The Geek Life

Episode 198 Hangout

MikeTown — Wed, 15 May 2013 01:31:39 +0000

Remember, you can always give us grief on Twitter: #thegeeklifetv

Episode 197: Where Did All These Skeletons Come From?

MikeTown — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:50:51 +0000

Lazy show notes, as I’m on call and they won’t leave me alone. – Mike

Episode 197 Hangout

MikeTown — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:47:32 +0000

Episode 196: Ebertfest 2013

MikeTown — Sun, 05 May 2013 14:55:53 +0000

Do you want to know what movies Melissa saw at Ebertfest? Of course you do!

Episode 196 Hangout

MikeTown — Wed, 01 May 2013 01:15:29 +0000

Here it is folks! #thegeeklifetv

Episode 195: Zombie Archipelago

MikeTown — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:06:55 +0000

Video releases
The most reliable Windows laptop is… (lin k)
The next XBox to be teased on May 21
Amazon can make a Roku too (link)
Here is what a company in trouble looks like (link)

Episode 195 Hangout

MikeTown — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 01:22:16 +0000

Episode 194: Because Who Needs Show Notes?

MikeTown — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:41:55 +0000

Okay, I know there were Video Releases, but I was gone, and that’s about all I was given for notes.

For the record, I blame zombies.

Episode 194 Hangout

admin — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 01:18:16 +0000

Episode 193: Zomedies

MikeTown — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:28:39 +0000

Video releases
Robert Moog inducted into Inventor’s Hall of Fame (link)
Here we go again-China state uses its control of media to go after non-Chinese companies (link)
Stop looking at your cell phone’s GPS, at least in California! (link)
Do your patch tuesday this month
How to create a meme… (link)
Windows XP has 1 year of support left
Holy SSD Capacity (link)
Someone had more money than sense (link)

Peeks:

Melissa: Climate Clock app, Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007
Paul: canistream.it, Petman at Boston Dynamics
Richard: Kill Zombie (Dutch), Room 237, House of Cards on Netflix

Episode 193 Hangout

MikeTown — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:20:29 +0000

What the?!

MikeTown — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:18:01 +0000

Okay, either we had some sort of data loss, or I did something to offend WordPress. I’m not sure why there aren’t any posts related to 193 up here, but I’ll get them back up in a jiffy. – Mike

Episode 192: Smoooth

MikeTown — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 00:40:43 +0000

Lazy show notes, because it’s Saturday. I’ll get some up soon. – MT

Episode 192 Hangout

admin — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 01:11:21 +0000

Episode 191: Missing Penis Rant

MikeTown — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:40:14 +0000

Video Releases
Melissa has a rant
That’s it, the internet has reached it’s apex. It’s all downhill from here (link)
Buy a Nook HD+ tablet, get a free Simple Touch (link)
Apple Adds 2 Factor Authentication (link)
Digg takes a dig at Google, announces its own RSS reader (link)
Google tries redefining the Swedish language (link)
A Windows 8 build leaked on the internet. Who’s surprised?
Microsoft is doubling down on Metro – who’s surprised?

PEEKS

Melissa: Stingray Sam on Hulu+
Mike: Phoenix Rising by Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris
Paul: Ask Lovecraft on YouTube
Richard: Danger 5 on Hulu and Media Monkey for Windows RT

Episode 191 Hangout

MikeTown — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:15:18 +0000

Episode 190: The Six Million Dollar Esophagus

MikeTown — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:11:27 +0000

Video Releases
U.S. Supreme Court to Wiley “You’re insane…” (link)
iOS Update (link)
EA CEO steps down (link)
100 MW solar plant in Abu Dhabi (link)

Episode 190 Hangout

admin — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:13:19 +0000

Links -

U.S. Supreme Court to Wiley “You’re insane…” -
http://boingboing.net/2013/03/19/supreme-court-to-wiley-publish.html

iOS Update -
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/03/19/apples-new-ios-update-prevents-evasi0n-jailbreak-after-its-been-used-around-18-million-times/

EA CEO steps down -
http://www.gamespot.com/news/ea-ceo-resigns-6405525

100 MW solar plant in Abu Dhabi -
http://www.arabnews.com/news/445212

Episode 189: Semi-Final Fantasy

MikeTown — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 03:14:22 +0000

Video releases
Series 3 ain’t here yet, but Sherlock got a series 4 with both leads committed
And apparently, Oz The Great and Powerful and the Evil Dead remake are looking they’ll get them, too.
But apparently Clone-Wars is over
Do your Microsoft Patch Tuesday
Is Windows 8 really that much of a failure?
Will HTML5 and web based applications make multiple platforms meaningless for developers?

Episode 189 – The Live Hangout

admin — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:54:17 +0000