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Sunday 10 June 2007

Show Audio

Guests

Q Chris Marquardt - Less is more

• Direct the viewer’s eye with your photography
• Get close enough for your subject
• For portraits, focus on the face
• Not everything has to be a closeup
  • But in several situations it is fitting
• Rule of thirds forces you into thinking of the subject
• Reduce and simplify
• Don’t forget to submit your photos for our assignment!

Q Ron Rosberg - Sena Cases/Altec Lansing T515

• Genuine leather
• Protects a number of devices
• Similar to the Vaja Argentinean leather cases

• Bluetooth speakerphone setup for cell phones
  • For desktop
• Sounds alright for music from phone as well
• Not available on the market yet
• Headset can plug in for privacy as well
• Includes a microphone

Q Rebekah Baker - PlanetFeedback

• Repository of consumer letters to companies
• Helps consumers connect to large companies
• Beneficial for companies that actually read the letters
• Site lists companies that do read them

Hour 1

Q Sascha from Wales - Vista will not reinstall

• Something probably wrong with the installation disc
  • If nothing has changed with hardware
• Especially since it is a full install disc
• Suggestions? Contact Leo

Q Matt from Grand Rapids - Digital picture frame for grandmother

• Several are on Amazon
• Make Magazine has an $11 DIY frame
• Digital Spectrum Solutions has an IP addressable frame

Q Mason from Okayama, Japan - Wireless microphones to monitor on headphones

• Look for something that will transmit on the FM band
  • Cheaper
  • CCrane is Leo’s favorite
    • $70
• Get a mic with mini-jack out to go out into the transmitter
  • Everybody in range would listen using that
• The Whole House FM Transmitter is also a great choice

Q Rio from Fresno - Wants to run a mini television show of her classes

• Wirecast will turn your computer into a TV control center
  • PC or Mac
  • Will need to wire cameras to PC
  • Can even have one camera as a stream of desktop
• No wireless solution yet

Hour 2

Q Jay from Cleveland - Burned DVDs not working correctly

• It is a codec issue
• Gspot will make sure you have the right codecs
  • Will help you find the right ones
• Reinstall Ulead

Q Heather - Setting up Lenovo laptop

• XP/Vista are the same in terms of networking
  • Two machines will network together
  • No need to turn on file sharing until Dell arrives
• You get online by turning on networking
• Keep Windows Firewall turned on
• Read up on Leo’s Rules for Computer Safety
• Use Blink Personal Edition for an absolute safety solution

Hour 3

Q Chris from Nashville - DIY TiVo

• It’s more than simply the capture card
• About software as well
• Windows programs SageTV and SnapStream do this
• Leo’s favorite is KnoppMyth which is a distribution of Linux which uses MythTV

Q Vince - Easy backup

• Check out the Drobo
• Will automatically keep things backed up on a RAID array
• Can also use Carbonite

Q Computer slowing down drastically while playing music

• Files not corrupted
• Must be the audio card or driver for audio card
• Timing on motherboard may be getting out of sync