May Month in Review – Pseudorant Articles
Pseudorant Month in Review – Tutorials, Articles, and Rants!
Hey everyone! Welcome to the Pseudorant Month in Review. I am doing the Month in Review article because this is the first full month of articles Pseudorant has written on our domain.
A lot of interesting things have happened this month. We have learned a lot of new things about computers and linux. We acquired a new author for the blog. We got setup on numerous social networks, and setup our RSS feed on FeedBurner.
In fact so much has been going on that it seemed fitting to do a review post that links to all the articles we have published this month. If you have been checking out the blog regularly we appreciate the continued support. If you are new to the blog “Welcome!” and we hope you have found something of interest.
As we continue to build the blog and improve the site we would really appreciate feedback from our readers on any changes, improvements or additions they would like to see on the site. We are very interested to hear people’s thoughts so please do not hesitate to email, comment, or slide ransom notes under the door. (Although the last method is least preferred.)
I hope you continue to enjoy our Pseudorants. Joe and I will continue to do out best to provide interesting and worthwhile content. Thanks for checking us out!
May – Month in Review!
Blogs
05-05-2008 - What Makes Content Valuable or Interesting?
05-19-2008 - The Blogs First New Author!
05-26-2008 - Pseudorant on Twitter’s Micro-Blogging Social Network
05-30-2008 - Pseudorant on FeedBurner! - Help us Burn our RSS Feed!
Internet
05-02-2008 - Why Google Alerts are So Useful!
05-04-2008 - What is Web 2.0? Web 2.0 is coming!
05-13-2008 - Content Management Systems – Joomla
05-22-2008 - Remove the Welcome to the Frontpage in Joomla
Linux
05-08-2008 - What Version of Linux is Right for Me?
05-09-2008 - Kubuntu Linux Successfully Installed
05-11-2008 - Video Tutorial - Installing Kubuntu Linux on a Laptop
05-16-2008 - How to Install Windows on Linux
05-17-2008 - How to Install Programs in Kubuntu Linux
05-20-2008 - How to Install Apache, MySQL, and PHP on your Linux Box
05-21-2008 - How to Install Firefox in Linux using Apt-Get
05-29-2008 - AddAsPodcast Bug for Amarok on Kubuntu
Money
05-24-2008 - Practical Ways to Make Money Online by Selling on eBay
05-25-2008 - How to Make Money Online with FREE Gift Cards
Rants
05-03-2008 - Grand Theft Auto IV is the Root of All Evil!
05-07-2008 - Microsoft is the Debil! Linux Here I Come!
05-10-2008 - Windows Movie Maker Hates My Samsung SC-DX10
05-15-2008 - More Reasons Why I Hate Microsoft
05-28-2008 - Too Many Business Requirements from End Users
Video
05-01-2008 - The Count Censored – Sesame Street – Viral Video
05-06-2008 - Today’s Moment of Zen – The Hardest Level in Mario
05-12-2008 - Watch Family Guy Episodes Online
05-18-2008 - Watch Movies Online & Streaming TV Shows on Your PC
05-23-2008 - Disturbing Video of the Week – Schwar-chan
05-27-2008 - VLC Media Player – Play Videos without Codecs
VLC Media Player – Play Videos without Codecs
VLC Player – The Codec-less Media Player
A friend of mine was asking me about codecs the other day. He told me that he had spent hours downloading a video only to find out that it wouldn’t play on his computer. He told me that every time he tried to load the video he would get a message about the player trying to acquire the correct codecs.
He said that each time it would fail, and finally he gave up on trying to play the video altogether and deleted it from his hard drive. He seemed really frustrated about this because of the time and energy he spent trying to get the video to play only to end up deleting the file.
That was when I told him about VLC Media Player.
VLC player is a media player that does not require video codecs in order to play movies. In fact, VLC can play almost anything you throw at it without any trouble. This is great to know because how many times have you been sitting there trying to get a video to play, only to realize it was encoded with some strange video codec you had never heard of.
VLC will also play files that are corrupted or broken, with the parts of the video you actually have. This can be great for testing video clips, trying to recover a movie, or for purely experimental purposes.
VLC player is a free program that can be downloaded from Videolan.org. It is a very small download of less than 10 mbs and is used by millions of people around the world.
If you are new to VLC player I would highly recommend checking it out. Or if you are just looking for a new media player or are running into codec issues this is definitely the way to go.
Thanks for checking out Pseudorant! We appreciate the support.
Disturbing Video of the Week - Schwar-chan
Ladies and Gents, the Governor of California …
Hey all! I wanted to post something to break up the series of guides and tutorials we have been doing lately. While those types of guides are great and we really enjoy writing them I have had some friends of mine, that read the blog mention how they would like to see something different from time to time. Aside from Linux tutorials, and “How To” guides.
So taking their good advice, I have decided to post a video this week in response to their feedback.
