Aussie Geek Podcast

Welcome to the AGP Episode 50!

We have a great show lined up. This is a special edition of the show with appearances from some special guests and a heap of fun! We take a step back in time with cuts from very old shows with Dr Evil as well as the first edition of the Mac Lab Rat - that’s Keith’s first podcast!

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Show Notes

Welcome

Special: The Internet is for Geeks

Links to Some of the Stuff that we Mentioned

• Dot Matrix Printer
• That Annoying ICQ Sound
• Lycos
• Webcrawler
• Infoseek
• Metacrawler

Farewell

• Write us a review in iTunes!
  
• Follow us on twitter
• Remember the twitter tag #agpme

Featured Music

Blame Herne… well and truly… seriously Herne!

Don’t Stop Believing - HD - Acappella Multitrack

By: Vance Perry

Welcome to this 49th edition of the AGP. The content for this episode worked out in an interesting way. First up we found that there was a great mix of news this fortnight with bugger all from the big players, that felt like the good old days. We were also practically devoid of any mobile and tablet news and apps, for any platform. To top it off we had a glut of cool web sites and services. So we here at the geek went with the flow and decided it would be a retro edition of the show format with a concentration on great news and sites and services. We also had time to visit the Aussie iTunes reviews as promised. Welcome aboard, have fun this is the AGP going retro!

PS: The blooper reel returns as Keith pushes out the show this week, so not even I will be safe

Show Notes

Welcome

• Knightwise goes to FACTS
• Dave’s ute in the garage… sorta
• For those who’ve never seen it, here’s an explanation of “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog“

Tech News

• Kickstart project come to fruition
• Sleek “Smart” thermostat from an ex-Apple designer for some Green tech
• Apple’s Newsstand no dud for publishers
• Google goofs on privacy, again
• New WiFi Repeater goes the distance
• Researchers build logic gates from poo bugs
• New sub-$200 tablet
• Oil Skimmer breaks records
• Windows XP makes it to 10 and remains somewhat functional

Diversions

• Will it Blend? iPhone4S
• Siri the Bartender… it has to get better than this

Applications

• Dual Monitor Taskbar: puts a functional taskbar on the second monitor and more
• LineIn: Fixes a long standing Apple issue especially for podcasters
• Adapter: File conversion - anything to anything (pretty much)
• TunnelBear: Simple, easy and semi-free proxy application

Sites and Services

• YouTube Doubler: Play 2 videos at once… you may ask why and so did we
• Draw a Stickman: We loved it, nuf said. We are sure you will too
• Spreaker: Broadcast like a radio jock but on the Internet
• Support Details: Simple System information to assist trouble shooting
• IKEA Hackers: Showcase IKEA modding = fun
• Is It Old?: See if your new news is old hat
• Obsolete: Tech that may have passed you buy and looking more familiar to us oldies
• Google Image Ripper: Displays thumbs from Google Image search with a direct download link
• UPDATE: Dropbox Launches “Teams”

Feedback

• iTunes Reviews (Aussie Store)

Farewell

• Write us a review in iTunes!
  
• Follow us on twitter
• Remember the twitter tag #agpme

Featured Music

The Jim Jones Revue
“High Horse” (mp3)
from “Burning Your House Down”
(Punk Rock Blues Records)

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Welcome once again to another fun filled episode where Knightwise is getting far too much coffee and porn and Keith is sleep deprived and yet good to have around!

In this episode we pay AGP respects to Steve Jobs but that means that we did not actually talk about the man so much as what he left behind and how that has impacted our lives.

We also have some of the usual stuff and the return for a limited time of the blooper reel!

Show Notes

Welcome

Tech News

• Farewell Steve
• Our take on a tribute
• James Williams’ Blog Post that we talked about in the show
• Juice is still available if your interested
• iOS5
• What has Mythbusters got to do with it?
• The Zune is Dead!

Applications

Desktop

• Hotspot Sheild: Pay and free personal VPN for private and anon browsing and porn watching
• Roboform2Go: USB Portable version of the most awesome password management software Roboform
• Lightscreen Portable: Another awesome portable app to capture screens

Mobile

• iMessage (iPhone): message with data and not SMS on your updated iOS iPhone (also for iPad et.al.)
• Cards (iPhone): Send cards anywhere… we are still scratching our heads
• Evernote (WP7): The remember everything software for Windows Phones
• Newsstand (iPhone): Buy, organize and read magazines on your idevice
• Kaspersky Mobile Security: Security software for your android device with some slick features we like

Tablet

• Box.net (iPad): Box.net are giving away 50GIG LIfetime accounts. Service similar to DropBox

Feedback

Farewell

• Write us a review in iTunes!!
  
• Follow us on twitter
• Follow us on twitter
• Remember the twitter tag #agpme

Featured Music

This week it is a parody track from a video and it’s damn funny.

Moves Like Jabba

You can sing along - the lyrics are on the video page

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Below is this weeks show notes with all the links and goodness you have come to expect. All three of us have managed to get together once again which is kinda nice. Trust you enjoy the show!

Show Notes

Welcome

Tools to Track the ISS

• Follow @twisst
• Find out where and when from NASSA - you need to input your location

Tech News

Applications

Desktop

• MaryFi (Windows): Free software router
• iStat Pro (Mac): Stats and Rats for your dash
• Secunia Personal Software Inspector (Windows): Keeps your software up to date
• iATKOS: Turn PC components into a Mac (an interesting thought experiment)

Mobile

• Viber (iPhone): Soft phone for your iPhone
• SMS to Text (Android): Export your text messages as text
• Quora (iPhone): Official Quora app for iPhone
• Wunderlist (All platforms): Beautiful, simple to-do or list app with great sharing features

Tablet

• UPDATE: iPlayer Global
• WordPress (iPad): New update, more features but still lacking

Web

• Phylo: Save the world and have fun at the same time
• epubBooks.com: curated libary of public domain books in ePub format
• Page2RSS: Create an RSS feed from any page

Feedback

• Write us a review in iTunes
• Follow us on twitter
• Follow us on twitter
• Remember the twitter tag #agpme

Featured Music

Tornado Rider
“I’m a Falcon” (mp3)
from “Jark Matter”
(Silver Sprocket)

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