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>> Amber MacArthur: DEE LONG SHOWS US HOW TO MAKE MUSIC VIDEOS AT HOME, TODAY ON CALL FOR HELP. [Playing Theme Music] ns Up]

>> Leo Laporte: HELLO, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD TO SEE YOU. WELCOME TO CALL FOR HELP. THIS IS THE SHOW WHERE WE HELP YOU. NOW WE DON'T HELP YOU BUY YOUR GROCERIES, NO. WE DON'T HELP YOU GET YOUR MATE BACK, NO. WE HELP YOU WITH TECHNOLOGY. WE HELP SHOW YOU HOW TO USE IT, HOW TO MAKE IT YOUR OWN, HOW TO MASTER IT SO YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE, HAVE MORE FUN, MAYBE EVEN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. AND WE DO IT EVERY SINGLE DAY, RIGHT HERE AT THIS BAT TIME ON THIS BAT CHANNEL, SO MAKE SURE YOU TUNE IN EVERY DAY. IT'S ALL I ASK, JUST GIVE ME A FEW WEEKS. YOU KNOW, JUST GIVE ME SIX SHOWS, EVEN, SIX SHOWS IS ALL I ASK. YOU WATCH IT, AFTER SIX SHOWS, IF YOU DON'T FEEL SMARTER, IF YOU DON'T FEEL IN CONTROL OF YOUR TECHNOLOGY, THEN YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND WATCH, BIG BROTHER. I DON'T CARE. BUT -- OR WHAT'S THE OTHER ONE, THE INXS, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THEIR ROCK SINGER, THEY'RE LEAD SINGER, MICHAEL HUTCHINS' REPLACEMENT.

>> Amber MacArthur: REALLY?

>> Leo Laporte: ANYWAY, WHATEVER IT IS YOU WANT TO WATCH, YOU CAN. JUST GIVE ME SIX DAYS, AND THEN DECIDE, OKAY? THIS IS A SHOW WHERE WE TEACH YOU HOW TO USE COMPUTERS, THE INTERNET, YOUR MP3 PLAYER, YOUR CAMCORDER, YOUR DVD PLAYER, YOUR HOME THEATRE, ALL THAT STUFF. AND I DO IT WITH THE GREAT HELP OF THIS TALENTED BUNCH RIGHT HERE, AMBER MacARTHUR AND ANDY WALKER. ns Up]

>> Amber MacArthur: HI, LEO.

>> Leo Laporte: HI, GUYS.

>> Andy Walker: HI, SIR, HOW ARE YOU?

>> Leo Laporte: YES, THE INXS MICHAEL HUTCHINS REPLACEMENT.

>> Amber MacArthur: I NEVER KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.

>> Leo Laporte: YOU DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT THAT? WELL THEY'RE MAKING A REALLY BIG DEAL -- ACTUALLY, IT'S OVER BY NOW. BUT THE TIME YOU SEE THIS, IT WILL BE OVER, BUT IT'S LIKE AMERICAN IDOL OR CANADIAN IDOL--

>> Andy Walker: I WON.

>> Leo Laporte: YES, SHH, WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO TELL.

>> Amber MacArthur: YES, YOU WON, CONGRATULATIONS.

>> Leo Laporte: HE'S THE NEXT MICHAEL HUTCHINS. I HOPE YOU COME TO A BETTER END THAN HE DID. THE PDA, SAYS ANDY, "I'M NOT DEAD YET."

>> Andy Walker: NOT REALLY. IT'S SORT OF DEAD.

>> Leo Laporte: IT'S DYING.

>> Andy Walker: IT'S DYING, THOUGH, YEAH. ns Up]

>> Andy Walker: THE PDA IS MORE SOFTWARE THAN IT'S HARDWARE ANY MORE.

>> Leo Laporte: IS THAT THE LIFEDRIVE? WHAT IS THAT?

>> Andy Walker: YEAH, IT'S THE PALM LIFEDRIVE, NOT THE PALM 1 LIFEDRIVE, BECAUSE THEY CHANGED THEIR NAME AGAIN! BUT I'M GOING TO SHOW--

>> Leo Laporte: YES, THEY'RE TRYING TO STAY AHEAD OF THEIR CREDITORS.

>> Andy Walker: THAT'S IT EXACTLY, BY CHANGING THE BANK ACCOUNT NAME. ns Down] SO I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A SERIES OF PDAs, AND WHETHER IT'S DEAD OR NOT, AND WHAT IT'S BECOME.

>> Leo Laporte: WELL LIFEDRIVE IS VERY INTERESTING, BUT IT STRIKES ME AS TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. IF THIS HAD COME OUT TWO YEARS AGO, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN LEAPING FOR JOY.

>> Andy Walker: YES.

>> Leo Laporte: BUT I DON'T KNOW, WE'LL FIND OUT. AND YOU'VE GOT A WEB WORKSHOP? ns Up]

>> Amber MacArthur: YEAH, I'M GOING TO DO A WEB WORKSHOP OF A LEBANESE RESTAURANT IN SYDNEY AUSTRALIA THAT'S RUN BY THE AL MUSTAFA FAMILY.

>> Leo Laporte: WELL THERE'S A CULTURAL STEW.

>> Amber MacArthur: I KNOW, SO--

>> Leo Laporte: IT SHOULD BE FUN. ns Down]

>> Andy Walker: hummus.com?

>> Amber MacArthur: NO, IT'S NOT hummus.com.

>> Leo Laporte: CAN WE BUY SOME BABA GHANNOUJ ON THE UM...

>> Amber MacArthur: YOU CAN. ACTUALLY THE RESTAURANT LOOKS LIKE A TON OF FUN, SO IF WE EVER GET TO SYDNEY, WE HAVE TO GO THERE.

>> Leo Laporte: NOW WHAT IS LEBANESE FOOD?

>> Amber MacArthur: I THINK THEY HAVE A LOT OF, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, HUMMUS, BABA GHANNOUJ...

>> Leo Laporte: BECAUSE IT'S MIDDLE EASTERN.

>> Andy Walker: RICE, BEANS, YOU KNOW, GRAPE LEAVES.

>> Leo Laporte: YEAH, I LOVE IT.

>> Andy Walker: NO, THAT'S GREEK, MAYBE.

>> Amber MacArthur: I THINK THERE'S SOME OVERLAP THERE THOUGH, AS WELL.

>> Andy Walker: THERE'S LOTS OF DIPS, THOUGH, I KNOW THAT. DIPS ARE VERY BIG IN LEBANESE FOOD.

>> Leo Laporte: I LOVE TO DIP. JUST CALL ME THE DIPPER, THE BIG DIPPER.

>> Andy Walker: AND OLIVES, TOO.

>> Leo Laporte: AND DO YOU KNOW KLAATU? OF COURSE YOU DO.

>> Andy Walker: I DO.

>> Leo Laporte: YOU DO, I KNOW. YOU'RE A BIG FAN OF-- TELL EVERYBODY WHO KLAATU WAS-- IS -- I GUESS WAS.

>> Andy Walker: KLAATU WAS THIS, LIKE, CANADIAN BAND THAT KIND OF APPEARED OUT OF NOWHERE.

>> Leo Laporte: FOR A WHILE, PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS THE BEATLES.

>> Andy Walker: THEY DID. THEY THOUGHT IT WAS THE BEATLES, AND IN FACT, IF YOU LISTEN TO THEIR FIRST ALBUM, THEY SOUND REMARKABLY LIKE THOSE GUYS. SO THERE WAS THIS GUY IN RHODE ISLAND WHO WROTE AN ARTICLE THAT SAID, MAYBE THIS IS THE BEATLES -- BECAUSE THEY HAD SPLIT UP, THE BEATLES HAD SPLIT UP, RIGHT? MAYBE THIS IS THE BEATLES THAT HAVE COME TO RECORD IN TORONTO. SO THERE WAS THIS EXPLOSION ANYWAY. SO DEE IS ONE OF THOSE GUYS.

>> Leo Laporte: GREAT STUFF.

>> Andy Walker: CAN'T WAIT TO SEE -- HE'S FANTASTIC, I HAD DINNER WITH HIM THE OTHER NIGHT, AND--

>> Leo Laporte: HE'S GOING TO SHOW YOU, AND I'M THRILLED ABOUT THIS, TOO, HOW YOU CAN DO MUSIC AND VIDEO PRODUCTION IN YOUR HOME. I MEAN THIS WHAT, REALLY, THE PROMISE OF THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION IS. IT PUTS THESE TOOLS IN THE HANDS OF EVERYBODY. AND I KNOW A LOT OF OUR CALLERS WANT TO KNOW HOW TO DO THIS.

>> Amber MacArthur: THAT'S REALLY COOL.

>> Leo Laporte: SO I'M REALLY GLAD WE CAN DO THIS.

>> Andy Walker: AND YOU HAVE TO ASK HIM ABOUT SOME OF THE PEOPLE HE'S WORKED WITH OVER THE YEARS. BECAUSE HE WAS A BIG SYNTHESISER GUY.

>> Leo Laporte: RIGHT, RIGHT, PROBABLY INXS.

>> Andy Walker: PROBABLY, I KNOW THAT HE ACTUALLY WORKED ON ONE OF MY FAVOURITE DURAN DURAN ALBUMS.

>> Leo Laporte: OH...

>> Andy Walker: SO YOU'LL HAVE TO ASK HIM ABOUT THAT.

>> Leo Laporte: HE'S MR. '80s MUSIC.

>> Amber MacArthur: WHO'S DURAN DURAN?

>> Leo Laporte: LOOK AT THE SHIRT, YOU CAN TELL.

>> Andy Walker: WHO'S DURAN DURAN?

>> Leo Laporte: I DON'T KNOW, THEY WERE SOME--

>> Amber MacArthur: I'M JUST KIDDING.

>> Leo Laporte: SOME GROUP, HUNGRY LIKE A SHREW OR SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW. WHO'S THIS? THIS IS CLAIRE.

>> Amber MacArthur: YES, CLAIRE AND HER FRIEND. THIS IS ONE OF OUR VIEWERS WHO SENT IN THIS REALLY NICE PICTURE.

>> Leo Laporte: SHE LIVES IN PERTH.

>> Amber MacArthur: I DON'T KNOW WHY SHE'S DRESSED UP LIKE A FAIRY, BUT IT'S A VERY CUTE PHOTO.

>> Leo Laporte: SHE'S A GOOD FAIRY.

>> Andy Walker: SHE'S FAIRY NICE.

>> Amber MacArthur: AND SHE AND SOME OF HER FRIENDS, THEY HAD A CALL FOR HELP-ATHON.

>> Leo Laporte: YOU'RE KIDDING.

>> Amber MacArthur: AT THEIR HOUSE, WHERE THEY ACTUALLY WATCHED, I THINK SEVEN EPISODES OF CALL FOR HELP IN A ROW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> Leo Laporte: [Laughing] ISN'T THAT ADORABLE?

>> Andy Walker: DID THEY DRESS UP LIKE THAT?

>> Amber MacArthur: NO, I DON'T THINK SO.

>> Leo Laporte: SHE'S DRESSED UP LIKE ME. OH, YOU DIDN'T SEE ME THAT NIGHT.

>> Amber MacArthur: IT WAS AT THE CHRISTMAS PARTY. [Laughing]

>> Leo Laporte: YEAH, AND I MAKE A WONDERFUL FAIRY.

>> Andy Walker: IT'S THE TIGHTS THAT GIVES IT AWAY. [Laughing]

>> Leo Laporte: ANYWAY, THANK YOU, CLAIRE. I LOVE OUR PICTURES. PLEASE KEEP SENDING PICTURES. IT JUST GIVES US AN IDEA OF WHO WE'RE TALKING TO, AND IT MAKES IT MORE FUN FOR US TO DO THE SHOW. HEY, LET'S GO TO HARROGATE, SHALL WE?

>> Amber MacArthur: ALL RIGHT, YEAH, WE HAVE SHARRON ON THE LINE FROM HARROGATE, BRITISH COLUMBIA.

>> Leo Laporte: OUR FIRST CALL OF THE DAY, HELLO, SHARON.

>> Sharron: HELLO, LEO, HOW ARE YOU?

>> Leo Laporte: HOW ARE YOU? I'M VERY WELL. SAY HELLO TO BASIL, CAMERA 1.

>> Sharron: HELLO, BASIL.

>> Leo Laporte: I HAVE TO WALK IN FRONT OF HIM.

