Saturday, September 15, 2007

For Serious Jericho Fans Only: Jerichon Festival in Oakley Kansas This Weekend

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jericho I was reading the Kansas City Star newspaper this morning and noticed an Associated Press blip about this festival in Oakley Kansas.  Now festivals are a very common thing in small towns, but this one is quite different. 

 

Here's an excerpt from the story:

"The show's passionate, well-organized fan base rallied around the show this summer after CBS canceled the drama in May. After fans deluged the network with calls, messages and shipments of 50,000 peanuts, CBS reversed its decision and called for second season with seven more episodes about a Kansas town isolated by a nuclear terrorist attack.
At the Jerichon festival, fans will learn about real-life responses to the nuclear disaster portrayed on the show. They also will study how communities would respond to natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and the May tornado in Greensburg, about 140 miles southeast of Oakley.
With the announcement from CBS, the crowd attending Jerichon is expected to be small, but visitors are coming from as far as Canada.
"They know that when they come here, they're coming to Jericho and not going to have all the big city stuff," said Oakley resident Jerry Robben. "They want to come to Jericho, and it's pretty close to what they're watching on TV."
No actors or CBS officials are scheduled to be attendance. The show is being shot in California.
Fans from Oakley believe Jericho has striking similarities to their town. Their best evidence is that it's the only town where Interstate 70 intersects with both U.S. 40 and 83.
Activities begin Friday, starting with a mayoral proclamation turning Oakley into Jericho for the weekend. Much of the weekend will center around The Bluff bar."

 

jericho2 I should mention that Jericho is a very excellent show and if you haven't seen it yet, please do so.  Here's a few ways to get caught up on the first season of Jericho:

Apple iTunes Click the button to the right to view Jericho on iTunes: Jericho

Amazon Unbox:  Click the link to the right to view Jericho on Amazon Unbox: Jericho Season 1

Amazon DVD Purchase: Click the link to the right to purchase the DVD (preorder until 10/1): Jericho Season 1

Rent Jericho Season 1 at Netflix beginning 10/1

 

Jericho will return as a mid-season replacement sometime late this Fall or Early 2008.  I for one will be watching and hoping the show is successful enough for a third season to be picked up.

Related Posts:

CBS to Fans:  Watch Jericho Live

Listing of all Fall TV Season Premiers w/ PDF Download

DVR TV Watcher will be Counted With New Nielsen Rating Method

New Fall Show Rundown

 

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Friday, September 14, 2007

GBPVR HTPC Software Keyboard Shortcut Cheat Sheet

clip_image001This is part four of a six-part series where I'll share with you the keyboard shortcut cheat sheets that I have compiled for the most popular Home Theater PC programs available. 

 

This one is for the GBPVR HTPC Software.

