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Digital RSS FeedsCES 2009 Coverage to Start on Tuesday - I want to update everyone on the 2009 CES coverage. The website will be reconfigured for the week. I will have two video embeds at the very top of the website that will have the latest video we have pushed online. On Tuesday the team from TechPodcasts.com will start their CES 2009 coverage. One will be the regular content the crew has pushed up, aka what we are terming the primary channel and a secondary embed will have the back channel video. The Primary channel will contain our daily wrap up and professional interviews. The Back Channel will have content that show what it is like to be at CES. On the B...Feed Source: www.geeknewscentral.com GNC-2008-01-02 #436 Happy New Year! - Loaded and ready to head to Vegas in a very few short days for CES coverage. Special instructions on how to subscribe to the entire Video Content in today's show. Plea for help for Roz Savage.
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... Glad I Didn't Buy a Zune... - Apparently overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, many, if not all, first generation Zune 30 gb players froze and refuse to operate. The shutdowns seem to have occurred simultaneously around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 31. Zunes that have frozen may or may not start up again, and when they do start up, they freeze again before completely booting.
Microsoft has issued a vague "we're working on the problem" statement on the Zune website.
I have a nearly four year old iPod 60 gb player (gen IV, I think). I've never had one second of a problem with it (I can't say the same for iTunes, however). When I bought MP3 players for everyone in my household for Christmas, I opted for Sony and Sansa players, something without much operating system to go wrong, and with no firmware updates to screw anything up. I'd have bought iPods but they were out of my budget for a family of five.
Since my entire household is now on a New Year's Eve trip to Chicago, and everyone ... GNC-2008-12-30 #435 Last Show of Year! - Last show of the year, special info at beginning of podcast about CES coverage a must listen. Also some closing thoughts on 2008 and I talk some about the Big Hawaiian Power Black out! Plus lots of tech.
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... Fighting on Twitter - Round 1 - We've seen it in the past. One thing is said and a verbal fight breaks out. I remember having to deal with these "Fires" when I was doing a few different Forums. Good thing was it was always contained within a specific site and usually gotten control of (meaning every now and then someone got banned) before things got out of hand.
Enter Twitter.
I've seen a few fights before on Twitter. One thing is said and people react. Someone says the person doesn't know what their talking about. Threads ensue.
What's the difference in this and a forum? Public record. Twitter is one big public record that gets regurgitated through other sites and (at least for now) is searchable to everyone - at least the last 1500 posts on search.twitter.com.
Sometimes these fights are to put someone in their place. However I wouldn't be surprised if some fights are "Wrestling Hooks" - Pre-planned to drive up interest. I've seen it many times before. I have also seen one pers... Huge Loss to Podcasting Community - This morning while I sat with my power out after an island wide power blackout, I was informed that Podango a company which competes with RawVoice had informed its podcasters that they were on shaky ground financially.
This comes as very sad news to me as I know the team over their has worked very hard to build out their community and content offerings. More info on what is going to happen to their site and the shows hosted on it will probably break tomorrow.
Business is tough right now, and everyone has had to be careful on strategies that they pick. One of the things that has always amazed me is that companies such as Podango and Mevio (formally Podshow) have given away free hosting which has to be a huge drain financially.
Hosting is not cheap, even at the price we charge for hosting media at Blubrry.com its a steal. As with any... No $99 4 Gig iPhone, but WalMart Sales Start Sunday - I think it's a shame. I might've bought a 4 gig model.
Walmart confirmed it will be selling the iPhone at select stores - most likely the ones that already have an Apple section to it. They will be selling the 8 and 16 gig iPhones. If you want to save a couple bucks (literally), you can get them there for $197 and $297 respectively. Purchasing in other stores will cost you $199 and $299.
There was a lot of buzz on a $99 - 4 gig model. In all reality, a 4 gig model is pretty good for those who want to use it mostly as a phone. My current smartphone (an HTC) only has 128 Meg on the phone and a Mini SD card that adds another 2 gig to it. Then again, I don't have the iBeer application or anything like that.
It doesn't mean that Walmart wont offer a 4 gig model down the road. Maybe they will announce at MacWorld new iPhones. I don't think Apple would go backwards - unless it's a 4 gig iPhone mini. I would guess, though, they would announce new iPhones at 32 and... Mele Kalikimaka - Merry Christmas from Geek News Central - Aloha and Merry Christmas
I want to extend a warm Mele Kalikimaka to all of our readers and listeners from all over the world. The team of writers and I hope that your stockings are full and that you have a wonderful Christmas.