>> Sharron: I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU GUYS, YOU'RE GREAT. ns Up]

>> Leo Laporte: OH, I'M SO HAPPY. YOU'RE GREAT FOR WATCHING US.

>> Sharron: WELL...

>> Leo Laporte: IF NOBODY WATCHED US, WE WOULDN'T BY ABLE TO DO IT, YOU KNOW.

>> Sharron: RIGHT.

>> Leo Laporte: SO IT'S KIND OF A TRADE, A FAIR TRADE. AND WE DO OUR BEST TO MAKE US WATCHABLE, ANYWAY. WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU TODAY?

>> Sharron: WELL I'VE HAD A PROBLEM WITH MODEMS.

>> Leo Laporte: YES...

>> Sharron: AT LEAST I USED TO HAVE-- DIDN'T USED TO HAVE A PROBLEM. ON MY OLD COMPUTER, MY MODEM WOULD DIAL UP AT 51.2 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> Leo Laporte: WOW, THAT'S REALLY GOOD.

>> Sharron: IT WAS REALLY GOOD, AND IT WAS REALLY FAST. I HAD NO PROBLEM DOWNLOADING ANYTHING.

>> Leo Laporte: OKAY.

>> Sharron: AND NOW THAT I HAVE A NEW COMPUTER WITH A DIFFERENT MODEM, AND IT'S A V-92, AS OPPOSED TO THE V-90, IF IT GETS ABOUT 31.2, I'M HAPPY.

>> Leo Laporte: THAT'S DISAPPOINTING.

>> Sharron: THAT IS VERY DISAPPOINTING, BECAUSE ANYTHING WITH ONE OR TWO PICTURES, BIG PICTURES OR TWO OR MORE PICTURES, IS VERY SLOW, AND ALSO, OF COURSE ANYTHING OVER THAT, WAVES, E-MAILS, THEY JUST TAKE FOREVER.

>> Leo Laporte: YEAH, YEAH. WELL THAT'S NORMAL ON DIALUP, IT'S SLOW ANYWAY. IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE SUPER FAST, BUT YOU CERTAINLY -- YOU LOST ABOUT 50% OF YOUR SPEED.

>> Sharron: OH YEAH.

>> Leo Laporte: YOU WERE GETTING UNUSUALLY GOOD SPEED, I HAVE TO SAY, 51K. NOW THEY CALL THEM 56K MODEMS.

>> Sharron: YEAH.

>> Leo Laporte: THAT'S A LIE, NOBODY EVER GOT 56K.

>> Sharron: I WAS REALLY HAPPY WHEN I STARTED TALKING TO OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS ARE WHO HAD COMPUTERS. AND WE'RE ALL ON DIALUP.

>> Leo Laporte: YEAH.

>> Sharron: OTHER THAN THOSE NOW, THEY'RE BEGINNING TO GET THE HIGH SPEED IN SMALLER TOWNS.

>> Leo Laporte: STARTING TO GET BROADBAND, YEAH, RIGHT.

>> Sharron: BUT WE DOUBT THAT WE'LL GET HIGH SPEED FOR A LONG WHILE YET.

>> Leo Laporte: THEY WERE PROBABLY GETTING 40K, AT BEST, 44. THAT'S MORE TYPICAL OF A 56K MODEM. 31 IS LOW, 51 IS HIGH. SO ARE ALL MODEMS ALIKE? NO, AND YOU'RE SEEING THAT RIGHT NOW. NOW IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE MODEM, IT COULD HAVE BEEN OTHER THINGS, TOO. SO FIRST OF ALL, LET ME ADDRESS THE MODEM ISSUE. MOST MODEMS NOWADAYS, INCLUDING -- CERTAINLY THE ONE YOU HAVE NOW AND PROBABLY THE ONE YOU USED TO HAVE, ARE WHAT WE CALL WIN MODEMS.

>> Sharron: OH YEAH.

>> Leo Laporte: WHICH MEANS THAT THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY -- THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING. THEY DON'T HAVE A CHIP IN THEM OR ANYTHING. THEY JUST CONNECT TO THE PCI BUS, THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF SOFTWARE. MOSTLY THEY'RE AN INTERFACE FOR THE PHONE CABLE, AND THEY MAKE THE COMPUTER DO ALL THE WORK, THE PROCESSOR. SO THEY'RE VERY DEPENDENT ON THE PROCESSOR IN YOUR COMPUTER FOR THEIR SPEED, AND THE SOFTWARE, THE DRIVER SOFTWARE THAT THEY USE, BECAUSE THE SOFTWARE IS REALLY THE KEY ON WIN MODEMS. SO, TWO DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS -- YEAH, THE SPEC IS THE SAME, BUT YOU MIGHT GET VERY DIFFERING RESULTS, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE GOT A WORSE MODEM IN YOUR CURRENT SYSTEM.

>> Sharron: MM-HMM.

>> Leo Laporte: NOW I PRESUME YOUR CURRENT SYSTEM IS FASTER, SO IT'S NOT THAT IT'S A SLOWER SYSTEM.

>> Sharron: THAT'S RIGHT, IT IS. [Clears Throat] EXCUSE ME, I WENT FROM WINDOWS 98 TO OS2XP. ns Down]

>> Leo Laporte: YEAH.

>> Sharron: AND THEN OF COURSE, THE SPEED, I MEAN, I WENT FROM 200 MEGAHERTZ TO OVER 2.08. ns Up]

>> Leo Laporte: SO YOU HAD A PRETTY OLD COMPUTER. YOU MAY WELL NOT HAVE HAD A WIN MODEM FOR THAT FIRST MODEM, AND THAT COULD VERY WELL BE WHY IT WAS FASTER.

>> Sharron: OH...

>> Leo Laporte: IT COULD HAVE BEEN A HARDWARE MODEM. THAT MEANS THAT IT HAD A DSP, A DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR CHIP ON THE CARD AND THAT WOULD BE FASTER. THE OTHER ISSUES ARE, MODEMS CAN BE COMPATIBLE, MORE OR LESS COMPATIBLE WITH THE INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER'S MODEMS. SO THEY MAY HAVE WORKED BETTER WITH YOUR OLD MODEM THAN THEY DO WITH YOUR NEW MODEM. PHONE LINES IMPACT THAT, TOO, BUT I'M GOING TO PRESUME NOTHING HAS CHANGED IN YOUR PHONE LINE.

>> Sharron: NO.

>> Leo Laporte: AND THEN FINALLY, WHAT CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE ON A MODEM IS YOU KNOW, THE UH... WHAT'S THE-- ACTUALLY, THAT'S IT, I THINK I SAID-- OH, ONE MORE THING, THE SETTINGS. NOW SINCE YOU HAVE A NEW COMPUTER, THE SETTINGS MIGHT BE DIFFERENT. IN PARTICULAR THERE'S ONE SETTING YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE IS TURNED ON, IT'S SOFTWARE COMPRESSION. THE MODEM DOES SOME COMPRESSING OF THE DATA AS IT'S UPLOADING IT AND DOWNLOADING IT ON BOTH ENDS. ns Down]

>> Leo Laporte: YOU WANT TO TURN IT ON AT BOTH ENDS. MAKE SURE YOUR ISP TURNS IT ON AS WELL. THAT WILL SPEED THINGS UP. NOT SO MUCH ON PICTURES AND SOUND, BUT IT WILL CERTAINLY SPEED UP THINGS ON TEXT. WHAT I WOULD PROBABLY DO IS CALL-- HAVE YOU CALLED YOUR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER?

>> Sharron: YES I DID, A FEW TIMES.

>> Leo Laporte: WERE THEY HELPFUL AT ALL?

>> Sharron: MY INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER ARE EXCELLENT IN THEIR ASSISTANCE.

>> Leo Laporte: GOOD.

>> Sharron: AND SOMETIMES, IN FACT, THE OTHER DAY WHEN I DIALLED UP, EVERYTHING JUST POPPED RIGHT UP, JUST LIKE IT WAS ON MY OLD COMPUTER. SO YES, I HAVE TALKED TO THEM, BUT I CAN SURE TALK TO THEM AGAIN.

>> Leo Laporte: UH-HUH. I WOULD ASK THEM-- AND I WOULD SAY THIS. I WOULD SAY, AND LEO SAID HERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS I SHOULD ASK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, SHOULD I HAVE ANY SOFTWARE COMPRESSION TURNED ON IN THE MODEM? WHAT MODEMS WORK BEST WITH YOUR MODEM? IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO ON MY END TO SPEED THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT.

>> Leo Laporte: THEY MAY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THEIR CUSTOMER, THEY DESPERATELY WANT TO KEEP YOU HAPPY. THEY KNOW THAT DIALUP IS INHERENTLY KIND OF DISSATISFYING FOR ANYBODY WHO HAS EXPERIENCE ANYTHING BETTER, AND SO THEY MAY WELL HAVE SOMETHING TO DO TO HELP YOU. BUT FRANKLY, THAT'S-- THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN.

>> Sharron: YEAH.

>> Leo Laporte: YOU KNOW, AND IT'S PROBABLY THAT YOU HAD A HARDWARE MODEM. YOU MIGHT ASK THEM THAT. YOU MIGHT SAY, IF I WERE GOING TO GET A NEW MODEM, WHAT MODEMS DO YOU FIND WORK BEST WITH YOUR SERVICE, GIVE THE BEST RESULTS.

>> Sharron: MM-HMM.

>> Leo Laporte: AND THEY'LL KNOW, BECAUSE THEY TALK TO PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. THEY'LL SAY, OH, YEAH, WELL YOU NEED A ZOOM, OR YOU'LL NEED-- SO I WOULD ASK THEM THAT, TOO. SAY I WANT THE BEST POSSIBLE SPEED, HELP ME. AND MAYBE THEY CAN GIVE YOU SOME SUGGESTIONS BASED ON WORKING WITH THE MODEMS THAT THEY HAVE. THEY HAVE MODEMS ON THEIR END, TOO.

>> Sharron: YEAH, BECAUSE IT USED TO BE THE ONLY MODEM -- THE ONLY THING I COULDN'T DOWNLOAD WERE MP3 FILES.

>> Leo Laporte: YEAH...

>> Sharron: AND THAT WAS IT. THERE WERE PICTURES, WAVE FILES, EVERYTHING, THAT I DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH.

>> Leo Laporte: IT'S MY HOPE THAT HARROGATE AND OTHER RURAL AREAS ARE GOING TO START GETTING BETTER CONNECTIONS THANKS TO THINGS LIKE WI-MAX, AND BROADBAND OVER POWER LINES, BPL. THESE ARE NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR GETTING HIGH SPEED INTERNET OUT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING WITH DIALUP. YOU ARE IN TROUBLE NOWADAYS IF YOU'RE DIALUP, YOU REALLY ARE.

>> Sharron: OH YEAH.

>> Leo Laporte: SHARRON, I WISH YOU THE BEST. GOOD LUCK.

>> Sharron: WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LEO, AND I'VE FOLLOWED LOCKERGNOME FOR MANY YEARS NOW.

>> Leo Laporte: OH GOOD.

>> Sharron: AND I REALLY ENJOY THE NEWS THAT YOU SEND, I'VE LEARNED A GREAT DEAL, AND I LOVE WATCHING YOUR SHOW.

>> Leo Laporte: WELL THAT'S CHRIS PIRILLO, BUT I'M GLAD YOU LIKE HIM, TOO. HE USED TO HOST THIS SHOW, YOU KNOW.

>> Sharron: YES, I KNOW.

>> Leo Laporte: HEY, THANK YOU, SHARRON, HAVE A GOOD ONE.

>> Sharron: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> Leo Laporte: OKAY, TAKE CARE.

>> Sharron: YOU, TOO, BYE-BYE.

>> Leo Laporte: YEAH, THE LOCKERGNOME, CHRIS PIRILLO, GREAT GUY. JUST TALKED TO HIM THE OTHER DAY, HE'S DOING VERY, VERY WELL. HE HAS HIS BIG GNOMEDEX CONFERENCE, JUST HAD IT, AND IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, IF YOU BELONG TO THE WORLD'S COOLEST BAND, AND YOU WANT TO MAKE A MUSIC VIDEO... ns Up]

>> Leo Laporte: NOWADAYS, THANKS TO TECHNOLOGY, THERE'S NO LIMIT TO WHAT YOU CAN DO. ALL YOU NEED IS A LITTLE KNOW HOW, AND A LITTLE EQUIPMENT. OUR NEXT GUEST DREAMED OF A DAY WHEN HE COULD MAKE WILD VIDEOS AT HOME AS EASILY AS HE COULD RECORD A SONG. NOW HE IS. WE'LL SEE SOME EXAMPLES OF HIS WACKY PRODUCTIONS AND LEARN HIS TRICKS FOR DOING IT YOURSELF. KLAATU JOINS US IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. I SHOULDN'T CALL HIM KLAATU. ARE YOU KLAATU? DEE LONG, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HE IS KLAATU!

