The Global Geek Podcast #026
Another Great show this week. Jam packed with goodness. Here are the show notes where you will find all the links to the Applications and the Sites and Services that we talk about in the show. Be sure to check out the Featured Music at the bottom of the show notes.
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The Global Geek Podcast (MP3 – 30.4 MB – 1:06:36)
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Show Notes
Welcome
- Knightwise travels
- Google Calendar and synchronisation
- Show length discussion, what do you guys think?
Tech News of the Week
- Vista is done and RTM
- Office 2007 Finished as well
- Sysinternals has gone over to the Darkside
- Amazon Slash the Price of the Xbox for Christmas
- Patch Tuesday is here Again
- Red Hat Down Play Novell Microsoft Deal
- Adobe Contribute Flash code to Mozilla
- Skype 3.0 beta Released
- Meebo 1.0 Launched
- Dream no Longer… 100mbs Internet
- Broadband Aiding Paedophiles? The same as Fast Cars and Bank Robbers…
- Yahoo! Mail has a New Feature
- TIME’s Best Invention of 2006 is…
- Copyright Holders are Gold Mining
- Google gets the Treatment
- Wikipedia Used to Spread Malicious Code
- The State of the Blogosphere, October 2006
The Podcast Network Show Promo – TPN Rock
Applications
- WordPress Plugin: Stats and Rats
- Google Earth: Version 4 beta Shipped with a Cool Surprise
- Afloat (Mac): Control Window Transparencies
- Mouser: Ditch the Mouse and Use your Keyboard
Firefox Extension Bonanza
- PageAddict: Where you have Been and for How Long
- Foxmarks: Sync Bookmarks Across Machines
- Torrent Toolbar: Heaps of Features for Torrent Guru’s Out there
- uTorrent for Firefox: Integrate uTorrent Into Firefox
- Tab Mix Plus: Customise Your Tabs to the Max
- XE Currency Converter 0.95: Guess what this Does [ It looks like this has been removed
] - Phish Tank SiteChecker: Data from PhishTank to Protect you from Fraudulent Sites
Feedback
- Provokeit on the Blog
- Nathan Blyth on the Blog
- Michael Specht on the Blog
- Adam Sent us a Pollock! Click the Picture to see it on Flickr
- The Country Geek via Email
Keep the Feedback Coming it is what makes it all worth it. Visit the Jackson Pollock website let your creative side out and send us your Pollock!
The Global Geek Podcast on Flickr
Sites and Services
- “Sorry, Gotta Go”: Shake the Tele-marketer
- Ziddio: YouTube Competition?
- Mojiti: Annotate Video Clips from YouTube, Reever and Google Video
- ZAMZAR: Convert Files for Free, Easily
- Open DNS: Speed Up Web Surfing and Protection from Phishing Scams comes Built in
- Quintura: Very Cool Visual Search Tool
The Global Geek Quick Quote of the Week
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Get Chicken!
- Putting a Cracker Up Your Arse is NOT a Good Idea
- Thai Zoo to Use Porn in Breeding Program
Farewell
Dave’s Blog: Rooster’s Rail
The Knight Site: The Knightsite
Featured Music
Download “Robert Jax vs Techno Squirrels” (mp3)
from “Om Mani”
by Techno Squirrels
Rave Police Records
Buy at iTunes Music Store
Buy at Napster
Buy at RealNetworks / Rhapsody
Buy at eMusic
Download “Learn To Crawl” (mp3)
from “See The Sun”
by Black Lab
Blacklabworld.com
- Buy at iTunes Music Store
- Buy at Napster
- Buy at RealNetworks / Rhapsody
- Buy at eMusic
Buy at GroupieTunes