Many in the world and in our own back yard are hurting right now and as we move towards 2009, I am going to look for stories that will help you not only save money but give you the availability to invest in technology that makes sense not technology you will waste you precious dollars on.
Enjoy the holidays as the real work begins in the New Year.
Mele Kalikimaka to all..... ProMed Network Soft Launch - I want to draw your attention to a new media network called the ProMed Network. My team at RawVoice have partnered up with the team at ProMed providing the RawVoice Generator technology to power their new site.
I am really excited to see the site up live, with new content being added each day it will fast become a premium destination for medical news and content.... Nextar MA588-1R MP3 Player Review - MP3 Players come in all shapes and sizes and having been sent one of these units to review I decided that it would be a great thing for my 10 year old to play with.
The price on these are really cheap generally retailing for around $24.99 they make a great stocking stuffer for the parent on a budget.
Ray played with it for a couple of days, used the computer here in the office to load some tracks. I provided no assistance to make sure he would be ok..
His response has been pretty positive for a 10 year old and says that it sounds as good as the one my older daughter has and that he fiddled with the EQ to make some of the songs sound better. His only complaint the screen was hard to read.. Well for $24.99 do you expect the screen to be big..
Overall no complaints and if the 10 year old is happy then it should make for a good stocking stuffer... GoodYear GY-145 GPS Review - Having had my hands on a number of GPS units over the past couple of years I was very curious when the folks at GoodYear came out with a GPS. Not exactly a product you would expect them to come out with.
I tested the device here in Hawaii and while some will say why test a GPS in Hawaii, I had a specific mission in mind when I tested this unit. First of all the traffic is really bad at times so I waited till it was one of those days in gridlock when I employed my strategy.
This GPS comes with the ability for it to look ahead and give you some alternate routes. So I followed the alternate routes that the GPS gave me in my time of need and found some back streets the locals knew well but not having been born and raised here I did not know about.
Much to my surprise more often than not I was able to get ahead of the traffic by using back streets it rout... Zero pollution energy creation and storage - Regular readers may remember me talking about the dead-end that is electric cars with batteries. The complexity, weight, recharge time and dangerous chemicals that go into them make them of low practicality to the mass market. Bio-diesel is an even worse idea given the low energy recovery and the land it takes away from producing food. These two technolgies seem to form the cornerstone of almost all low emmision vehicles being produced or planned.
We are wasting time and money on these dead-end technologies when better solutions are available. Hydrogen fuel cells are a very possible and safe technology, and there has been success with trial and even production vehicles using this method. And while there is no widespread filling infrastructure in place today, it should be no harder to introduce than unleaded gas, or LPG was.
A team a... A New Reprieve for Windows XP and Vista Not Being Deployed - Two things in the news today. First, Microsoft has once again, for at least the third time, granted an extension to PC manufacturers who are insisting that they still want to purchase XP. Such manufacturers can now order XP through the end of January, even if they don't want delivery of the software until as late as May. In my recollection, this is definitely the third, and possibly the fourth, reprieve for Microsoft's most-used-to-date operating software.
And in another survey, Microsoft is finding out that 10% or less of corporate environments have deployed Vista. Educational environments are showing a slightly higher rate of adoption, but not much, at about 15%. Corporations and institutions of higher learning are holding onto the more stable and less resource-hoggy (is that a word) XP. If Vista is deployed, it is on individual laptops that are used for travel or other off-corporate-network projects. I know our institution is not deploying Vista except into a limit... GNC-2008-12-23 #434 We have a winner! - We have a winner folks congrats to Matt Standley for winning the HP Magic Giveaway. I have a surprise for you at the end of the show tonight. Short show as I am in the process of fighting off a bad cold.. Enjoy!!
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... Matt Standley Wins HP Magic Giveaway at Geek News Central - We had 161,904 entries for the 8 ways we gave people to win the HP Magic Giveaway. Matt’s Winning Entry was on how he would Share the Magic was randomly picked by Random.org.
Here is the text of the email he sent to hpmagic@geeknewscentral.com on Dec 20th
“Todd If I were to win, I would give my mother and stepfather in Louisiana one of the new computers because theirs crashed and my stepdad was recently laid off from his job. I would give another one of the computers to my dad and stepmom here in Georgia because the computer they have now was bought at a refurbishment place for $150. I would give another com... 24hr Podcast was a Huge Success - I am still recovering from the 24hr Podcast as I type this. Being online 24hr and talking to over 30 guest during the period is enough to drain you. But I am very proud to say that we had according to ustream over 15,800 people check out the stream.
We raised well over $1500.00 for Disabled American Veteran once donations are totaled I will be sending money to www.dav.org.