TO DOWNLOAD A PDF VERSION OF THIS GBPVR CHEAT SHEET CLICK HERE

NOTE: As with many of the HPTC programs, you can customize the keyboard mappings on GBPVR to your liking.
http://gbpvr.com Home
http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki Wiki & downloads
http://forums.gbpvr.com/ Forums
Navigation Keyboard Shortcuts
Power F12
Return to main/ previous menu HOME (or) ESCAPE
Accept the selection ENTER
Go to pictures F5
Go to radio F6
Go F11
Audio Control Keyboard Shortcuts
Turn down volume CONTROL+Z
Turn up volume CONTROL+X
Music Library Keyboard Shortcuts
Go to music F4
Play an audio file or song CONTROL+P
Stop music CONTROL+S
Skip to the next song CONTROL+RIGHT ARROW
Fast forward a song CONTROL+LEFT ARROW
Toggle b/w icon & list view while navigating library CONTROL+B
Control the TV Keyboard Shortcuts
Go to Recorded TV/Videos F3
Go to the Guide F1
Go to live TV F2
Record a TV show CTRL+K
Pause or resume live TV or recorded TV CTRL+Q
Fast forward xx minutes # MINS +CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
Rewind xx minutes # OF MINS +CTRL+LEFT ARROW
Catch up CTRL+O
Display the context menu CTRL+B
Aspect Ratio F7
Return to main menu with Video inset ESCAPE
Go to the last channel viewed CTRL+W
Control the TV Guide Keyboard Shortcuts
Go to/ view TV guide F1
View TV Guide During Playback/LiveTV CTRL+G
Scroll right, left, up down in guide ARROW KEYS
Skip Back one day in guide CTRL+LEFT ARROW
Skip Forward one day in guide CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
Move page up in guide PAGE UP
Move page down in guide PAGE DOWN
Move forward one page CTRL+F
Move backward one page CTRL+D
Move to specific channel NUMBER KEYS 0-9 (then) ENTER
Watch highlighted show CTRL+P
Video/TV Playback Keyboard Shortcuts
Go to Recorded TVVideos F7
Play CONTROL+P
Pause CONTROL+Q
Stop CONTROL+S (or) ESCAPE
Rewind CONTROL+D
Fast forward CONTROL+F
Skip commercial (w/Comskip add-on) CONTROL+P (or) 0+CONTROL+RIGHT ARROW
Skip back xx seconds # SECS+CONTROL+RIGHT ARROW
Skip forward xx seconds # SECS+CONTROL+LEFT ARROW
Skip back 60 seconds CONTROL+LEFT ARROW
Skip forward 60 seconds CONTROL+RIGHT ARROW
Show progress bar CONTROL+B
Quick jump to side menu (while navigating library) CONTROL+LEFT ARROW
Toggle icon/list view (while navigating library) CONTROL+B
Play DVD's Keyboard Shortcuts
Go to the DVD menu ESCAPE
Play CONTROL+P
Pause CONTROL+Q
Stop CONTROL+S (or) ESCAPE
Rewind CONTROL+D
Fast forward CONTROL+F
Skip forward 60 seconds CONTROL+RIGHT ARROW
Skip backward 60 seconds CONTROL+LEFT ARROW
Skip forward xx seconds # SECS +CONTROL+RIGHT ARROW
Skip backward xx seconds # SECS +CONTROL+LEFT ARROW
Skip to chapter xx CHAPTER# +ENTER
Show progress bar CONTROL+B
Change Aspect ratio F7
Change the DVD audio track CONTROL+G
Change the DVD subtitles selection CONTROL+Y

 

Other HTPC Software Cheat Sheets:

Windows Vista Media Center and XP MCE Cheat Sheet

Beyond TV and Beyond Media Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

Media Portal Cheat Sheet

Mac Front Row Cheat Sheet: Coming Soon

MythTV Cheat Sheet: Coming Soon

 

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Timewaster / Tool Of The Day: Brought To You By Blogger

The Blogger Buzz blog announces a new "toy" they have released that does something that is somewhat of a timewaster, but I must admit - quite an interesting way to kill some time.  It's called Blogger Play and its simply a web album that scrolls through the pictures being uploaded to blogger blogs in real time!

 

According to their announcement, they've had this photo scroller in the Blogger offices on a monitor or projector as a slideshow.  In their words:

"Over the years we’ve kept this photo scroller as part of the Blogger offices, on a monitor or projector, as an interesting (distracting?) slideshow, and a reminder of the diversity and vivaciousness of Blogger blogs. The fame of the scroller spread within Google, until one day we were asked, “so, when are you launching this?”

While watching the photos scroll by, you have the following slideshow controls: scan pause, skip back, skip forward, speed up, slow down

You can also click on any of the photos and head straight to the blog that posted that photo.  Certainly a unique way to browse random blogs don't you think?

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Check out the photo album viewer at http://play.blogger.com/

via Blogger Buzz

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Friday Reads

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Here are a few interesting stories to check out for your Friday Reads:

 

Extract Pictures from PowerPoint Photo Slideshows - Simple Hack - Amit at Digital Inspirations has another great how-to.  This one shows you how to get photos from those PowerPoint slideshows.

Samsung Blackjack Getting WM6 September 17th - Sean Alexander over at Addicted to Digital Media is reporting that the Blackjack will be getting a WM6 upgrade this coming Monday.