>> Dee Long: HELLO, LEO.

>> Leo Laporte: HE'LL JOIN US IN JUST A BIT, STICK AROUND. ns Down] \M AND IF I ASK THE QUESTION WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT \M rcial] \M AND PLEASE COME AND KISS ME, BESEECH YOU \M

>> Dee Long: WELL THAT HAS NO AUDIO...

>> Leo Laporte: OUR GUEST TODAY SAYS THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN A POP VIDEO SHOT IN A BACK ALLEY WITH ONE CAMERA. YOU SEE A LOT OF THAT THESE DAYS. HE WANTS TO PUT SOMETHING EYE CATCHING ON THE AIR. AND WHILE YOU'RE AT IT, WHY NOT MAKE IT EASILY, QUICKLY AND INEXPENSIVELY? HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT DOING YOUR OWN MUSIC AND VIDEO PRODUCTION, THE ONE AND ONLY DEE LONG OF KLAATU.

>> Dee Long: HI, LEO.

>> Leo Laporte: DEE, IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE YOU, WELCOME.

>> Dee Long: NICE TO SEE YOU, TOO.

>> Leo Laporte: GOOD TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW.

>> Dee Long: THANK YOU.

>> Leo Laporte: NOW OF COURSE YOU DID MUSIC AND YOU'VE BEEN DOING MUSIC FOR YEARS. AND YOU'VE WATCHED MUSIC TRANSFORMED BY DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY.

>> Dee Long: OH, ABSOLUTELY. KLAATU STARTED IN '73.

>> Leo Laporte: OH, IT WAS TAPE THEN. ns Up]

>> Dee Long: SO YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A 16 TRACK STUDOR MULTI- TRACK, YEAH. THEN I WENT FROM THERE, AFTER KLAATU, I GUESS ABOUT 84, WE WENT OUR SEPARATE WAYS. AND I STARTED A STUDIO NORTH OF TORONTO, WHERE WE DID A LOT OF RECORDING. ns Down]

>> Dale: AND AT THAT POINT WAS WHEN WE BOUGHT THE FAIRLIGHT SERIES II.

>> Leo Laporte: WAS THAT THE FIRST DIGITAL RECORDER?

>> Dee Long: THE FIRST ONE THAT I EVER HAD ANY EXPERIENCE WITH. IT WASN'T REALLY A RECORDER, IT WAS A PERFORMANCE SAMPLER.

>> Leo Laporte: SAMPLER.

>> Dee Long: YEAH, AND WE ALSO HAD--

>> Leo Laporte: IT WAS ALMOST A SYNTHESISER, KIND OF? THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU WOULD GET.

>> Dee Long: YES, YES. IT WAS 8 BIT, 32K MAXIMUM SAMPLE RATE.

>> Leo Laporte: [Laughing]

>> Dee Long: IT HAD A TOTAL OF EIGHT VOICES WITH A HALF A SECOND SAMPLE TIME EACH.

>> Leo Laporte: SO I BET YOU IF YOU PLAYED SOME OF THOSE SOUNDS FOR PEOPLE THEY'D RECOGNISE THEM.

>> Dee Long: OH THEY SURE WOULD.

>> Leo Laporte: EVERYBODY USED THEM.

>> Dee Long: OH, YEAH, IT WAS BIG, IT WAS BIG FOR YEARS. THEN I WENT, WHEN WE WENT OUR SEPARATE WAYS AGAIN, WENT TO AIR STUDIOS IN ENGLAND, GEORGE MARTIN'S STUDIO, AND WORKED THERE FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS.

>> Leo Laporte: OH REALLY?

>> Dee Long: NOW I HAD THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING GEORGE TO THE WORLD OF SAMPLING.

>> Leo Laporte: HOW DID HE TAKE TO IT? HE WAS ALWAYS VERY OPEN -- THE BEATLES' PRODUCER, OF COURSE. HE WAS ALWAYS VERY OPEN TO NEW IDEAS, NEW SOUNDS.

>> Dee Long: OH, ABSOLUTELY. MM-HMM.

>> Leo Laporte: DID A LOT WITH THE BEATLES THAT WAY.

>> Dee Long: WE DID DEMOS. WE DID A DEMO FOR SOMETHING CALLED, "UNDER MILK WOOD", IT WAS A MUSICAL VERSION OF THE DYLAN THOMAS.

>> Leo Laporte: DYLAN THOMAS, YEAH.

>> Dee Long: AND ALL THESE BIG STARS, THE BIG LONDON PHILHARMONIC CAME IN, AND WHAT WE DID WAS THE DEMOS, TO TEACH-- TO GET THE GIG.

>> Leo Laporte: RIGHT, RIGHT.

>> Dee Long: AND I USED STRING SAMPLES AND STUFF, AND WE SPENT A FEW DAYS--

>> Leo Laporte: YOU NEED AN ORCHESTRA.

>> Dee Long: WE DID, LIKE SIX DEMOS AND THEY DID THE ORCHESTRA, AND THEN THEY BROUGHT THEM BACK IN A WEEK LATER, BECAUSE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THOUGHT THE DEMOS WERE A LITTLE BETTER. L [Laughing]

>> Dee Long: I'M NOT KIDDING.

>> Leo Laporte: THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING.

>> Dee Long: NO.

>> Leo Laporte: NOT A GOOD THING. SO WHEN DID YOU START TO GET INTO VIDEO.

>> Dee Long: WELL THAT'S MORE RECENT. WHEN I WAS AT AIR STUDIOS, I HAD AN AMIGA, AMIGA 500.

>> Leo Laporte: DID YOU REALLY, YEAH.

>> Dee Long: I HAD A WHOLE MEGABYTE OF RAM IN IT, YOU KNOW?

>> Leo Laporte: OH, BUT THAT WAS A NEAT COMPUTER AND YOU COULD DO AMAZING STUFF WITH IT.

>> Dee Long: IT WAS WONDERFUL. IT HAD COLOUR AND IT HAD STEREO SOUND, AND I JUST REALLY THOUGHT, AT THE TIME I WAS DOING SEQUENCING IN THE STUDIO AND RECORDING ON A COMPUTER. AND I THOUGHT, WOULDN'T IT BE WONDERFUL IF I COULD ALSO DO A VIDEO AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW? PRODUCE A VIDEO AND THE AUDIO ALL IN THE SAME COMPUTER. AND THEN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WATCHING YOU, WITH ALEX LINDSAY ON YOUR SHOW.

>> Leo Laporte: OH YEAH.

>> Dee Long: AND FOUND OUT ABOUT DV GARAGE, BOUGHT THE 3D TOOL KIT, AND TOOK IT HOME AND STARTED TO LEARN HOW TO USE IT. BASICALLY I TRIED A COUPLE OF OTHER PROGRAMS, LOOKING FOR AN EASY WAY TO PUT MYSELF INTO A FANTASY WORLD.

>> Leo Laporte: RIGHT.

>> Dee Long: I WANTED TO CREATE WORLDS, BUT I WANT TO PUT ME IN THERE. I DON'T WANT MODELS OR PUPPETS, I WANT ME.

>> Leo Laporte: REAL FIGURE INSIDE A 3D WORLD, RIGHT.

>> Dee Long: AND CHEAP. I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY. SO BASICALLY I BUILT A GREEN SCREEN, I PAINTED ONE WALL OF MY STUDIO GREEN. TOOK AN OLD DESKTOP, PAINTED THAT GREEN TO STAND ON. AND BOUGHT A $500 CANON CONSUMER CAMERA AND LIGHTING FROM TRU VALUE HARDWARE, YOU KNOW. A FEW HUNDRED BUCKS FOR THE LIGHTS, AND SET IT UP AND JUMPED AROUND ON THE GREEN SCREEN LIKE AN IDIOT.

>> Leo Laporte: OH HOW FUN.

>> Dee Long: AND, BASICALLY WHAT I DID WAS, I WOULD THEN TAKE OUT THE GREEN, OF COURSE, REMOVE THAT.

>> Leo Laporte: ALEX HAS SHOWN US HOW TO DO THAT.

>> Dee Long: YEAH, AND I CAN SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE ON HERE AT SOME POINT.

>> Leo Laporte: WELL LET'S -- WHY DON'T YOU, WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS. LET'S START WITH YOU JUMPING AROUND ON THAT GREEN DESK.

>> Dee Long: YEAH.

>> Leo Laporte: AND WE'LL GET TO THE POINT WHERE-- OH, SO--

>> Dee Long: THIS IS THE ENDING OF THE OUTSIDE VIDEO. ns Up]

>> Dee Long: I SHOULD SAY, THE OUTSIDE VIDEO WON THE VIDEO MAKER SHORT VIDEO CONTEST FOR 2004.

>> Leo Laporte: PRETTY GOOD FOR SOMEONE JUST STARTING OUT.

>> Dee Long: WELL IT WASN'T EVEN OUT YET AND I GOT AN AWARD.

>> Leo Laporte: CONGRATULATIONS.

>> Dee Long: NOT A BIG ONE, BUT IT WAS A NICE THING.

>> Leo Laporte: SO YOU HAD YOURSELF DOING THIS WITH THE BINOCULARS. DID YOU HAVE A SCRIPT? I MEAN, DID YOU KNOW WHERE YOU WERE GOING WITH THIS WHILE YOU WERE DOING IT? ns Down]

>> Dee Long: MOSTLY IN MY HEAD. I WOULD-- ONE OF THE NICE THINGS ABOUT DOING A POP VIDEO IS YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT.

>> Leo Laporte: IT'S A FANTASY WORLD ANYWAY.

>> Dee Long: YOU'RE NOT...

>> Leo Laporte: DID YOU HAVE A MUSIC TRACK THAT YOU WERE WORKING WITH?

>> Dee Long: YES, THE MUSIC WAS ALREADY DONE.

>> Leo Laporte: SO YOU ALREADY DID THE MUSIC, OKAY.

>> Dee Long: AND HERE I AM STANDING ON THE GREEN SCREEN. I HOPE THE AUDIENCE CAN SEE.

>> Leo Laporte: I THINK THEY CAN, YEAH.

>> Dee Long: AND HERE IT IS IF I GET RID OF MOST OF THE ROOM.

>> Leo Laporte: YOU CAN CROP IT BACK.

>> Dee Long: YOU CAN SEE THERE ALL THE GARBAGE IN THE ROOM YOU WANT TO GET RID OF. AND THEN YOU GET RID OF THE REST OF THE GREEN, AND THERE'S ME.

>> Leo Laporte: THAT'S PRETTY COOL.

>> Dee Long: IT LOOKS LIKE I'VE GOT SOMETHING ON MY FOOT THERE.

>> Leo Laporte: AND YOU DO ALL THIS WITH INEXPENSIVE, CONSUMER GRADE ELECTRONICS. OH, YOU'RE PLAYING IT, BY THE WAY. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT SOMETHING HE'S HOOKED THIS UP TO HIS KEYBOARD, SO HE CAN PLAY VIDEO CLIPS.

>> Dee Long: THAT'S RIGHT.

>> Leo Laporte: I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY DO THAT BEFORE.

>> Dee Long: NO? THERE'S A FEW PIECES OF SOFTWARE OUT THERE THAT DO IT, BUT THEY'RE QUITE EXPENSIVE AND VERY RARE, BECAUSE NOBODY REALLY GETS INTO IT. THERE'S A LOT OF GUERRILLA PEOPLE OUT THERE DOING THEIR OWN SOFTWARE AND DOING THIS KIND OF THING.

>> Leo Laporte: FOR LIGHT SHOWS AND CONCERTS AND THINGS.

>> Dee Long: FOR LIGHT SHOWS.

>> Leo Laporte: IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL.

>> Dee Long: I WANTED TO DO THIS FOR MYSELF, THE D-SAMPLER HAS BEEN OUT FOR YEARS, AND IT'S JUST ABOUT UP TO 100,000 DOWNLOADS.