We had no fewer than 100 people on the stream even at the latest hour. The video stream on ustream was solid from the tricaster to ustream for the full 24hrs. We had a few hiccups with Talkshoe but overall the event went well.
I have a pile of media to work over in the next couple of weeks and hope you will be patient as I push it out. All of the videos and media files will be put on the 24hrPodcast.com website in the orde... RIAA to Cease Prosecution of File Sharers - The RIAA has decided to cease prosecution of file sharers directly, and instead force ISP's to become the new copyright police.
The RIAA wasn't even able to truly determine if people were sharing music, so a ginormous ISP is supposed to be able to figure it out?
I have BitTorrent loaded one one of my machines. I've used it to make large files of my own creation available to people who need it (most notably my work on adaptive technology) and used it to download similar materials. I've also used it to retrieve a working copy of software that I own but that the CD has been damaged.
Is ATT, my ISP, going to know I'm using BitTorrent legitimately, or are they going to assume that because my music library also exists on the same computer that is running BitTorrent, that I must be an illegal music file-sharer?
This isn't helping anyone; the RIAA is just trying to find more effective means to catch people doing what may be legitimate work. It just gets ... All set to Kick Off the 2nd Annual 24hr Podcast - As you can see the website has been transformed today to media central. Starting in a very few short hours. I kick of the second annual 24hr Podcast. With updated blogging post throughout the event.
Join me today for a event that will be talked about for months. Over 500 podcasters applied to be on the event. While I could not accommodate everyone we do have a open mic period for podcasters to come in and talk about their podcast.
See you in a few short hours.
Todd..... GNC-2008-12-19 #433 6 Ways to Win $6000.00 in Prizes - I have revealed 6 ways you can enter our contest to win $6000.00 in computer gear in the HP Magic Giveaway. The only way you can win is be listening to the whole show. The 24hr Podcast kicks off Saturday Morning Website will be update later today for the event!
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... 24hr Podcast Participation Instructions - This years 24hr Podcast will largely be run the same way it was last year. There will be a live video stream from the studio here in Hawaii, and a way to Dial/Skype/Voip in and participate live.
We welcome anyone that wants to put the Streaming Video embed on their home page. Download the attached text file with the embed codes and add it to your website on Saturday Morning.
This is a Live and Interactive event so if you want to participate in the conversations taking place, and I encourage you to do so you will need to dial into the Talkshoe. The process is simple Signup for a Talkshoe.com account once you have done so. Dial the following number 724–444–7444 Call ID is 10832 followed by the Pin you we... HP Magic Giveaway Update - As expected we had a nice increase in listeners of last nights show, as people are rushing in to find out the clues on how to enter the big Giveaway.. The show on Friday will offer three more chances to win.
Then during the 24hr Podcast I will be giving clues away to allow you to enter the contest multiple times over the course of the week. But until Friday you will have to listen to the podcast recorded yesterday for the first three ways to win.... 24hr Podcast Tentative Schedule for Dec 20-21 - The 24hr Podcast is only 4 short days away. I kick off the event at 6am HST / 8am PST / 11am EST and go for 24 hours straight. We will be talking with some very cool people during the event.
This event will be streamed live on Ustream and everyone patched in via Talkshoe. I hope that you will join me. If you are guest on the 24hr Podcast an you have a time conflict email me immediately and we will get you scheduled in a new slot.
Also there is always room to double people up. If you want to be on the show drop me a line to geeknews@gmail.com with the subject 24hr Podcast
Tentative Very Rough Schedule Subject to Change anytime
All Times HST | PST +2 | EST +5... Intels touchscreen netbook - In the world of gadgets smaller usually translates to cooler. While the new rnage of netbooks on the market have had some success in this paradigm I have not yet seen much to get me excited by them. They are not small enough to be radically easier to carry, and they are not large enough to be convenient to use for most purposes. The ultra-thin laptops are generally the better compromise position.
Until recently touchscreen laptops have not really lived up to the hype either. The speed of the handwriting recognition has not allowed them to live up to the promise. With the advances in touch screens, particularly multi-touch technology, the likelihood of this market becoming successful is growing.
Intel have combined new the latest touchscreen technology with a netbook to produce a kid-targetted laptop that looks interesting. According to laptop magazine In... Apple Pulls out of MacWorld - Just After My Podcast is Done. AUGH! - So I usually do my Podcast in the afternoon for Wednesday consumption. I put on my voice, fired up the news aggregator and Podcast away. When I get everything done, post the podcast and send the messages, I usually walk away from my computer and not look at the news. That way if something comes after the fact, I don't go - DOH!.
