Archive for July, 2007
· July 31, 2007 at 6:43 am · Personal, Software Help
Tags: creative, mp3, players, reviews, software, stone, zen
Yes, I am still fawning over my new mp3 player. Can you blame me? Just look how tiny and beautiful it is! Sure the menu system is a little wonky and I am just now starting to manage it but other than that it has been a good solid player thus far.
The software that came with it wasn’t that bad either as a matter of fact.
Usually when software comes a device it is lackluster at best and at worst, well it just sucks. Go ahead and tell me the last software package that came with your device that you actually use. You can’t because none of us do it. The Creative Media Lite program that I was asked to download after buying my Creative Zen Stone Plus is awesome.
Why does it rock? (pun was intended there buddy)
- It Tells Me if the Battery is Charged
- It allows me to Drag and Drop Media From and To the Device
- It Doesn’t Slow Me Down With a Bunch of Other Features I Don’t Need
I was expecting to see something with a music store, big flashing lights and an interface that looked like it was stolen from a Scifi Channel movie of the week. Instead I got a useful application.
Two thumbs up to you Creative, you deserve it!
· July 30, 2007 at 4:25 pm · Personal
Tags: awesome, creative, flash, mp3, players, products, review, zen
Since I’m growing a little tired of people thinking I am somebody who just complains all the time, I figured I might touch on a more positive experience I’ve been through recently. At the suggestion of one of my Pownce buddies - I picked up the Creative ZEN Stone Plus the other day. I’ve been looking for something cheap that I could toss podcasts onto while I work outside - and this fits the bill perfectly.
It’s almost smaller than my thumb, so size is no concern. With it’s shape and size though I’m a little afraid I might mistake it for a breath mint one of these days and swallow it down. If I do, I’ll be sure to turn on the built in microphone so that I can create one heck of a good podcast out of all that.
The radio feature isn’t the best in the world, but will probably never be used. The same could be said for the count down clock and timer. All in all though after just paying around $70 for it I can’t say I feel like I was duped at all.
Now I’m off to find a shovel and go bury my Dell Pocket DJ in the backyard. At least now I’ll be able to listen to myself while doing it.
· July 24, 2007 at 5:56 am · Hot Web Topics, Web Development
Tags: blogging, blogs, content, copyright, E-mail, rights, stealing, talk, theft
I don’t like having my stuff stolen or abused. Unlike most folks though that just roll over and take it - I like to do my best to fight back.
If nobody fights back against these guys, they win and we all have to pay the price for it. I recently found one web site that will go un-named (no reason to give these guys free press) stealing content from my podcast, WebHostingShow.com. Here is the un-edited version of his responses. I sent the first e-mail asking for the content to removed and for him to respond within five days or less.
Not totally out of the question - right? Here is his reply:
Hello Mr. Keller, we are not using site webhostingshow.com for these news, than using rss feeds from domaintools.com. And under every message there is your name and your email - notice to people that YOU have written those texts. So, please see with domaintools.com are using their rss feeds are legal or not.
Oh so they are saying it’s DomainTools.com that is stealing my content - not them. Hu? Yeah didn’t make much sense to me either - the DomainTools.com folks are a great team of people, not like this idiot who can’t even spell my name correctly. I replied trying to clarify, here is the next response:
Mr Keeler, we are using material that domaintools.com provides via rss feeds for free. So I do not see any copyright abuse. If you think this material is copyrighted, please contact domaintools.com first. If they remove your blogs from their site, they will be automatically removed from our site, too.
Oh so all content published via RSS feeds are free for the taking, happy I got that cleared up.. no wait, it is still my copyrighted material I did not give him permission to post. That is the fact plain and simple - so yet again I try to explain the situation and ask for some clarification.
Wish I could say this story had a happy ending, but afraid thus far it is not looking that way.
· July 23, 2007 at 9:17 am · Personal, Web Hosting
Tags: downloads, help, mp3, podcasts, records, web-dev, web-hosts
Last week’s episode of the Web Hosting Show had nearly 2,000 downloads in the span of 7 days. That is a new personal record for me. Now I am not usually one to talk about numbers, because compared with other out there I know I am probably going to be laughed or at least snickered at.
I don’t care though, because I am still proud!
So you know what, lets do it again! Episode 116 of the Web Hosting Show was just uploaded today. Download it, share it - give it to a friend because it is one heck of a good show if I do say so myself. On this week’s show I covered:
- Company Bio of FastServers.Net (Part 2 of 3)!
- Google Webmaster Tools Setup Guide and Help!
- How to Catch Hosting Friends with LinkedIn!
- The Best Way to Submit Your Site to the Search Engines!
- What is a Reverse IP Lookup?
So what are you waiting for? Go download the mp3 and lets see if we can get 4,000 downloads this week!
· July 23, 2007 at 6:58 am · Hot Web Topics, Web Hosting
Tags: conference, events, Hostingcon, Web Hosting, web-hosts
I nearly forgot that HostingCon is getting started today. I wouldn’t really consider myself really excited, but it should be interesting to watch what sort of coverage comes from the event. I noticed over at Clickfire they will be covering the event. I also have a few friends that will be there as well.
How come I am skipping out on the event this year again?
Eh, it’s a long trip and I’m not sure how big the payoff might be. Right now I am happy to watch from the sidelines and see how many of the big hosting web sites cover it if they do so at all. HostingCon is the like the Super Bowl of the web hosting industry.
For more ideas on what you can expect to see and hear in the next week or so at HostingCon go back and check out my interview I did with HostingCon’s head honcho George Roberts on Web Hosting Show episode 110. For our post-HostingCon coverage I hope to get a few friend on the podcast again to talk about what they thought about the event. If you have anything to say, feel free to drop me a line about it.
· July 19, 2007 at 9:38 pm · Personal
Tags: delivery, dog, lost, missing, Mitch, pizza-hut, rocky
Update! After passing out flyers, calling the local radio station, putting in a newspaper ad and going door to door asking about him - this morning it looks like Rocky ended up right in the drive way. Don’t know if he just “made his way back” or if somebody got a guilty conscience. Either way I am one happy Mitch. 
The last few hours have been pretty hectic and stressful. Our family dog Rocky - that we have had at least for ten or more years has run away. Looks like the stupid pizza delivery guy left the gate open last night, so there is no real clue of when exactly he got out. I found the gate open when I got off work - then put two and two together.
Been taking it pretty hard because - as you can imagine, he was pratically a family member more than “just a dog”. If we don’t find him returning by tonight, in the morning we will have to go up to the newspaper office and put in a “missing dog” ad. I’m on the verge of writing the Pizza Hut Web site a nasty letter just because I feel kind of like I should be doing something - but have nothing I can really do.
So if you’ve been a little too busy to spend a few minutes with your favorite pet, make sure you do so cause you never know when something like this might happen to you.
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