>> Leo Laporte: THAT'S YOUR OWN SOFTWARE THAT YOU DID FOR SAMPLING.

>> Dee Long: WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT ANOTHER TIME.

>> Leo Laporte: TRADITIONALLY FOR MUSIC, BUT YOU CAN ALSO USE IT NOW TO CONTROL VIDEO.

>> Dee Long: NOW I THOUGHT THIS IS NOT MY OWN ORIGINAL IDEA, IT WAS A FRIEND'S IDEA ACTUALLY, AND INSTEAD OF JUST TRIGGERING A WAVE, I CAN--

>> Leo Laporte: SO YOU'VE GOT LOOPS HOOKED UP TO EACH KEY, AND AS YOU PLAY THEM -- AND IT RESTARTS THE LOOP JUST AS IT WOULD RESTART A SOUND SAMPLE.

>> Dee Long: YEAH, I COULD PUT MY LOGO UP THERE, deelong.com.

>> Leo Laporte: THIS IS GREAT. DON'T SHOW KEN CAMPBELL OUR TECHNICAL DIRECTOR THIS, HE'LL WANT ONE.

>> Dee Long: OH, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHEN I DID THE ENDING.

>> Leo Laporte: YEAH, LET'S SEE THE GREEN SCREENS. SO NOW YOU'RE GOING TO IMPOSE-- IS THIS AN ENVIRONMENT CREATED WITH--

>> Dee Long: THIS IS OUTSIDE MY STUDIO.

>> Leo Laporte: OH, THIS IS REAL.

>> Dee Long: THIS IS REAL, OUTSIDE MY STUDIO. I TOOK A PICTURE OF THE DOCK, BECAUSE I WANTED TO LAND ON THE DOCK.

>> Leo Laporte: YOUR STUDIO LOOKS OUT ON THAT?

>> Dee Long: YES.

>> Dee Long: DEE, I'M JEALOUS. HOLY COW, WHERE IS THAT?

>> Dee Long: IT'S LILLOOET, B.C. TINY LITTLE TOWN ABOUT 250 KILOMETRES NORTH OF VANCOUVER.

>> Leo Laporte: THAT'S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VIEW I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.

>> Dee Long: IT'S NICE.

>> Leo Laporte: AND YOU LOOK OUT ON THAT DOCK.

>> Dee Long: OF COURSE I DID THIS HERE AND THEN I COMBINED IT ALL. AND HERE YOU CAN SEE THE END OF THE VIDEO HERE. UP IN THE LEFT HAND CORNER, YOU CAN SEE ME, AND THEN YOU SEE WHAT IT TURNS OUT INTO.

>> Leo Laporte: YOU PUT YOURSELF INTO IT.

>> Dee Long: IN THE ACTUAL VIDEO.

>> Leo Laporte: OH MY GOSH. CAN WE HEAR IT WITH MUSIC?

>> Dee Long: IT DOES HAVE SOUND IF THEY HAVE THE SOUND ON.

>> Leo Laporte: I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE THE SOUND UP.

>> Dee Long: THERE ISN'T ANY MUSIC, THERE'S JUST A SPLASH AND A NOISE. THIS IS THE VERY END. THERE IT IS. [Water Splashing] [Bird Calling]

>> Leo Laporte: THERE WE GO.

>> Dee Long: I CAN SHOW YOU THE VIDEO.

>> Leo Laporte: LET'S SEE THE VIDEO.

>> Dee Long: THIS IS THE VIDEO.

>> Leo Laporte: SO YOU'RE BASICALLY NOT ONLY MAKING YOUR OWN MUSIC, BUT YOU'RE MAKING YOUR OWN MUSIC VIDEOS NOW. AND YOU'RE DOING IT ALL BY YOURSELF IN THE STUDIO.

>> Dee Long: YES, AND I HAVE MY OWN DVD OUT, CALLED, "OUTSIDE OF TIME AND SPACE".

>> Leo Laporte: WHICH WE HAVE HERE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO-- IS THAT AVAILABLE ON YOUR WEBSITE?

>> Dee Long: IT'S AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE, IT'S ON THE WEBSITE, bullseyecanada.com, AS WELL. MY OWN WEBSITE, deelong.com.

>> Leo Laporte: DO YOU FEEL THAT ANYBODY COULD DO THIS?

>> Dee Long: YES.

>> Leo Laporte: I MEAN THAT IT WOULD BE-- YOU DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIAL SKILLS -- AS A MUSICIAN, CERTAINLY.

>> Dale: WELL... ns Up]

>> Leo Laporte: BUT YOU HAVE THE CREATIVITY.

>> Dee Long: I'M JUST INSANE, THAT'S ALL IT IS TO IT.

>> Leo Laporte: THAT HELPS, DOESN'T IT?

>> Dee Long: [Laughing] I DO THESE CRAZY THINGS, YOU KNOW.

>> Leo Laporte: LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE VIDEO, AND AS WE'RE GOING OUT, I'LL REMIND YOU THAT DEE LONG'S DVD IS CALLED, "OUTSIDE OF TIME AND SPACE", AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE YOU CAN GET DVDs, AND OF COURSE ON HIS WEBSITE, WHICH IS deelong.com. ns Down]

>> Leo Laporte: AND HE'LL BE BACK TO TALK ABOUT MAKING MUSIC WITH COMPUTERS ON ANOTHER SHOW.

>> Dee Long: MM-HMM.

>> Leo Laporte: DEE, IT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT TO MEET YOU.

>> Dee Long: IT'S GREAT TO MEET YOU, TOO. THANK YOU, LEO.

>> Leo Laporte: WHAT A THRILL, AND HE DID IT ALL WITH SOFTWARE FROM DV GARAGE, I LOVE THAT. I REALLY LOVE THAT. ALEX LINDSAY'S GOING TO LOVE THAT.

>> Dee Long: YEAH. [Chuckles]

>> Leo Laporte: DEE LONG, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. [Playing Electronic Music] rcial] [Playing Theme Music] ns Up]

>> Amber MacArthur: WELCOME BACK TO CALL FOR HELP. TIME FOR OUR MAC TIP OF THE DAY. HERE'S HOW YOU NAVIGATE THE FINDER BY USING YOUR ARROW KEYS AND THE COMMAND SYMBOL. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IF YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH THE DIFFERENT FOLDERS, IS USE THE ARROW KEYS. IF YOU WANT TO OPEN A FOLDER, USE THE COMMAND KEY AND GO DOWN, AND IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK UP TO THE MAIN FOLDERS, USE COMMAND KEY AND BACK UP, AND THAT'S IT. ns Down]

>> Leo Laporte: HOW DO YOU DO IT?

>> Amber MacArthur: IT'S VERY HIGH TECH. [Laughing]

>> Leo Laporte: VERY IMPRESSIVE.

>> Amber MacArthur: AND NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER CALLER, WE HAVE ANDREW ON THE LINE FROM BELLEVILLE, ONTARIO.

>> Leo Laporte: THANKS, AMBER. HELLO, ANDREW!

>> Andrew: HI, LEO.

>> Leo Laporte: HOW ARE YOU? ns Up]

>> Andrew: I'M PRETTY GOOD. I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY HI TO AMBER AND ANDY, TOO.

>> Leo Laporte: OF COURSE. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THERE SAYING HI RIGHT BACK AT YOU. YOU CAN'T SEE THEM, BUT THEY'RE SAYING HI RIGHT BACK AT YOU. WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU, ANDREW?

>> Andrew: WELL I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SOUND CARDS.

>> Leo Laporte: OKAY.

>> Andrew: WELL RECENTLY I BOUGHT A MAC MINI, AND IT JUST-- I CAN NOW PUT IT ON MY DESK. MY OLD TOWER WAS, LIKE, HUGE, AND I HAD TO PUT IT ON THE FLOOR.

>> Leo Laporte: ISN'T THIS GREAT? THIS IS JUST PART OF YOUR FURNITURE, YEAH.

>> Andrew: YEAH. AND WELL NOW THE CORD TO HOOK UP MY COMPUTER TO THE STEREO ISN'T LONG ENOUGH, AND I HAVE TO USE THIS CRAPPY MINI PLUG ADAPTER. AND IF I EVEN LOOK AT THE CABLE THE WRONG WAY, IT WILL GO MONO.

>> Leo Laporte: OH, I HATE IT. I HATE IT.

>> Andrew: SO I WANTED TO KNOW WHETHER I SHOULD JUST BUY A BETTER, LONGER CABLE, OR WHETHER I SHOULD BUY A SOUND CARD AND HOOK IT UP WITH AN OPTICAL CABLE.

>> Leo Laporte: I WILL SHOW YOU WHAT YOU SHOULD DO. SO HERE'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING. YOU'VE GOT AN ANALOGUE -- AND THIS IS TRUE OF MOST COMPUTERS. YOU'VE GOT AN ANALOGUE MINI- JACK COMING OUT OF IT. THAT'S THE SOUND. ns Down]

>> Andrew: MM-HMM.

>> Leo Laporte: WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW, IN THE COMPUTER, THE SOUND IS DIGITAL, BUT BY THE TIME IT HITS THAT LITTLE PORT THERE, THAT ANALOGUE JACK, IT'S ANALOGUE. THE COMPUTER HAS ALREADY CONVERTED IT TO ANALOGUE WAVE SOUND. NOW THE PROBLEM WITH THAT, IS, AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HOOK UP THIS CABLE. THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS, THE ANALOGUE SOUND CONVERSION IS OCCURRING IN A VERY NOISY ENVIRONMENT INSIDE THE COMPUTER, THESE ARE NOISY CONNECTORS. IN GENERAL, THIS IS KIND OF THE WORST POSSIBLE WAY TO GET AUDIO OUT OF YOUR COMPUTER, AS YOU'RE EXPERIENCING. ARE YOU GETTING BUZZ AND HUM AND NOISE?

>> Andrew: MM-HMM.

>> Leo Laporte: SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE IS, WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THE AUDIO OUT OF THE COMPUTER IN DIGITAL FORM AND DO THE CONVERSION ELSEWHERE. FORTUNATELY, IT'S CHEAP.

>> Andrew: OH.

>> Leo Laporte: IT'S VERY EASY TO DO, AND YOU CAN DO THIS ON MAC OR PC. FOR A WHILE THERE WAS THIS MOVEMENT TOWARD USB SPEAKERS, WHERE YOU WOULD PLUG IN THE SPEAKER TO THE USB PORT AND THE SPEAKER WOULD MAKE THE CONVERSION OUTSIDE, AND YOU COULD STILL DO THAT. THAT'S A BETTER WAY TO DO IT. ns Up]

>> Leo Laporte: BUT YOU COULD ALSO BUY A LITTLE INEXPENSIVE CONVERSION DONGLE, THAT'S A USB, IT'S NOT ANALOGUE, IT GOES IN THE USB PORT. IT TAKES DIGITAL AUDIO, THAT'S WHAT THE MAC SENDS IT, AND THEN CONVERTS IT TO ANALOGUE. THIS ONE I RECOMMEND, IT'S THE ONE THAT I USE, COMES FROM GRIFFIN TECHNOLOGY IT'S ABOUT $35.

>> Andrew: OH REALLY?

>> Leo Laporte: YEP, VERY INEXPENSIVE. IT'S CALLED THE iMIC. ns Down]

>> Leo Laporte: IT HAS TWO ADVANTAGES, IT'S IN AND OUT, THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT THE iMIC. YOU CAN USE THIS TO RECORD AS WELL FROM A MICROPHONE OR AN LINE LEVEL INPUT. SO IT'S REALLY HANDY. SO WHAT I DO IS I PLUG THE USB END INTO MY COMPUTER RIGHT HERE. IT'S STILL GOT A MINI-JACK, AND I BRING IT OUT AND THEN I PLUG IN THE MINI-JACK. ns Up]

>> Leo Laporte: NOW YOU PROBABLY WOULD WANT, SINCE YOU SAY IT'S A LONG THROW TO YOUR COMPUTER, YOU PROBABLY WANT TO GET A NICE, HIGH QUALITY CABLE, MAYBE A MONSTER CABLE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> Andrew: YEAH.

