The Global Geek Podcast #054 :: Armageddon Approaches
As regular listeners can appreciate this are getting very busy for Dave. Part the reason we are yet again “late” this week. The other thing is that shift work is a bitch…
Dave has but one more week until internet silence… and he is dreading it. But we are ripping out shows as quick and as best we can, here is this weeks addition to the history of podcasting. Tech news this week sees the closed go open and claims that it is better, we are having trouble see that… There are birthdays and wayward fisherpersons. The usual swag of applications including something that shifts space and time, well wish it did… and an easy single file encryption system for windows. Don’t worry Apple people we have some stuff for you as well. We have also found a great podcasting platform, have some fun with Google Street View Images and buy a friend a drink in Sites and Services.
Please enjoy this weeks podcast!
The Global Geek Podcast #54 (MP3 - 44MB - 1:18:31)
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Show Notes
Technology News
- Congress Crack Down on Campus
- Movable Type
- Big Tech Birthdays
- iPhone Release
- Google Earth Update
- Second Life Real Estate Debacle
- Digg Access Direction
- Fishermen Salvage Ocean Cables
Promo Spot :: Box Office Weekly
Applications
- Parallels 3.0 (Mac): The popular VM Ware for Mac to run Windows
- zSoft Uninstaller (Windows): Monitor installs to assist in uninstalling software
- SpaceTime: Surf the web in 3D
- NetNewsWire 3.0 (Mac): Read the feeds with speed and class with this stand alone reader
You Be the Judge: FeedDemon 2.5 Article and the NetNewsWire 3.0 Article
- Permanent Eraser (Mac): Permanently delete files on your hard drive
- TweakUAC (Vista): Disable Vista’s annoying User account control dialogue boxes
- MailBadger (Mac): Rebadge the mail dock icon for unread emails
- FineCrypt (Windows): Encrypt single files with ease
- Encrypt on Click (Windows): Encrypt with a right click context menu option (Heaps of other “OnClick” Software as well!)
Firefox Extensions
- Hyperwords: Search, translate, convert, email, print, post to blog and more from any text on a web page. Video Demo
- Google Reader Watcher: Notifies you of incoming unread news items in Google Reader
- Menu Editor: Edit any menus that appear in Firefox, hack it and make it your own (One of the best things about Firefox!)
Sites and Services
- Podcast People: Podcasting platform based on a great looking web interface
- Wis.dm: Get a bit of wisdom from this yes/no answer site
- RssFwd: Forward any feed to an email address
- Going (feature added): Buy a friend a drink at any of 60 bars
- StreetViewr: Simplicity at it’s best, great one stop destination to check out all the weird and wacky Street View Images
- Nanoscan: A web based quick virus scan pit stop
- Tripbase: Choose destinations based on what you are looking for
Feedback
- Michael via MyChingo
- Knightwise via MyChingo
- The usual suspects on the Blog including BlogSlut
Farewell
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June 13th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
beat you all to the first comment :-), will listen later
June 13th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
Very funny… Spose that was payback for the hard drive quip…
June 13th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
I haven’t listened either and probably won’t till tomorrow afternoon now…sigh
June 13th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
I got only one question to you guys.
Where is Knightwise?????????????????
It is freaking boring wihtout him!
June 13th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
@MeIr First off you are obviously not a regular listener - if you were you would know the answer to the question.
Secondly I think that your comment is rather unhelpful and nonconstructive. We invite all our listers to comment and make suggestions sure, but it is also useful if you have some suggestion to make the show better.
Not only that, the way that you have made your comment is insulting and demeaning to the hard work that we put into the show. If you find it boring then please find something else to listen to. Or I would invite you to do better.
June 13th, 2007 at 4:30 pm
Hey guys. Another great show. I just dugg it.
I love the long shows. Keeps me walking in the park till it’s closed then I’m walking around Apple. Lots of cars in the parking lot the last few weeks.
and the music. hahah. No comment.
