The Global Geek Podcast #044 :: Hammered
This week in Geek we have a chat about WGA, Vista and the government. But not forgetting that paint may now be your enemy and something to protect you from Cell Phone “rays”.
We take a look at Linux MCE that could give Microsoft MCE a run for it’s money. Getting things done can sometimes be difficult. We have found a rock that thinks which might solve your problems.
Sites and Services is a mixed bag; Second Life bookmarking, Video email from the web, Short URL’s with 2 lumps and much much more.
All that after Knightwise finds his brain! Here is everything you need to go where we have been… Show Notes!
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Welcome
- Knightwise gets his Mac back but there is a slight problem
- The blog went nuts
- Blue Dot & del.icio.us users from the show
- Knightwise does twitter
- Aussie Broadband Plan - What is Kevin Thinking?
- What guests do you want on the show?
Technology News
- WiFi Proof Paint
- WGA Pushed as a Critical Update
- xBox LIVE Platform Opened Up, We hear Coffin Nails
- twitter slow-down blamed on the API
- Vista Banned
- Adobe: Older Versions of Paintshop will not support Vista
- IMSafer in MySpace
- Palm Selling or is that Swallowed?
- Viacom is a Pot that is Very, Very Black
- Protection from Cell Phone “Rays”
Promo Spot :: The Wii Show *** NEW! ***
Applications
- Yahoo! Widgets 4 (Don’t forget The Global Geek Podcast Widget!)
- Xee (Mac): Lightweight image viewer. Preview Alternative (Also see: cocoview)
- Linux MCE: Ubuntu Home Media Add-on that ROCKS! (plus it is free) - Video Demo
- KlipFolio (Windows): Feature rich, customized Dashboard on your desktop - Video Demo
- GMail Loader: Import email to your Gmail account
- YourMinis Desktop Widgets: Powered by the new Apollo engine
- ThinkingRock: getting Things Done App based on the principles of David Allen
- ZeusDraw (Mac): Vector Drawing for Mac
- IE7pro: Add-on for IE7 power tools for IE7 that add functionality and ease of use
Firefox Extensions
- FireDoodle: Turns any web page into a whiteboard
- Smart Bookmarks Bar: Make bookmarks icon only and fit up to 50 on the bar
- GSpace: Turns your Gmail space into an online storage facility
- Bill’s Big List of Firefox 2 Compatible Extensions
Dr Evil’s Two Minute Tip :: Alive, Dead? Who knows…
hell we don’t even know!
Sites and Services
- Sloog: Bookmarking service for Second Life users
- URLTea: Shorten URL’s with extra features (good for twitter)
- Tabble Photo Cube Maker: Make a cube with your photo’s
- Schmapplets: Google Mashup. Make your own places with descriptions and photos
- Agester: Social Network based on guessing someone’s age
- VoiceThread: Refreshingly unique way of presenting a slideshow with commentary
- Jaiku: a better twitter clone, but will it reach critical mass?
- Eyejot: send video messages via email right from the web
Feedback
- The Blog goes off, we broke records!
- Travis sends us an audio Comment - special thanks for your effort
- We got mail! from Brie in DC, American civil servants everywhere say thanks
Farewell
Featured Music
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March 26th, 2007 at 10:45 pm
WGA does not work if you know where to go you can get the tools to bypass it.
March 27th, 2007 at 9:13 am
Thanks Dave. I’ve been a little horrified at the number of people who don’t know what the Future Fund is. Many people believe misinformation such as: it’s politicians’ Superannuation only, it’s for spending on Australia’s Future, it’s a big piggy bank.
March 27th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
@ peter. Yep , plenty of tools to change your serial into a volume licence key serial. The only thing is : You need to have a valid volume licence key.
March 28th, 2007 at 2:47 am
regarding vista. I believe MS was counting on Solid Stated Drives being ready by now. I installed it on my SO’s dell 9100 DTR and yea it was terrible. I just upgraded to a seagate 7200 RPM HDD and it’s a lot better. oh, you probably want 3GB of ram to do anything. Why not just get a mac or install freebsd?
and nokia did start with boots or so i hear.
I love my N80. I dont work for them.
btw - CTIA is this week.
