HuonFM Tech News & Blues 30 Nov 2009

HandBrake 0.9.4 Released

1Password 3 Released

Post-Transaction Marketing Abuses

Wave Agent

ClickToFlash

LifeHacker’s Top 10 Cross-Platform Apps

Playlist
Title	Artist	Album
You Don’t Mess Around With Jim	Jim Croce	Greatest Hits
Robert Lockwood Jr – Naptown Blues	Bob Corritore	All-Star Blues Sessions
Henry Gray – Everybody’s Fishin’	Bob Corritore	All-Star Blues Sessions
Roller Derby Queen	Jim Croce	Greatest Hits
Workin’ At The Car Wash Blues	Jim Croce	Greatest Hits
Roll On	JJ Cale	Roll On
Where The Sun Don’t Shine	JJ Cale	Roll On
I Get Higher	Cafe R&B	Blues And All The Rest
A Case Of You	Joni Mitchell	Blue
Talkin’ ‘Bout My Baby	Blindside Blues Band	Blindsided
Hubert’s Blues	Hubert Sumlin, Willie Dixon, Sunnyland Smith	Blues Anytime!
Part 1- Bedroom Blues	Leonard Feather & Dan Burley	The Continental Sessions Volume 3
Part 2- Living Room Romp	Leonard Feather & Dan Burley	The Continental Sessions Volume 3
Part 3- Kitchen Conniption	Leonard Feather & Dan Burley	The Continental Sessions Volume 3
Part 4- Bathroom Blues	Leonard Feather & Dan Burley	The Continental Sessions Volume 3

HuonFM Tech News & Blues 23 Nov 2009

Plex

The Webby Awards

Google Earth 2 for iPhone

JungleDisk 3

Aptana Web Development

Call of Duty

Playlist – Links to Performances Included
Title	Artist	Album
Highway to Hell	Angry Anderson & Sarah McLeod	Rockwiz Duets
You Got to Love Somebody	Christine Anu and Joe Camilleri	Rockwiz Duets
Jackson	Vika Bull & Dave Larkin	Rockwiz Duets
Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around	Rebecca Bernard & Tim Rogers	Rockwiz Duets
Take Me To The River	Nessa Morgan & Ross Wilson	Rockwiz Duets
Henry Lee	Renee Geyer & Roman Tucker	Rockwiz Duets
Islands in the Stream	Troy Cassar-Daley & Ella Hooper	Rockwiz Duets
Slave to Love	Dan Kelly & Martha Wainwright	Rockwiz Duets
My Boyfriend’s Back	Chris Bailey & Kat Spazzy	Rockwiz Duets
Woodstock	Mia Dyson & James Reyne	Rockwiz Duets
Summer Wine	Clare Bowditch & Ed Kuepper	Rockwiz Duets
Me and Bobby McGee	Mark Seymour & Felicity Urquhart	Rockwiz Duets
Your Cheatin’ Heart	Dave Faulkner & Holly Throsby	Rockwiz Duets
Stuck	Norah Jones	The Fall

Rubbish product, rubbish support

I recently bought a SnowBall microphone, after having read several positive reviews. Turns out I should have read more reviews.

The mike has extremely low gain, so much so that it is essentially useless for my purposes. I contacted support (having read that there had been manufacturing difficulties, and that Blue had actually issued a firmware patch for earlier models, tho not for mine, apparently).

After 5 days(!), I received an email from support asking for a sample, which I sent back the same day. Two days later, support emailed that it had been received, and they’d take a listen. Since then, nothing. Not a word, nada. Pinged the support guy again several days later, no reply.

I would strongly advise anyone to avoid this product, and for that matter, this company. What crap!

