Episode 4 of the Surface Geeks Podcasts has been released. I was a co-host again this week as we discussed the roller coaster that is Microsoft Surface RT. Subscribe and rate in iTunes. Personally I’d love to see a Microsoft Surface podcast top a iTunes popular tech podcast list. But then again, I fire up IE to go to Apple.com and Safari to go to Microsoft.com. Read the rest »
Surface Geeks Podcast Episode 3
Episode 3 of the Surface Geeks podcast, with yours truly as one of the co-hosts, is available in both audio and video. This is the first SG podcast since Surface was released so there’s some hands on discussion. Dave also shares his line experience. Almost makes me wish I joined a line. Almost. Hit this link for the various audio and video options, or the subscribe to future episodes. Read the rest »
First Day: Downcast
I looked at Instacast a couple days ago and while it was good enough to know I’d no longer need iTunes for Podcasts, but there were enough hiccups to make me look at an alternate, so I picked Downcast. It’s $2 and is universal for both iPhone and iPad. Here's my impression after 24 hours. Read the rest »
First Day: Instacast
Apple broke podcasting when they released iOS 5. On the iPhone smart playlists were broken and and my podcasts wouldn’t sort correctly when syncing. Fine in iTunes, a jumbled mess on the iPhone. As for podcasts on the iPad – a nightmare. I dealt with the iPhone issues and gave up listening to podcasts on the iPad. Yesterday at lunch I finally decided to install and use Instacast. There are several well regarded podcast apps but Instacast was a name I remembered and apparently I had bought it awhile back. [...] Read the rest »
The Annual Free But Worth More Awards
Most year-end awards are for commercial products. But there's some good free stuff out there that's free but worth paying for so it stays around. Read the rest »
Guest On The Home Server Show Podcast
I was a guest on The Home Server Show podcast #158 in what was my first ever podcast. It was a lot of fun talking with the HSS guys. We talked about backups along with my WHS, HP Microservers, pfsense, Untangle and other rigs. The show also included news and a discussion about a WHS file restore speed (or lack thereof) problem. The episode should be posted later today at the Home Server Show and will also be available though iTunes. [Updated with a direct link to HSS podcast 158] Read the rest »
Tech Podcasts
I recently wrote about the most expensive tech podcast that I listen to, here's the additional tech podcasts I regularly listen to. While some of these have both video and audio versions I stick with audio as I listen in the car or when working at my desk. Read the rest »
MacCast PodCast
The MacCast PodCast is one of my regular subscriptions. Over Thanksgiving they put out a special edition podcast that was different than their typical Podcast since it concentrated on one topic and guest. It was titled FrontRow Special and concentrated on using a Mac Mini as an media library centering on Front Row in Leopard. Ara Derderian from the HDTV Podcast is the guest. Awhile back I had hooked up a PPC, and pre-FrontRow, Mac Mini running Tiger to my TV. While the video quality was fine it was too [...] Read the rest »
The OS Quest Trail Log #7
It’ll be a short log this week. While the Quest has been busy this week, most of the work will make it into individual posts during the next week. I’ve been looking at Jungle Disk and Amazon S3 for backing up. I’ve also been looking at Microsoft’s free SyncToy as a simple backup alternative. Software of Interest Flying Meat has a new image editor out called Acorn that’s receiving positive reviews. From a feature perspective it seems to be a steal at it’s $40 intro price (no mention when the [...] Read the rest »
Free Podcasts and PDFs to Sell Books
This story caught my attention because it’s a case of a little guy finding success by doing the things big business thinks is foolish. Scott Sigler is a sci-fi/horror author that hasn’t had success selling his books. His book “Earthcore” [Link to Amazon.com] had been picked up for publishing before 9/11 but the publisher never contacted him after 9/11. In 2005 he decided to podcast the novel as a serial. Only after the complete podcast finished was the book released for sale. He now had a small publisher who was [...] Read the rest »