Geekazine is proud to present the Madison Tweetup – December 2nd at the Dry Bean. Festivities will start at 7 PM and will go until 10 PM or until we choose. Come on down and talk with other local social mediates. Frank Busch (MSB) will be providing the music for the evening. We will be […]
I started my career answering hate mail from customers in customer service. Statistics at that time, back when persons communicated by telephone, letter, or even occasionally face-to-face, showed that someone who got bad service would tell, on the average, 10 persons; someone who got good service–that is, someone who got what he or she paid […]
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The BBC today reported that there is a new iPhone worm which attacks jail-broken iPhones, as did the Rickroll worm in Australia last month. This one is malicious, not just annoying, and targets Dutch customers of ING Bank: The worms work because they target the root password for the ssh (“secure shell”) function, which becomes […]
We pull out and set up the Epson Artisan 810 All in one Printer. This is a fully functional copier / printer / scanner / Fax. We set up the printer to the network and make a couple print samples. **Before we start, I have to say that this device was sent to me by […]
Scientific Blogging reports that researchers at Keio University in Tokyo have developed an iPhone app for controlling robots. An excerpt: Watch a video here. I wonder whether Isaac Asimov is amused.
When I saw this story reporting that Google’s Chrome OS, now under development, will boot in seven seconds or less, my [TIRADE MODE] switch went to the on position. The price you will pay for this fast boot is not having anything on the computer. From the description, it sounds like WebTV on steroids: If […]
Still waiting for the car to get fixed. Cable internet woes this week as I tell you what happened. A lot of video coming out and the switch to Blip.tv. Burger King with no Whoppers! Podcast Madness investors. 48 more days to CES! Audible.com – 14 day Gold membership – www.audiblepodcast.com/geekazine 1 month subscription to […]
It’s over. The AOL-Time Warner divorce will be final on December 9. At the time of the marriage, I was a loyal AOL customer. I cut my online teeth with Bulletin Boards, so I already knew basic nettiquette when I joined AOL (so I did not pick up some of the habits that made “AOLer” […]
The Guardian reports that Apple has won its suit against Pystar, the company that was manufacturing and selling clones running Mac OS on non-Apple hardware. Apparently Pystar’s modifying the Mac OS bootloader was a significant issue in the ruling, weakening Pystar’s defense: According to the story, Pystar is already in Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
I have not concealed my skepticism about “cloud computing.” I see only two reason for sticking my data out there somewhere in the care of who knows who, except for off-site backups and collaborative projects. (For anyone who has invested deeply in time or money or both, in websites, software, and data, offsite backups are […]
The day after Blogworld, I got a great opportunity to play for the Grand Opening of the Full Compass campus. Full Compass is a full sound and light company for live and recording producers. Their online service sells millions of dollars in equipment a year. My Band – Trailer Kings – got to enter their […]
**UPDATE** I have awarded the 7 Google Wave invitations. Thanks to all who participated The irony of it all. I have a couple friends saying they don’t have the invite. I can’t give them one because I didn’t get any. Then they get Wave and the next day BAM! I have invites. The stars are […]
Microsoft is teaming Bing! up with Wolfram Alpha, according to the BBC. The same story points out that Google is over 70% of market share in the US. I don’t think this is going to help Microsoft conquer Google. Jeffrey reported on Wolfram Alpha when it hit the news a few months ago and I […]
This week, it’s Me vs. a Deer – $4077 bullet involved. Also, the talk about CES is ramping up. More sponsors, more people. Revamp of the sidebar – adding more ways to get the show. iPhone reset. Newest Podcast Madness – Artisan 810 up for grabs. Happy Birthday to my Alma Matter Fight Song. LAST […]
I heard that Ubuntu 9.10 (“Karmic Koala”–I take no reponsibility for Mark Shuttlesworth’s choice in names) was out, so I decided to upgrade my laptop. I started the Update Manager, ran the update routine to make sure I was at the latest version of Ubuntu 9.04 (“Jaunty Jackalope”), then clicked the “Upgrade” button, which had […]
This month on Podcastmadness.com – we give you a chance to win the Artisan 810 all-in-one printer. This is a printer that connects via WiFi so you do not have to run a cable to the printer. I have been using the Artisan line for a while now and really utilize the scanner and the […]
As I sit here at 6 a. m. on a Sunday morning in my robe and into my first cup of coffee, I find it good that the image of the lonely geek with no social skills blogging away in his or her pajamas may not be accurate. The New York TImes reports on a […]
Today is a special day over at Geekazine: Today marks the 2nd anniversary of the website. While the Podcast has gone longer than the site itself, the first official post happened 2 years ago today. A lot has changed since then. Over 1,000 posts, 111 Weekly Podcasts, 153 Quickcasts, many different videos and now 3 […]
TThere may be hope in protecting your online activities. Scientific Blogging reports that researchers have There is a more detailed report at EurekAlert. An excerpt: An abstract of the article can be found here; the article itself is behind a paywall, as is common with scholarly journals. The technology does not yet appear to be […]
The Guardian takes a long look at trends in malware. Among the trends they note are these: The authors of the article also find a disconnect between the eagerness of some governments (the Guardian is a British paper) to clamp down on illegal file-sharing, as with “three strikes you’re out” laws, while doing little to […]
AT&T goes after Verizon in Federal Court, claiming that Verizon’s current ad campaign compares Verizon’s entire network with AT&T’s 3G network only. I’ve actually seen the advertisement in question, though as a happy customer of someone else, I didn’t pay a lot of attention to it, but, as I recall, the map comparison was pretty […]
OK, so this show ran long and I was getting ready to say something about Hulu, but then BAM! totally forgot about it. That never happened before during a show. I was going to talk about my thoughts with Hulu and their pay service. But that will have to wait until next week. Windows 7 […]
November is the month to ramp up the shows. I have been working on a new Podcast Madness contest – slated to start next week. If you are a podcaster, you should participate in this contest. I send you a code you can give to your audience. They put the code in and therefore a […]