>> Leo Laporte: BUT THE BIGGEST IMPROVEMENT IS GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT THE AUDIO TO DIGITAL CONVERSION OUTSIDE THE COMPUTER. THE NICE THING IS, MACS AND WINDOWS BOTH, ALREADY HAVE DRIVERS. YOU DON'T-- THIS IS A STANDARD, THIS USB AUDIO IS A STANDARD, SO YOU DON'T NEED TO INSTALL ANYTHING AT ALL. IT'S JUST A-- I THINK IT'S A REALLY GREAT WAY TO GO. OTHER COMPANIES MAKE THESE, THEY'RE ALL ABOUT THE SAME. THIS IS JUST THE ONE I USE. ns Down]

>> Leo Laporte: $39 U.S., I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD DEAL, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR AN INSTANT IMPROVEMENT IN THE AUDIO.

>> Andrew: AND ALSO I NOTICE THAT SOUNDBLASTER, THEY HAVE A LITTLE-- IT'S LIKE $70.

>> Leo Laporte: YES.

>> Andrew: AND IT HOOKS UP WITH USB.

>> Leo Laporte: IT'S THE SAME -- YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S THE SAME AS THIS. IT'S A USB CONNECTOR AND INSIDE THIS LITTLE PUCK HERE, OR INSIDE THE SOUNDBLASTER UNIT, IS A DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR THAT CONVERTS THE DIGITAL AUDIO, THE BITS INTO ANALOGUE.

>> Andrew: BUT THIS ONE ALSO HAD AN OPTICAL OUTPUT.

>> Leo Laporte: YEAH, BECAUSE IT-- ALL THAT'S DOING IS CONTINUING TO PASS ON THE DIGITAL DATA. OPTICAL WOULD BE BETTER. IF YOU HAVE OPTICAL INTO YOUR STEREO...

>> Andrew: YEAH, I DO.

>> Leo Laporte: THAT WOULD BE THE BEST, BECAUSE THEN THE STEREO IS DOING THE DIGITAL CONVERSION, AND THAT'S EVEN BETTER THAN ANY OF THIS. SO OPTICAL IS ALWAYS THE BEST. OPTICAL SENDS BITS, IT DOESN'T SEND AUDIO, IT SENDS BITS. SO YEAH, BUT NOW I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG OPTICAL CABLES CAN GO, SO.. BUT I THINK THAT-- HOW FAR IS THE STEREO?

>> Andrew: OH, UH...

>> Leo Laporte: 10 FEET, 20 FEET, 100 FEET? BALLPARK.

>> Andrew: I'D SAY LIKE MAYBE 15.

>> Leo Laporte: OH YEAH, YOU'LL BE FINE.

>> Andrew: AND I HAVE AN OPTICAL CABLE LYING AROUND, TOO.

>> Leo Laporte: YEAH THEN MAYBE THE SOUNDBLASTER WOULD BE THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR YOU. THAT IS THE BEST WAY, THEN IT'S ALL DIGITAL THE WHOLE WAY. ns Up]

>> Andrew: YEAH, BUT THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS, IT SAYS THAT IT WAS ONLY COMPATIBLE WITH WINDOWS, LIKE IT SAID NOTHING ABOUT MAC.

>> Leo Laporte: IT PROBABLY IS COMPATIBLE BECAUSE YOU DON'T NEED DRIVES -- GENERALLY THIS DEVICE YOU DON'T NEED DRIVERS FOR, AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY TRUE, BECAUSE IT'S A STANDARD, IT'S THE USB AUDIO STANDARD.

>> Andrew: OH, OKAY. BECAUSE I DON'T NEED ANY OTHER CRAZY SOFTWARE IT COMES WITH.

>> Leo Laporte: NO, NO, SO WHAT YOU DO IS YOU PLUG IT IN, AND THEN YOU WILL CHANGE ON THE MAC, YOU'LL GO TO THE MAC AND SAY, I WANT MY AUDIO OUTPUT TO GO-- AND IT WILL ALREADY SHOW UP THERE. IT WILL SAY, CREATIVE SOUND BLASTER USB. YOU JUST CHOOSE THAT AS YOUR OUTPUT DEVICE.

>> Andrew: THAT'S GREAT.

>> Leo Laporte: YEP.

>> Andrew: AND IS THERE TIME FOR ME TO AS A REALLY QUICK QUESTION ABOUT A DVD BURNER?

>> Leo Laporte: A QUICK ONE, YEAH.

>> Andrew: OKAY, WELL I NOTICE THAT THE STORE NEAR ME HAS AN OEM SONY DVD BURNER, FOR LIKE $50.

>> Leo Laporte: GO FOR IT, GO FOR IT.

>> Andrew: IT HAS NO SOFTWARE THOUGH.

>> Leo Laporte: THAT'S WHY IT'S OEM.

>> Andrew: BUT THE THING IS, DO YOU REALLY NEED DRIVERS TO--

>> Leo Laporte: YOU DON'T NEED DRIVERS.

>> Andrew: ALL RIGHT, BECAUSE I ALREADY HAVE NERO AND EVERYTHING.

>> Leo Laporte: ALL YOU'RE NOT GETTING IS THE [Inaudible] YEAH, YOU'RE NOT GETTING THAT, BUT YOU ALREADY HAVE IT, YOU DON'T NEED IT. OEM IS FINE. THE DIFFERENCE WITH OEM, ALL IT IS, IS WHITE BOX, YOU DON'T GET A FANCY PACKAGE. IT'S DESIGNED FOR MANUFACTURERS, NOT FOR END USERS, IT DOESN'T COME WITH SOFTWARE AND THE WARRANTY IS USUALLY SHORTER. I'D CHECK THE WARRANTY.

>> Andrew: ACTUALLY, IT'S A YEAR.

>> Leo Laporte: THAT'S FINE, THAT'S GOOD HARDWARE, GREAT PRICE. YOU DON'T NEED THE SOFTWARE, WHY BUY-- WHY PAY FOR SOMETHING YOU DON'T WANT. ALL RIGHT?

>> Andrew: WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LEO, YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT HELP.

>> Leo Laporte: TWO-- TWO QUESTIONS IN ONE! THANK YOU, ANDREW. ns Down]

>> Andrew: OKAY, BYE. ns Up]

>> Leo Laporte: TAKE CARE. I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU, NOW, HAVE YOU EVER EATEN BABA GHANNOUJ AT THE AL MUSTAFA RESTAURANT IN SYDNEY AUSTRALIA? LET'S ALL GO, COME ON! IF YOU CAN'T GET THERE JUST YET, YOU CAN AT LEAST STAY TUNED FOR TODAY'S WEB WORKSHOP, IT WILL GIVE YOU AND THE OWNERS SOME TASTY TIPS, BUT FIRST LET'S TASTE SOME TECH TRIVIA, SHALL WE? reak For Boards] GET TO THE WEBSITE -- WE KNOW IT WAS PRICELINE, BUT WHAT COMPUTER COMPANY? GO TO THE WEBSITE, GIVE US YOUR ANSWER. WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHEN CALL FOR HELP CONTINUES. I KNOW WHICH ONE ALAN ALDA WORKED FOR. [Playing Theme Music] rcial] [Playing Theme Music]

>> Computer Voice: SCOTTY, GIVE ME THAT POWER.

>> Leo Laporte: YOGA, LOTS MORE YOGA. AH, WE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WANT TO GET TO AUSTRALIA ONE OF THESE DAYS. WE ARE THINKING THIS IS THE PLACE TO GO. RIGHT, EVERYBODY, WE'RE ALL GOING TO AUSTRALIA! [Cheering] [Cheering]

>> Andy Walker: SHUT UP, MIKE.

>> Leo Laporte: SAVE THAT FOR BONDAI BEACH, WILL YOU?

>> Andy Walker: THAT'S RIGHT.

>> Leo Laporte: AND WHEN WE DO, WE WANT TO DINE AT THE AL MUSTAFA RESTAURANT IN SYDNEY.

>> Amber MacArthur: YES.

>> Leo Laporte: BECAUSE AMBER HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME SCOURING THE SITE AND SCOPING OUT ALL THE YUMMY DISHES, AND WE'RE ALL STARVING. I MEAN SHE'S REALLY BEEN LOOKING AT NAVIGATION. SHE HAS SOME IDEAS THAT WILL HELP THE WEB DESIGNER AND OWNERS, WHIP UP A SITE THAT WILL KEEP THE DINERS COMING BACK FOR MORE BABA GHANNOUJ.

>> Amber MacArthur: EXACTLY, SO THIS SITE -- RYAN IS ACTUALLY THE SITE MANAGER, SO HE SENT ME A LINK TO THE SITE, AND HE'S RUNNING IT FOR THE FAMILY, FOR THE AL MUSTAFA FAMILY WHO HAS RUN THIS RESTAURANT FOR QUITE A WHILE.

>> Leo Laporte: OH REALLY, IT'S A TRADITION.

>> Amber MacArthur: AND IT'S A FAMILY RESTAURANT, SO WE'LL LOOK AT SOME PICTURES IN A SECOND.

>> Leo Laporte: THAT SOUNDS FUN.

>> Amber MacArthur: I KNOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF FUN. SO HE BASICALLY WANTED TO KNOW A FEW THINGS ABOUT THE SITE. NUMBER ONE IS HOW DOES HE MAKE THE DESIGN A LITTLE BIT BETTER, IS IT CLEAN AND CONSISTENT, AND WHAT THINGS HE SHOULD DO TO CHANGE IT.

>> Leo Laporte: GREAT QUESTION.

>> Amber MacArthur: SO WELL, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE BASIC QUESTIONS WE'LL TRY TO ANSWER. SO WE'RE GOING TO START ON THE HOMEPAGE, OF COURSE. SO THIS IS THE HOMEPAGE AS YOU CAN SEE HERE. THERE'S A NICE PICTURE HERE ON THE LEFT. THIS PLACE LOOKS LIKE A WHOLE LOT OF FUN. THEY HAVE BELLY DANCERS AND FUN STUFF ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS. AND THIS IS WHAT YOU WOULD CALL A SPLASH PAGE, AND THAT MEANS THAT YOU CLICK HERE TO ENTER THE MAIN SITE. SO WE CAN CLICK HERE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING FOR A FEW SECONDS ABOUT A SPLASH PAGE. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY COMMON WHEN WEBSITES STARTED COMING OUT AND BECOMING MORE POPULAR. A LOT OF PEOPLE STARTED-- A LOT OF DESIGNERS, ACTUALLY DEVELOPED THESE REALLY FANCY SPLASH PAGES AND THEY WOULD BE KIND OF THE INTRO TO THE ACTUAL WEBSITE.

>> Leo Laporte: HATE 'EM, HATE 'EM.

>> Amber MacArthur: HATE 'EM.

>> Leo Laporte: WASTING MY TIME.

>> Amber MacArthur: GET RID OF THEM, WASTE OF TIME. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO REASON TO HAVE A SPLASH PAGE WHATSOEVER. YOU REALLY DON'T NEED IT. PEOPLE WANT TO GET RIGHT INTO THE WEBSITE, SO GET RID OF THAT. I UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE DO IT, BECAUSE YOU SEE IT AROUND A LOT, BUT YOU DEFINITELY DON'T NEED IT, SO JUST GET RID OF THAT. PEOPLE ARE COMING TO THE SITE, PROBABLY TO FIND OUT INFORMATION ABOUT THE RESTAURANT, THE MENU, LOCATION AND ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, SO LET THEM GET RIGHT INTO IT.

>> Leo Laporte: I KNOW HE'S GOING TO SAY, WELL YEAH, BUT THERE'S CONTENT ON THAT SPLASH PAGE. HOW DO I GET THAT OUT THERE?

>> Amber MacArthur: THAT'S THE NEXT TIP. LEO'S LEARNING TOO MUCH FROM THE WEB WORKSHOPS.

>> Leo Laporte: I JUST KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING.

>> Amber MacArthur: I KNOW, SO THE NEXT THING WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO HIM A LITTLE BIT IS HOW TO GET SOME OF THE INFORMATION, SOME OF THE KEY STUFF ONTO THE PAGE. ns Up]

>> Amber MacArthur: SO IF HE GETS RID OF THE SPLASH PAGE, THEN THIS BECOMES THE FIRST PAGE, SO THIS BECOMES BASICALLY THE HOMEPAGE. SO YOU WOULD ADD A HOME LINK RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE A HOME LINK RIGHT NOW. SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING HE SHOULD DO. AND THIS WOULD BE THE ACTUALLY HOME PAGE LINK. AND THEN WHAT HE WANTS TO DO, BECAUSE ON THE SPLASH PAGE, HE HAD SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE RESTAURANT, LIKE THE LOCATION AND THE ADDRESS.

