The Global Geek Podcast #030
We have made it to 30! This was a great show and Knightwise and myself found it was a pleasure to record and produce. Just don’t ask about the FTP server…
Don’t mind the crickets, they add to the atmosphere! Listen carefully they are there all through the show. After all it is summer here in Australia!
The Global Geek Podcast (MP3 – 32.7MB – 1:11:29)
[audio:http://globalgeek.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_theglobalgeekpodcast_20061209_030.mp3]
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Show Notes
Welcome
- The Global Geek Podcast expresses our deepest sympathy with for the Kim family
- Dave’s foot
- Huge thanks to our first ever listener sponsor
- Knightwise hacks the Wii
- Let us know what the audio is like this week as we are trying something different
Technology News
- BitTorrent buys uTorrent
- Digg has a birthday
- Quitting, Digg style
- Google in Payoff Deal with the Entertainment Industry
- Iran has it in for YouTube
- Yahoo! Wants You to Do the News
- Britany Tops Search (I wonder why…)
- Cell Phones and Cancer
- Skype International Calls Up
- Psiphon to Bypass Censors
- Hacker Disrupts NASA’s Communications
- Beware Vista Hackers
- New Zero Day Exploit Tracking Site
- AMD No Longer the Underdog
- Toshiba Release Very Small, Very Big Micro Drive
- Million Dollar Homepage at it Again
- Taxing Cyberspace
- Open Document Format Standard
- The “Good-bye” Weapon
Promo Slot for The Jazz Show Here on The Podcast Network
Applications
- ACER Integrates Skype onto Motherboards
- TuneSleeve (Windows): Add missing artwork to your albums in iTunes
- MusikCube (Windows): Music Manager, Rip, Build Playlists, Listen to your music Open Source Style
- Pandora’s Jar (All Platforms): Automatically download, name and tag streamming music from Pandora
- Journler (Mac): Diary manager and personal information organiser
- 250 Free Microsoft Office Templates
- Stellarium (Most Platforms): Open Source Planetarium for your computer
Firefox Extensions
- NoScript: Block Java executable content and allow only sites you trust
- Tab Mix Plus: Updated, memory leak fixed and plays better with Firefox 2.0
- easyGestures: Minimise mouse movements for repetitive tasks
- Toolbar Buttons: More Buttons to Customise your toolbar
- Sxipper: Password manager from Sxip identity
Feedback
- seocanuck on the blog
- Cam Reilly on the blog
- Michael Specht on the blog (BTW dude, your mailbox is full)
Don’t forget to vote in our poll, please…
Sites and Services
- DocxConverter: Convert the new Office 2007 .docx format to be compatible with 2003
- Swivel: Data sharing, comparing and analysis’s site – much cooler than it sounds
- FaxZero: Send a fax for free, there is a catch
- Chinswing: Be a part of progressive online audio conversations and listen online or as a podcast
- Tagbulb: Powerful tag search engine
- Scouta: we have an exclusive on this, listen for the teaser
- AtLarge: Users rate and comment on Airport “geek features”
- Vixy.net: Online FLV converter but with added feature that makes it special
- Searchbots: Literally build your own search “bot”
Get Chicken
- Borked SatNav sends Ambos on Joyride
- Man Throws Pig and other Critters
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Farewell
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December 11th, 2006 at 12:24 pm
The mailbox seems to be working fine very strange…
December 11th, 2006 at 1:17 pm
Hi guys!
Dean Worth here, creator of Chinswing. Just wanted to clarify and explain a few things in response to your podcast.
While the company was officially created mid-2006, we only officially launched the public beta 4 days ago. Wasn’t sure when you said “went public” if you meant IPO (I wish!) or just the launch of the product. By the way, our first press release is available online if you’re interested: http://www.chinswing.com/downloads/ChinswingPressRelease2006-12-07.pdf
Re the recording tool. It certainly contains no spyware or adware (todo: mention that on the site!). The mechanism that launches the recorder is simply the same as any “Skype Me” or “Add to iTunes” button found all over the web. Nothing sinister. The decision to go with a desktop recording tool rather than using Flash Media Server (like Odeo and others) came out of a few factors. All programming/layout/graphic design has been done by me, and my skills only go so far. I did explore that avenue though. The main issue is converting the proprietary file format into mp3. The company that licenses the (expensive) decoding algorithms weren’t really helpful
Overall it was about cost (especially in the beginning), flexibility (we can offer much more functionality with desktop software eventually), scalability (we use Amazon S3 at the backend, which wins out over a Flash backend in many ways IMHO) and time to market. The issue will be explored further however. Keep in mind it’s only an early beta version 
By the way, a simpler description of Chinswing is: A message board that uses voice instead of text, where the discussions can be subscribed to via RSS/podcast feeds. I didn’t think you quite got that across clearly enough. It is also a whole lote more than that of course, but I’ll spare you the hype
Anyway, I’m glad you like the concept. Thanks for spending cerebral processing time thinking and talking about it! I too am looking forward to some passionate discussions on Chinswing!
Cheers,
Dean.
December 11th, 2006 at 2:02 pm
Thanks for the comments Dean. I have responded to you via email and rest assured that we will talk more about Chinswing in the next edition.
Thanks for being responsive to our request for more information and the fact that you took the time to comment.
I look forward to speaking with you in the future.
December 11th, 2006 at 3:21 pm
How does this week’s quote of the week by Charles Pikowski works in relation to Keith Richards, the man that death forgot????
December 11th, 2006 at 8:46 pm
Have you Been drinking provokeit?
December 11th, 2006 at 10:33 pm
[...] You can go to The Global Geek Podcast Blog or [...]
December 12th, 2006 at 4:30 am
Drinking ? What ever do you mean. Seriously you can’t be hinting at the fact that one has to be sober to visit this website ? ? ? ? ?
December 14th, 2006 at 6:05 am
[...] I warn you just don’t listen to the Global Geek Podcast #30 if you want to keep you productivity. On the show they speak briefly about a little site called Swivel. [...]
December 16th, 2006 at 12:35 pm
[...] UPDATE: finally got round to listening to the Global Geek Podcast on TPN, as Dave Gray mentioned that Rich was giving away a few hints on there. Go listen to the whole thing for yourself, but I will say online audio and video were mentioned… (and yes, I must admit I didn’t listen to the whole podcast, I’m not geek enough for that quite yet! ) Published December 15th, 2006 | in Technology, Internet fun and WA.| [...]
December 17th, 2006 at 9:48 pm
great show boys! I listened to it while Christmas shopping today. Didn’t buy anything but came home and installed a bunch of new FF extensions! Thanks again for helping me find good stuff.
cheers
Cameron Reilly
CEO, The Podcast Network
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December 18th, 2006 at 11:52 am
[...] I’ve been using iArt for a few months to get missing mp3 art. But I have found something better. Dave and Knightwise talked about it on Global Geek Podcast #30. It’s called TuneSleeve and I’ll tell you a few of the reasons why I like it. [...]
December 19th, 2006 at 5:53 am
Hi, Guys!
Really top notch podcast now – flows well, sound is good, very techie, very funny, AND very organized. You have gone to the top of my list of podcasts I need to have.
Cheers from Washington, DC Brie
December 19th, 2006 at 10:39 am
Hey Brie! Thank you and we appreciate your feedback. Great to know that we have improved the show and that it is working for you.
We have not had that much feedback about the changes and refinements that we have made over the last 10 shows. So we REALLY appreciate it.
Cheers!