Aussie Geek Podcast

Here is just a quick post it is to give the video of the post cait just put up, about the birdman crossing the channel.
This is his test flight he made for the attempt.
From the Telegraph:
Yves Rossy completed a 10-minute test flight with an 8ft jet-powered wing strapped to his back, flying more than 22 [...]

Well we are an “Aussie” podcast and blog so it only seems appropriate that we mention it. Plus I found the promo video which is actually pretty good.
The video didn’t tell me specifically anything I did not know already but it was cool to see Australian landmarks and an Aussie voice regarding the service. It [...]

Us geeks love the Wii and with any luck Santa will be nice to me but this is one use of the Wii, or the remote in this case; that I would never have dreamed of.
Games are in many respects push technology to the limit. Until recently CPU’s and GPU’s were driven in part by [...]

Just as the month of July was ending NASA published some amazing findings from the Mars Phoenix lander.  Phoenix has confirmed the existence of water ice on Mars.
For some time it has been pretty evident that there was ice of some kind on Mars, particularly near its north pole.  The question was whether or not [...]

Some speakers are cool, cooler than others, then there are these babies…
While not actually in production and using a technology that was first coined in the late fifties, a few very nice advancements mean that they soon could become viable speakers for home consumers (or at least a few major rave parties) in the near [...]