Falling back in love with Vista Media Center - Sean Alexander who works at Microsoft says he is falling back in love with Vista Media Center after a brief stint with Tivo Series 3.  He's been using a cablecard equiped Media Center PC and talks about the pros and cons between the Tivo and MC.

New Satellite DVR's Displayed - Dave Zatz reviews some of the new Satellite DVR's displayed at the CEDIA Expo

How To Display Folder Size in Windows Explorer - Robson at Digital Alchemy has a easy, but useful how-to for XP and Windows 2000 users.

Netflix Watch Now is Limited to 8 Computers - HackingNetflix says you can only enable 8 computers for Netflix's watch-now feature.  Not sure why you would need more then 8, but I guess you never know.

 

I'm running a series on Home Theater PC software cheat sheets that include a downloadable & printable keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet for all of the popular HTPC software.  Check them out here:

Windows Vista Media Center and XP MCE Cheat Sheet

Beyond TV and Beyond Media Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

Media Portal Cheat Sheet

GBPVR Cheat Sheet

Mac Front Row Cheat Sheet: Coming Soon

MythTV Cheat Sheet: Coming Soon

 

Also, if you're a college football fan, you might want to read my story on the College Football Schedule Maker from earlier this month.

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Thursday, September 13, 2007

Beyond TV and Beyond Media Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

This is part three of a six-part series where I'll share with you the keyboard shortcut cheat sheets that I have compiled for the most popular Home Theater PC programs available.  This one is for Snapstream's Beyond TV and Beyond Media HTPC Software.

Other HTPC Software Cheat Sheets:

Windows Vista Media Center and XP MCE Cheat Sheet

Media Portal Cheat Sheet

GBPVR Cheat Sheet

Mac Front Row Cheat Sheet: Coming Soon

MythTV Cheat Sheet: Coming Soon

 

TO DOWNLOAD A PDF VERSION OF THIS Beyond TV CHEAT SHEET CLICK HERE

TO DOWNLOAD A PDF VERSION OF THIS Beyond Media CHEAT SHEET CLICK HERE

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  Snapstream Beyond TV
   
www.snapstream.com Home
http://forums.snapstream.com/vb Forums  & Downloads
http://blogs.snapstream.com/ Blog
http://www.snapstream.net/ Online Guide
www.couchville.com Couchville TV Guide
http://couchville.com/buzz Top Recordings of BeyondTV Users
http://brentevans.blogspot.com Brent Evans Geek Tonic Blog
   
Navigation Keyboard Shortcuts
Exit Beyond TV User Interface ALT+F4 (or) CTRL+SHIFT+F1
Choose Selection / View Details ENTER
Exit current screen / Cancel ESCAPE
Return to home screen HOME
Move one page up PAGE UP
Move one page down PAGE DOWN
Move left, right, up, or down ARROW KEYS
Toggle windowed mode / full screen ALT+ENTER
Border-Off/ Border-On (windowed interface) F11
   
Audio Control Keyboard Shortcuts
Quiet Mode / Suppress UI Sound Effects Q
Mute / unmute volume M
Turn down volume MINUS KEY -
Turn up volume PLUS KEY + (or) EQUALS KEY =
Next subchannel Up (for HDTV only)   [
Next subchannel Down (for HDTV only)   ]
   
Control the TV Keyboard Shortcuts
Go to Recorded TV F5
Go to live TV F6
Record live TV R
Stop recording or stop playing a TV show S
Show/hide buffer (During Playback) P
Pause or resume live TV or recorded TV SPACEBAR
Go to front of buffer BACKSPACE
Rewind live TV or recorded TV (3 speeds) ARROW KEY LEFT
Fast forward live TV or recorded TV (3 speeds) ARROW KEY RIGHT
Skip forward (default 30 seconds) PERIOD KEY .
Skip backward (default 30 seconds) COMMA ,
Delete Saved Recording DEL
Display/hide program information I
Adjust Video Settings (brightness, contrast, gamma, deinterlace) O (or) G
View Remote Control Information F1
   
