[USB Apps]

Very cool stuff. I have been into this for a while now and i love the whole take it with you every where idea. Maybe a good follow up for this would be to recomend some specs for buying a thumb drive since there about a zillion different ones out there it would be nice to seperate the good from the crap.

[Another Hair Brained IPTV Idea]

If you happen to remember me from the old forums i did a lot of talking about IPTV and how to get it out to more people and how to improve all around. Well i have came up with something new that i think could be interesting and sort of has already been implimented around the US in a few places.

The whole idea of IPTV is to replace traditional media with user generated content right. Well the big problem with this is we just don't have the same resources that these billion dollar companies have. Sure consumer software is up to grade with some pro editing gear and the cameras are getting better but there is still things that can't be done with out major money such as a professional set, pro model dv cams, and lighting.

My idea takes the idea of Node 101 (http://node101.org/) and adds it to a large comunity based studio building that you could rent time in for a small fee to keep the place alive. You could have modular sets and pro lighting gear along side the good editing systems with things like final cut pro, motion, maya, etc and you could with a bit of creativity make a show that would be right up there with the big boys.

This idea takes the public access idea into the digital age of IPTV and could really be something that larger comunities could get into. Think about it. Being able to spend say 10 dollars a day for a 24 hour time slot to go in and shoot an episode of your show then maybe another 10 to come in an edit it on some high end machines running all the lattest stuff. Not a great plan for say a video blog where it's a fast process and more of a spur of the moment thing but for shows like Hak5 or other shows that use a homeaid set this could be ideal and could really foster creativity of new shows.

I will have more about this kind of stuff soon because as of July this year 90% of my media content i take in will be independent with the other 10% going to bands i listen to and movies. I am actualy still in the process of building my new "cable" box, RSS based newspaper, and sterio system that will power this life style. I am going to try this for 5 months and blog about my experiances of cutting my self off of the mainstream media grid.

[Post your Desktop]

This is from "Lappy", Named after Strong Bad's computer, my 1.2 GHZ iBook. The wallpaper is made by me for a skate team i am manager of and film for called Small Town Boys. The little image on the top right is the album art for a podcast i am starting for the team and to promote Midwest skateboarding :).

[Buy my psp?]

That is a good idea CK. A lot of the other geeky forums i am on have those and they are like a small computer fair some times.