Of course that happened today.
In my podcast, I talked about MacWorlds' prediction of what Steve Job's keynote is going to be in 2009. The hot and heavy talk is about a new iMac. But when I got everything done and posted, I found that CNet reported a news story that now Steve Jobs will NOT be at MacWorld. Further, Apple had put out a statement saying that this will be the last MacWorld for Apple.
DOH!
Apple - In a statement on their website - Announced they are "reaching more people in more ways than ever before, so like many companies, tra... My Yearly Top Ten List - Everyone is doing top ten lists for the end of the year. I'd like to publish mine. Below are the ten tech/geek things I do not want to live without.
My 60 gb video iPod. I use this thing every day. It is almost three years old, scratched and dinged, but is still the thing I do not leave the house without. It plugs into my car stereo when I'm driving and keeps me sane at my desk at work with noise-canceling headphones and has saved many a party along the way.
My ergonomic keyboard. Yes, the bulky Microsoft version in that fabulous putty color. I type a lot as a writer and as a geek, and this keyboard has saved me a lot of pain in my shoulders and hands over the years.
Flash/Thumb drives. I've had my butt saved more times than I can count because I had something backed up on a flash drive that I was carrying. Everything from programs to presentations to critical files have become easily portable and sh... Why I Hate Microsoft Outlook - I hate Microsoft Outlook. Back in the day, when I was teaching people how to use it (Office 95 and then Office 97), it was a wonderful thing. Sharing calendars, preview views, lots of different configurations that could accommodate anyone's needs. Before that there had only been Lotus Notes, and while it was good, it didn't lend itself to all of the iterations that MS Office did. But then there were holes, and I could no longer use some of my most-used functions, like the preview pane, and linking out from emails, because of the holes in both Outlook and Internet Explorer.
Then Office 2007 came out. It was supposed to be bigger and badder and better. But I hated Outlook 2007 from the very first moment I used it. At least it didn't insult me with the whole "ribbon" thing as in the other Office programs, but it has turned into an amazingly slow, earth-pounding, gigantic dinosaur. We are required to use it at work. When I log in in the morning, I've learned to just g... HP Magic Giveaway Rules - The rules are simple you must listen to the Geek News Central Podcast that was released today Tuesday Dec 16th and the show that will be released Friday Dec 19th for up to “6” chances to be entered to win the $6000.00 HP Magic prize give away.
There will be bonus ways to win by being involved in the 24hr Podcast that will be streamed live here at Geek News Central and 24hrPodcast.com this coming Saturday and Sunday.
I will announce the winner on my podcast that is recorded on Monday Dec 22nd ... GNC-2008-12-16 #432 HP Magic Giveaway Kick Off - You must listen to this Podcast for your 3 separate opportunities to win the $6000.00 HP Magic Giveaway prize package during this show. Three more chances on Friday. You have a chance today to be entered three separate times by listening to this show. Listen for your chance to win.
On another note a bit more of a rant about Pepcom and Digital Experience!
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What they are telling me is that unless I hire what they qualify as a Professional accredited camera person that they will not issue a badge for that person to attend. With my budget there is simply no way I can hire another camera person just for their event while every other event has had no issue badging my camera person that I have used for other events this year.
Their policy in my opinion is outdated and really contradicts how they have done business in the past. Because the past two years that we attended their event we did not have an accredited camera person all we were required to submit was what I submitted this year. It seems that they expect that bloggers/podcasters to have professional a... EPIC Action Sports Video Cam Review - While in Costco today I picked up a $99.00 EPIC Action Sports Video Cam. I wanted to use it as a cam I could wear during CES to help in capturing some of the Back Channel Video.
Well after testing it for about 15 minutes. I might as well throw this thing in the trash. The video is horribly grainy it reminds me of webcam quality 10 years ago. I had my son actually ride up and down the street with it on his bicycle and when we viewed it looked like a 70’s television picture when the reception was real bad.
I don’t often trash a product but in my opinion this has to be the most overhyped piece of equipment I have ever seen. It’s no wonder the manufacture did not even provide a screen shot of actual video taken with this thing.
My advice do not buy this piece of equipment. I will be returning mine to Costco. ... Digsby Adds Annoying Plugins - I am installing the latest version of Digsby and am shocked that the application is asking me to install a number of highly intrusive plugins with the install.
Applications like the VoloMedia plugin that calls home to mama every time you watch or listen to something in iTunes. They also are pushing a plugin by SmartShopper that essentially spys on you while you are surfing the Internet to give you offers from their partner sites.