Control the TV Guide Keyboard Shortcuts
Go to/ view TV guide F7
View TV Guide During Playback/LiveTV E
Scroll right, left, up down in guide ARROW KEYS
Skip Back 6 hours in guide CTRL+ARROW KEY LEFT
Skip Forward 6 hours in guide CTRL+ARROW KEY RIGHT
Move page up in guide CTRL+ARROW KEY UP
Move page down in guide CTRL+ARROW KEY DOWN
Return to current time in guide SPACEBAR (or) BACKSPACE (or) P
Select channel to go to on the TV guide NUMBER KEYS (and then) ENTER
Open Record Options from TV guide R
Force an update of TV Guide Information from online database U
   
Control Recorded TV Keyboard Shortcuts
Skip to Next Chapter (Commercial Skip) ARROW KEY UP
Skip to Previous Chapter (Commercial Skip) ARROW KEY DOWN
   
Control Live TV Keyboard Shortcuts
Go to live TV F6
Select Specific Channel NUMBER KEYS 0-9
Go to the next channel up ARROW KEY UP (or) PAGE UP
Go to the previous channel down ARROW KEY DOWN (or) PAGE DOWN
Go to the last channel viewed L
   
Radio Control Keyboard Shortcuts
Display presets & their values O
Jump to assigned station presets NUMBER KEYS 1-9
Tune UP ARROW UP
Tune Down ARROW DOWN
Seek UP PAGE UP
Seek Down PAGE DOWN
Return to previous station L
Fast Forward (3 Speeds) ARROW RIGHT
Rewind (3 Speeds) ARROW LEFT
Skip back (30 seconds default) COMMA KEY ,
Skip forward (30 seconds default) PERIOD KEY .
Pause or resume live radio SPACEBAR
Go to front of buffer BACKSPACE
Date & time info - show/hide I
 

 

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Snapstream Beyond Media
www.snapstream.com Home
http://forums.snapstream.com/vb Forums  & Downloads
http://blogs.snapstream.com/ Blog
http://brentevans.blogspot.com Brent Evans Geek Tonic Blog
Navigation Keyboard Shortcuts
Exit current screen / Cancel ESCAPE
Exit Beyond Media ALT+F4
Choose selection ENTER
Return to main menu HOME
Options menu O
Return to home screen HOME
Move left, right, up, or down ARROW KEYS
Toggle windowed mode / full screen ALT+ENTER
Border-Off/ Border-On (for windowed interface) F11
Audio Control Keyboard Shortcuts
Quiet Mode / Suppress UI Sound Effects Q
Mute / unmute volume M
Turn down volume MINUS KEY -
Turn up volume PLUS KEY + (or) EQUALS KEY =
Music Player Keyboard Shorcuts
Toggle full screen visualizations F
Play an audio file or song/ Loads & plays the playlist for selected album, artist, genre or playlist P
Pause or resume an audio file or song SPACE
Stop Playback S
Add/ remove selected item from playlist Z
Go to previous song OPEN BRACKET [
Skip to the next song CLOSE BRACKET ]
Rewind a song SEMICOLON ;
Fast forward a song RIGHT QUOTE '
Toggle file browser view grid/list V
Picture Viewing Keyboard Shortcuts
Zoom in UP ARROW
Zoom out DOWN ARROW
Play a slide show P
Play/Pause during slideshow ENTER ARROW
Next Photo LEFT ARROW
Previous Photo RIGHT ARROW
Pan up (when zoomed in) 2
Pan down (when zoomed in) 4
Pan right (when zoomed in) 6
Pan left (when zoomed in) 8
Video Playback Keyboard Shortcuts
Play P
Play/ pause SPACE
Toggle info display ENTER (or) |
Stop S
Rewind SEMI-COLON ;
Fast forward RIGHT QUOTE '
Skip back (30 seconds) COMMA ,
Skip forward (30 seconds) PERIOD .
Play DVD's Keyboard Shortcuts
Go to the DVD menu R
Go to DVD title menu T
Play P
Play/pause toggle SPACE
Stop S
Go to the previous chapter OPEN BRACKET [
Go to the next chapter CLOSE BRACKET ]
Skip back 7 seconds COMMA ,
Skip forward 7 seconds RIGHT QUOTE '
Toggle Info Display I (or) ENTER
Browse Files Keyboard Shortcuts
Toggle file browser view grid/list V
Enter the directory / run file ENTER

