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Coolness Roundup: Free Software, Clueless Clerks
Posted by Gizmodo US Edition at 4:00 AM on December 25, 2007
Charlie White and Stephen Schleicher present their definitive list of free software you can't live without—download them all and start using them today on this week's Coolness Roundup netcast. Then, get a hands-on evaluation of the good and bad points of the eStarling Wi-Fi digital picture frame, and hear Stephen's gleeful rant about retailers who don't know squat about the technology they're selling. [Free Podcast at Coolness Roundup or at the iTunes Store]
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SalParadise
Posted 1:16 PM 24/12/07
So why can't they just list the products, instead of making us suffer through a ten minute pod cast?
Perhaps these guys just love to hear themselves talk!
If you love the sound of their voices, then by all means follow the link the show.
If, like me, you would have appreciated some sort of summary, read on. Note, BTW, that most of this stuff was already covered by Gizmodo.
The pod cast, spent over a 1/3 of it's time on the eStarling Digital Photo Frame Version 3.0 ($249.99)
800 x 600 8" diagonal screen
[gizmodo.com]
[www.estarling.com]
The hosts invited you to e-mail pictures (800 x 600, USA only) to tempamatica@seeframe.com
They then spent some time ragging on stupid sales clerks who can't help ignorant consumers when you go shopping for tech toys.
They gave a link to another pod cast where they continue the rant here: www.device.com
Next, they discussed external hard drives in general, and the Western Digital MyBook eSata drive in particular.
Finally, the rapid fire roundup of the top 10: (about half way into the program)
ezspace ufo power adapter
[gizmodo.com]
chili pad mattress pad with water heater ($1,000)
[www.chilitechnology.com]
lumiquest Soft Screen Diffuser for digital slr flash
[gizmodo.com]
2009 corvette zr-1 626 hp 0 - 60 in 3 seconds ($100,000)
[jalopnik.com]
snowballer
[gizmodo.com]
yourpnd (program your tom-tom GPS with your own audio commands)
[www.navigadget.com]
Free stuff (about 2/3s into the show)
QuickSiver (mac only)
[mac.softpedia.com]
or Launchy (windows)
[www.launchy.net]
skype (not entirely free if you go off the skype network, and you need a broadband Internet connection)
open office
vlc (mac or windows media player)
[www.videolan.org]
kompozer (WYSIWYG web editor, mac and windows)
[www.kompozer.net]
pidgin (AIM and other IM clients)
[www.pidgin.im]
FireFox
texter (text substitution application, windows only)
[lifehacker.com]
iTunes
picassa (photo editing windows and linux only)
picassa.google.com
SalParadise
gokor
Posted 3:00 PM 24/12/07
Most people in retail stores could honestly care less about knowing more about the technology than what will make you buy it.
They're basically paid just enough to ring you up.
gokor