March 28th, 2007 at 4:08 pm
but still ! 3 gig of ram and a solid state harddrive for the OS !! What if you want to do something serious with your pc , like photoshop or something. What kind of razorfast machine do you need then ? and what will the $$$$ of that baby be.
March 28th, 2007 at 7:23 pm
People say a Macpro is too expensive. For price of that will equal what you will need for a PC to run the same items at the same price without the extra free software.
Gdisk has been available for years at least on a Mac which allows you to import stuff into your Gmail account. Not sure if it’s avail on windows though.
Hmmm what else??? Nothing atm.
March 28th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
I agree the specs that it takes to run Vista effectively are steep. Plus Tony you have a point, and indeed that is what some people are doing - making the swap from PC to Mac. But there are other reasons as well. I just think that Vista poses the perfect opportunity or excuse to think about it.
March 28th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
no matter if its a pc or a mac , 2000 to 2500 euro’s for a machine is still a hell of a lot of money.
March 29th, 2007 at 12:09 am
OK some weirdness going on with the blog, it would not let me comment if I was logged in.
@Tony - are you planning to update your blog at all?
March 29th, 2007 at 8:01 am
Hmmm, I’ve looked (again) at bluedot and i’m not convinced but I’lll give it another chance, whilst I continue with del’
rich
March 29th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
I have a blog /boggle
Hmm yea I will prob someday. I was updating a lot before I started playing World of Warcraft. Basically I was just going through RSS feeds and posting my comments or thoghts on stuff that interested me, nothing exciting.
March 29th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
WOW eats away your life !
March 30th, 2007 at 12:21 am
Awwwww come on Rich. Or do I have to give you the lecture as well? Maintain an open mind and judge it for what it is not for what you think it might be… impartiality so to speak… sound familiar?
You have nothing to loose! Don’t forget to add us as friends and the others that you know from the show.
@Tony -thanks just curious.
March 30th, 2007 at 5:02 am
@travis - I love frites and mayonnaise, where I live the chip shops sell “chips and gravy” or “chips and curry sauce” !!! seriously.
will give B Dot a go - it better load quicker than Twttr!
thinking of some guests…
rich
March 30th, 2007 at 8:56 am
Rich would make a good guest and as you mentioned the Cam-monster.
How about Ugly Dave Gray, I am sure he can crack some really old bad jokes
Just kidding. If your not Aussie you prob won’t get that reference.
Maybe Dr.Evil
March 30th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
@Rich - cool I think that you’ll like it, seriously. But make sure you get the extension! Yes it is faster than twiter! Man that is getting worse and worse…
@Tony - Dr Evil doesn’t speak to us at all… but he might give us an interview or something… Then again we are scared of him as he is quite, quite mad…
You guys want Cam on the show then? The other suggestion was Rich (which I am assuming as in Giles? Co-Founder of Scouta???)
Who else come on guys I thought you would really be able to come up with some gems… Aussie or what ever… creative remember!
The only reason that we ask is that we could assume to know what you are into or want to hear. But what better way to target exactly what you want than to ask and deliver.
March 30th, 2007 at 7:21 pm
How about some geeks then like Pirillo, Scoble.
I dunno my mind is blank
March 30th, 2007 at 8:31 pm
I would like to have Scoble on, as long as he doesn’t shout all the time. (he has a tendancy to do so)
March 31st, 2007 at 12:10 am
still thinking up a guest list - but busy now - will get back later.
March 31st, 2007 at 12:48 am
Wonderful podcast. Keep up the great work.
Thanks,
Scott (Western Kenosha, WI)
March 31st, 2007 at 3:35 pm
potential guest list, in non-chronological random order;
sir clive sinclair - mr zx spectrum himself!
alex eckelberry - sunbelt security blog
paperghost - vitalsecurity.org blog/facetime(?) labs
a lifehack editor?
lyle troxall - geekspeak KUSP
one of the blokes that invented the t’internet? vint surf? does he work for google? perhaps?
jimmy wales - wikipedia
someone from Mozilla/Google Web Apps/Netvibes/Sourceforge/Twttr (obviously)
Anyone from Ebay who can explain why their website is still trapped intime, cica 1989??
that’s it for now, apologies for bad spelling/info etc
rich