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July 2012

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Twitter Trust & Safety BS

Twitter got caught in a big way violating their own supposed trust and safety policies by informing NBC who is an Olympics business partner of a specific Twitter users post. Twitter actually encouraged them to submit an abuse form against the user. I can see how it went down. Some staffer says, hey I have been watching these tweets by

GNC-2012-07-30 #786 Take Two!

Well nothing like a major equipment malfunction to get me to record the first 5 minutes twice.. It was better the second time anyway so enjoy as it is all the same to you on this tape delay ;) Subscribe Today: Audio | Video (HD) | Mobile Video | iTunes | Zune Download the Audio Show File Follow me on

Olympic Technology

Did you know that when they run track at this Olympics, that for the first time all runners will hear the gun at the same time. Before this because of the way sound travels the racer on the far side of the track from the starter pistol always heard the sound a millisecond after the racer near the starter pistol.

2012 Total #Fail Olympics

It's bad enough if you live on the East Coast of the United States with the Olympics happening in London.  Living in Hawaii I am a total of 10 hours behind London, and with NBC broadcasting things here nearly 10-15 hours after it actually happened it has made the games a total #fail from a viewer perspective. In all honesty

Mac Mini’s to the Rescue!

Early this year I started on a project to update some of the aging gear here in the GNC Studio. I had a number of machines that were still on Windows XP, and a few older laptops pulling duty in various ways. My studio as per say is relatively small, so often times things can get crowded. So as I

OS X Mountain Lion Application Can’t be Verified!

It appears that a number of people trying to update OS X to Mountain Lion are having issues. They are getting this message. "This Copy of the Install OS X Mountain Lion Application can't be verified. It may have been corrupted or tampered with during download. Delete this copy of the application, and go to the Purchases page of the

Robot Ascending Staircase

If you ever find yourself running away from an evil robot army, one way to evade them is to climb the stairs. Robots that use rolling wheels as a form of locomotion are going to be stuck at the bottom of the staircase, with little more to do than to wait for you to walk back down. Robots that can

Fluff, The Silent Killer

Fluff can be a PC killer as I recently discovered, but the solution to the problem is straightforward. As a true geek, I built my own PC, but it's no speed demon with a mid-range quad-core processor. However, I'd been suffering from intermittent PC shutdowns that would always happen when I was at the PC and never when the PCs

GNC-2012-07-26 #785 Smart Trashcan

I have a treat for the video audience at the very end of the show after the credits. Big thank you to our new insiders, and our new prize winner tonight who scored Lot 7. Consider becoming an insider here at GNC. Subscribe Today: Audio | Video (HD) | Mobile Video | iTunes | Zune Download the Audio Show File

First Look at Mountain Lion

It took from 8:37 AM to 11:25 AM  to download and install Mountain Lion. I suspect this is because everybody was trying to do it at the same time and this process will get a lot faster. The first thing you’ll notice when Mountain Lion starts are that Notifications and Notes and have been added to your dock. Both of

Blizzard Announces Release Date for MoP

It is now official! Blizzard Entertainment has announced the release date for their newest expansion to the popular World of Warcraft game. I would assume that many of you are aware that the name of the expansion is Mists of Pandaria. Today, we learned that it will be released on September 25, 2012. It won't be too long before we

GNC-2012-07-23 #784 Back in the Zone

Nice to be back into a rhythm with the show being home here in Hawaii. So much of this year so far has been consumed by travel that its nice to be back in the zone and has let me focus on some of the aspects of the show that I have been missing. Hope you enjoy today's show packed

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