Fogview 45: New Media Expo?

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In this show I talk about the Olympics, my Half Marathon run, New Media Expo and an update on my failing iMac.




As always I update you with technical news and tips and play some great podsafe music.




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On Today's Show (length: 39:15)





Intro music : "Fogview Intro" by Geoff Smith

Half Marathon Run in San Francisco
Earlier this month I ran one half of the SF Marathon. I woke up at 3 am and headed to SF for a 6:05 run. Runners were grouped in waves to avoid traffic jams and to control the flow over the Golden Gate Bridge. The run was great and the highlight (as always) is running over the Golden Gate Bridge. Next up is the Silicon Valley Marathon at the end of October.

Summer Olympics — pictures
Opening ceremonies were great and I was amazed at the technology used: underwater cameras; super imposed images showing world record timing.

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Running can slow aging process
This research study followed a group of 500 runners (starting at age 50) for 20 years and found that running allowed them to live longer and reduced the risk of disease.  The study didn’t find any increase in total knee replacements as scientists originally feared.





New Media Expo  — review
The show was held in Las Vegas this year and some said it was smaller and lacked the excitement of previous shows. I went last year but didn’t go this year because I was afraid the show would be lost in the big city and limit the ability to network and see the people that are important to the podcasting community. Leo Laporte did go and did two days of streaming live on TwitLive.TV with great interviews with podcasters.





Music: “My Monkey” by Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan is know for his song “Code Monkey” and was a database programmer before doing his music full-time. He quit his job and set a goal to write one new song a week.





Microsoft Hires Seinfeld for Ads
Microsoft is losing in the “ad wars” with Apple so it’s going to start it’s own series of ad starting with Jerry Seinfeld. So, is this going to be a commercial about nothing? Seinfeld will team up with Bill Gates in some of the commercials. If they are trying to improve their imade, why have Bill in the commercials?




iMac Shut Down Problem — update
I’ve been having problems with my almost-a-year-old iMac shutting down without warning. It generally happens when I’m editing in iMovie or in iDVD burning a disk. I took the computer into the local Apple store twice now. They couldn’t duplicate the problem but they changed out the power supply and logic board on the last visit. I have my fingers crossed that it fixed the problem. The machine gets so hot and I’m afraid that is causing the problem. I purchased Apple Care as additional insurance.

Tech tip: Get rid of your (old) USB card readers!
 Older USB card readers are slow (USB 1.1 vs. 2.0): 12 mb/sec vs 480 mb/sec. (1.5 MB/sec vs. 60 MB/sec). If you are using older USB card readers on a newer computer, you’re wasting a lot of time waiting for your transfers to finish. My suggestion is to get rid of your old USB card readers and purchase a USB 2.0 reader.

This Week in Photography TWIPPHOTO.com 
This is a great podcast about photography from Alex Lindsay and Scott Bourne. Show #44 has an interview with David Griffin, Director of photography at National Geographic and has some great insights to how they made the switch from film to digital and what they look for in photographers. As a disclaimer, I’m currently helping out with the show notes for the TWIP podcast.


VidBlaster Pro Video Demo (on my website)
Mike released Version 0.33, which added 16:9 display. The Home version now includes Streaming and supports up to 2 cameras (with screen capture as one of the camera sources).





This podcast was recorded with a beta version of StudioRack V.02 (I normally use CastBlaster)





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Outro music : "Fogview Outro" by Geoff Smith




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Tom




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