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Sunday, 18 March 2007 |
According to both the G4 Rewind blog, as well as the TV Week site, the failing G4 network, as opposed to TechTV (which it absorbed), is having its studios and staff consolidated and merged into that of the Entertainment network. Production crew and the CEO are to be laid off, apparently. To Kevin Pereria, host of "Attack of the Show," "it [just] means a new set..."
Despite every attempt at improving ratings, G4 has remained low on the rankings, and was 57th out of the 64 cable networks in the third quarter of 2006. The network has shifted somewhat from focusing on video games to instead focus on sex, drugs, and even more video games. There are seemingly few shows on the network worth watching, and many of those tend to be shows not produced in-house by G4 (syndicated, like Star Trek).
Personally, I hope this is the network's death throws. Perhaps Leo Laporte and Chris Pirillo (both TechTV Alumni) will have success with their brainchild, Undo.TV, and eventually get a TV channel. Until then, we must put up with the oncoming "filler" material that G4 produces.
The plan is for the G4 Studios in Santa Monica, CA to be closed on April 15th, and moved to Los Angeles, in the E! Network building.
If you haven't seen the TechTV section in the download area, or the links area, please do so using the menu to the right. I have a ton of good links to TechTV nostalgic content, and the downloads section holds a zip file of stuff I dug up on the Internet Archive. Coincidentally, I wrote an article about doing that that will be in the next issue of 2600 magazine.
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Saturday, 17 March 2007 |
We all know that Google indexes nearly everything. Secret cellular provider sites are not an exception. There are three that I have run across so far, and only one is currently useful to regular people like us, but they are still interesting to look at. Anything illegal that you do with these sites is not my fault, although I sincerely hope you won't try anything like that.
T-Mobile Compass - Personal Coverage Check, which is useful for finding out where their coverage exists.
T-Mobile Watson - Used by reps to activate phones
Sprint Activation Console (Java Popup) - Used by reps to activate phones
Bonus: Mindful Musings Cellupload Files - great resource for cellular tools, many of which are useful for hacking and modding your phone. You may want to get a data cable off of eBay.
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Saturday, 17 March 2007 |
These really require no introduction. I found these on Google, and thought that you would enjoy these, and perhaps give you a healthy laugh at Microsoft's expense.
 A lovely shot in Times Square  A good shot of a BSOD on a billboard with a really small resolution.  And what appears to be a European billboard running XP, 2K or Vista with the BSOD. |
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Thursday, 15 March 2007 |
I haven't checked any of these with VOPBuster yet, but I recently ran across some "Vendor Phone Numbers" for some major companies. I am unsure what exactly they are for, but I am sure somebody out there could use them. So, without further ado, here you go:
HP 1-408-553-3136
Canon 1-516-328-4781
Epson 1-310-782-4360
Brother 1-908-252-3000
Sharp 1-800-237-7277
Minolta 1-201-512-5884
Okidata 1-800-654-3282
Lexmark 1-606-232-3622
Panasonic 1-410-761-1900
Microsoft 1-425-936-8079
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Thursday, 01 March 2007 |
Why does my college have to use the Websense filter? It uselessly blocks sites that aren't "inappropriate." Some sites it started blocking recently include Paypal (WHAT THE HECK!!?), as well as I-Hacked, which is a site about modifying electronics. That site involves very little nefarious activity. What's next? Are they going to block Google?
My solution: use Torpark. It was hard to get, since its download site was also blocked, but I typed in "intitle:index.of torpark" into Google and found a directory with the file...So that works..Another solution is to use LogMeIn and a remote computer.
Whatever the case, these filters contribute to my high tuition costs (and they constantly inflate), as well as stress.
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