HuonFM Tech News & Blues 16 Nov 2009

Ninite Software Installer

Wacom Bamboo Tablets

SSDs

Opti-Bay

The Screencast Guy, also the screencasts themselves

gotomyPC

Copilot

Playlist
Title	Artist	Album
Guitar Boogie	Tommy Emmanuel	Dare To Be Different
Back In Black	AC/DC	Live [2003 Remaster]
Stray Cat Blues	The Rolling Stones	Beggars Banquet
Lawes- Suite for two Guitars Corant 1; Alman; Corant 2	Julian Bream, John Williams	Together
If You Got To Love Somebody	Magic Slim & The Teardrops	Blues Guitar Summit
Trading Post	Lonnie Brooks	Blues Guitar Summit
Think (Feat. Aretha Franklin)	Blues Brothers	Original Soundtrack
Sweet Home Chicago	Blues Brothers	Original Soundtrack
Tell Yer Mama	Norah Jones	The Fall
Hotel California	The Eagles	The Very Best Of the Eagles

HuonFM Tech News & Blues 9 Nov 2009

Seven perfectly legal ways to get Windows 7 cheap (or even free)

Top 5 iPhone Photo Apps

Word Processors for Mac:

• Mellel
• Microsoft Word
• WriteRoom
• Mariner Write
• Ulysses

LaunchBar

Quicksilver

Google Quick Search Box

Google Chrome Power Users Guide

Playlist
Title	Artist	Album
Heat Wave	Linda Ronstadt	Greatest Hits (Disc 1)
Schoolboy	Fenton Robinson	Blues In Progress
Beefsteak Blues	James ‘Son’ Thomas	Blues Classics
Bewitched	Lonnie Brooks	Blues Guitar Summit
I Want All My Money Back	Lonnie Brooks	Blues Guitar Summit
Devil In Disguise	J.J. Cale	J.J.Cale Gold
Fever	Lamont Cranston Blues Band	Featuring Pat Hayes
Brown Sugar	The Rolling Stones	Jump Back (Remastered)
It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll	The Rolling Stones	Jump Back (Remastered)
Flip The Chicken	Mikey Jr.	The New York City Sessions
Closing Time Blues	The Dave Brubeck Quartet	Jazz: Red Hot and Cool

HuonFM Tech News & Blues 03 Nov 2009

Acorn

Pixelmator

Zazz

geoDefense Swarm

Vmware Fusion 3

Doug’s AppleScripts for iTunes

Mac OSX Automation

Playlist
Title	Artist	Album
Luther’s Tribute To Elmore	Luther Tucker	Sad Hours
Hip Cat Bounce	Lamont Cranston Blues Band	High Fidelity
Don’t Take Me Down Again	Lamont Cranston Blues Band	High Fidelity
Sweet Home Chicago	Luther Tucker	Sad Hours
Keep On Drinking	Luther Tucker	Sad Hours
Flip The Chicken	Mikey Jr.	The New York City Sessions
Rockin’	Mikey Jr.	The New York City Sessions
Let The Blues Do The Healing	Blindside Blues Band	Messenger Of The Blues
Messenger Of The Blues	Blindside Blues Band	Messenger Of The Blues
Crazy Mama	J.J. Cale	J.J.Cale Gold
Ride Me High	J.J. Cale	J.J.Cale Gold

HuonFM Tech News & Blues 19 Oct 2009

River Deep – Mountain High

doubleTwist

Google Quick Search Box

Drastic Snow Leopard Bug

Sidekick/ Microsoft Data Loss

Windows and online banking

Playlist
Title	Artist	Album
River Deep Mountain High	Ike and Tina Turner	The Very Best Ike and Tina Turner Album Ever
Boogie Woogie Stomp	Albert Ammons	A Portrait Of Boogie Woogie Piano – Volume 2.
Tiger Rag	Art Tatum	A Portrait Of Boogie Woogie Piano – Volume 2.
Let The Good Times Roll	035 – Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown	Just Got lucky (The Blues Collection Vol.35)
Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens	035 – Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown	Just Got lucky (The Blues Collection Vol.35)
Frompy Stomp	Meade lux Lewis	The Blues Piano Artistry of Meade lux Lewis
Love Me Like A Man	Diana Krall	The Girl in the Other Room
Gettin’ Crazy Up In Here	Jon Cleary	Moonburn
Would I Lie To You	Jon Cleary	Moonburn
St. Louis Blues	Albert Ammons	A Portrait Of Boogie Woogie Piano – Volume 2.

