Family Guy is the first thing I ever watched online, back in the season one days using the DivX 3.1 codec and ahem…. IRC… to umm… find episodes.  Since then the world has changed and Family Guy actually changed it.  Shows like Family Guy were so influential to New Media the new way of distributing content that this show was literally brought back from the dead due to hype and strong DVD sales.  Its only proper that this show FINALLY make its way online here in the Great White North.  Anyway, I practically Romney ‘d myself when I turned on Netflix the other day and saw Family Guy.  I realized that I hadn’t updated the site in a while.

So…. Family Guy Fans, Seasons 1 – 8 of Family Guy are now up on Netflix.  Its 8 fricken dollars a month…. and your first month is FREE if you haven’t already been a member.  If you are an Air Miles collector I think you can get Air Miles now too.  Check the Air Miles website for more details.

If you are already a member check out Family Guy on Netflix.

The first Star Wars episode Blue Harvest is up in season 6 but the remaining two episodes do not appear to have been added at this time.

Netflix are not one of my site sponsors, but they do advertise on Google so you may see an ad on the site here.  If you want to – click the link and sign up.  Their service is awesome, and its the best 8 dollars a month I spend.

The current episode and past few episodes can also be seen on GlobalTV’s website.

In the meantime a little teaser to get you going.

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I’ve been doing quite a bit of work on my company support centre including adding knowledgebase articles and troubleshooters.  My ego however wants to know if anyone is actually USING them so I decided to add the Google Analytics Tracking code.  It gives me great intel on this site, I figured it could do the same for my support centre.

Adding the code is NOT that difficult.

1st, You need to be setup with Google Analytics. This blog will not talk about that.  Once you have your tracking code, it tells you to put the code before the </head> tag.

Of course if you’re like me you have no idea where that goes.  The boys at Kayako COULD have just created a spot for you to paste it… but they didn’t.

Instead, follow these instructions and you’ll get it in no problem.

• Login to the ADMIN CP
• Select TEMPLATES

• Click GENERAL
• Then select HEADER

• Scroll down until you see the </head> tag.  Then copy and paste your tracking code directly before the </head> tag.
• Next in the change log notes indicate that the change here was to add the tracking code.
• Click SAVE and RELOAD
• Your done.  You should begin receiving Analytics.

Note: When I did this Google said the code was not on the site for at least an hour before it finally saw it.  I checked the source code on the page by browsing to the home page and clicking VIEW SOURCE.  This indicated the code was there.

Good luck!

Google has posted an update in a Google Groups discussion topic about this.

Video support for Instant Upload isn’t available in the latest version (2.1.1) of the app.  However, this was only temporarily removed and it should be back soon. We’ll be sure to communicate these types of changes more clearly next time.

Read the full post here

 

So it looks as if the feature will return.  That would be good news!

**END UPDATE**

I was quite cross when I discovered that Google’s engineers had decided to remove the instant video upload feature from the Google+ mobile app but I was grateful when I discovered you could install the old version of Google+ and get the feature back.

A friendly forum member pointed me to an earlier version (1.0) and I installed it.  And now I have my instant video uploads back.  I may have lost some features but since the only one I cared about was instant upload it was a win for me!

Another quick google of com.google.android.apps.plus-1.apk has given me a few places you can download from.

As always download these APKs at your own risk.  I do not own them, maintain them, write them or anything.  I just installed them.

Good luck

Version 1.0 (the one I’m running)

4Shared

Dropbox

Mediafire

Rapid Library

I have figured out how to get the video uploads to work again.  Check here for the answer.

**UPDATE**

For those that know me, you know I am a big time Google fanboy.  I’m on my third android phone.  I suffered through 1.5 and waited for 2.0 and now I’m using my Samsung Galaxy S waiting patiently for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus to launch in January. Along with my phone fetish I also enjoy all things google.  I use Chrome, Gmail, Youtube…. Google, and on the day I got my invite Google+. When I discovered the mobile app I was thrilled.  The mobile positing didn’t much appeal to me but the instant upload features did.

