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June 2008

72 posts

GNC-2008-06-23 #385 Recorded the Show Live fun for all!

I gave away a nice crisp 100 dollar bill to a listener on the live event today. Lots of chances to win this summer and of course a great deal of tech news. Info on Listener and Podcaster Meetup after Podcamp Ohio on Saturday! Please Support my Show Sponsors!: AIM Call Out (Sign up for an Account Today and Give

Live Show at 8pm Eastern 6-23-08

Live Podcast and special Giveaway Starts at 8pm Eastern Tonight. Previously recorded show is available until I start the show tonight!

I will be at Podcamp Ohio

He folks I will be attending Podcamp Ohio, if you are a podcaster and would like to meet up with me let me know. If you are a listener and would like to come hang out with the Podcamp crowd their is a event on Saturday night.

How Much Do You Trust?

In my J.O.B. I work for the IT department of a college. Because of my position and my responsibilities, I naturally have access to a whole lot of things I don't really want to have access to. I have been in the same job for eight years, enjoy what I do, and in turn, have taken my responsibility for keeping

Why a metered Internet would actually be good

As the US telcos move towards bandwidth caps the justice of this has been a large topic of conversation in the media and on the web. One of the possible outcomes of all this is a metered Internet service where users pay per MB that they use. From some commentary I have heard in response to a positive article on

2008 People’s Choice Podcast Awards Kicks Off Sept 15th

Yesterday I made the decision to proceed with the 2008 Podcast Awards with the new awards ceremony format. The current plan is to start the nominations process on September 15th. The nomination period will be 15 days.

It’s Easter for FireFox. Find the Eggs

If you type in "About:" in the new FireFox 3 browser, you will get the standard about screen. If you type in About:config, you will get a warning: "This might void your Warranty" Pressing through will give you the configuration of Firefox. About:cache, About:credits, About:license and About:buildconfig will give you information about the browser. However, try typing in About:robots. Try

GNC-2008-06-19 #384 Cool Giveaway on the Next Show!

Lot's of tech content tonight and I also talk about a cool giveaway we are going to have on the show I record live on Monday! If you want to see the video from the show that was recorded in my hotel room check out the link below. Please Support my Show Sponsors!: AIM Call Out (Sign up for an

Google Street View Showing more than Expected

A few weeks ago it was a guy in Chicago waiving a gun. Now it's possible Hookers in California. It's turning into a Where's Waldo game - except it's "Who's on Street View"? I wonder how many hours it takes to scan the Google website to find something interesting to report about. The only thing more hilarious is the fact

Bandwidth Caps used to Force more TV Watching!

Let’s see here. Time Warner Cable provides Internet and Cable Television Service. TV is very profitable for the cable company. The Internet is not because they cannot control it.

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