>> Leo Laporte: YEAH, HOURS, LOCATION... ns Down]

>> Amber MacArthur: SO RIGHT HERE, WHAT I WOULD DO, I WOULD ACTUALLY MOVE THIS IDENTITY OVER HERE, SO THIS IS KIND OF THEIR LOGO. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, I WOULD PUT SORT OF THE LOCATION INFORMATION.

>> Leo Laporte: AND MAYBE A SMALL VERSION OF THAT PICTURE, BECAUSE THE PICTURE REALLY COMMUNICATED HOW FUN THAT PLACE WAS.

>> Amber MacArthur: YEAH, AND AN EASY THING TO DO WITH A PICTURE IS MAYBE AS WELL, TO MAYBE CREATE A BANNER OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN THE CENTRE PART.

>> Leo Laporte: MAKE IT LONG.

>> Amber MacArthur: SO WHAT YOU WOULD DO IS YOU WOULD ADD A BANNER HERE, SO THIS WOULD BECOME THE BANNER, THE LOGO WOULD GO OVER HERE, AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE ALL OF THE RESTAURANT INFORMATION HERE. SO THAT TAKES CARE OF ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME TO THE WEBSITE TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT -- THEY JUST WANT TO CALL AND MAKE A RESERVATION.

>> Leo Laporte: I'VE NOTICED SOMETHING THAT YOU DO, YOU ALWAYS PUT THE THINGS PEOPLE WANT THE MOST RIGHT UP FRONT.

>> Amber MacArthur: YES, EXACTLY.

>> Leo Laporte: YOU DON'T MAKE THEM DIG FOR IT, YOU PUT IT THERE.

>> Amber MacArthur: YEAH, I MEAN, SOMETIMES I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE, AND YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN THE WEB AS THE NEW YELLOW PAGES, SO PEOPLE ARE GOING ONLINE TO GET THE INFORMATION THAT THEY USED TO GET YOU KNOW, IN THE YELLOW PAGES, AND THAT IS THE ADDRESS AND THE PHONE NUMBER. SO HAVE THAT INFORMATION CONSISTENT ON YOUR SITE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A RESTAURANT, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE CALLING TO BOOK RESERVATIONS AND BANQUETS AND THAT TYPE OF THING.

>> Leo Laporte: THAT'S THE MAIN THING THEY'RE THERE FOR. MAYBE HAVE A LINK TO A MAP, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE IT IN AUSTRALIA, MAPQUEST OR GOOGLE MAPS, SO PEOPLE CAN GET DIRECTIONS AS WELL.

>> Amber MacArthur: OH FOR SURE, THAT'S ALSO A REALLY GOOD IDEA, HAVE DIRECTIONS THERE AS WELL.

>> Leo Laporte: I'M JUST THINKING, WHAT I DO WHEN I'M GOING-- THE REASON I WOULD BE AT THAT SITE IS TO FIND THOSE THINGS OUT, HOURS OF OPERATION, AND LOCATION, AND HOW TO GET THERE.

>> Amber MacArthur: AND HOW TO GET THERE. AND ANOTHER THING YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN, WHICH HE'S DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF, IS TO HAVE REVIEWS OF THE RESTAURANT IN THERE.

>> Leo Laporte: OH YES.

>> Amber MacArthur: SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE REVIEWS PAGE, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.

>> Leo Laporte: THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

>> Amber MacArthur: PEOPLE ARE ALSO GOING TO WANT-- I READ REVIEWS OF RESTAURANTS ALL THE TIME TO FIND OUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING, SO WE'LL GO TO THE REVIEWS PAGE, AND WHAT HE HAS HERE ARE REVIEWS FROM ALL THESE DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS, SO YOU KNOW, THERE'S TONS OF DIFFERENT NEWSPAPERS THAT HAVE REVIEWED THE RESTAURANT AND GIVEN IT REALLY, REALLY POSITIVE FEEDBACK. WHAT I WOULD SAY, JUST TO INCREASE PEOPLE'S REASONING FOR WANTING TO COME TO THE RESTAURANT, I WOULD TAKE SOME OF THESE REVIEWS AND MAYBE PUT THEM UP HERE, ON THE MAIN PAGE, JUST A LITTLE QUOTE FROM THE REVIEWS?

>> Leo Laporte: LITTLE QUOTES, PULL QUOTES, YEAH.

>> Amber MacArthur: EXTRAORDINARY, SO I FOUND ONE, AND I THINK THIS IS THE BEST ONE, IT REALLY MAKES YOU REALLY WANT TO GO TO THIS RESTAURANT. " ALMUSTAFA IS LIKE ARRIVING AT A PARTY HOUSE. THE LOOK IS A GARAGE-SALE BAZZAR: WALLS AND CEILINGS DRAPED WITH RUGS AND COLORFUL FABRICS, COMFY MISMATCHED FURNITURE, BRASS AND WOOD BRIC-A-BRAC AND DISPLAYS OF--" THESE ARE HOOKAHS, BECAUSE YOU CAN ACTUALLY SMOKE TOBACCO IN THERE, FLAVOURED TOBACCO.

>> Leo Laporte: OH HOW FUN.

>> Amber MacArthur: I KNOW, WE HAVE TO GO HERE.

>> Leo Laporte: WE'VE GOT TO GO THERE.

>> Amber MacArthur: I KNOW.

>> Leo Laporte: JUST ONE MORE REASON WE'VE GOT TO GO TO AUSTRALIA.

>> Amber MacArthur: WE HAVE TO. SO WHAT I WOULD DO, IS I WOULD TAKE A QUOTE LIKE THIS, AND I KNOW ON YOUR SITE, OFTEN, YOU TAKE POPULAR QUOTES AND YOU HAVE THEM AT THE TOP AND THEY ACTUALLY ROTATE. SO THAT'S A NEAT IDEA TO DO IS TO ACTUALLY TAKE SOME OF THE QUOTES FROM THE RESTAURANTS, AND PUT THEM ON DIFFERENT PAGES, DIFFERENT QUOTES ON DIFFERENT PAGES, BECAUSE DIFFERENT THINGS MAY APPEAL TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE. SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT HE COULD DO TO MAKE THE SITE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

>> Amber MacArthur: THE NEXT THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS JUST IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE GENERAL DESIGN AND HOW THE SITE ACTUALLY LOOKS. HE USES, THIS IS AN UNDER CONSTRUCTION PAGE THAT I THINK HE SHOULD PROBABLY JUST GET RID OF COMPLETELY.

>> Leo Laporte: YEAH, JUST DROP THE LINK. THAT SHOULD NEVER BE THERE.

>> Amber MacArthur: TERRIBLE, JUST DROP THE LINK COMPLETELY. ALSO AS FAR AS TEXT--

>> Leo Laporte: ALTHOUGH I HAVE UNDER CONSTRUCTION PAGES ON MY SITE, BUT-- [Laughing] I'LL DROP THE LINK.

>> Amber MacArthur: DROP THE LINK, AS SOON AS THE WEB WORKSHOP IS OVER.

>> Amber MacArthur: SO ANOTHER THING I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, THE LAST THING IS, HE USES A LOT OF RED TEXT, AND ON THE WEB, OFTEN RED TEXT LOOKS LIKE AN ERROR MESSAGE, BECAUSE OFTEN THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE TEND TO USE WHEN THERE ARE ERROR MESSAGES WHEN YOU'RE FILLING OUT FORMS AND THAT TYPE OF THING. SO GET RID OF A LOT OF THIS RED TEXT. HE'S DONE A GOOD JOB HERE OF USING BLUE TEXT FOR LINKS, AND THE COLOURS--

>> Leo Laporte: I LIKE THE RED COLOUR, JUST NOT FOR THE TEXT.

>> Amber MacArthur: SO THE RED COLOUR IS FINE, IT'S KIND OF--

>> Leo Laporte: USE THAT GREEN OR SOMETHING...

>> Amber MacArthur: YEAH, SOMETHING DIFFERENT OR EVEN BLACK TEXT IS FINE.

>> Leo Laporte: NOW YOU'VE ALWAYS SAID USE STANDARD COLOURS FOR LINKS. YOU WOULD ENCOURAGE HIM TO DO THAT AS WELL?

>> Amber MacArthur: I WOULD JUST USE STANDARD. I WOULD USE BLUE TEXT FOR LINKS FOR SURE. AND RED ON THE WEB LOOKS REALLY, REALLY HARSH, UNLESS IT'S A BRICK RED, WHICH IS WHAT THEY'VE USED IN THE BANNER HERE. BUT IN TERMS OF USING TEXT THAT'S RED, IT JUST LOOKS A LITTLE HARSH AND IT LOOKS LIKE AN ERROR, IT JUST HAS A NEGATIVE FEEL.

>> Leo Laporte: YOU WILL NOT SEE A LOT OF RED ON TELEVISION AND THE REASON IS, YOU CANNOT BE SURE HOW IT'S GOING TO DISPLAY. IT BUZZES A LITTLE BIT.

>> Amber MacArthur: IT DOES.

>> Leo Laporte: AND THE SAME IS TRUE ON THE NET. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT MONITORS PEOPLE ARE USING AND IT REALLY MAY BE HARSH TO THEIR EYES.

>> Amber MacArthur: EXACTLY, SO HE SHOULD MAYBE STICK WITH SOME BLACK TEXT. BUT AFTER THE CHANGES, GET RID OF THE SPLASH PAGE, MAKE SURE THERE'S LOCATION INFORMATION OF ALL THE PAGES AND GET RID OF THE TEXT, I THINK OBVIOUSLY THIS PLACE LOOKS DELICIOUS AND FUN.

>> Leo Laporte: WE KNOW THE PAGE WORKS BECAUSE WE WANT TO GO THERE. IT PASSED THE FIRST.

>> Amber MacArthur: WE DO, WE WANT TO GO THERE, IT LOOKS LIKE FUN.

>> Leo Laporte: HE PASSED THE FIRST TEST.

>> Amber MacArthur: HE PASSED IT, YEAH. SO WE'LL BE THERE SOON.

>> Leo Laporte: GREAT STUFF. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING FOR THE WEB WORKSHOP AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING, WAS IT RYAN? ns Up]

>> Amber MacArthur: YEAH, HE'S THE WEB MANAGER, SO...

>> Leo Laporte: FROM THE AL MUSTAFA RESTAURANT. YEAH, THAT'S GREAT.

>> Amber MacArthur: GOOD STUFF.

>> Leo Laporte: WE LOVE DOING THOSE WEB WORKSHOPS. IF YOU'VE GOT A SUGGESTION, SEND THEM TO...

>> Amber MacArthur: YEAH, YOU CAN E-MAIL THEM TO ME AT amber@callforhelptv.com. MM-HMM, AND MAYBE YOU'LL BE OUR NEXT VICTIME -- UH, I MEAN CLIENT, CUSTOMER, YEAH THAT'S THE TICKET. WE'LL FEATURE MORE PHONE CALLS WHEN CALL FOR HELP CONTINUES RIGHT AFTER THIS. STAY WHERE YOU ARE. ns Down] [Playing Theme Music] rcial] [Playing Theme Music] ns Up]

>> Amber MacArthur: WELCOME BACK TO CALL FOR HELP. TIME FOR OUR FIREFOX TIP OF THE DAY. HERE'S HOW TO BOOKMARK MORE THAN ONE TAB IN FIREFOX. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO TO BOOKMARKS, CLICK ON BOOKMARK THIS PAGE WHEN YOU HAVE MULTIPLE TABS OPEN, AND THEN CLICK THIS LITTLE CHECK BOX, BOOKMARK ALL TABS IN A FOLDER, AND THEN CLICK ADD, AND THEN THEY'LL ALL BE BOOKMARKED. AND THANKS TO MIKE LAZAZZARA FOR THAT TIP. ns Down]

>> Leo Laporte: WHO?

>> Amber MacArthur: MIKEY, SORRY.

>> Leo Laporte: OH, HOT STUFF.

>> Amber MacArthur: HOT STUFF. AND NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER CALLER, WE HAVE JARED FROM SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN ON THE LINE.

>> Leo Laporte: THANK YOU AMBER AND HOTSTUFF. HELLO, JARED! ns Up]

>> Jared: HEY, LEO.

>> Leo Laporte: HOW ARE YOU?