This is a really bad move by Digsby and if they need some money why not ask people to pay for the application. It is a good one but I am not about to subject myself to installing a number of questionable plugins.
To really stick it to you at the end of the install they offer you this page.
Do you really think anyone in there right mind would want t... Processes, Processes - Killing my Web Experience - Todd's talked about this before - you go into task manager and see a bunch of programs you closed still running. Then again you see programs you never opened running. Some of them need to be there, but others could be nixed. The worst part - it could be slowing down your Web (or computer experience).
I was working on the web - going from page to page doing research today. All of a sudden Firefox just didn't want to load a webpage. The "Loading" graphic would stay there and the page would stay blank. Of course when the pages don't load, the first thing I check is the cable modem. But then my twitters (which happen through a program called "Twhirl") and my email both came in. So I have internet access.
The next step is to check Task Manager. Apple has the iPod updater in there - And I don't even own an iPod. Google Updater is in there twice. Why? Could it be to update the Google search that is on the upper right hand corner of Firefox?
There is a nmsaccessu.... CES 2009 Update - Hey folks we are less than a month away for the Consumer Electronics Show and for the 4th year we are packing the gear up and headed to Las Vegas.
Our crew from the Tech Podcast Network has grown a little bit this year and it looks like 6 of us will be attending the event versus 4 from last year.
As always the agenda is very full. But like past years you can put in your special request for us to visit with specific companies and or looking for specific technology.
You can send those request to ces2009@geeknewscentral.com we will do our best to find the info you request us to find. As always our daily wrap up shows will be happening and we will have 100’s of product de... Hey MySpace! I Really Don't Want Email! Thank You - I really enjoy it when a social network updates or adds new features to the site. It makes it cool and exciting to have a new feature or a way to update.
However, when they add or change stuff, they change your preferences. Not in a real bad way - more in the level of sending me email. For example, a couple years ago I checked a box on MySpace that said "Don't let people send me Event Invites". Up until today I never received an event invite.
When I started getting them again, I went into the options to see if this box was checked. I couldn't find the box - it must've been removed.
There was a box that said "Send email of event invites" and that was checked. I instantly unchecked it. So while I won't get Event invites by email, I will see them on my MySpace page. That's too bad, but not completely bothersome - I'll just ignore the Event invites.
I did go through my settings and I was surprised to see how many boxes were checked for me to receive an ... GNC-2008-12-11 #431 I Vent about Digital Experience - I am a bit aggravated at the folks Pepcom who organize and run Digital Experience held during CES. Really aggravating and hopefully phone call with them tomorrow will clear things up but way to much time wasted on my part trying to go again this year.
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... New Technologies on the Horizon - As we get to the end of 2008 the predictions for what will happen next year start coming out. In the PC space it looks generally like it will be a continuation of the same process we have seen recently. Die sizes for chips will get smaller, hard drives will get larger capacities, and video cards will continue to increase in speed.
Tech Radar have put together a good summary on the main movements we will likely see in the PC space. Outside of some niche markets though, there is little need for us to have faster computers. The thrust of the technology change for the general and corporate user is going to continue towards smaller and lower power.
Intel have a new 32nm chips coming out next year with 22nm and 16nm to follow by 2012 and 2015ish. Given that they are not already touting the power and speed benefits of the new sizes yet, the incremental change in power per... New Media Expo sold - Now BlogWorld and New Media Expo - First of all congratulations to Tim on his sale of New Media Expo to the folks at BlogWorld. My team at RawVoice has had to really weigh which event to attend and now its a no brainer.
I will be registering RawVoice to exhibit at the event in October of 2009. I really wish though that event was not in Las Vegas again as that is gonna keep some people away. The Podcasting Community is a tight knit group and it is hard to embrace the social aspects of the community in Vegas.
Being a big advocate of blogging in combination with podcasting though this is a great fit and should be a great event. We will have a chance to reach bloggers who have been considering being a new media creators.
I will be reaching out to the blogworld and new media expo team and hopefully we... HP Magic Giveaway Continues! - In about a week I will be starting my HP Magic Giveaway contest but I wanted to remind all of you that there are a lot of sites giving away gear. Each of these 50 sites will be giving away the entire prize package seen below.
Make sure you take the time and enter their bloggers contest as it could make for a pretty sweet Christmas. As a special note make sure you visit my good friend Andy McCaskey site at SDRNews.com
As a reminder the only way you are going to be able to win my giveaway is to listen to my podcast during the contest week.