I’m typing the the Safari 3 beta. woohoo!
June 13th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
doh! … in the Safari 3 beta… sorry. I have a fever.
June 13th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
Good show as always fellas. I love the idea that Tim proposed by doing a show with the fans of the show. I volunteer to take part in this event if that occurs. It’s going to suck not having the ability to fulfill my GEEK fix but I understand that the move requires your full attention and I can only hope that after the break you guys will be in full swing. Who knows, maybe being away from the show for a period of time will allow new ideas for the show to float through your head. Again good luck with the move.
I still don’t understand the purpose of OneInchPixel. Will it be a blog that features website designs from across the web or will it be something else? I’m still searching for a bit of clarification. And as far as Movable Type going open source, I think it may be a bit too late to catch up with WordPress. Wordpress has spread beyond the common blogger. For instance sites such as TechCrunch and CNN use WordPress which speaks volumes in and of itself. I even use WordPress for http://www.jeffro2pt0.com and I am amazed at how simple it is to use and design for. The plugins are abundant and with the ability to use widgets things just couldn’t be easier to use.
Since you guys pulled through on my last FireFox extension question, I figured I could come back and ask for another one. I am looking for a FireFox extension that calculates the image dimensions for a proportionately resized image. I want the extension to allow me to figure out the proportionate size of an image if I resize it. For instance, I have a 800X600 sized image, but I want to create a thumbnail image which will be smaller. Using the extension, I want to be able to type in either the Height dimension or the Width dimension and the opposite value will be calculated for me allowing me to know that the image will be sized proportionately. I sure hope this makes sense. I have checked out a Web 2.0 service called Resizr but they only support the .JPG file format.
By the way, I’m loving FeedDemon.
June 13th, 2007 at 8:32 pm
Thanks for all the comments guys!
@Jeffro - OneInchPixel.com is a separate entity to the GGP so I’d prefer to hear feedback on the the OneInchPixel site.
@MeIr - Dave is correct, if you were a regular listener then you would know where Knightwise is.
Now before you become a comment troll, take Dave’s advice. [waves hand] These aren’t the podcasts your looking for. Move along.
June 13th, 2007 at 9:49 pm
i’m afraid the position of Comment Troll is taken. (by me !) ( Laughs in evil psychotic way and rolls around on the floor in puddle of berryjuice) Whohalkhalhahhaioihalhalhahaohiihaihoihaoihoaihoahah !
June 13th, 2007 at 10:24 pm
Troll is too kind…
June 13th, 2007 at 11:14 pm
@Dave Gray - I became “not a regular listener” not that long ago. Don’t take it personaly, but I was listening to the show mostly because of knightwise. You guys make a great show, but knightwise gives it a bit of unique kick…
But again “you can’t satisfy everyone”.
Cheers.
June 14th, 2007 at 1:56 am
Hey Guys,
Love the show and while I was listening today I was surprised when you mentioned the company I work for, PodcastPeople.com. Thanks for taking the time to check out our service and giving us such glowing reviews. One bit of positive feedback makes the time we’ve spent developing what we think is the best podcasting application on the market worth it. Hope you guys have a chance to really dig into the service as we add even more exciting features, some of which will be tailored to “advanced” podcasters. Anyway, love the show. Keep up the good work.
Matthew Bischoff
Web Strategist
http://podcastpeople.com
June 14th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
Hi guys
Dave and Tim i sent you email feedback this week to avoid doing work at work, but cant remember if I metioned the listener podcast idea. Potentially it is a great idea, particularily if people can add a different spin (such as KW did).
Cheers
June 14th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
Hey George! Thanks for that email it was fantastic to hear from you and find out a bit more about what you do… maybe we should get you on the show!
Thanks for the feedback… I can’t remember if you mentioned it either
June 14th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
Probably wouldnt say no Dave! Will be back in Cairns shortly, something im working on keeps rearing up.
