Rivahratt

About this original series

Stephen Hobson has been on the internet for over four years now. He has been a geek since Windows 98 and has been participating in online activities for four years. He created his first website at the age of ten. Powering over three websites using pure HTML and self hosting with WordPress, he finds it to be a very satisfying experience. He has posted over two hundred blog posts to his personal blog at Rivahratt.co.cc and writes a new post quite often. Stephen is not a Mac user but enjoys Windows 7 on his 2.6 GHz machine. Of course, Stephen is a geek so most of his topics that he discusses are technology related. Stephens handle Rivahratt originated from the river place he used to go to frequently. After finding out his true love (computers), the username stuck. Rivahratt is pronounced Riv-er-rat. If you would like to contact him, his E-mail address is Stephen@rivahratt.co.cc. Stephen describes himself as technologists, internet obsessed, technology enthusiast, web developer, blogger, neat freak, touch typist and a cross platform geek.

  • # Episodes

    8 episodes

  • Rating

    TV-G

Episodes of Rivahratt

    • Play How to Decode Binary - Rivahratt on Blip Rivahratt episodes on Blip

      How to Decode Binary

      Some of you may be aware that I am a part-time gamer. Most of the time I play a game called Crossfire which is a free FPS game. Even though skills can significantly affect your overall score, having a decent, lag free experience also heavily affects your score. To get a decent experience, not only do you need good hardware to prevent lag, there also some software tweaks that can help you out in game. I will be giving you some tips that apply to both. So, if you find yourself struggling with la...

      • Release date
        Mar 5, 2010
      • Runtime
        02:07
    • Play Install Multiple Applications with One Installer - Rivahratt on Blip Rivahratt episodes on Blip

      Install Multiple Applications with One Installer

      If you have recently re-formatted your PC or if you have recently purchased a new PC, you know how time consuming it can be to go all over the internet trying to find all the pieces of software that you need to re-install.

      • Release date
        Jan 1, 2010
      • Runtime
        02:40
    • Play Windows 7: First Impression - Rivahratt on Blip Rivahratt episodes on Blip

      Windows 7: First Impression

      Recently I have installed Windows 7 on my main machine. Yes, I re-formated and installed a fresh copy. Everything went perfect on the first try. Now, after a few days of using the OS I thought I would give you my first impression (Not a review.) of Windows 7.

      • Release date
        Jan 1, 2010
      • Runtime
        07:04
    • Play UploadRobots: Free File Storage and Sharing - Rivahratt on Blip Rivahratt episodes on Blip

      UploadRobots: Free File Storage and Sharing

      I usually use Box.net when I want to share a file with a friend. I am aware that Box.net is a very popular file sharing and file storage service. However, if you are not a big fan of Box.net, I have found a wonderful alternative called UploadRobots.

      • Release date
        Jan 1, 2010
      • Runtime
        02:44
    • Play My Top 3 Favorite Web Apps - Rivahratt on Blip Rivahratt episodes on Blip

      My Top 3 Favorite Web Apps

      For most of the applications you use, there is usually a web app alternative. I wrote a post very similar to this one about a year ago but I would like to post an update just because the web apps that I talked about back then were not as advanced and as useful as the ones I will be showing you today. So, here are my top three favorite, free web applications.

      • Release date
        Jan 1, 2010
      • Runtime
        02:44
    • Play Google Adds Real-Time Search Streams to Results - Rivahratt on Blip Rivahratt episodes on Blip

      Google Adds Real-Time Search Streams to Results

      Now, if you head over to Google.com and search for something like "Tiger Woods" or any terms related to news, at the top of the results page you will see a scrolling stream of Tweets from Twitter, posts from FriendFeed and mentions from other networks as well. This may seem like a small new feature to some but for me and most geeks out there, this is a pretty big step for Google. You are reading news from multiple sources in one place. If that is not at least slightly impressive to you, well, ...

      • Release date
        Dec 31, 2009
      • Runtime
        01:10
    • Play Wacom Bamboo Pen Review - Rivahratt on Blip Rivahratt episodes on Blip

      Wacom Bamboo Pen Review

      As most of you know, whatever wallpapers or designs I create, 90% of the time they are created in a program call GIMP, GNU Image Manipulation Program. Well, from this point forward my designing skills are going to accelerate even more thanks to the Wacom Bamboo Pen that I received as a Christmas gift.

      • Release date
        Dec 31, 2009
      • Runtime
        03:28
    • Play Aiptek P-HD 720p Camera Review - Rivahratt on Blip Rivahratt episodes on Blip

      Aiptek P-HD 720p Camera Review

      Christmas has now come and gone. I always get a little depressed after the holidays. Of course, it is not so bad when you are rocking with a new 720p video camera. A few other nice things as well but today I would like to review the Aiptek P-HD 720p video camera. A review for the Wacom Bamboo Pen will be here soon. Anyway, now for the review.

      • Release date
        Dec 30, 2009
      • Runtime
        03:31
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