The Tech Teachers Holiday Show 2007

We talk about holiday gift ideas in our third annual Holiday Special.

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Show Notes for Holiday Show 2007:
GIFTS FOR EVERYONE
*Logitech mm50 Portable Speakers for your iPod
*Cuisinart Ice 45 Soft Serve Ice Cream Maker
*MacBook--Apple Laptop Computer
*Gelaskins: removable vinyl skins with fun designs for your portable devices
*Phase: five dollar rhythm game for the iPod (in Apple iTunes Music Store)
*Apple hard bound Photo Book
*Amazon mp3 Music Store
*SCOTTEVEST travel wear with lots of pockets for gadget storage, for the tech dork in your life.
*Logitech Harmony Remotes

CAMERAS
*Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3: Hollye's point and shoot camera
*VuPoint 3.1 megapixel for underwater use also
*Flip Video / Pure Digital Camcorder
*Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ50: Ray's Super Zoom camera

LAST MINUTE GIFT IDEAS
*Audible: purchase and download audio books for your mp3 player.
*Netflix: DVD rentals through the mail (no late fees)
*Gamefly: Video game rentals through the mail
*Magazine subscription to PC Magazine
*Magazine subscription to Macworld
*Magazine subscription to Make Magazine
*Microsoft Points: can be used to purchase video games and music on Xbox Live and the Zune online store.

HD DVD PLAYERS
*Xbox 360 HD DVD Player

VIDEO GAMES
*Nintendo Wii
*Mario Galaxy for the Wii
*Zelda for the Wii
*Metroid Prime 3 for the Wii
*Call of Duty 4 for the Xbox 360
*Orange Box for the Xbox 360
*Bioshock for the Xbox 360
*Scene It for the Xbox 360

ONLINE SHOPPING
*RetailMeNot: coupon codes
*Become.com: compare prices
*Froogle: compare prices

SOME OF OUR FAVORITE SITES FOR SHOPPING ONLINE
*Amazon: just about everything available, with excellent prices.
*Costco: thousands of items available at often times low prices
*B&H Photo: anything photography related at low prices.
*Monoprice: cables of all sorts at incredibly low prices.
* New Egg - great for tech purchases
* Great for t-shirts and gifts for geeks

The Tech Teachers Show 74

This week we talk about recycling your old electronics, hard-drive-based camcorders, iChat effects, Automator, and Phase on the iPod.

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Show Notes for Podcast #74
*Costco's Trade-in and Recycle Program for Electronics: they pay you for your old electronics.
*Fun iChat Effects
*IMAP mail
*Phase: a game for your iPod. You can get it at the iTunes Music Store.

The Tech Teachers Show 73

This week we talk about Mac OS X Leopard launch and our free t-shirts, Ray’s YouTube Physics Playlist, Alto Laptop Stand, the public library, Brain Pop and much more.

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Show Notes for Podcast #73:

*Apple’s new operating system: Mac OS X Leopard

*Windows Vista Operating System

*Tekzilla: a vidcast about tech topics.

*Webb Alert: A daily vidcast about tech

*Logitech Alto Laptop Stand with keyboard

*Ray’s YouTube Physics Playlist

*Safari Montage: educational videos

*Brain Pop: Educational animations for use in the classroom

The Tech Teachers Show 72

This week we talk about Mac OS X, Project Lead the Way and 3D printers, Alto Laptop Stand, Hollye’s new digital camera, monoprice.com, and much more.

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Show Notes for Podcast #72:

*Apple’s new operating system: Mac OS X Leopard

*Windows Vista Operating System

*3D Printer

*3D Printer Photo gallery

*Project Lead the Way: Engineering curriculum

*Logitech Alto Laptop Stand with keyboard

*Hollye’s new camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3

*Monoprice: great place to buy cables on the cheap

*Apple TV

*Apple’s iPhone

The Tech Teachers Show 71

This week we talk about a couple of tips for both Windows and Mac Users, the Cuisinart Soft Ice Cream Maker, and ideas for engaging advanced students in the classroom.

