We're on hiatus

As you've no doubt noticed I've been a little slack in releasing episodes here lately. Sorry for not keeping all you guys in the loop. I'm revamping the layout of the show and the site. Simply dedicating the show to free files seems to have some limitations and I'd like to see this show keep growing. I'd absolutely love any suggestions anyone might have for me.

One last thing, the contest is almost over and a decision will be made on Feb 1st, so get your entries in soon. The prize has changed. Rather than a 128MB Flash Drive, I've upped the size to 256MB. Refer to episodes 7.5 and 8 for the rules.

Episode 8 - Keepin' it in the family

Robert joins me again this week to review Tenptation Blocker, RAMBOOSTER, nLite, Browster, and Flash WAMP (this one's not free, but there is a trial and it's worth checking out). Robert also has a little review about his girlfriends newly acquired XBOX 360.

Show Notes:

• Temptation Blocker: http://www.webjillion.com/archives/2005/08/01/free-software-temptation-blocker
• RAMBOOSTER: http://www.sci.fi/~borg/rambooster/index.htm
• nLite: http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html#
• Browster: http://www.browster.com/
• Flash WAMP: http://www.funsoundplayer.com/flash-winamp.htm

As I said before, Flash WAMP isn't free, but it is worth taking a look at if you'd like to add audio to your site. It converts your WinAmp skins into Flash for you, so if you have a favorite skin or one you designed yourself it's a great tool for adding a little flair to your site.

Get Episode 8 right here.

Episode 7 fixed...

In case you were one of the few that jumped on Episode 7 within the first 5 minutes, you accidentally received a video clip I was trying to link you to on my site. Sorry about that. To get the real Episode 7 in iTunes, unsubscribe to the show and resubscribe. Sorry for the inconvenience. The direct link to the NASA video was taken down, but you should be able to find it by navigating to their video section.

I can't believe I didn't see that one coming.

Episode 7 - Drier than a martini

Shady joins me this week to review Free Ram Pro, AntiVir, Avast!, Freevo, VUPlayer, and the latest from NASA. Put away your towels, because this one's really dry. I gotta start doing some more prep-work. The episode cuts off at the end because, as I stated earlier, my battery died.

This was a rush job of the worst kind, and it was still late. I was feeling bad after getting so behind schedule that I called Shady, rushed 100 miles to Richmond, and pooped this one out. So I ask you, would you rather me be late and have better content or do whatever I can to squeeze out an episode and have the occassional lemon? This is a serious question, so I expect a response (please).


Show Notes:

• Free RAM XP Pro: http://www.yourwaresolutions.com/software.html
  
• AntiVir: http://www.free-av.com/
  
• Avast!: http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
  
• Freevo: http://freevo.sourceforge.net/
  
• VUPlayer: http://www.vuplayer.com/
  
• The next moon lander: http://www.nasa.gov/
  

Get Episode #7 here.

Episode 7.5 - It's all relative...

My nephew, Robert, joins me this week. We talk about Dogpile, Grokster, Fruitcast, a couple of fun videos, and a game I've gotten into.

Robert introduced me to Dogpile, not a file, but still useful. We talk about the Grokster page, no link to that though, listen to the episode and you'll know why. Ever heard of the Numa Numa video? Bet you haven't seen Pluma Pluma Gay. Use Fruitcast to place ads in your podcast to make money.

I've also gotten into City of Heroes, I know it's not free but I still like it. If you want to find me on COH then go to the Justice server and look for SingleFlow.

And don't forget to visit my Frappr map, chat with me from my website, and add me as your friend on myspace.

Show Notes:

• Dogpile: http://www.dogpile.com


• Grokster: Grokster.com (use at your own risk and get a proxy)


• Pluma Pluma Gay: http://www.wimp.com/pluma


• Numa Numa Song: www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/numa.php


• Fruitcast: http://www.fruitcast.com


• Chatango: http://www.chatango.com


• SingleFlow on Frappr: http://www.frappr.com/singleflow


• Singleflow on Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/singleflow


• Chat with me from my site: http://www.singleflow.com/contact.htm


• City of Heroes: http://www.coh.com

Download Episode 7.5 here

*Note* Episode 7 with Shady will be up soon, still working with that one. Sorry for the "tinny" sound on 7.5, got a new mic and I'm working on fixing the problem.

Episode 7 IS coming, I promise...

Sorry for all the delay. I'm still editting episode 7 (the one that almost got lost forever). I also recorded another episode today with my nephew Robert. He'll be in episode 7.5. Sorry to keep you guys waiting, but rest assured that I'm still alive. Give me one more day, then you may procede to take turns kicking me in the nads.

Thanks for all you patience, and get ready for the Beta Taste.

-SingleFlow.com

AHHH!!! My system powered down and took Episode 7 with it!!!

