Apr

28

I'm going to be on the radio!

Filed Under Computer America, Dial-a-fix 

Carey Holzman, the co-host of the longest-running, highly syndicated computer talk radio show Computer America has invited me onto the show on Monday, May 7th from 11PM to Midnight Eastern time to talk about Dial-a-fix (among other things).

You can stream the show over the web, find a local radio station (if you're in the U.S.), wait until I've uploaded the mp3, or subscribe to their podcast. You can find all of that information here: http://computeramerica.com/listen.htm

The show is live. If you have anything you'd like to ask me while I'm on, call 1-866-606-TALK. That's a toll-free number in the U.S.

He first heard about Dial-a-fix on the April 23rd show when the CEO of Rent-a-Geek mentioned how extensively they use it.

He gave me a call the other day and we talked for several hours. It was great and I am looking forward to working with him on future shows.

This whole thing pretty much means that:
1) I have to work even harder on the new Dial-a-fix so I can get it done quicker (because of the upcoming surge of demand that will be generated by the show) - though DAF won't by done by the time of the show's airing, probably not for at least another month after (yes it is being worked on right now)
2) I'm going to want to put up AdWords to take advantage of this

Yeah, that's greedy but what else can I do? I need the money pretty badly, and mentioning my site on national radio is going to generate quite a bit of hits. I hate those stupid ads and so does everyone else, and I promised myself I'd never put them back up, but this is an opportunity. I am to the point (again) where I just need some grocery money.

Anyway, they're in for a treat because I have quite differing opinions on Windows concepts, especially when it comes to concepts that originate from people who refer to Microsoft as "M$" or, my personal favorite, "MiKKKro$oft". Those types generally blame Microsoft for everything that isn't actually Microsoft's fault. I wouldn't even be mentioning this if they were blaming Microsoft for something that was their fault, and I tend to come off as an apologist or fanboy all of the time because I'm usually the only one who will defend Microsoft when these stupid statements are made. That's because I take the time to find out how things work internally. I don't really care if anyone thinks I'm a fanboy, because I'm not. Fanboys defend products even when they suck. If there's something that sucks about Windows, I'll tell you about it with no problem, but if everyone continues to blame Microsoft for problems that aren't even theirs, I'm going to have to say something about it.

My stance is, and always has been, leave Windows the hell alone. Using BlackViper's services lists and "tweaking" utilities goes against everything Dial-a-fix stands for: setting everything back to factory defaults so that it works again. I don't have any beef specifically with BlackViper, or any other tweaking guides or those that use them; there is a time and place for those things. If you choose to make those changes, you'd damn well better be ready for the result. If something doesn't work, you can't then complain "MiKKKro$oft is fucking us again!" when you were most likely the one who ruined your operating system or the application in question. I also have an issue with a lot of people who imply (through their advice) that they are more knowledgeable about the way Windows memory management and page files works than the kernel engineers (engineers who have properly earned such a title). What's great about that kind of tweaking advice is that it is just as flat as the default setting - a single value is typically given in these tweaks which is supposed to somehow be better than the flat value that is there by default. If a different value was better across the board, don't you think it would have been the default? Shouldn't each computer require a specifically tuned value for that computer alone? Oh well.

Don't screw with your computer yourself without being able to take full responsibility for your actions. Know that while there are edge cases where performance can be increased (typically marginally) over the default settings, Microsoft has specifically engineered the operating system to perform the best across all possible configurations, and only in specific cases can performance be enhanced by going against the defaults.

Anyway, I didn't mean to get into that rant. Carey and I are probably going to rant about this stuff enough as it is. Having said all of this, enjoy the show. I know I will!



Comments

4 Responses to “I'm going to be on the radio!”

  1. # Dr JD Azil on April 28th, 2007 10:33 PM

    You're the man now dawg.

  2. # Simon Zerafa on April 30th, 2007 4:45 AM

    Hi,

    Enjoy your Radio appearance, I can tell you from experience it can be nerve-wracking but generally fun.

    I do a spot on a BBC show which is broadcast by BBC Wales called "Mousemat" where I do the "PC Doctor" slot. More info and the last weeks episdode online here:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/radiowales/sites/mousemat/

    I answer listeners questions regarding their computing problems and offer general advice on computing to a general audience.

    Every now and then they do ask the seemingly straight-froward questions which have complex and interesting answers.

    BTW if you don't already listen to Leo Laporte on the "Tech Guy" show which is now syndicated across the US then I would recommend it.

    Kind Regards

    Simon

  3. # rridgely on May 1st, 2007 1:00 AM

    I can't wait to listen.
    If it goes well enough maybe they have you on weekly or something. You could be making the big bucks. :)

  4. # DennisD on May 5th, 2007 4:03 PM

    Looking forward to hearing the voice behind the software, from one of the many who've benefited from Dial-a-fix.

    Good luck.

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