... GNC-2008-12-08 #430 Who turned off the heat! - Apologize for the squeaky chair and had a rude awakening with the cold weather getting off the airplane this morning. As usual bandwidth in this hotel sucks really bad someday hotels will figure it out to win tech users they need big fat pipes.
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... Podcast Awards Ceremony Today Dec 6th - The Podcast Awards Ceremony starts at 1pm PST or 4pm EST. Please join me while I award thousands of dollars in prizes and announce the People's Choice and Best Produced podcasts.
... Now I Remember Why I Don't Buy ATI... - So I decided I wanted to update my TV Capture card. I use it only for one thing - to capture my camera for live streaming. I don't care about remote controls, I only care that it had an antenna and S-Video input. I got a deal on an ATI Theatre 550 capture card - which is a PCI Express card - And should push the video better than my old Hauppage card I bought years ago.
I have yet to be impressed.
Let's start out in saying I stopped buying ATI years ago because their video has always had problems. I had an ATI Rage 128 card and the performance never hit what I expected. I ended switching up to NVidia graphics cards and never looked back. NVidia has some solid hardware and software that has never really failed me.
But my last ATI card I bought was years ago. Maybe things changed - ATI was bought out by AMD, new technologies and advancements could make things better. It didn't.
I got the card yesterday. I need to preface this by saying it is a OEM ca... GNC-2008-12-05 #429 Jam Packed Show Tonight - Podcast Awards Ceremony is this Saturday been working all week on the event. I will be in DC the week of the 8th would like to do dinner Friday night if your up for it let me know via email. Lots of things cooking here tune in and get informed.
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... Mogulus Pro Offering Way to Expensive - This morning I received an email from the folks over at Mogulus announcing their pro-streaming service. When I looked at the price of the Mogulus Pro offering I just about fell out of my chair.
Their prices start at $350.00 a month with only 25gb of bandwidth allowance, plus if you bust your 25gb cap you will be charged $1.50 per gig. Someone over there is smoking crack.
They must think content producers are stupid. I have used a variety of paid streaming services for about 1/3rd the monthly cost they are planning on charging, and have been able to have my own branded player and many of the other options that are offering with this pro-offering.
This is a oppo... Even With Technology, It's Harder to Work when Your Sick... - I have been beefing up my websites. I also have been working on some external projects hard. But all of that came to a crashing halt last week.
Why? I got sick.
I felt this illness coming down on Monday (Nov. 24th). I didn't think much of it, but after my Podcast on Tuesday, I pretty much knew I should take some downtime and relax a bit while ingesting something like lots of Liquids. (Here is a keynote - If you have a fever and your lips start to dry out quick, you might want to get some water in your system. )
By Thursday I was pretty much on the back and forth thing - Morning I would be OK, but then by evening I was burning up and freezing at the same time. Saturday I had to play with the band and by the end of the 3rd set I was hurting more than I ever hurt before. If it wasn't for the little catnaps between breaks, I would have probably not made it.
Monday - Feeling better but coughing entered into the mix. Still did my shows. Tuesday - Coughing... Podcast Awards Ceremony is Saturday Dec 6th! -
The 2008 People’s Choice Podcast Awards Ceremony is this coming Saturday December 6th at 1pm PST. I will be awarding these trophies and prizes. I will also announce the People’s Choice and Best Produced Winners.
See you on Saturday at 1pm PST!! Todd…... Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes - Ok folks, the comment spam over here has just gotten to be amazingly thick, to the point that I am not even sure if any real person has commented since Lumpy about a month ago. Therefore, I am moving to a new site for my blog. The Geeks Blog is to be found by combining the bold words and adding a dot com, and it will be the new location for my blog. It's using the new Movable Type 3.33, and will have more restrictive commenting. If you want to comment, and have your comment show up within 3 months, I recommend TypeKey.
This install will no longer accept any comments unless you use that. I will not be going through comment spam any more over there, than I do now, which is to say once every 3 months. I know a few of you do use that, and I thank you. For those that do not, and you know who you are, I would recommend that step. It's not hard, and does give you access to a not insignificant portion of the blogging c... I'm back baby! - Due to the kindness of a Shadow Walker, my guild in World of Warcraft, I am back in World of Warcraft. The last time I played was the 28th of June, and I must say that taking the break I did has helped, I think. I no longer feel the need to be around and in game all the time. My two main characters are 60, I am happy with my life outside of game, and I am excited about the stuff we have heard so far about the expansion.
My Druid will get to fly, my Paladin will get to be a real tank, taunt and all, if I go that route. There is going to be a lot of new content to explore when the expansion hits, and lots to explore in the world of outlands. From the minimal research I have done, checking fan sites, Google Video and YouTube, it looks awesome. For those who haven't doing the obcessive research I have, the videos that have popped up online are showing stuff like what one sees upon passing through the dark portal.