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I’ve used this on countless occasions for both my photos and videos.  For those of you that haven’t yet used it there’s certainly something to be said for the convenience of having your photos uploaded and ready for sharing when you get home.  (I have mine set to private until I choose to share them) Yesterday I was videotaping the dog and cat playing (yes I am in fact that lame) and I was thrilled to know that in a few minutes the video would be in my google+ upload queue waiting for me to share with my family (who are equally as lame as they watch cat videos too… hello… piano cat?)

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This morning I check… no video.  I check my phone, restart google+ and hmm… no upload taking place.  Check the settings… hmmm… something seems missing.  The word video was gone from all of the settings.

I set about googling this problem…. and nothing.  No mention of it.

Finally, after about fifteen minutes I find this:

Hi all, I wanted to clarify something that I think has become a little unclear regarding instant upload and the new app. I certainly take some blame for not being more explicit:

1. Instant upload of photos from SD card: our team is aware of a bug in the new app that is preventing this from being possible. We are committed to ensuring that instant upload does in fact work for photos from the SD card and are working on a fix for this issue as soon as possible.

2. Instant upload of videos (from SD card AND other storage): this functionality is not supported in the newest version of the app. But, we’ve heard many users asking for it to come back, so our team is talking about providing it again as soon as possible.

So, stay tuned for a fix to the photos-from-SD problem. And, let me know if there are other issues you’re confronting with instant upload!

Happy Friday,

Toby

So – Google has removed this feature without telling anyone (including its own marketing department apparently) This fellow Toby is asking people who want the feature back to send feedback to Google.  You can send feedback by clicking on the feedback button in Google Plus (or on your mobile app) as well I would recommend you head over to the Google Group and express your dissatisfaction. Come on gang – lets get our feature back!!!

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Breaking Bad – Seasons 1, 2 and 3 of AMC’s Emmy award winning black comedy.

Marvel Amime: Wolverine – Season 1

Marvel Anime: Iron Man – Season 1

X-Men (1992 – 1996) – Seasons 1 – 5 – The X-Men series originally airing on Fox.

Astonishing X-Men (2009) – Joss Whedon and John Cassaday teamed up to write a new series of X-Men comics.  In 2009 a series of 6 motion comics were produced.

Astonishing X-Men (2009) – Gifted

Spiderman (1994 – 1997) – Seasons 1 – 5 – Fox’s animated Spiderman cartoon that aired in the mid 90s.

Silver Surfer (1998) – Fox’s short lived animated series in its entirety.  The show was cut short due to Marvel’s financial problems.  Only one season was produced.

Spiderman Unlimited (1999) – Fox’s short lived new Spiderman series in its entirety.  Warning the series ends on a cliffhanger and the second season was never produced.

The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes (2010)

Iron Man: Armored Adventures (2009)

Iron Man: Extremis (2010)

Now living in Miami with a former Navy Seal whose ratting him out to the FBI, a former girlfriend whose also a gun runner and his mother.

If that doesn’t help you figure out what its about perhaps this Saturday Night Live skit will help.

What is Burn Notice Game Show

The early seasons of USA Network’s Burn Notice can be watched online through Showcase’s website for free by clicking here.  The later seasons show on The Super Channel but as of now are not available online.

Season 1 Promo

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Season 2 Promo

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Season 3 Promo

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Season 4 Promo

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Season 5 Promo

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To watch, click here.

For those who haven’t yet had the chance to see Alpha’s here’s a preview:

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Netflix Subscribers can also watch all 5 seasons of Kenny vs Spenny online by clicking here.

You can also check out Spenny’s one and only official site here.

Looking to watch Rescue Me online?  You can catch the seventh season on Showcase’s website now by clicking here.

Seasons 1 to 4 are also now listed on Netflix for Canadian customers.  For just eight dollars a month you can be enjoying this plus so much more.  Check out the Netflix collection here.

If you’ve never seen Rescue Me before check out a little taste below.

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Final Season Promo

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You can watch full episodes on CTV’s website here.