Everyday Geek

Everyday Geek 2: Yeah, we talk too much!

everydaygeek@everydaygeek.net (Marcus Hamaker and Bryan Hamon) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:11:47 +0000

Episode #2 and I think we have improved audio quality so much that we kept talking just to hear it!

Crumbs from the Web:

Windows 7 launch day is today. Did anyone attend a Launch Party?
Apple announced new iMac, Macbook and Mac Mini models, and the new Magic Mouse.
An interesting Computerworld article about the shift of Pirate Software from P2P networks to File-Hosting Websites.
The Blackberry Bold 9700 gets released on Telus, Bell, Rogers, T-Mobile USA and AT&T.
After a poorly-executed upgrade over at Microsoft there may have been some Sidekick Data-loss.
Users can no longer repeat Twitter posts.

Geek Media:

Wil Wheaton is guest staring on The Big Bang Theory. The episode aired on October 19, 2009.

Firefox Extension:

IETab is a great extension that embeds Internet Explorer in Firefox. Instead of having to open a separate browser to view IE specific sites you can switch between Firefox and IE on the fly. You can also set a list of sites to always open in Internet Explorer

Website / Software Pick:

Portableapps.com is really not a website but a software platform that let’s you bring your software with you. There are many apps available now and more being developed all the time and they just recently started allowing free software as well as the GPL software they’ve always had.

Tech Definition:

SCSI – Small Computer Systems Interface.

Get in Touch with us

Let us know how we did, we’d love to hear your comments on our first ever podcast. To get in touch send us an email, podcast@everydaygeek.net or comment on this post. Follow us on twitter – Marcus is @thesleepygeek, Bryan us @blindkangaroo and the podcast feed is @everydaygeek. Also don’t forget to visit Geekerrific.com and TheSleepyGeek.com.

We’re Now On iTunes – OOooo, Exciting :)

everydaygeek@everydaygeek.net (Marcus Hamaker and Bryan Hamon) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:51:42 +0000

We have now submitted and been accepted to iTunes with only one podcast created. This is pretty exciting but I think we need to work on episode number two. If you use iTunes as your manager, then you can search for us using “Everyday Geek”.

Next is Zune and then who knows after that.

Suggestions?

Geek on!

Everyday Geek #1: The Premiere

everydaygeek@everydaygeek.net (Marcus Hamaker and Bryan Hamon) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:57:57 +0000

Here we go with the premiere podcast for Everyday Geek! Hosts of the show are Marcus Hamaker and Bryan Hamon.

Crumbs from the Web:

Of course Google Wave is cool it’s from Google, we’re just waiting to figure out what it’s for.
The iPhone is coming to Telus and Bell in Canada, launching on their new HSDPA network.
Ebay seller asked to take down second hand software, Company sites DMCA.
Companies blocking social media (Twitter, Facebook, Myspace,…), is this new or more of the usual?
Palm not allowing FLOSS in the App Catalog, the same move as Apple, but you can still side-load apps to work around.

Software Pick:

VLC Media Player is a multi-platform media player with built-in codecs. Runs on Mac, Linux, Windows and even BeOS and Syllable.

Firefox Extension:

If you need better proxy management then check out FoxyProxy, it can automatically switch proxy setting based on URL or IP rules.

Website Pick:

www.mashable.com – The Social Media Guide.

Tech Definition:

ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) – Before there was AGP, PCI-E, PCI and even VLB … there was ISA. A computer bus originally designed by IBM in 1981 for the original IBM XT. It was originally 8-bit with a 16-bit version coming later and operating at 8Mhz. Later ISA Plug’n'Play was introducted and normally plagued with many issues which sometimes made the expansion cards harder to configure than the non-PnP. Now the ISA bus has been replaced buy newer and faster technologies (PCI, AGP …) but could still be found on motherboards until recently.