>> Jared: VERY GOOD.

>> Leo Laporte: WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?

>> Jared: I WAS WONDERING HOW I CAN DUAL BOOT FEDORA CORE III WITH WINDOWS WITHOUT USING GRUB.

>> Leo Laporte: THIS IS THE KIND OF SENTENCE, THE KIND OF QUESTION THAT THE OLDER PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE ARE GOING, EH? WHAT DID HE SAY? HE WANTS TO DUAL BOOT FEDORA CORE WITH GRUB, WITHOUT WHAT? SO LET ME TRANSLATE. SO YOU HAVE A COMPUTER RUNNING WINDOWS. YOU'D LIKE TO PUT LINUX, ANOTHER OPERATING SYSTEM, A FREE ONE, A VERY GOOD ONE, ON IT, AND YOU'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO CHOOSE WHICH ONE STARTS UP, THAT'S CALLED DUAL BOOTING. BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO USE THE SYSTEM THAT IS BUILT INTO LINUX, THE BOOT LOADER CALLED GRUB. YOU WANT TO USE WINDOWS BOOT LOADER?

>> Jared: YEAH.

>> Leo Laporte: OKAY, YEAH, YOU CAN DO THAT. IT'S A LITTLE TRICKY, BUT YOU CAN DO THAT. THE KIND OF OUTLINE OF IT WOULD BE, WHEN YOU INSTALL LINUX, IT WILL SAY, WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO PUT GRUB. AND YOUR CHOICE IS THE MASTER BOOT RECORD, WHICH MEANS IT WOULD BE THE BOOT MANAGER FOR BOTH WINDOWS AND LINUX, OR YOU COULD PUT IT IN THE BOOT PARTITION, THE BOOT DIRECTORY. AND THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS, AS LONG AS SOMETHING IS OUT THERE IN THE MASTER BOOT RECORD THAT CAN POINT TO THE BOOT DIRECTORY, LINUX CAN STILL BOOT. SO WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU'LL INSTALL LINUX AND SO FORTH, BUT YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO BOOT INTO IT UNTIL YOU PUT A BOOT LOADER ON THE MASTER BOOT DIRECTORY. NOW THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WINDOWS XP-- IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE USING?

>> Jared: YEAH.

>> Leo Laporte: HAS A BOOT LOADER, THE NT LOADER, AND IT LOOKS AT A FILE CALLED BOOT.INI TO DECIDE WHAT TO LOAD. SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CORRECTLY MODIFY BOOT.INI. THIS IS NON-TRIVIAL, BUT FORTUNATELY THERE IS A PROGRAM THAT WILL DO IT. IT'S CALLED, BOOT PART, AND I'VE GOT A LINK TO IT IN THE SHOW NOTES, SO YOU CAN GET IT. THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT'S DESIGNED TO DO ONE THING AND ONE THING ONLY, WHICH IS MODIFY. IT'S ACTUALLY A DOS COMMAND. I CAN'T REALLY-- I CAN RUN IT IF I HAVE TO OPEN A COMMAND LINE TO RUN IT. BUT WHAT IT DOES, IT'S REALLY COOL, IT'S FROM A GUY NAMED, WHAT IS HIS NAME, FRENCH FELLA AND I'VE FORGOTTEN HIS NAME OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. BUT THIS IS A REALLY USEFUL LITTLE PROGRAM. IT WILL MODIFY BOOT.INI. ns Down]

>> Leo Laporte: YOU KIND OF HAVE OT KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT YOU CAN DO IT. SO I'LL PUT A LINK IN THERE. BASICALLY, YOU RUN THIS BOOT PART PROGRAM AND MODIFY YOUR BOOT.INI, AND THEN, FROM NOW ON, WHEN YOU BOOT UP WINDOWS, YOU WILL SEE A CHOICE BETWEEN LINUX AND WINDOWS. ANOTHER WAY TO DO IT IS -- I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, AND IT'S GAG. I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE. WHICH IS ANOTHER BOOT MANAGER, YOU DO THE SAME THING, BUT INSTEAD OF USING WINDOWS BOOT MANAGER, YOU USE THE GAG BOOT MANAGER, WHICH IS AT SOURCEFORGE.NET. SO IT'S GAG.SOURCEFORGE.NET. AND IT IS A VERY HANDY BOOT MANAGER. YOU USE A FLOPPY. AND THE REASON YOU WOULD LIKE THIS IS, IF YOU DECIDE TO TAKE LINUX OFF, YOU JUST RUN THE GAG FLOPPY AND YOU SAY UNINSTALL THE BOOT MANAGER, BOOT TO WINDOWS AND THAT'S WHAT IT WILL DO FROM THEN ON. SO THAT'S AT GAG-- OH, MAYBE THAT'S NOT RIGHT. I THOUGHT IT WAS AT GAG.SOURCEFORGE.NET, BUT I MUST HAVE IT WRONG. BUT THAT'S WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND PROBABLY-- YEAH, GAG.SOURCEFORGE.NET, I MUST HAVE MISTYPED IT. I WOULD PROBABLY RECOMMEND OVER BOOTPART, BUT I WILL PUT LINKS TO BOTH IN THE SHOW NOTES, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR CHOICE, OKAY, JARED?

>> Jared: OKAY.

>> Leo Laporte: BUT YES, YOU CAN DO THAT, AND YOU KNOW, IT WORKS PERFECTLY WELL. I LIKE GAG BECAUSE IT MAKES IT EASY TO ADD OTHER OPERATING SYSTEMS AFTER THE FACT, TOO. YOU CAN HAVE MULTIPLE VERSIONS OF WINDOWS, MULTIPLE VERSIONS OF LINUX, AND SO FORTH, AND YOU JUST PUT THE GAG IN, THE FLOPPY DISK IN, IT BOOTS TO THE FLOPPY AND IT SAYS, OH YEAH, I SEE ALL THESE-- DO YOU WANT TO INSTALL THEM? I SEE ALL THESE DIFFERENT OPERATING SYSTEMS. YOU SAY YES, AND IT'S DONE. IT MAKES IT VERY SIMPLE. ns Up]

>> Leo Laporte: BUT YOU STILL WOULD PUT GRUB OR LILO, THE BOOT LOADER INTO THE BOOT PARTITION, NOT INTO THE MASTER BOOT RECORD FOR THIS TO WORK.

>> Jared: OKAY.

>> Leo Laporte: HEY, THANK YOU.

>> Jared: THANKS A LOT.

>> Leo Laporte: AND NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I WOULD LIKE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE FOR AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. ns Down]

>> Leo Laporte: AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. IF YOU THINK YOUR MATERIAL IS BROADCAST QUALITY AND YOU WANT TO GET IT ON THE WEB, LISTEN UP. MICHAEL "COMMANDO N" LAZAZZARA HAS GOT A WAY FOR US TO PUT OUR OWN, WHAT, PODCASTS ON THE NET -- WHAT?

>> Mikey: PODCASTS, VIDEOCASTS...

>> Leo Laporte: ANYTHING.

>> Mikey: ANYTHING.

>> Leo Laporte: SO I SEE YOU HAVE YOUR iBOOK, AND YOU HAVE A LITTLE iSITE HOOKED UP AND YOU'RE READY TO TAPE YOUR NEXT PROGRAM.

>> Mikey: AND YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T NEED AN iSITE TO DO THIS, YOU CAN DO IT WITH YOUR DV CAMERA.

>> Leo Laporte: DV CAMERA WORK?

>> Mikey: YEAH, EXACTLY. AND SO ALL IT DOES IS YOU USE A PROGRAM CALLED QUICKTIME BROADCASTER.

>> Leo Laporte: OH, IS THIS FROM APPLE? ns Up]

>> Mikey: YES, IT IS. IT'S FREE.

>> Leo Laporte: AND IT'S FREE.

>> Mikey: OF COURSE. AND YOU CAN CHANGE THE SETTINGS IN HERE. YOU CAN ADJUST THE SETTINGS TO BE WHATEVER KIND OF FILE YOU WANT TO SAVE IT AS. AND YOU CHANGE ONLY ONE SETTING IN THIS. ns Down]

>> Mikey: YOU CHANGE THE IP ADDRESS TO 127.0.0.1.

>> Leo Laporte: THAT'S YOUR LOCAL SYSTEM.

>> Mikey: THAT'S YOUR LOCAL, BECAUSE ORIGINALLY IT WAS DESIGNED SO YOU COULD BROADCAST THIS OVER THE WEB, SO YOU COULD ESSENTIALLY.

>> Leo Laporte: OH, IT'S A STREAMING BROADCASTER.

>> Mikey: IT'S A STREAMING BROADCASTER, BUT IT'S ALSO RECORDS DIRECTLY TO YOUR HARD DRIVE BY JUST CHANGING THAT ONE LITTLE NUMBER RIGHT THERE. SO YOU'VE CHANGED THAT NUMBER, AND NOW YOU CAN GO TO UM--

>> Leo Laporte: LET ME POINT THIS AT YOU, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO RECORD A PICTURE OF YOU AND OF THE LIGHTS. YOU WANT TO GET THE-- THERE, LOOK AT HIM, THAT'S--

>> Mikey: SO ALL YOU DO--

>> Leo Laporte: NOW THEY CALL HIM HOTSTUFF.

>> Mikey: NOW YOU CLICK BROADCAST. IT WILL TAKE A SECOND TO BUFFER IT.

>> Leo Laporte: OKAY. AND THERE IT IS.

>> Mikey: THERE WE GO. YOU CAN SEE IT'S A LITTLE SHAKY ON THERE, BUT WHEN YOU GET THE VIDEO RECORDING IT'S CLEAN.

>> Leo Laporte: SO IT'S A VIDEO RECORDER. ns Up]

>> Mikey: A VIDEO RECORDER. YOU CAN DO IT WITH JUST AUDIO IF YOU WANTED TO, AND YOU CLICK STOP. AND WE GET IT FROM APPLE, QUICKTIME BROADCASTER.

>> Mikey: YEAH, AND IT SAVES IT DIRECTLY TO YOU'RE MY MOVIES FOLDER ON YOUR APPLE.

>> Leo Laporte: SO THAT'S A CLEVER LITTLE USE FOR THAT. AND I GUESS WE COULD STREAM IT. IS THAT HOW YOU DID IT, COMMAND N?

>> Mikey: THAT'S HOW WE DID THE ORIGINAL, COMMAND N SHOW, AND UH, YEAH. ns Down]

>> Leo Laporte: COMMANDO IS A DIFFERENT SHOW, THAT'S THE NEWS SHOW YOU'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO.

>> Mikey: YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, NAKED TECH NEWS.

>> Leo Laporte: COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, IF ANYBODY COMES BACK AFTER THE BREAK, IS THE PDA DEAD, OR IS IT BEING REINCARNATED IN A BETTER FORM? ANDY'S GOT SOME HAND HELD GADGETS TO SHOW YOU WHEN WE COME BACK. ns Up]

>> Leo Laporte: BUT BEFORE YOU GO, I WANT TO CHALLENGE YOU WITH OUR TECH QUIZ. OUR QUESTION OF THE DAY... reak For Boards]

>> Leo Laporte: THOSE ARE YOUR CHOICES. GET TO THE WEBSITE, CAST YOUR VOTE. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THE ANSWER IN JUST A BIT, STAY RIGHT HERE. OH-OH-OH, I KNOW, MR. KOTTER, MR. KOTTER! [Playing Theme Music] rcial] [Playing Theme Music]

>> Leo Laporte: BEFORE THE BREAK, WE ASKED YOU... reak For Boards]

>> Leo Laporte: ATARI WAS ALDA.

>> Andy Walker: YES.

>> Leo Laporte: I'M THINKING COMMODORE, BECAUSE HE WAS THE COMMODORE OF THE FLEET, RIGHT? IT WAS!

>> Andy Walker: OOH, YOU'RE SO CLEVER.

>> Leo Laporte: I DON'T REMEMBER HIM DOING APPLE SPOTS. WHO DID APPLE COMMERCIALS ANYBODY REMEMBER?

>> Andy Walker: BILL GATES?

>> Leo Laporte: YEAH, RIGHT, BILL GATES. IN 1982, WILLIAM SHATNER TRIED TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT COMMODORE'S VIC 20 WAS THE COMPUTER TO HAVE.

>> Andy Walker: OH...

>> Leo Laporte: REMEMBER, $300.

>> Andy Walker: WOW.

