24hr Podcast was a Huge Success



24hrI 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 order sequential order.

Big thanks to all the guest and special shoutout to Carey Holzman of ComputerAmerica.com that really helped in a big way for about 3 hours of the show as I hit the wall a couple of times.

All told I consumed 1/2 gallon of water, 1/2 gallon of iced tea and two red bulls. Needless to say I have probably drank another 1/2 gallon of water today to rehydrate.

Over 300gigs of video was recorded, 6 gigs of raw audio files. 400 new people are following me on twitter and over 1000 emails were sent in for participation in the HPMagic Giveaway over the 24hrs.

5 hardcore fans stayed with me the full 24 hours and countless others only missed by a few hours. I will cover more in Tuesdays podcast. But their is a treasure trove of material in the content.


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 scarier, doesn’t it? My BitTorrent machine is offline right now, not because of this, but because we are having new flooring put in the room where it resides. I’m debating on a complete uninstall of BitTorrent before I put that machine back on the network.


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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IE is Dangerous
Kepler Spacecraft
44 Billion for Internet Infrastructure?
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Lets buy a Shuttle
New York Google Earth Images Amazing
Motorola Freezes and Removes Benefits
First Real Flying Car
Gen X Not Watching TV
Resell MP3’s ?
Is Gmail Better?
Coast to Coast 3g Test
Special Santa Info
8 WordPress SQL Hacks
Used IT Equipment Sales Booming
100 Mindhacks
IE Patched for Critical Bug
Holes in Magnetic Cloke
Only in Japan
My Christmas Dream Item (Red)
Sony CES 2009 Packout
Keyboard Pranks
Spaceport for Virgin
T-Mobile No more Upgrade Cost
Build your own Rocking Gamer PC
RIP Macworld
Sprint 3G-4G
Google Fun Stuff
Are Bloggers Killing Big Shows
Facebook 600,000 New Users Daily
Apple iPhone Wi-Fi usage off chart
Burger King C&D
Cool Kid Cell Phone
Guilt Trip into Paying for Pirated Software
MPAA going after Websites

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24hr Podcast Participation Instructions



24hrThis 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 were issued. A short instructional video is here.

The best way to experience this event is the video stream on one part of your screen and the live chat and discussion on another. I will have the audio from Talkshoe patched into the Ustream Video feed.  

I will at times be moderating the audience. Here is the quickest way to get permanently muted during the event.

  1. Call in from a party or public place, and have noise on your call.
  2. Speakers on PC turned way up and causing a feedback loop.
  3. Talking while you phone or mic is not muted to someone not on show!
  4. Being a troll and self promoting every 2 minutes

Ways to never be muted

  1. Use a headset

If you are a guest please be on the line 10 minutes early. Generally it takes me 2–3 minutes to switch over from segment to segment. If you do not show up we keep on moving.

Their are two sites that will have the stream by default here and at 24hrpodcast.com.

See you on Saturday!


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

Live Stream will be here and on the 24HrPodcast.com website. Live Interactive Discussion will be on TalkShoe

This is a charity event for Disabled American Veterans make your donation today!