The Global Geek Podcast #042 :: The Brown Note
This week, two become three as we are joined by Tim King of +groovearmy. Tim is the designer and programmer of both The Global Geek Podcast Widget and The Podcast Network Widget. Tim came on the show at short notice, so we did not get much of a chance to talk about what he does. But we have the intention of having him back again to do so.
Please enjoy the podcast this week, we have a huge show for you and a brand new segment, so listen out for that. Keep an ear out also for our discussion of the “brown note” and our business model that relies on war, Turkey gets a mention as well and we do some reminiscing about our first PC.
Included also is the usual bevy of Free applications to make your life easier and some Sites and Services that are both useful and are there to make you laugh.
The Global Geek Podcast #042 (MP3 - 43.9MB - 1:16:42)
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Show Notes
Welcome
Special thanks to Adam who has been an ongoing silent sponsor of The Global Geek Podcast.
Technology News
- Turkey Blocks YouTube
- YouTube Does Elections
- Skype Launches Prime Service
- Man Sues Microsoft After his Security is Breeched… by the ATF
- Webcasters Face Royalty Increases
- Commodore Back from the Dead?
[See Knightwise's Flickr for the C64 Pics!]
- Shutdown Day “Do they have off switches?” - Knightwise
- Robot Eiquette
- First the Microwave Gun and Now The Vomit Gun
Promo Spot :: TPN Rock
Applications
- iFeedPod (Mac): Download and transfer RSS feeds to your iPod
- Calgoo (All): Sync: iCal, Outlook Calendar with Google Calendar + Offline Support (WooT!)
- Desktop Sidebar (Windows): Adds a Vista like sidebar to XP
- doPDF (Windows): Adobe is bloody expensive, this application creates PDF’s and it is free [Foxit Reader]
- MediaCoder (Windows): Convert any file format to any file format in any codec (very Swiss Army)
- Gizmo Project (All): VoIP client, new release crosses networks:: Call your buddies on MSN, Yahoo! and GTalk all from Gizmo!
- TypeFaster (Windows): Free Open Source typing tutor program, look no further
- Password Safe or Keypass (All): Both Open Source, both good password management Apps
Firefox Extensions
- SendTools: Schedule delivery times for emails you have composed in Thunderbird
- Firekeeper [Alpha]: Security against sites that are knowingly or unknowingly running malicious code
- DapperFox: Create an RSS feed for sites that don’t have one on the fly in Firefox
- Gmail Manager: Keeps track of your Gmail account without having a tab open
Dr Evil’s Two Minute Tip
Sites and Services
- whonu: Awesome Ajax powered cross site search engine :: Must see!
- Couchville: View the TV guide for your area, easy to use. All you need is your zip code
- LibriVox: Free audio books in the public domain
- Rate My Network Diagram: Rate this network, no we are not kidding
- The Kegulator: Make planning the beer and level of intoxication at a party easy
Feedback
- Sam via Email
- isillya via the Blog
- Chris Laning of Your Neighborhood Stage Podcast via IM
- Peter on the Blog
- Blogslut on the errr Blog
Farewell
Tim’s Site Keep and eye on the development of the new +groovearmy blog: One Inch Pixel
Please check out +groovearmy for all your design related requirements, Tim works on everything from Album Art to Websites! Having a great eye for design and a very individualistic style that is unique.
Also check out the 30 Days of Wallpaper, all designed by Tim for free and available for personal use.
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March 12th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
Hi geeks I got that image of the home network you wanted from ratemynetworkdiagram.com
http://xs313.xs.to/xs313/07111/129_1.jpg
or
http://www.ratemynetworkdiagram.com/images/129_1.jpg
March 12th, 2007 at 9:14 pm
Peter, you my friend are a legend!! Great work!
I am actually more amazed that I explained it well enough that you were able to find it!
March 13th, 2007 at 11:40 am
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March 13th, 2007 at 4:01 pm
Man… have you guys tried to make some kind of comic show on a side?
Ahyways… keep up good work.
Respect!
March 13th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
Hmmmmm where to start??? I think you used an old promo for The Rock Show. Iain Foulds isn’t doing any shows anymore.