June 14th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
Hey guys, can I just say sorry on behalf of my fellow listener for the unfounded snide comments. They are completely unfounded. Great show yet again guys, it still blows me away every week that you can produce such great content week in week out. True fans of the geek absolutely understand that you need time off for your big move Dave, good luck with it all. Also good luck to Tim with his new job. Cheers, Nathan.
June 14th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
Thanks for the great feedback Nathan!
June 14th, 2007 at 9:49 pm
First off the rumours that I paid for all the mentions this week are false.
I surely can’t be the only enlightened Mac user who listens to TGGP. I got my new Mac back today and the issue was the logic board, guess better it melted down early on. Yes I do have Vista on it and that is primarily for gaming.
I do have a few comments on the actual show. Parallels 2.? always allowed you install partition using bootcamp providing you were running XP or earlier. I had to create a new partition for Vista which was a tad annoying. I have downloaded Parallels 3 tonight but haven’t properly installed it as yet but if I can boot to Vista Bootcamp partition that would be nice. AFAIK 3D gaming support also is only for XP so I am still using Bootcamp to run Vista. I also don’t think it is technically VM Ware. It does run Windows but uses different technology to do so and running in Convergence mode is very sweet.
Newsfeed readers. I actually use the free Netnewswire Lite and that is fine with me. I have maybe close to 60-70 feeds in my reader and go through them at my leisure. It has support for blogging using Marsedit or ecto (my choice) and will publish to Wordpress. Very simple process and it just works and works well. Never used Feeddemon and probably won’t but I am sure it’s a great program. Re the biased report, Mac is better live with it
I may have a look at Permanent Eraser. I was cleaning up a lot of stuff on weekend using a program called CleanApp which does a similar thing and hopefully clears all traces of a when you delete it.
MailBadger I will pass on, I just don’t see the point. When you get new mail it shows you unread messages already as it is, well except for mail you have sorted into folders and in that case I get to them when I have time. I rarely get anything that’s urgent or important anyways. RssFwd…what is the point of that..honestly.
That’s pretty much ll for now. This week’s song was much better and I liked it.
Maybe I will do a show with Timmy if he is nice to me, tho better of getting Mr Specht or someone interesting rather than boring old me.
Till next week.
June 15th, 2007 at 12:41 am
[...] This post is inspired by another listener question (See comments for our previous show). Jeff once again asks us about images for posting to web pages and I presume blog posts, he writes: “I am looking for a FireFox extension that calculates the image dimensions for a proportionately resized image. I want the extension to allow me to figure out the proportionate size of an image if I resize it. For instance, I have a 800X600 sized image, but I want to create a thumbnail image which will be smaller. Using the extension, I want to be able to type in either the Height dimension or the Width dimension and the opposite value will be calculated for me allowing me to know that the image will be sized proportionately.” [...]
June 15th, 2007 at 1:53 am
[...] After giving Download Squad a right royal ribbing this week over what we considered quite bias journalism, this week I am impressed! They have a fairly new podcast called “Download Squad Switcher Podcast”, now up to the second edition. Nothing special in so much as there are plenty of Mac podcasts out there. However the second edition was great. The podcast addressed some of my personal concerns over Mac and swapping, especially since these guys were Windows users. They spoke with Jason Clarke and Lisa Hoover about swapping to a Mac after being windows users. It was great to hear what was good bad and ugly about it. There was not so much ugly though, which is nice. [...]
June 15th, 2007 at 2:21 am
@Nathan thank you heaps dude… I knew we had true fans out there somewhere
We truly value your support and continued listening of the show. Glad that you understand the whole moving thing!
@BlogSlut… thanks again dude we don’t call you the resident BlogSlut for nothing. Oh and we were refering to Parallels being a VM not BootCamp
@Jeff I have answered your question, although more than likely not the way you were expecting, in the blog. Hope that does the trick.
You Guys Rock!