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Show Notes for Podcast #71:

*Halo 3 for the xbox 360

*Quia online quiz software

*QuizStar: Create online quizzes

*ActiveWords to launch programs quickly and much more (like Quick Silver on the Mac)

*TextExpander (30 dollars): typing timesaver.

*Jumpcut clipboard application

*Cuisinart ICE45 Soft Serve Ice Cream Maker

*Hollye’s del.icio.us page for online Spanish games: http://del.icio.us/SrtaBaxter/SpanGames

*Ray’s del.icio.us page for his Physics students: http://del.icio.us/physicsclass

*Space Penguin game

*Super Mario Physics (click “watch this movie” on the right side)

*The Did You Know Show: a podcast about science topics with expert Fred Haase

*Subscribe to the Did You Know Show with Fred Haase in iTunes.

The Tech Teachers Show 70

This week we talk about the first days of school, an alternative PDF reader to Adobe, TubeTV, Stellarium, Google Space, Black Viper, and several tips for both Windows and Mac Users.

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Show Notes for Podcast #70:

*TubeTV: makes it simple for mac users to save video from YouTube

*Google Space: part of the Google Earth product family that let you explore outer space.

*Stellarium: a virtual planetarium

*Foxit: PDF Reader to use instead of the dreadful Adobe

*Black Viper: a good place to learn about windows, especially for “Power Users”.

*Simpsonize yourself: turn yourself into a Simpson’s charicature.

*Hard Core Science: Ray’s Science Club video podcast

*The Did You Know Show: a podcast about science topics with expert Fred Haase

*Subscribe to the Did You Know Show with Fred Haase in iTunes.

Show 70 available - Show notes coming with the next 2 hours, thanks!

New show coming in another week.

Due to an emergency in Ray's family, we will be unable to record for the next week. We still plan to discuss the first days of school in our next podcast, with both technology and education topics.
Thank you.
~Ray and Hollye

Show 69

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Show Notes for Podcast #69:

*McDonald’s Wi-Fi hotspots

*Audible.com: purchase and download audiobooks

*Google’s free 411 service: 1-800-goog411

*monoprice.com

* http://www.newegg.com/

* http://www.amazon.com/

* http://www.bhphotovideo.com/

* http://www.resellerratings.com/: reviews of online retailers

*For the Mac: Carbon Copy Cloner to clone your hard drive

*Locking your Apple desktop

http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macosxhints/2006/01/lockscreen/index.php

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/automator/lockdesktop.html

*Brain Age on the Nintendo DS

Show 68

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Show Notes for Podcast #68:

*Apple’s iPhone

*Radar in Motion Widget

*Google Maps

*Photo Book using iPhoto

*Aperture: photo editing and organizing on Apple Computers

*Picasa: for sharing and editing your photos

*Picasa Web Albums

Show 67

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Show Notes for Podcast #67:

*XM Satellite Radio

*Sirius Satellite Radio

*Bill Gates and Steve Jobs interviewed at All Things Digital Conference

*WWDC 2007 Keynote Address by Steve Jobs

*Kill A Watt

*Logitech mm50 Portable Speakers for iPod

*Apple’s iPhone

Show 66

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Show Notes for Podcast #66:

*Slingbox

*Leopard

*Safari Web Browser

*Apple’s iPhone

Show 65

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Show Notes for Podcast #65:

*Vizio P42 Plasma TV

*Optoma HD70 Home Theatre Projector

*Logitech mm50 Portable Speakers for iPod

*Harmony 720 Universal Remote

*MacDrive 7

Show 64

(Run Time: 17:22)

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Show Notes for Podcast #64:

*Apple Airport Extreme Base Station

*SpinRite (for data recovery)

*Logitech X-240 Speakers

Show 63

(Run Time: 25:03)