>> Leo Laporte: $300, BECAUSE IT HAD, LIKE 4K OF RAM. NO, MORE THAN THAT, BUT 16 OR SOMETHING. IN A LOT OF CLOSETS VERY SHORTLY AFTER THAT. SO SPEAKING OF IN CLOSETS, THE PDA WHICH, FOR A LONG TIME WAS THE HOTTEST THING IN MOBILE DEVICES IS NOW STARTING TO LOOK LIKE IT MAY NOT HAVE A LOT OF FUTURE. PEOPLE ARE SAYING, AH, I WANT TO USE A SMART PHONE INSTEAD. IN FACT A LOT OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF, HAVE SAID THE PDA IS DEAD.

>> Andy Walker: YES.

>> Leo Laporte: BUT IS IT? ANDY'S GOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM, AND HE SAYS MAYBE NOT.

>> Andy Walker: WELL HERE'S THE THING ABOUT THE PDAs, ONCE UPON A TIME IT WAS THE GREAT ALTERNATIVE TO YOUR PAPER DAYTIMER.

>> Leo Laporte: RIGHT.

>> Andy Walker: RIGHT? BUT UM, THEN IT JUST KIND OF... I MEAN PEOPLE WENT STRONG WITH IT, BUT THEN, OF COURSE THE CELLULAR PHONE CAME ALONG, THE INTERNET CAME ALONG, AND EVERYBODY SAID I WANT TO BE CONNECTED.

>> Leo Laporte: RIGHT, RIGHT.

>> Andy Walker: SO NOW YOU HAVE THIS LITTLE COMPUTER. ns Up]

>> Leo Laporte: A PDA CELL PHONE.

>> Andy Walker: THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE. SO THE STAND ALONE IN YOUR HAND, NO CONNECTIVITY KIND OF PDA, NOBODY WANTS THAT ANY MORE. STILL...

>> Leo Laporte: YOU KNOW WHAT THE PDA COMPANIES SAY, TOO IS ONCE YOU BUY ONE, YOU NEVER BUY A SECOND ONE.

>> Andy Walker: RIGHT.

>> Leo Laporte: SO PEOPLE ARE STILL USING THE PALM PILOT.

>> Andy Walker: THAT'S RIGHT, I HAVE ONE AT HOME, ACTUALLY.

>> Leo Laporte: BECAUSE YOU DON'T NEED ANOTHER ONE.

>> Andy Walker: NO, NO, EXTRAORDINARY. ns Down]

>> Leo Laporte: UNFORTUNATELY THESE THINGS HAVE GOTTEN SMARTER, FASTER, BETTER LOOKING, AND CHEAPER.

>> Andy Walker: AND CHEAPER, WHICH IS NICE. I MEAN THEY REALLY ARE A LITTLE POWERHOUSE. I MEAN, WE WERE TALKING THE OTHER DAY ABOUT THE APOLLO XIII OR WHATEVER.

>> Leo Laporte: YEAH, THE LUNAR LANDER HAD LESS POWER THAN A CAR NOW. THIS IS A SUPER COMPUTER, COMPARED TO THAT.

>> Andy Walker: 3 MEGAHERTZ, POSSIBLY? AND THESE ARE 100 TIMES, RIGHT?

>> Leo Laporte: YEAH.

>> Andy Walker: BUT YES, IF YOU DO NOT WANT A CELL PHONE WITH YOUR PDA, IF YOU WANT IT STAND ALONE, YOU STILL CAN BUY ONE.

>> Leo Laporte: SHOW US SOME CHOICES. START WITH THE PALMS.

>> Andy Walker: OKAY, WELL STARTING AT THE VERY BOTTOM, YOU HAVE THE PALMS.

>> Leo Laporte: BECAUSE YOU HAVE A CHOICE, YOUR FIRST CHOICE IS PALM OR POCKET PC, SO DO THE PALMS FIRST.

>> Andy Walker: WE'LL DO THE PALMS. THIS ONE IS CALLED THE PALM ZIRE 31. NOW DISREGARD THE NAME THAT SAYS PALM I, BECAUSE THEY'VE CHANGED THEIR NAME BACK TO PALM AGAIN.

>> Leo Laporte: NOW THIS IS THE LEAST EXPENSIVE PDA OUT, RIGHT? ns Up]

>> Andy Walker: IT IS $129, $130 U.S.

>> Leo Laporte: VERY REASONABLE.

>> Andy Walker: VERY REASONABLE. YOU KNOW--

>> Leo Laporte: BLACK AND WHITE OR COLOUR?

>> Andy Walker: NO, IT'S A COLOUR SCREEN, 160 BY 160 PIXEL. IT HAS THE STANDARD TO DO LIST AND YOUR CALENDAR AND ALL THE REST OF IT.

>> Leo Laporte: YOUR ADDRESS BOOK, IT'S ALL IN THERE.

>> Andy Walker: BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, CAMERA OR WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IT IS JUST YOUR TRADITIONAL PDA.

>> Leo Laporte: BUT IT GETS THE JOB DONE, AND IT CERTAINLY REPLACES A DATE BOOK. ns Down]

>> Andy Walker: RIGHT, AND IF YOU WANT TO START PLAYING WITH IT, IT'S A DISPOSABLE CORNFLAKE BOX KIND OF GIVE AWAY IDEA.

>> Leo Laporte: LOOK AT THE PRICE, IN OTHER WORDS, YEAH.

>> Andy Walker: NOW MOST PEOPLE WHO AGAIN, WANT SOMETHING SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN THAT ARE PROBABLY GOING TO GO WITH--

>> Leo Laporte: I LIKE THIS.

>> Andy Walker: ITS BIGGER BROTHER. THIS IS THE ZIRE 72.

>> Leo Laporte: I HAD A 71, I REALLY LOVED IT, YEAH.

>> Andy Walker: THIS IS COOL BECAUSE IT'S GOT A BETTER SCREEN ON IT, IT'S GOT BLUETOOTH CONNECTIVITY. IT'S GOT A CAMERA ON IT, AS YOU CAN SEE.

>> Leo Laporte: I DON'T KNOW, CAN THEY FOCUS ON THAT?

>> Andy Walker: OOH YEAH. ns Up]

>> Andy Walker: SO THERE'S ME-- HELLO, AND IT'S 1.2 MEGAPIXELS.

>> Leo Laporte: IT'S A PRETTY DECENT CAMERA.

>> Andy Walker: IT IS A PRETTY DECENT CAMERA. SO FOR WHAT IT IS, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT SUCH A BAD RUN, IT'S ABOUT $300.

>> Leo Laporte: NOW THAT'S A PROBLEM.

>> Andy Walker: YEAH. ns Down]

>> Leo Laporte: NOW PALM HAS-- THIS HAS BEEN THEIR BREAD AND BUTTER, BUT LATELY THEY'VE GOT THIS NEW THING, THIS LIFEDRIVE. THAT HAS A LOT OF STORAGE.

>> Andy Walker: YES, THIS IS LIKE A PORTABLE HARD DRIVE. YOU KNOW, ONCE UPON A TIME, AND THERE ARE 4 GIGS OF DATA ON THIS ONE.

>> Leo Laporte: ISN'T THAT FUNNY? BECAUSE 4 GIGS DOESN'T SOUND NOWADAYS LIKE THAT MUCH. A FEW YEARS AGO, WE WOULD HAVE SAID, WHOA!

>> Andy Walker: YEAH, EXACTLY.

>> Leo Laporte: BUT NOW WITH 30 AND 60 GIG iPODS, 4 GIGS AHH... ns Up]

>> Andy Walker: THAT'S RIGHT. AND IT HAS WIFI ON IT

>> Leo Laporte: THAT'S GOOD, WIRELESS NETWORKING.

>> Andy Walker: IT'S GOOD LIKE A LITTLE CAMERA COMPANION. YOU CAN DUMP ALL YOUR DATA.

>> Leo Laporte: THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD USE IT FOR?

>> Andy Walker: SURE, THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD USE IT FOR, TO DUMP OFF OF YOUR CAMERA.

>> Leo Laporte: CAN YOU USE IT AS A MUSIC PLAYER AS WELL?

>> Andy Walker: SURE YOU CAN, IT HAS STEREO ADD ON IT, AND IT HAS WIFI CONNECTIVITY TO--

>> Leo Laporte: HOW MUCH IS THE LIFEDRIVE.

>> Andy Walker: THAT WILL RUN YOU ABOUT $500.

>> Leo Laporte: OH, SEE, FORGET IT. ns Down]

>> Andy Walker: AGAIN, VERY, VERY--

>> Leo Laporte: TOO EXPENSIVE. WE'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO GET TO THE POCKET PCs.

>> Andy Walker: I KNOW, BUT YOU KNOW, OKAY, SO POCKET PC IS THE ALTERNATIVE, OKAY? SO THAT'S THE WINDOWS VERSION. THEY TEND TO BE ABOUT $300 OR SO. THIS IS THE DELL AXOM 650.

>> Leo Laporte: LET'S SAVE IT FOR THE END, BECAUSE--

>> Andy Walker: SHALL WE SAVE IT FOR THE END?

>> Leo Laporte: BECAUSE THIS IS MY FAVOURITE.

>> Andy Walker: AND OF COURSE YOU CAN ALSO GET THESE IN TELEPHONE VERSIONS AS WELL.

>> Leo Laporte: AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING.

>> Andy Walker: WE'LL SAVE THOSE FOR ANOTHER DAY.

>> Leo Laporte: NEVER MIND THE PHONES, BUT THIS IS THE PDA, JUST A STAND ALONE PDA. IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION, LINKS, PRICES, AND EVERYTHING, IT'S ON THE WEBSITE... reak For Boards] ns Up]

>> Leo Laporte: FINAL WORDS AND A LOOK AT MY FAVOURITE WHEN WE CONTINUE, STAY RIGHT HERE. I REALLY LIKE THESE, THE PRICES ARE GOOD... ns Down] [Playing Theme Music] rcial] [Playing Theme Music]

>> Leo Laporte: WELCOME BACK TO CALL FOR HELP. SO I STOLE THE ONE I LIKE THE BEST. SEE, I LIKE POCKET-- I LIKE PALM, BUT IF YOU LIKE POCKET PC, I THINK THE DELLS ARE REALLY JUST GREAT. THE DELL AXIMS.

>> Andy Walker: YEAH, THIS IS THE ULTIMATE, THIS IS $650. THIS IS THE PALM...

>> Leo Laporte: HOW MUCH IS THE DELL AXIM?

>> Andy Walker: $350, STARTS AT $399, I THINK, AND GOES UP. IT'S CUSTOMISABLE, SO YOU CAN ADD BLUETOOTH AND...

>> Leo Laporte: THESE SCREENS ARE INCREDIBLE. IT'S GOT WIFI BUILT IN. I'M SURFING THE NET.

>> Andy Walker: LIKE ANY DELL COMPUTER, YOU CAN CUSTOMISE IT TO YOUR TASTES WHICH IS KIND OF CLEVER.

>> Leo Laporte: AND YOU LIKE-- I MEAN I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. I WOULD RATHER GO WITH A PHONE. I HAVE A SIDEKICK. THAT'S WHAT I USE FOR A PDA AND PHONE. ns Up]

>> Leo Laporte: AND I ACTUALLY LIKE THE SIDEKICK IIs QUITE A BIT. YOU LIKE THE 650s?

>> Andy Walker: YEAH, THE [Inaudible] IS BEAUTIFUL, THE ONLY THING IT DOESN'T HAVE IS WIFI, AND I THINK THAT IT'S--

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>> Andy Walker: YEAH, BUT YOU CAN DO IT ON THE POCKET PC SIDE.

>> Leo Laporte: OH CAN YOU? THAT'S INTERESTING. WELL ANYWAY, WE'RE OUT OF TIME. IF YOU WANT TO BE ON THE SHOW, PLEASE, GO TO THE WEBSITE, CLICK THE LINK THAT SAYS, ASK A QUESTION, AND FILL OUT THE FORM. IF YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM WITH YOUR PERSONAL CONFUSER...

>> Andy Walker: DON'T WHINE...

>> Amber MacArthur: DON'T MOAN...

>> Leo Laporte: DON'T YELL!

>> All: JUST CALL FOR HELP!

>> Leo Laporte: YEAH, WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME, BYE-BYE.

>> Computer Voice: AHEAD WARP FACTOR 2. ns Down]

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