Loyd Case, Editor of ExtremeTech.com, continues his series on Overclocking Your PC. Today, it is all about the cooling.
• Veronica Belmont blogs. Well, she does. She was gracious enough to share her knowledge of some blogging software. WordPress 2.5, Movable Type and Blogger are her recommendations.
• P.J. Jacobowitz, Product Review Coordinator for PC Magazine, has a neat little gadget to help you get standard and high def on your Mac. The Elgato HDHomeRun HDTV Tuner. For a full review go to PCMag.com.
• Our Viewer Question is from Gus of Oswego, OR:
Hey DLTV, I was wondering who you recommend for inexpensive hard drives for my computer? I need at least 500 gigs a piece PATA.
• We have a winner of the Zalman FPS GUN FG 1000 Gaming Mouse. Cassandra of Jamaica, NY. She is the proud recipient of the gaming mouse. Congrats to Cassandra. And thank you all for participating in the giveaway. We will be having another giveaway contest very, so please stay tuned for that. BTW, here is Cassandra's favorite time waster, Twittering in her N800.
• Loyd Case will be back on the show May 1st. So, if you have a question for the Editor of ExtremeTech.com, Email us at dl.tv@ziffdavis.com with 'Ask Loyd' in the subject line.
• Next week: Scott Asnault will be on the show! They will have some utilites for supercharging your Windows. Plus, your Tech Pics, Viewer Questions and More!
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Tags: Blogger, Blogging, Crisis Core, Dark Sector, Final Fantasy VII, Movable Type, Opoona, Software, Veronica Belmont, WordPress, Zalman
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Posted by:
ENOUGH ALL READY
April 4, 2008 4:11 PM
If I hear Robert yelp woo woo one more time I'm gonna scream. Seriously Robert, this is a nervous tick that is becoming increasingly irritating to listen to. You have to get a grip on it.
Posted by:
Kvolk
April 4, 2008 9:44 PM
First good show Veronica and Robert seem to be developing some host chemistry and the show was better for it....why are we hiding the legs?....I am an open format table person so it seems nonsensical to hide the bottom of the table....they look like they are floating around behind the table...
Posted by:
Chris
April 4, 2008 11:05 PM
how come no one ever mentions or talks about gran turismo for PS3. i think its going to be huge and worth a mention or even the upcoming metal gear solid. the good games are coming for ps3 :)
Posted by:
Christopher Lee
April 6, 2008 12:03 AM
Well, it's like the anchor on the news.
And I knew Robert would also say, "Ta-da"...!
Posted by:
Ken
April 6, 2008 8:25 AM
What's taking so long to post the latest episode to TiVo? It's Sunday and episode 226 still is not available.
Posted by:
MegaZone
April 8, 2008 4:34 PM
Ken - it hit TiVo today, watching it right now...
Which brings me to the comment Veronica just made about WP2.5 moving the Categories. I screamed "YES!!!" when she said that - fortunately I work from home now, and live alone, so I didn't scare anyone. I HATE that change. I use categories on every post - and they buried it down the page. The new authoring page layout slows me down because I have to scroll around to do everything I need, while in 2.3 everything fit in the browser on one screen.
The old location was *perfect*. I also dislike the changes to the tag entry. The new AJAX 'helper' is not helpful. Firefox did a better, and faster, job of suggesting past tag lists as I typed - the new changes block FF from doing that and doesn't do nearly as good a job. I haven't gotten around to hacking it to rip that out yet, but I will.
I do use a number of plug-ins to extend WP, but the one I just can't live without is 'Admin-Menus'. The default menus on WP are click-hell, this plug-in turns the whole menu interface into drop-downs that let you jump right to what you want. My current plug-in list: http://www.gizmolovers.com/plugins/
There's a topic for you - what plug-ins do you recommend for WP - or other blogging software?
I also do a little (very little, really) hacking on WP and some of the plug-ins to get the behavior I want. I do not use the advanced editor (TinyMCE), since I know HTML in my sleep and would rather just enter it myself. But I do change the basic editor buttons to remove those I don't use and add some I do. And to change some behaviors. (Such has having the italics button enter and not , bold uses not , and the image button asks me for url, height, width, border, and alt text.)
...OK, I'll shut up now. And go back to watching the rest of the episode on my TiVo. :-)

Posted by:
MegaZone
April 8, 2008 7:48 PM
Whoops, I see HTML tags aren't escaped by default. The end of my last comment should read:
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(Such has having the italics button enter <i> and not <em>, bold uses <b> not <strong>, and the image button asks me for url, height, width, border, and alt text.)
Posted by:
Dan
April 8, 2008 9:20 PM
Not even Veronica in a tight top could rescue this one.
D-
Posted by:
Christopher
April 9, 2008 10:49 AM
However, I thought that spoof spot with the Macbook Air, however, was pretty funny. However, the little pauses in it, however were nice touches. However, dude having his shirt open, however, down to his navel, however, was the icing on the cake, however.
That was, however, some of the funniest video I've seen this week, however!
Posted by:
Mark
April 9, 2008 2:24 PM
Hey,
Leave robert alone ! He knows what he talks about when it comes to high def. woo woo! I miss roger chang! so sad,that he left the show. the pants prank was awesome lol.
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