The Global Geek Podcast #66 :: Back in the Day…
This is the GGP for this week, make it last we are taking a week off next week as Dave is AWOL.
This week in Tech Microsoft had a huge week, more announcements than you can poke a blunt stick at, but we also cover Facebook’s stealth project and it has been 50 years since we threw stuff up. Tim is older than he sounds.
Applications this week presented us with a glut after last weeks farce. We have an app to keep you up to date, Adobe’s addition to the player market, a free CD burning alternative AND stay listening for the quick-shot app list that we just had to make some time for.
Sites and Services this week covers a site for the looser in all of us, a new type of headline aggrigator and a Chess site that Dave thought was cool and was wasted on Tim who thinks Chess is for old coots.
Including this week the GGP Mac Lab Rat, Keith Murray, your feedback and the featured Firefox extensions will make it another great show, we hope that you enjoy.
The Global Geek Podcast #66 (MP3 - 47.32 MB - 1:22.39)
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Show Notes
Welcome
Flash Video about world domination, nuclear war and frozen kangaroos, wtf mate?
Tech News
- Microsoft News
- Secret Facebook Plans
- Google Earth Updates and Israel
- RIAA Victory
- UC Berkley Offers Lectures on YouTube
- Skype Fails to meet Targets, eBay bombed and CEO Resigns… what next?
- 50 Years since the first Orbit
- Woman Sues Apple
Promo Spot - The Knightcast
Applications
- UpdateStar: Monitor and download program updates from the one app
- Adobe Media Player (AIR): Stand-alone media player, supporting flash
- CD BurnerXP 4: Free CD Burning option and a good one
Quck-shot Apps
- Windows Blinds 6: Skin Windows
- Sandboxie: Virtual space to run apps to protect the main system
- 3D Box Shot Maker: Make great looking “box shots” for software
- Bit Torrent 6 Beta: Popular torrent app
- fmail: Gmail in Facebook
Firefox Extensions
- Image Tool Bar: Shows popular functions on hover over images
- YouPlayer: Puts YouTube in the sidebar
GGP Mac Lab Rat Update with Keith Murray
Sites and Services
- Loosr: Share loose moments with the world and vote on other looser moments
- AjaxPlay.com: Play Chess in real time or as you please
- Shoutingmat.ch: Aggrigates social network buzz with comments and blog reactions in 3 channels
- Thoof: News aggrigation that learns what you like
Updates
Feedback
Farewell
Featured Music
Ultra
“Don’t Let Go” (mp3)
from “The Sun Shines Brighter”
(Goldust Records)
Buy at iTunes Music Store
Buy at Napster
More On This Album
October 9th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
Loved that “End of ze world” flash video… “WTF Mate?” has been a catch phrase in my office for the last few months…
October 9th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
I should probably listen to the whole episode, and then comment all in one go, but I had to put this one in right away.
The Microsoft Reference License applies only to the .NET Framework source code. What it means is if you build an application in C# or some other .NET language, you can still release it open source (on SourceForge etc.) you just can’t release the SOURCE CODE for the .NET Framework. The .NET DLL files can still be released (and updated) with the application.
I did a short writeup on my blog, and linked to Scott Guthrie’s full announcement on his blog.
If there’s anything else… I’ll wait until I finish listening to the episode.
October 10th, 2007 at 3:09 am
Again, as I said in the “Open letter to Amazon” post, those silly American’s can’t spell worth a damn. “Loosr” is perhaps an ironic name, perhaps the people who opened it should be the head “loser” for spelling it wrong…again! Or perhaps they’re wanting to be more loose and less tight? Hard to say.
I also wanted to mention that they started playing the “Where the bloody hell are you?” Aussie vacation commercials again here in Canada. I always found them amusing myself, but apparently someone took offense because the Australian Tourist Board had pulled them a while back.
See this one on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn0lwGk4u9o
Other links:
http://www.duncans.tv/2006/tourism-australia
http://www.wherethebloodyhellareyou.com/
Spoofs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=411ueiat2sY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owHE-HF4rk4&mode=related&search=
October 10th, 2007 at 7:19 am
Is “aggrigate” the Web 2.0 spelling for “aggregate”?
October 10th, 2007 at 11:27 am
Probably - spelling was never my strong point and for some reason most spell checkers don’t recognize it!
October 11th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
I could make the “native speaker” comment ;p
October 11th, 2007 at 8:38 pm
Another great podcast, and as a highly qualified looser I liked Loosr.com and submitted a story from my past entitled “My first date”
feel free to vote on my looser-ness
It’s the latest on the site and all true
October 12th, 2007 at 1:10 am
@ Hugh I also loved losser and I read your story and voted on it.
But my favorite story is the one about the girl who had used an electric toothbrush to masturbate.
October 12th, 2007 at 8:28 am
yeah,the toothbrush is a classic, I recon the best one is the one the lads mentioned on the podcast “disgusting morning”
October 12th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
AHA ! thats why my toothbrush tasted funny this morning.
October 17th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
Dr Evil was out last night. I think he was bored and Dave and Tim had gone to bed so he skype bombed me at 2am. Luckily I was still awake..just.
Evil I say….
October 19th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
Good show guys, thanks for the heads up on itunes. No longer stuck in hotels without updated podcasts!