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Archive for February, 2008

Wind Turbine Turns Nasty

Friday, February 29th, 2008

I did not know this could happen, although I did wonder if it could. Seems that question has been answered in great style…

I have been right up close to one of these and let me tell you, they are HUGE! The blade would not only take your head off but also your roof. Take a [...]

Save Your IM History Automagically

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Just out of private beta; IM history saving or archiving service (would be more accurate) called Simkl has opened up for everyone to use.
Once you have registered for the service and added your instant messaging identities Simkl starts automatically saving your instant messaging history as you have conversations. There is no download or installation of [...]

Picnik Goes Full Featured for Free

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Good news today that the most excellent online image editing tool picnik announced that all features are now included for free. Before today some features were locked for non subscribers.
We have talked about picnik a few times on the show. Most recently it partnered with flickr to offer integration with flickr and with it the [...]

The Global Geek Podcast #78 :: The Game

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Welcome to this weeks show. Getting the show out in a timely fashion has been a task the last few weeks. The work and family juggle has been difficult. Bear with us I do the absolute best I can, as it stands right now it is 2 am… So without further groveling here are the [...]

Rollercoaster Disaster

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

I know this is bad, but damn I laughed so hard. You will too…
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Annoying Sounds Make Music

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

You know those really annoying generic Windows sounds? Yeah the ones that make you puke because A: you could not be bothered changing them and B: most of the time you can’t. Well some inventive soul has created something good from something that should be banned for causing mental anguish to millions.
Using only the default [...]

This Just In: Spy Satellite Hit By US Missile

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

As we have been following each week, the progress of the satellite that may spell the end of Canada (and indeed our Lab Rat) has come to a conclusion.
Seems that the spy satellite full of US secrets has been shot down by a missile. I have no idea over which land mass (if any). So [...]

The Global Geek Podcast #77 :: Well Oiled

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

This week in Tech a Yahoo update, one birthday and a glimmer of hope that our Lab Rat is saved (along with Herne).
Applications this week feature an “archiving” utility for DVD’s (yeah right), making sense of those pesky EULA’s and switching off your PC by remote.
Packed sites and services this week including some tools to [...]

Flickr Users See the Funny Side of Yahoo! MS Deal

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

Seems that my thoughts on the Microsoft Yahoo! bid were not lost on the users over at Flickr. I myself use Flickr and I would be dreading what Microsoft would do to Flickr. I am not alone.
Users on Flickr have created a group called “MICROSOFT: KEEP YOUR EVlL GRUBBY HANDS OFF OF OUR FLICKR“. The [...]

GGP Post Inspiration for The Lab Rat

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

I wrote an article last week referring to the Lab Rat’s choice of advertisements on his blog. Which I might add; try as I might I can not replicate… However I digress. The post that I wrote provided some inspiration for Keith to write a post about ads on blogs and the services supplied by [...]