This is including an as yet unnamed pit lord, though rep... Dogs and jerks - I was reading through the Free Press today and I noticed in the Top News, they dedicated 2 pages, excluding ads, to the story of a couple who broke up a fair time ago amidst betrayal and pain. Belinda Stronach, for you non Americans out there, was a Conservative Party Member of Parliament, who 'crossed the aisle' to join the Liberals when the Liberals were still in power, in a failed attempt to save their failing run of leadership. In doing so, she also left her boyfriend, fellow Conservative MP Peter McKay.
Some are saying that recent alleged comments by McKay in the House of Commons are justified, and yet others say that inaction by the Conservative leadership is a sign that the party has no respect for women. My view? Having had my share of betrayal and heartache, I can see that McKay might feel a tad betrayed and still a little angry. Does that make what he said right, fair, or proper? Hell no. Do I think it should make headline news for days? Not in the least. It's a g... And the test results say.... - Gall Stones. Uggh. I have to consult with my doctor regarding 'surgical options' which I am informed may mean removal of my gall bladder, which could mean no more of most of the foods I like the most. I'll keep you up to date on the info as I have it. Now, I think I am going to drown my sorrows in.. a big glass of Crystal Light flavored water. ... All the pretty lights behind my eyes... - Wee, the pretty, pretty lights. I just got back from the pharmacy, and the hospital before that. I am proud of the fact I don't partake of illegal drugs, but I will be happy to occasionally be shot full of morphine and be high as a kite. I was in the hospital because the pain that hit me on Wednesday night, and then again on Thursday night, came back. I thought when it hit me again Thursday, I thought maybe it was just that I had eaten greasy food too much, and I stopped. But last night I ate not much of anything, never mind greasy foods, and this morning I woke up in extreme pain again.
Thankfully my parents stopped by shortly there after, and kindly took me to the hospital. They think it is something to do with my gall bladder, I think they said(I was rather hazy due to morphine) and advised I call for an ultra sound ASAP. We'll see what happens, I guess. Now, I am going to stop fighting it and go back to letting the morphine knock me out. Bye. [Addition: I forgot to m... This ain't good - I am thinking, and I may be wrong on this, but I think that agonizing pain in ones abdomen is not a good thing. I am not sure if it's what I had for lunch, which was a rather large burger at a newly opened cafe downtown, or if it's something worse, but I left work half an hour before I was off and I have just found it impossible to sit, or lie, or be still. The pain if bad when I am moving around, but it is ten times worse when I am not moving. I think I need to go to bed, or at least try. Good thing I have tomorrow off. ... Thoughts on 9.11, 5 years later - So here we sit. 5 years after an event that almost as much impact on the world as Pearl Harbor did back in the Second World War. It is a time when our nature as caring people, as emotional beings, forces us to reflect, to ponder, and toa recall. As a music fan, times like these make me thing back. Garth Brooks wrote a song after his home state of Oklahoma, was attacked, and it comes to my mind. The chorus is below.
And I hear them saying you?ll never change things and no matter
What you do its still the same thing
But its not the world that I am changing I do this so this
World will know that it will not change me.
That song reminds me that we cannot let events like that bombing, like the events of 5 years ago, bring us down. I will, though, let these events change me. We must excel and keep ourselves alive. That is how I will let them change me. I will let them remind me I am alive. I will allow them to show me that as long as I breathe, as long a... Why there will never be an iPod killer - I know, it's a bold statement. But I feel it is true, and here is why. There are too many 'iPod killers' out there. The market is saturated. Apple made a device that was a revolution in the technology sector. They did it, and were unique and innovative at a time when no one else, or very few others, where there. They did what Apple does. They made a cool looking device with neat features and they listened to the customers in what they wanted in their device.
Now we have every maker of flash memory, several who just make electronics in general, and several others who just have nothing to do with their billions, primarily Microsoft, jumping in to the market. Here is the problem, and it's the same one that anyone trying to dethrone Microsoft from it's market share, in Office and OS. Linux could have dethroned Microsoft. I firmly believe this. The problem is that there became too many flavors, too many different things for different tastes. Microsoft, for all it's bad things, d... Good weekend planned - This should be one of my busiest weekend since I moved last. i have plans today and tomorrow, and was out after work yesterday. Yesterday was a party for several people at work who are getting promoted, some within and some to out of my department. During my lunch I went down and raised a drink, and then after work I went back for the other two of the day. Today I am supposed to be biking out to the Bridge's Drive Inn on Jubilee, one of the cities most renowned ice cream places, for a little of the cold stuff before it gets too cold out.