HuonFM Tech News & Blues 12 Oct 2009

Kindle

AlternativeTo.net

ExpanDrive

Google Video and Voice Chat

Google Books

The Printliminator

Playlist
Title	Artist	Album
Up On Cripple Creek	The Band	Greatest Hits The Band
Sentimental Blues	Ray Charles	The Most Beautiful Jazz Voices Ever (Disk 1)
Honky Tonk Woman	Joe Cocker	The Essential Joe Cocker
Oh Pretty Woman	Gary Moore	Still Got The Blues
Jeff’s Blues	The Yardbirds	The Yardbirds Greatest Hits (The Blues Collection #14)
Walking Blues	Robert Johnson	The Blues Collection 06: Red Hot Blues
Walkin’ Blues	Eric Clapton	Unplugged
Move Over	Janis Joplin	Janis Joplin’s Greatest Hits
Walking By Myself	Gary Moore	Still Got The Blues
Steppin’ Out	John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers	Stages
Steppin’ Out	Memphis Slim	The Blues Collection
Cake Walkin Babies	Bessie Smith	Dixie Flyer Blues
Three Times A Fool	Otis Rush	The Blues Collection 19: I Can’t Quit You Baby
Theme From Devil In A Blue Dress	Elmer Bernstein	Devil In A Blue Dress

HuonFM Tech News & Blues 5 Oct 2009

Snapture – Review

Microsoft Security Essentials – Review

DropBox on the iPhone – Review

EyeTV on the iPhone – Review

Playlist
Title	Artist	Album
The Letter	Joe Cocker	The Essential Joe Cocker
I’m A Love You	Jimmy Reed	Big Boss Blues
Shame, Shame, Shame	Jimmy Reed	Big Boss Blues
Same Old Blues	The Powder Blues Band	Live At Montreux
With A Little Help From My Friends	Joe Cocker	With A Little Help From My Friends
Back To The River	Susan Tedeschi	Back To The River
Just Won’t Burn	Susan Tedeschi	Just Won’t Burn
Inflation Blues	B.B. King	Ain’t Nobody Home – The Very Best Of B.B. King
How Blue Can You Get (Live)	B.B. King	Ain’t Nobody Home – The Very Best Of B.B. King
Heat Wave	Linda Ronstadt	Greatest Hits (Disc 1)
Long, Long Time	Linda Ronstadt	Greatest Hits (Disc 1)

HuonFM Tech News & Blues 28 Sep 2009

Google Sync Adds Gmail Push Support

Evernote -
New windows release

Alan Turing – The apology

Office Web Applications

NetNewsWire Update

Picasa 3.5 Photo Editor

Playlist
Title	Artist	Album
Oh Mary	JJ Cale	Roll On
Rock Me Right	Susan Tedeschi	Just Won’t Burn
Can’t Sleep At Night	Susan Tedeschi	Back To The River
The Thrill Is Gone	B.B. King	Ain’t Nobody Home – The Very Best Of B.B. King
Shake It Just A Little Bit	Delta Highway	The Devil Had a Woman
Devil Had A Woman	Delta Highway	The Devil Had a Woman
Sonny Boy’s Jump	Sonny Boy Williamson	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 4 (4 April 1941 to 2 July 1945)
Shake It, Baby	Jessie Mae Hemphill	Shake It Baby – Heritage Of The Blues
I Shall Be Released	Joan Baez	Any Day Now
Baby, What You Want Me To Do	Jimmy Reed	Big Boss Blues
I’m A Love You	Jimmy Reed	Big Boss Blues
Smoking Gun	Robert Cray	Strong Persuader
Lay Down Sally	Eric Clapton	Slowhand
Cocaine	Eric Clapton	Slowhand