Back to the main page of this blog The Podcast Network Website
Want to host your own show on TPN?

Archive for January, 2008

Shopping for a Domain Registrar

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Show number 74 provided Herne with the inspiration to post a detailed comment about hosting and associated topics. One thing that I thought he might need some info on is the difference between hosting and a domain registrar. Plus some tips on choosing a good registrar.
One thing that should be clarified is that “hosting” differs [...]

International Delete MySpace Account Day

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Today is Januaray 29th, 2008. Only one day before the big International Delete MySpace Account Day. Yes. Someone has come up with the idea to set aside one day out of the year to delete MySpace accounts. I figured I would take this opportunity to ask you why stop at MySpace? 2007 was one hell [...]

The Global Geek Podcast #75 :: Pink Privacy

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Great show this week. We are joined by Special Guest, James Williams and we throw the usual format out the window. Well me made some mods.
While it was a slow week for news there was some that we managed to dredge up including some news from Microsoft, the evolution of digital music and the bright [...]

50 Years of LEGO

Monday, January 28th, 2008

It’s the 50th Birthday of the LEGO brick!
The LEGO history began in 1932 in Denmark, when Ole Kirk Christansen founded a small factory for wooden toys in the unknown town of Billund in the south of the country. To find a name for his company he organized a competition among his employees. As fate would [...]

Knightwise, The Man we Thought we Knew

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

It has been some time since Knightwise left the GGP. However we are as united now as much as we were then. A great supporter of the show and a guy that I know reasonably well. Or so I thought…
This week I was quite shocked to see pictures circulating on the Internets which have caused [...]

Shipping With The Breeze

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

This story grabbed my attention this morning because I couldn’t believe it. A cargo ship that is partially powered by a huge computer controlled kite is leaving port. The ship will be traveling from Germany to Venezuela and will make the first practical trial run of this new technology. According to the designers of the [...]

What is Data Portability?

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

On the last show we talked very briefly about the fact that Google and others had joined the data portability work group. All this data portability stuff is pretty new and some people might not know what the heck it is all about.
Today I got hold of a video that explains, simply what it is.
DataPortability [...]

The Global Geek Podcast #74 :: I Need Help with My Frash

Monday, January 14th, 2008

This week in Tech we look at an announcement form Sony that puts a nail in the coffin of DRM, a cool USB Gadget to free up your computer processes and some Google News.
In applications this week we’ll look at a simple desktop sharing tool for you to help your mum with her computer and [...]

FeedDemon is Now Free!

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

Well blow me down with a feather!
Massive news today as Nick Bradbury announces that FeedDemon is now FREE! Now is a better time that ever to get a killer app for zero. But it gets better! Not only is FeedDemon free but so is:

NetNewsWire (Mac “version” of FeedDemon)
NewsGator Inbox
NewsGatorGo

But wait, it gets better still! Today [...]

First Look at WordPress 2.5

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

A bit of old news with some new. The WordPress guys have decided to brush of version 2.4 of WordPress. Jeffro covered that in his “podcast” (the “podcast” is because he is using Talkshoe… come on Jeff!) so get his take on it there. But today I came across what we might expect from the [...]