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Show Notes for Podcast #63:

*Nintendo Wii Video Game Console

*USB Jackbox by Califone

*Google Homepage (iGoogle)

Show 62

(Run Time: 43:08)

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Show Notes for Podcast #62:

*Download of the night for Mac Users: Quicksilver

*Logitech X-240 Speakers

*Firefox Extension: IE Tab

EDUCATION

*USB Jackbox by Califone

Show 61

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Show Notes for Podcast #61:

*Hollye’s current camera: Canon PowerShot A620

*Ray’s current camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ50

*Ray’s old camera: Epson photopc 3100z

*Photography Podcast: Tips from the Top Floor

*Camera Reviews:

http://www.dpreview.com/

http://www.steves-digicams.com/

http://www.cnet.com/

http://www.pcmag.com/

http://www.pcworld.com/

*Other Great Photography Sites:

http://www.resellerratings.com/

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/

*Photo Printing Services: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2074729,00.asp

*Here’s another perspective on megapixels. They may be more important than Ray thought, particularly on the high end. See: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=434

Show 60

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Show Notes for Podcast #60:

*Logitech v270 Bluetooth Mouse

*Firefox Extensions:

*del.icio.us Bookmarks

*Gmail Space

*Session Manager

*Opera Web Browser

EDUCATION

*ProfCast: to create enhanced podcasts and record lectures.

New show coming mid-week

Due to technical difficulties, we have been unable to release the recent show we recorded. We will be releasing a new show mid-week.
Thanks.
~Ray and Hollye

Show 59

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Show Notes for Podcast #59:

*Google Earth

*Opera Web Browser

*Monolingual: frees up several gigs worth of space on the Mac

*Download of the night: JDisk for the Mac

EDUCATION

*memorizable.org: memorizable online tables

*Daily Lit: Read books by email

*ProfCast: to create enhanced podcasts and record lectures.

*Walletex slim credit card sized mp3 players and USB Flash Drives

Show 58

(Run Time: 38:08)

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Show Notes for Podcast #58:

*Consumer Electronics Show, January 8-11, 2007

*The Star Trek Experience

*Las Vegas Monorail

*APC Products: power adapter, shielded-regulated surge protector, etc.

*Buttkicker

*HOME HeartBeat Home Monitoring System

*Pure Digital Camcorder (featured in Last Gadget Standing)

*Wii Grip by the USB Trend Co.

*The Tornado, for data transfer from PC to PC: $59.95

*Apple’s iPhone

Education

*HP TouchSmart

*Robosapien Robotics Products

*Slingbox

Arghhh!

Sorry for the continued delay on CES part 2 - our hosting site is down. The show is ready to go and if ourmedia.org isn't back up by tomorrow, I will look for a new hosting solution.

Thanks,
Ray

CES Part 2 is still in the works...

Slight delay - we will have part 2 out by Friday night!

Thanks,
Ray and Hollye

Show 57

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Show Notes for Podcast #57:

*Consumer Electronics Show, January 8-11, 2007

*DL.TV Vidcast

*Cranky Geeks Vidcast

*Macworld 2007 Steve Jobs Keynote Address

*Apple’s iPhone

*Bill Gates CES Keynote

*CNET’s Best of CES 2007

*Nintendo Wii Video Game Console

*Guitar Hero II on xbox 360

*Slingbox

*Jitterbug Phone

New 2 part CES show on the way!

We are recording the first of a 2 part CES special tonight. In the meantime we have posted some of the CES photos. We have more photos and a couple videos we will share as we release the new shows.

Thanks,
Ray and Hollye

CES 2007 - Monorail

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CES 2007 - Very Busy

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CES 2007

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CES 2007 108" Display

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CES 2007 DL.TV

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CES 2007

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CES 2007!

We are at CES 2007! We will upload some video and pictures either today or tomorrow.

We will also have a show from Las Vegas posted by the end of the long weekend. Stay tuned!