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What you should know before you call a geek in to fix your computer

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Their dorky company names and their cute little cars give off an air of friendly, helpful competence. But do the people who make computer house calls actually know what they’re doing? As Erica Johnson’s hidden-camera investigation reveals, most of the time the answer is “no.”
With the help of experts from Humber College Institute, we modified a computer to simulate a common hardware failure. Then we called in the nerds. The result? Only three of the ten technicians who saw our machine managed to correctly diagnose the problem.

There are so many things I could say but I think the 70% failure rate speaks for itself.
Watch the video here.

I Just Installed openSUSE 10.3

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Although not officially released the “Gold Master” is available via torrent. Installed without a hitch. The only problem I’ve had thus far is trying to install the 3D ATI driver, it just will not work.

There is an EXCELLENT post here:
openSUSE 10.3: Important URLs for Newbies (and not)

That’s it for today. It’s my birthday, and, there will be alcohol involved…

Update and Blog on ProcessMonitor v1.25

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ProcessMonitor v1.25: Minor bug fixes.
ProcessMonitor Blog on “The Case of the Failed File Copy”: Check out Mark’s new blog where he uses Process Monitor to uncover the root cause for a file copy error. Process Monitor is uniquely useful for exposing file, registry, and process activity within Windows.

More at the Sysinternals Blog

Nero 8 Is Out

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Nero 8 Ultra Edition, the newest version of the world’s best-selling multimedia suite, brings the digital world to your PC. Now it’s easy to organize and manage all your multimedia files, as well as create and edit new digital content. Nero’s sleek design and user-friendly tools make completing projects fun and enjoyable.
* Direct access to all features from the project launcher
* High Definition format support
* Xbox 360™ and PlayStation® 3 streaming features
* Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD burning support
* SecurDisc data protection support
* Copy a disc with just one click
* Graphics optimized for Windows Vista™
* Continual free updates

Nero 8 Product Page

JAlbum – News Flash

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I just received early news from JAlbum (official announcement will come tomorrow):

PRESS RELEASE
Stockholm, October 3rd, 2007

JAlbum sets your pictures free – for free
Today, JAlbum releases a free hosting alternative for your pictures. With 8 million published albums, the free JAlbum software is one of the most popular tools in the world for producing web photo albums. Up until now, users have needed to have their own web site to put their albums. This new service makes publishing stunning photo albums easier than ever.
Three million photo sharing enthusiasts use JAlbum to publish web photo albums. These users have had to find their own hosting solution for their albums, which has limited the JAlbum user base towards the more tech-experienced. With the new hosting alternative, JAlbum is opening up for a much broader market, simplifying the process of publishing photo albums to a few easy clicks. The free account holds 30 MB and fit 200 pictures to start out with. Users will also be able to upgrade their account for more storage.
A lot more expression
Most photo sharing sites have only one album look. With JAlbum, you set the look and feel of the album to fit your photos and the rest of your web site. Everything is customizable; you can resize thumbnails, write descriptions to every picture the way you want, choose color themes, add music and more.
“- This is a big step for JAlbum, enabling anyone to publish web albums. I believe people who care about the appearance of their photo albums will find JAlbum a great fit for their needs”, says founder David Ekholm.

Pretty nifty. You can signup here.
***UPDATE – I quickly threw together a couple and pics and uploaded the album to the new service.
You can see it here: http://tweakhound.myjalbum.net/thtest/
Again, it was done very quickly and with basically the default settings. I just wanted you to see it in action.