Turkey did lift the Youtube ban I believe 1-3 days after they put it in place.
Barack Obama name is prounced Ba-raack Obama for future reference. I think it’s a good idea and as mentioned if you want to focus on the youth you have to appear on places like MySpace and youtube, no matter how bad MySpace is it’s were ‘the kids” hang out and therefore where they need to hang out. kennedy took several bloggers around the country with him when he started his run at president along with the normal media, Scoble was one, sos it was good to see that they are getting the point that online is an important place to be.
I read the guy sues Microsoft story and I feel his embarassment but not sure Microsoft are the people to be going after. he should have upgrading his security software/hardware more often as Tim said and this wouldn’t have been an issue. I don’t believe they found anything illegal on his puter anyway and I would maybe going after the govt for illegal detainment of his puter
My first computer was also a C64 and i think i still have it. got a huge hard-drive with it that cost a fortune and I believe i even have some games still for it in my wardrobe, which I am sure I will find when i have to pack everything away for renovations.
I guess shutdown day could come as a good time for me to do some packing, but i know I won’t
iFeedPod sounds like a good idea. can you listen to your iPod while reading the feeds though? If not then it’s useless to me.
Calgoo could be the long awaiting calander app Cam has been looking for the last 12 months. Personally i have no interest in a calender app as I don’t have any apointments but for those that do i am sure it could be very handy.
doPDF…OH man you poor Windows users. On Macs we have preview that will open PDF docs instantly for read purposes and it comes with your machine for free. Maybe should do a show on all the great free stuff that comes on a Mac that you either have to pay for on Windows or get an inferior download somewhere else.
I am pretty sure I have Gizmo, ok i don’t, but i have tried using it before and it is a lil complicated. if i have a preference it would be Skype though to be honest I hardly ever use that either. Although the ability to use it to chat with people on other services sounds pretty handy as well and maybe worth downloading again.
I actually use a program call 1passwd for my security stuff on my Mac. It is a pay program but is very useful and you can also take notes and have them encrypted and several other cool lil things. You can check it out at http://1passwd.com/
I think you should try doing add-ons for some other browsers at some time as well. i know safari has some, i think opera does and even IE7 too I think.. I know most add-ons are for Firefox but it wouldn’t hurt to expand.
Tim did good on his show and I am actually using one his wallpapers on my mac, can you guess which one :P?
That’s all for now and will chat later.
March 15th, 2007 at 1:08 am
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March 15th, 2007 at 11:56 am
Ok, got to admit I have not listened to the show but some feedback on Calgoo. When sync’ing with Outlook on Windows XP it hammers your system big time, both my disk and CPU go into overdrive. If I can get it’s resource hungry little arse under control I might use it.
March 15th, 2007 at 7:18 pm
@ MP : Perhaps it had a hard time syncing your repeating apointments .. “Breathe in .. breathe out .. ”
March 16th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
Guys my first computer was a TRS-80, with the square keys. Wasnt allowed to have a cool C64 like the guys next door with the tape deck.
After that I think it was a 286 xt (not AT) with a sweek green monochrome monitor. Oh the days…..
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March 25th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
Re Typing Tutors, the following site provides good info on the TT’s available, including the free ones. It pretty much lists all of them and their home sites along with info about each one.
Cheers,
http://typingsoft.com/all_typing_tutors.htm
March 28th, 2007 at 9:51 am
My first computer was an Apple II (not a IIe).
You can hear Barack Obama say his own name on his podcast: http://obama.senate.gov/podcast/
He’s quite articulate and inspiring, a nice change from the local pollies.
May 13th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
[...] However, that said I think that it is a great looking site, with a simplistic design and access to a wide range of search engines. This is a good thing. Many of the multiple search engines out there focus on complex searches with lots of options and variables. whonu, is one such service that we talked about in Episode #042, it has options and features up the wazoo. Sputtr doesn’t do any of that. Simple straight forward search, that looks good. Great for people who are easily confused, or want something like that. I think that it would also be great for kids to use (thinking the tweens here). [...]