Don't fret, Audacity saved the day. Even though I didn't save my show, the episode was still preserved in a temp folder. Yep, all 181 10-second clips of them. I've finished stitching it back together, but it'll be up in a couple days.

I love you all, have a happy new year!

Episode 6 - The Beta Taste

This week we (yeah, Doc is back in the house bitches!!!) review Amy (Skype answering machine), SDP Streaming video ripper, FlyAKiteOSX, GTA 1&2 free, Leechget download manager, and Chatango. Listen to the show to learn more.

Show Notes:

• Amy: http://www.yappernut.com/def/en/amy.htm
• SDP - ASF & MMS ripper: http://sdp.ppona.com/
• FlyAKiteOSX: http://osx.portraitofakite.com
  
• GTA 1&2 free from Rockstar: http://www.rockstargames.com/classics/
  
• Leechget Download Manager: http://www.leechget.net/en/
  
• Chatango: http://www.chatango.com/
  
• Julie's Design: http://www.julieoglesby.com
  
• Ninjai: http://www.ninjai.com
  

Get Episode 6 here: http://www.singleflow.com/singleflow/SF006_12_18_2005.mp3

NEW CHAT FEATURE ADDED TO THE SITE!!!

Hey guys, tired of sending e-mails that take forever to get responses too? Ever wonder what I'm doing or what's coming up on the next show? Then why not chat with me live?!

I've added a chat window to the site's contact page. You can still find my e-mail addresses there, but if I'm online then try chatting with me. Lemme know how much you hate me in REAL TIME!!! I can't guarantee I'll be on there all the time, your best bet is to check in the afternoon between 7:00pm-12:00pm est. Check back often, as I might just leave it on during the day when I'm not doing anything else.

In case you can't seem to get in touch with me there, then just send me an e-mail and request a time to chat. I'll do what I can to work with you.

Click this link to go directly to the contact/chat page: singleflow.com/contact.htm

Episode 5 - A host with some know-how

This week's show is co-hosted with Jake Sweany, and covers Deepburner, ShrinkTo5, and Virtual Dub.

We also talk a little about Firefox and it's history. I did some research and found out that the previous versions of Firefox began with Pheonix (ver. 0.1-0.5), then switched to Firebird (ver. 0.6-0.8), and then changed to the Firefox we know and love from ver. 0.9-1.5, which is the current release.

Jake has been a good friend of mine for some time now, and luckily for us he's a little more tech oriented. Trust me when I say he knows what he's talking about, even teaching me a thing or two.

Show Notes:

• Deepburner: http://www.deepburner.com
  
• ShrinkTo5: http://www.shrinkto5.com
  
• Virtual Dub: http://www.virtualdub.org
  
• Mozilla Firefox: http://www.getfirefox.com

You can listen to this week's episode here: Episode 5 - CD/DVD Burning and Video Editing

Episode 4 - Revenge of the Doc

This week Doc and I review audio and video codecs, some interesting Flash animation sites, a few games, and somebody farts.

This week my good friend Doc Sampson finally joins the crew to help me out and give a rebuttal to all the stuff we said about him last week. Visit Doc's site here: http://irondocsampson.com

Show Notes:

• Divx codec: http://divx.com
• Lazy Man's MVK: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/
  Codec-Packs-Video-Codecs/Lazy-Mans-MKV.shtml
• Ogg Vorbis codec: http://www.vorbis.com/
• VLC Player: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
• Ninjai (animation): http://ninjai.com
• Tedi Online (animation): http://tedionline.com
• Floating Pear Productions (animation): http://www.floatingpear.com/
• Arj and Poopy (animation): http://arjandpoopy.com/home.html
• How to post in a forum: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting.php
  

Once again, if you have yet to actually subscribe to the show, you can download the episode here: Episode 4 - Video Codecs

Episode 3 out with avengence

Will "Shady" Clark and Jeremy "Kadaver" Scott join me in this week to talk about a few free MMOs (online games douche), as well as a few rants and tangents that are sure to peek you interest or disgust. The opinions of Kenny Scott are not the opinions of SingleFlow, SingleFlow.com, its employees or affiliates. Sorry for the excessively long episode, hope you enjoy it. Thank you and enjoy the show.

Show Notes:

• Gunz The Duel: http://gunzonline.com
  
• Wolfenstein-Enemy Territory: http://enemy-territory.com
  
• Silk Road Online: http://www.silkroadonline.net/

This weeks "Plug 'O The Week" goes out to the guys at http://nerdblurb.com. Another podcast you can find on iTunes as well as other podcast clients. But before you do anything else, please go to http://podcastalley.com, search for our show (SingleFlow, of course), and vote to help us raise to #1 on their lists.

Get Episode 3 here.