Tomorrow, myself and the same person are supposed to be meeting up at The Forks, I will be taking pictures of another coworker doing some break dancing, and then we'll head back to my place where i am making dinner, and wine shall be tasted. Should be a fun and entertaining weekend, full of interesting conversations, people, and occasions. [Update:She didn't show for Ice Cream or dinner.]... It's Mine!!! - I am overjoyed to sit here and write that I am not the proud possessor of a set of keys to my proper suite, the suite I should have had access to 1 month ago. That is correct, I have the keys to my home, and will be moving my stuff in tomorrow. Unfortunately the situation is not clear-cut there. I am now told that not only do they want me out by the end of the day tomorrow, but also they have someone moving in the 1st. In my honest opinion, these people learned nothing from the situation with me.
They still expect everything to be perfect, and then they let people down when it is less than perfect. The carpet in the suite I am in now needs to be changed, the tiles in the bathroom need to be fixed, in my opinion there needs to be a real counter put in, and at least one window needs complete replacement. Alas, it is no longer my concern. I will be in my new home tomorrow night, and although it will be a little hectic trying to get all the stuff worked out, I am sure with all ... Changes afoot - Let's see. Where to start. First, I am told the current estimate for my proper suite, the one I should have been in on the 1st of August should be ready to go sometime this week. I have Thursday off, ironically the 31st, so I expect they will be trying to push me to have my stuff moved into my proper suite by Thursday midnight. Whether that actually occurs, I would have to say, would highly depend on when I get my keys. My plan at this time is to set up the desk first, bring up the various pieces of wood from the current suite and the basement, then move all the boxes from the basement storage area first, using the dolly I have.
Those will go into my bedroom and living room for later sorting. Then I will bring up the dishes and food from my current suite. Most of this should be doable in the first night or two after work, assuming I get the keys Tuesday or earlier. On Thursday I hope to have a few hand to help move all the big stuff, my bed, couch, coffee table and more, up... I'mmmmmm Baaaaaaaack!! - I am completely overjoyed to be back online. I have 5 solid bars on my wifi signal, and in even better news, I am told they hope to give me access to the other suite over the weekend. I have downloaded a good sized chunk of podcasts, and over 3000 emails on my extra accounts alone, not even touching my main email address yet. I have much to do, many places to go, and many things to get caught up on. I will try to better post in the next day or two. ... MTS does it again - Well, my Internet connection is working and fully functional upstairs. Over a Cat5 cable. Sadly, as I am downstairs in a different apartment still, this does little to help me. Apparently in the repeated attempts to actually get someone out to actually install my TV service at my planned apartment, which included repeated mentions of the desire for a home networking kit, no one thought I might actually want a home networking kit, which comes with a wireless router, which would allow me to get online from where I am presently. Go figure.
So now my internet is live in the other suite, I am still netless at the place I am in now, and someone is coming out tomorrow to rectify this situation. I am, though, getting a few concessions on the billing side to make the pain that is this last 3 weeks a little more bearable. I will end up paying nothing for the router install, which for some moronic reason costs $100, for the install alone, not including the router, which is property... Stargate SG-1 cancelled - I heard via the Buzz Out Loud podcast tonight that SciFi has declared that this, the 10th season of Stargate SG-1, will be the last. I would like to say I am surprised by this, but I am not. I am, though, saddened by this announcement. I liked the Stargate movie that came out in the early 90's. It wasn't until, I think, the 3rd or 4th season when I came across SG-1, due to the fact that, even though it is filmed in Canada, it did not air in the normal fashion. I believe we were 2 or 3 years behind at the time.
In fact It was aired in several European countries before it aired here in Canada. I recall oddly downloading low res versions of the first few years off a site called SG1Archives, which has since become a news site. The world of Gao'uld, Asgaard, Replicators and more drew me in to the series and I fell in love with the world. I watched excitedly as the series progressed, and then branched off into the Atlantis series. I was sad when I saw O'Neill become a General, kn... KYR Episode 2 released! - I am very happy to tell you all I have finally had the chance to upload the latest episode of Know Your Role, Episode 2, recorded August 11th. The topics are many, the length is about an hour and a half, and the echo is horrendous. I am recording episode 3 tonight, and hope to be online from home by Wednesday night, so hopefully will be able to upload the 3rd episode then. Enjoy my thoughts on the Burning Crusade, Patch 1.12: Drums of War, and democracy in WoW, I present the Offline Edition of Know Your Role.
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