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March 2011

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GNC-2011-03-15 #655 Thinking of Japan!

I spend some time at the beginning of the show tonight talking about the tragic loss of life and issues facing Japan. I will be participating in a 24hr podcast that will be a fund raiser for the tragedy in Japan. I will have more details on Fridays show. I have an absolute metric ton of tech to go over

Follow The Cycling Season Online

If you are fan of Pro Bike Racing, specifically of the big stage of the European circuit, then there's a great resource to follow it live with both data and video.  You will want navigate your browser to ProCyclingLive and follow their Twitter feed and also their Live Stream. What you will get when you follow them?  Follow them on

Microsoft Wants to Kill Off Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer 6, that is. In 2011, IE6 will be 10 years old and to celebrate, Microsoft has decided to kill it off.  Not before time frankly. Surprisingly, IE6 still has a worldwide market share of 12%, though this fell in the last year from 21%, so Microsoft's target is to get IE6's share down to 1% or less. And

AZiO Keyboard for the iPad

I needed a bluetooth keyboard that I could use with my iPad. I did take a look at the Apple keyboard, it looked very nice, but expensive. I wasn't sure I wanted to spend $70.00 on something that there was a good chance I would spill something on or leave it somewhere. So I kept looking, I was on the

NHK World TV iPod App

Like millions of others, I’ve been glued to news sources to get as much current information as I can about the ongoing disasters in Japan following the massive earthquake, tsunami and ongoing nuclear plant disasters. This has to be the biggest natural disaster that has occurred in my lifetime. In pre-Internet days, we had to rely on newspapers and television

IOGEAR HD Audio/Video Switch

Like a lot of people the number of devices that I have that require an HD connection have out grown the number of connections on the back of my monitor. So I went looking for an HDMI switch. I ended up picking up the IOGEAR GHDSW3KIT2 HD Audio/Video Switch It has 3 ports where you connect the devices to and

Thoughts on Japan

As many of you know my wife is from Japan, specifically from Okinawa which has not been affected by the disaster in Northern Japan. That being said we both have American and Japanese friends that live in Japan who are yet to be accounted for in the areas affected. With the additional situation developing with the Nuclear power plants, and

Amazon Reviews – Gaming the System?

I'm always looking for quick, easy ways to boost my income or get points to get things I want.  I'm a busy mom and wife in addition to working a full-time job, and life can get expensive.  I have a debit rewards card from my favorite gas station that saves me 2 cents a gallon gas and gives me 1%

Sony Pictures Releases ‘My Daily Clip’ For Apple Devices

Sony Pictures' 'My Daily Clip' app is now available for iPod, iPhone and iPad from the App Store. Everyday, 365 days a year, the app will show us a different clip from one of Sony Pictures' films. We'll have the option to watch the clip and if it's a movie we've never seen or would like to own, it gives

GNC-2011-03-11 #654 Tsunami Inbound!

The massive earthquake hits Japan just as I start my show, we are under a Tsunami Warning here in Hawaii with first strike due at 3am local. Based on what has happened in Japan it could be bad. The Ohana watching the show live were feeding me information, kinda weird to talk about a live event in which I knew

Review of AirPlay on the iPad

A general review of AirPlay in IOS 4.3 and work around a bug that stops the videos from playing.

Interactive New Zealand Earthquake Map

An interactive map, called the Canterbury Incident Map, is online providing information for victims of the recent Christchurch, New Zealand earthquake.  The clickable map gives information on what bridges are open, water distribution centers, road closures, aftershock locations, supermarket locations, and more. The map also provides some insight for the rest of the world by displaying geotagged Flickr photos and

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