P.S. We didn't really edit anything.

Episode 2 is finally available

Episode 2 reviews AVG Anti-Virus, SmoothWall Firewall,Ethereal, Netstumbler, Airsnort, OpenOffice, ThinkFree, GimpShop, HTMLkit, Audacity, and Freecorder.

I'm also pleased to announce that SingleFlow.com is at the top of the Google Search Engine!!! Now who wants to touch me?!

Show Note Links:

• AVG Anti-Virus: http://free.grisoft.com
• SmoothWall Firewall: http://smoothwall.org/
• Ethereal: http://ethereal.com/
• Netstumbler: http://netstumbler.com/
• Airsnort: http://airsnort.shmoo.com/
• OpenOffice: http://www.openoffice.org/
• ThinkFree: http://www.thinkfree.com/
• GimpShop: http://plasticbugs.com/
• HTMLkit: http://www.chami.com/
• Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
• Freecorder: http://www.replay-video.com/freecorder/index.php

I'd also like to mention a new tech podcast I just came across. Go to http://techcasttv.com and check out their vid-cast. New episodes are made available each month. So far these guys have covered some interesting tech news, gadgets, etc. Go to their site to find out more.

If you have any questions for me then send them to jason@singleflow.com. Just want to let you know that Episode 3 will be out 2 weeks from today. I know I said I'd get it out this week, but I decided to go ahead and move the beginning of the 2 week schedule to this week. If you don't like this idea, and want new episode out every week instead, then send me an e-mail and explain why I have to do this. You may be able to persuade me.

Get Episode 002 here.

My Odeo Channel (odeo/f622c58b25c47f9c)

SingleFlow Episode 1.5

It's been almost a day since the first test episode of SingleFlow debuted. I'd like to thank all of you that have subscribed to the podcast for all your support and feedback. I was able to use some of the critiques in finishing up the final version of Episode 001.

Episode 1.5 covers all the same apps covered in the original Episode 1 with a little more detail about each one along with where to go about finding them on-line. If you've already subscribed they you should be able to hear the show on your podcatcher, but in case you're set on the direct download then you can get it here: Episode 1.5
My Odeo Channel (odeo/a7ba4a3ee1b131dd)


Show Notes:
Get Firefox at getfirefox.com
Thunderbird at getthunderbird.com
Ad-Aware at lavasoft.com/software/adaware
Spybot at safer-networking.org/en/download
Cryptainer at cypherix.com/cryptainerle
Eraser at tolvanen.com/eraser/download.shtml
Sygate at smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm
ZoneAlarm at www.zonelabs.com

SingleFlow Episode 001 Now Available!!!

Thanks again to all of you guys and gals out there for waiting for SingleFlow Episode 1. Let me also welcome any new visitors to the site. After much research, I think I've finally figured out how to get this thing published.

This episode is more of a test episode so it's very short (about 7 minutes) and includes a brief description of the show and a very short review of some security and privacy software you should immediately install on your computer.

Download Episode #001 right here.

Show Notes:
Get Firefox at getfirefox.com
Ad-Aware at lavasoft.com
Spybot at safer-networking.org
Cryptainer at cypherix.com/cryptainerle
Eraser at tolvanen.com/eraser/download.shtml
Sygate at smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm
ZoneAlarm at www.zonelabs.com

Episode #001 - Prerelease Notes

We'd like to thank all of you guys waiting for the release of SingleFlow's first podcast for all your patience and support. For those of you that don't already know SingleFlow is a show dedicated to bringing you all the free and open source software alternatives out there for those of us that can't afford 100's of dollars worth of mediocre applications.

Every application we feature has been reviewed and rated by one of us, and most of the time it's still being used to some degree on our systems. All the software is ad-free (unless we missed something), and offer the same, or similar, functionality to their paid counter parts.

Each application is, in our eyes, a basic must-have for every user setting up their system for the first time or for the seasoned veteran who just hasn't found out about them yet. We scour the web to find all the amazing programs scattered throughout and put it all in one place. Stop watching countless episodes of tech shows waiting for a juicy tidbit, just enjoy your shows for once, and let us compile all that stuff for you. Stop using a search engine to find those priceless gems, only to be directed to a spoofed site that bundles in spyware with anti-spyware applications. This is your one-stop-shop for free utilities, but as we don't sell (or even host) any of these files, we prefer to call it your SingleFlow.

Episode #001 is going to begin by covering the essential FREE protective software available on the net today. This includes, but is not limited to, free firewalls, anti-spyware, data eliminators, and data encrypters. As the show progresses, and hopefully it will, we'll go on to cover some of the more fun and interesting things the freeware and open source community has to offer.

We encourage you to check back to our site frequently for new updates as we move closer to finalizing the site and the show.