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Archive for May, 2007

First twitter now Flickr :: Flickrvision Launches

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

A few weeks back saw the launch of twittervision. Twittervision presents you a map of the world Google style then everyone that has “geo-located” themselves on the service pops up on the map when they post a new tweet. With their avatar and their message. Nice idea and a total time waster. The sort [...]

The Global Geek Podcast #050 :: The Interview

Monday, May 14th, 2007

I know a few of you have been waiting for this episode. We just hope that it lives up to your expectations.
This week we have a top show for you as once again we break away from our usual format and we do something different. This week by popular demand we are joined by Cameron [...]

Speed Up Video Streaming Up to Five Times

Sunday, May 13th, 2007

Video is the latest “buzz” in online media delivery. Although as you and I both know it is not without problems. Video from YouTube can be slow, prone to jitter and buffering issues. Today I have found a great free application that may help solve some of those problems.
SpeedBit Video Accelerator for YouTube claims to [...]

Simple Search :: Sputtr

Sunday, May 13th, 2007

Don’t ask me to say it and thankfully I don’t have to. On face value this looks like a good service. Although I am a little reserved. However this new entry into the search engine arena might be what some people are looking for.
Sputtr is a search search page, it has a swag of search [...]

The Global Geek Podcast #049 :: 09 f9 11 02 9d 74 e3 5b d8 41 56 c5 63 56 88 c0

Monday, May 7th, 2007

We don’t think that the curse of the mummy got us this week… so far and that is a good thing.
We could not ignore the Digg fiasco in the wake of publishing above DVD encryption key. While Digg are holding a shotgun to their own head Pandora are taking drastic measures to save itself and [...]

GEEKfix - Install FreeNAS - Part 1

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

As a reward to all the loyal fans of the GGP, we are unveiling a new category for the blog called - GEEKfix.
GEEKfix is your place to come if you are biting at the bit to dive on into your GeekSide (like the Force, but heaps more geeky), and tinker with some technology.
Basically put, GEEKfix [...]

The Muppets Rock! Just Watch the Computer…

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

This was so much fun to watch and brought back so many memories. Just from a Tech perspective, I am sure at times we wish that we could let a monster loose on the computer as payback… just don’t expect much left after he is finished!
The other thing was that it reminded me of waaaaay [...]

QuickTime Security Bug

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

Just a heads up for everyone. A security vulnerability that affects Apple QuickTime software has been identified. It has been classified as “Highly Critical”. The reason for this is the fact that this one affects anything and everything that uses QuickTime. In addition it is not picky about what platform or OS either.
Affecting Mac and [...]