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Media Portal HTPC Keyboard Cheat Sheet

This is part two of a six-part series where I'll share with you the keyboard shortcut cheat sheets that I have compiled for the most popular Home Theater PC programs available.  This one is for the free, open source Media Portal HTPC software.

Other HTPC Software Cheat Sheets:

Windows Vista Media Center and XP MCE Cheat Sheet

Beyond TV & Beyond Media Cheat Sheet

GBPVR Cheat Sheet

Mac Front Row Cheat Sheet: Coming Soon

MythTV Cheat Sheet: Coming Soon

 

TO DOWNLOAD A PDF VERSION OF THIS Media Portal CHEAT SHEET CLICK HERE

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Media Portal Cheat Sheet
www.team-mediaportal.com/ Home
www.wiki.team-mediaportal.com/ Wiki
www.forum.team-mediaportal.com/ Forums
www.team-mediaportal.com/files/ Downloads
www.team-mediaportal.com/blogs/ Blog
www.mediacenterblog.eu Blog Focused on MediaPortal
Navigation Keyboard Shortcuts
Perform Action ENTER
Go to the first item in a list HOME
Go to the last item in a list END
Go to the next page PAGE DOWN
Go to the previous page PAGE UP
Move left, right, up, or down ARROW KEYS
Pause/Resume SPACEBAR
Go in and go out of windowed mode X
Parent Folder U
Show Info About Selected Item F3
Start Playing P
Stop Playing B
Rewind F5
Fast Forward F6
Play Previous F7
Play Next F8
Show context menu F9
Screenshot F11
Home Screen H
Audio Control Keyboard Shortcuts
Turn down volume -
Turn up volume =
Mute volume M
My TV Keyboard Shortcuts
Switch Zoom mode/AR S
Show/Hide OSD Y
Step backward Left Arrow
Step forward Right Arrow
Big step backward Up Arrow
Big step forward Down Arrow
Previous TV channel F7
Next TV Channel F8
Mini TV Guide ENTER
Show/Hide MSN Chat Window C
Enter channel number NUMBER KEYS
Last channel 0
Record Current Program R
TV Guide Keyboard Shortcuts
Increase time interval F8
Decrease time interval F7
Move time window forward F6
Move time window backward F5
Default time interval F1
Goto current time HOME
My Music Keyboard Shortcuts
Switch Between Playlist/GUI F1
Add Song/folder to Playlist Y
My Videos
Switch To/From Video Playlist F1
Add selected item to video playlist Y
Delete Selected Movie 0
Fullscreen Video
Zoom A/R mode S
Show/Hide OSD Y
Step backward LEFT ARROW
Step forward RIGHT ARROW
Big step backward UP ARROW
Big step forward DOWN ARROW
Enter time NUMBER KEYS
Toggle subtitles L
Cycle audio tracks A
Stop B
Pause SPACEBAR
Movie Navigation
Previous chapter F4
Next chapter F8
Show DVD Movie D
My Pictures/Slideshow
Delete seleted picture 0
Show picture details F3
Pause/resume slideshow Enter
Previous picture/Left in Zoom Mode Left Arrow
Next picture/Right in Zoom Mode Right Arrow
Zoom out PAGE UP
Zoom in PAGE DOWN
Zoom level 1-9 NUMBER KEYS
Rotate picture R
Move up in zoom mode UP ARROW
Move down in zoom mode DOWN ARROW
GUI Calibration
Reset Calibration F1
OSD Value Plus PAGE UP
OSD Value Minus PAGE DOWN

 

Coming Next is a Cheat Sheet for Snapstream's Beyond TV & Beyond Media HTPC Programs

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