New Podcast: Shutdown

Hey Everyone! For a long time now, I've felt restricted by doing a solely Technology-based podcast. And now, I am proud to announce that Lee & Myself will soon be starting up a podcast based on our thoughts and whatever we care to talk about. I have some big plans and hopefully it will be a huge success.

Let me know whether or not you like the logo Lee worked on, and currently he's working on getting the site up. It won't be extravagant or anything, just a simple place to get our episodes, and get the essentials of the show. Kinda like this page right here....
On that note, I've been thinking for some time now about getting a new site, but every time I explore my options, I find myself unable to create an easy-to-use interface like that of Bloggers. So, what I might be doing instead is improving the quality of this site, both in looks and functionality. Please comment on this post if you have any suggestions for the site.

Thanks!

Update on French Laws

Here's an article I found on Digg Today. You might have heard me talking about the laws under consideration in France right now, that would end up banning all open-source software, podsafe music, and anything without DRM or fees. Click the link below to read the Article!

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/12/09/business/openside.php

TOTF Episode 015

Episode 15, released, right on time for the last-minute holiday shoppers. Find out what to buy the geek in the family in this episode, and find out what happens when you click on the FREE IPOD advertisements on websites. Heres the shownotes and links as usual...

• Music Courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network
  
• Mona Lisa's Expression deciphered by a computer
• Check out Dan Brown's Books
  
• Microsoft Face Recognition Technology
• Get a Free Mac Mini, with a cost
• Audio Work for this episode and all future episodes by MadTownAces

Promos In This Episode:

• The Podcast Pickle
• El Nacho's Rambling Retard Rampage

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TOTF Episode 014

I've finally started to work in-depth with my post-production skills, and I believe that reflects even more-so in episode 14, now ready for release. In this episode, I talk about the following...

• Opening Song - What if Everyday Were Christmas (Podsafe For Peace)
• Olivier explains new laws in France
• Olivier runs the Carte Postale Podcast
• E-Mail Me Your Comments!
• Use Picasa 2 to compress your photos for e-mail
• Store your photos online with Yahoo! Photos, or FuturePhoto
• I've haven't taken a look yet but check out Photobucket
• Olivier comments on episode 12
• Mid-Episode Song - Now is Now - Sail Away
• Use Audacity to make your podacst
• Libsyn is the all-in-one podcast solution
• Practise, Practise, Practise
• See who's listening with Statcounter

Promos Featured in this Episode:

• ElNacho's Rambling Retard Rampage
• Podcast Pickle

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TOTF Promo

Finally! Tech on the Fly has an official promo 30sec clip. I used some new production techniques in this, and you might see some of them applied when I start to work on episode 15. Anyways, below is the link to the Promo, so have some fun, and if you have a podcast, don't forget to play it one or fifty times. (^_^)

http://libsyn.com/media/totf/totfpromo.mp3

How Many Podcasts Left?

A s my birthday inches closer & closer, I got myself thinking? How many episodes do I have left on the Teen Podcasters Network? And if we figure that I have 4 years left until I turn twenty (on December 25), then that amounts to 208 episodes, if it remains as a weekly release (of course).
Gosh, growing up makes me depressed :(, more and more crap to do all the time. And that seems like such a small number when you see these other podcasts like "The Dawn & Drew Show", having just passed their 200th episode, when only starting last year. But you must then look at the fact that they release an episode daily.
At one point, I was considering possibly having the podcast as a mid-week release & a weekend release, however thats when everything is normal, and leaves no time for busy weeks, so I decided to stay put with the weekly release.
Anyways, I hope you're looking forward to Saturday's Episode 14, and please don't forget to complete my Listener Survey, as it really helps me out!

TOTF Episode 013

New Episode Time!
Episode 13 has been recorded and released for tomorrow, but post-production finished early so I'm getting it out late today. Heres the shownotes, and as usual, the direct download link, and feed information.

• Skype 2.0 Released - Video Conferencing
• "First" podsafe music
  
• Fake iPod in Istanbul
• Audacity 1.5 is released
• No Free Software in France, Thanks Oliver
• Old-Style DOOM games now playable online
• RIAA Says Don't tell your friends about our music!
• Podcast Hijacked & Held for Ransome
• The Bombhappies

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FIDO Problems

Fido...
I'm not sure if they're in the states, or just in Canada. But they're one of the top mobile-phone providers in London Ontario (Canada). I'd like to share with you a bit of grief I've been experiencing with them.
My current mobile phone is the VTech A-700, which unfortunately has a firmware glitch on it. It has compatibility to connect to a 1600mhz network, however it also thinks that it can connect to 800mhz networks (i guess it's just dillusional). Anyways, back to the issue, FIDO recently switched networks and merged with Rogers Wireless (another mobile phone provider). This switch changed the network from a 1600mhz network to a 800mhz/1600mhz mixed network. Now, because my cheap little phone thinks it can connect to 800mhz networks, it tries as hard as it can to connect to the 800mhz signal, and no matter how hard I try, it completely ignores the 1600mhz signal.
Now, FIDO of course realized this, and issued an offer to replace these phones free of charge. It just so happens that we've been renovating for the past while, and my phone got packed in a box and I haven't used it or received any messages on it for a while. This offer was a limited offer, so when I discovered a few days ago that I could get a new phone for free, I gave them a call, and what do you think they told me? Apparently they can't give me one because I waited too long! So, in the mean-time, I've sent a snail-mail letter to FIDO headquarters and hopefully I'll end up getting a new headset.
At this point, you may be wondering what the picture of the Virgin Mobile phone is at the top of the article, so let me now explain this. If by chance everything doesn't work out with FIDO, this is the phone that I plan on purchasing, and the service carrier is of course Virgin Mobile. A couple of my friends have phones on this service, and it seems to work seamlessly for them. And that is precisely what I want to get, another thing is, they specialize on prepaid airtime, cause I hate to sign a contract, and I really can't since i'm 15. So i'll be interested in seeing what happens, but you might see a moblog if FIDO doesn't respond to me...