This is a video I came across several years ago, that disturbed me beyond belief. Unlike other sites I am not going to post some gross video, or a “screamer” clip. This is just a truly disturbing video to me.
I have a nightmare like the “Wizard of Oz” where I am in a house that’s twirling around in tornado and when I look out the bedroom window instead of seeing the Wicked Witch I see this instead. Man that “old time” bicycle is creepy… *shudders* hehe
Watch Movies Online & Streaming TV Shows on Your PC
Streaming Video Websites – Watch TV and Movies on Your PC
Today I want to talk a little about streaming video. Streaming video is becoming more and more popular among websites in the past few years. The more bandwidth that becomes available to websites the more sites start offering services that enable you to watch TV and movies right on your PC.
If you read this article, I will be posting a great resource for streaming TV and movies on the internet. There are many streaming websites out there, but I want to link one of my favorites to give people a good place to start.
The site I am referring to is called VEOH. VEOH is a great website that focuses mainly on streaming video and movies. It is a website that is setup like MySpace, allowing users to create their own profiles and interact in web 2.0 community that revolves around online videos.
VEOH currently has thousands of users which creates a nice community feel where you can create friend lists based of what types of movies or videos memebers are uploading. Another really nice feature of VEOH is their VeohTV software that handles all the multimedia content you download from their site.
VeohTV is like the iTunes of video. When you are on the VEOH website and you find a video or movie you like, you can queue it up into the VeohTV software and the program will download the content to your hard drive. Say you are watching a TV Show that you really like and instead of just streaming the video you would like to copy it to your hard drive so you can burn it to DVD and watch it on your home entertainment system or media PC.
You can click on a link that will tell VeohTV to download this content and that way you can archive any TV shows or movies you would like to add to your media collection. On top of downloading movies and TV shows VeohTV will also manage your library of videos allowing you to easily find the content you are looking for. It will display each video with a thumbnail of what that video is about.
VeohTV even has Tivo like functions that can make video recommendations and allow you to subscribe to other users video streams so your computer will automatically download all the latest videos a user posts without the need to constantly queue up videos for download.
VEOH is just one of many streaming movie and TV websites on the internet. You can find numerous resources out there just by searching through Google or using the links I provide in my articles. As the internet grows bigger and more powerful we will see thousands of streaming video websites become available.
Sites like YouTube, VEOH and Hulu are good examples of commercial sites that are springing up offering streaming movies and TV to their users. Make the most of these services and you can save yourself a fortune on expensive cable services that were overpriced to begin with. These sites offer free streaming video to their users and provide a great sense of community making them the ideal places to go for online video content.
To get started you should check out my favorite site VEOH, which can be found at the following link:
This is a great place to get started with streaming video and also a great place to meet new friends that are video enthusiasts. I have met a ton of great people here with a lot of common interests.
Some other good resources for streaming media are:
I hope you enjoyed this article, and get as much use out of VEOH as I have. Keep in mind there are hundreds of streaming video websites out there, and now that you have read this article you are off to a good start. Checkout the other links I provide for great resources for streaming video, TV shows, and other great sites online.
As always thanks for visiting the site, please tell your friends! There is always something of interest for everyone on Pseudorant and we appreciate the support of our readers. Thanks!
Watch Family Guy Episodes Online
You want me to whack a guy? You want me to off a guy?
I’m so tired! I really need to plan out all my work better from now on. I spent the whole day doing web / SEO projects at work without really taking a break. I just felt like I was getting so much done that I should keep going while I was on a role.
Then when I got home I had to mow the back yard. I had put off doing this yesterday because I did the front yard late in the day and still had errands to run. Well after I finished mowing I decided I should try out my new Black and Decker weed whacker… This got way out of hand.
I was finally able to trim all the long grass around the fence and sides of the house. I actually got a little carried away and started weed whacking my way through a garden that was over grown with grass and dandelions. The neighbors must have thought I was crazy standing in the middle of a garden bed with green crap flying up in the air and mulch chips whizzing by.
Well after I came inside I realized I had over done it. I hopped in the shower to rinse off and realized I could hardly lift my left arm. Between mowing the insane hill in my backyard and weed whacking for an hour I had used up all my energy.
I have been recovering for the most part since I got in but even as I write this my left arm is resting on my laptop with only my index finger moving. Hehe. Anyway, the lesson here is to pace yourself. I have been running around so crazy lately that I just need to take a moment to step back.
Well, all that whacking got me thinking about one of my favorite shows. The Family Guy! ^_^ I realized I had a bookmark for a site I go to when I want to watch Family Guy episode online and I wanted to share it with anyone who reads the blog because it is a lot better than a lot of the streaming Family Guy sites.
The site is usually pretty lag free if you are not there during prime times. They have a really good selection of episodes and it is organized very well. When you have hard a hard day and just need to sit back and laugh this is the place to go:
Watch Family Guy Episodes Online
Thanks for checking out Pseudorant! Remember to take it easy and not work to hard. You gotta step back and laugh sometimes… it’s good for you!
