Matt Giraud-  there is something about this kid and I don’t know what it is. More then likely it is that gravely blues thing going on with his voice. I was shocked to see him in the bottom 3 a few weeks back, and have decided that was Idol playing with the numbers again because they wanted to keep Crazy Megan. Yes I have a very conspiracy theory view of Idol. I think they send the people home who are voted off, but I also think sometimes they play with the bottom 3 to try to get results they want.

I will say, that even though they are touting this group as the best ever (like every year) I am not seeing it. I think that seasons 4,5, and 6 were definitely the hay day. Last year was a snore! This year isn’t turning out much better. I watch every week and find myself more and more talking through the performances and ignoring what is going on. I think it is a multitude of reasons, but the main one for me in the new stage.. HATE IT! I liked the closeness of the other set. I liked being able to actually SEE the band.

Hi my name is Jacqui and I am a reality TV junkie. HAH! Ok so maybe it’s not that bad but it feels that way. My extreme favorites are American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance. On the other side I have been known to watch Big Brother, Hogan Knows Best, The Biggest Loser, Extreme Makeover, Kathy Griffin My Life On The D List, Fear Factor, and a few others that don’t deserve mention.

So, right now my biggie is So You Think You Can Dance. I am religious about it; tune in every Wednesday and Thursday. I have to say that although I am really enjoying this season, I loved last season SO much more. I enjoy this show a lot more then American Idol for a lot of reasons but here is my top 5.

1. Cat Deeley – Now there is a host! This season when she bent down and fixed a dancers toe in her shoe might have been one of the coolest things on a reality show I had ever seen. She genuinely cares about all the dancers and is really a cool support system for them. I mean really can you imagine Ryan Seacrest helping any of the contestants with a clothing malfunction. I have dreams about Cat squashing him like a little bug!!!!

2. The Judges – I like all the judges, especially Nigel. He is no nonsense, without being ridiculous. I think having a judge rotate every week is an awesome idea, that way I am not sick of them by the end of the season.

3. The Judges decide who goes home – This is a biggie for me, ever since the Sanjya debacle. In So You Think You Can Dance that doesn’t happen because the judge’s don’t let it happen. Sure America picks the bottom 3, but we don’t have some untalented moron staying into the top 10 because some 12 year old is texting her brain out.

4.  A smaller audience – This is a huge one for me, I have been watching American Idol Rewind lately and I have to tell you with the HUGE stage they had this year I just feel like the show is missing something. I love the stage and the setup for So You Think You Can Dance.

5. No Inner Fighting between Judges and Host – This is the BIGGEST turn off on Idol for me. I don’t want to hear Ryan berating Simon. I can’t stand it when everyone gangs up and starts fighting with him. The fact is Simon is a large part of the shows allure and every time Ryan goes after him I just want to smack the guy. Ya know, I used to love Ryan but these last 2 seasons have really turned me off.

6. (I know I said top 5 but I thought of another) the contestants are not arguing with the Judges – this season of Idol was terrible with the arguing, almost every single contestant argued with the judges. Every time this happened I just wanted to turn off the TV. I like the fact that first they really don’t give them a chance to argue with the judges on the show. The second point is that earlier in the season they actually got rid of someone for arguing with the judges. Debbie Allen told her, well you would have been staying except you don’t know how to shut up, you talk to much girl! It was awesome!

So for a few weeks now I have been going through and looking for a solution for getting into customers machines. I have tried a multitude of options, from using Microsoft’s Remote Desktop to using WebEx. So let go through them, WebEx was the first guy I tried. It was very difficult to navigate their site and actually find the right product, which should have been the first sign to me that it was not going to be an easy product to use.
After installing the wrong product and not being able to figure it out I moved on to what it take to just get the customer to set up remote desktop for me to get in, it is free with Windows and would be a wonderful option, if I didn’t have to get past their routers, explain how to set up (I mean really the whole reason I am doing this is so I can DO IT MY SELF) so I figured this wan not going to be a valid option. So next I went and checked out Log Me In, which a customer had me use one other time. It was very easy to figure out which one I needed (Log Me In Rescue) and it was easy for me to install. The best part was that when I sent the link to the customer so I could get in all they have to do is click it and click run. I used the software so far to help 2 customers, as well as fixing the machine of a close friend. I am able to reboot the machine remotely and still be able to get in; I can pull all information about the machine including event logs. It was also pretty cheap, only 129 per month per seat. Since I only need one seat that was a bargain, Webex wanted a lot more then that 179 per month.