Aussie Geek Podcast

Welcome to another gripping Aussie Geek. Sorry this one is late guys. We recorded it a little while ago. Unfortunately Dave's hectic life went from mad to insane! But at least it is here now and no less worth listening to. Have fun and remember to drop us a comment or two or post a review in the iTunes Store, that would be most excellent. Show Notes Welcome Tech News The end of an Era 3rd Generation iPad Launch Twitter Acquires Posterous Google's New Spell Check Google Goes Bush Samsung Gets Sandwiched Apple is Evil Retracted Crazy Bastard Jumps from Really High Up Video Here Gear Cloaked Cars Tape Player Converter Applications Desktop MakeMKV (Mac and PC): Disc to File Conversions Firefox Page Inspector: See how sites are constructed in a snazzy 3D view Audacity 2.0.0: Free open source audio editing gets a point release Thunderbird: Gets an update Mobile Plex: Media streaming for just about every platform under the sun Fast Camera (iOS): Takes up to 800 images a minute Tablet Draw Something (All Platforms): Pictionary for the modern age Hanging with Friends (All Platforms): word game similar to hangman but with balloons into lava Web Every Time Zone: Visual time zone comparison tool PubMyCal: Lets you email your calendar in one click Attachment Icons for Gmail (Chrome): Extension that changes the attachment icon depending on the file type Feedback Farewell Write us a review in iTunes! Follow us on twitter Remember the twitter tag #agpme Featured Music My Amends "Do Over" (mp3) from "Acceptions" (Ingenious Records) Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album

Welcome everyone to the Aussie Geek Podcast Episode 53 with the big WWE intro. We should make mention of the album art this week. This was a shot that was shamelessly lifted from regravity edited by Herne and twitterized and subsequently flogged by us. So Thanks Tim and Herne! Show Notes Welcome Tech News MS to release scaled down WP7 Devices Windows 8 Consumer Preview We might have mentioned a Foursquare Story Readability Finally Makes the App Store Hackers Perforate the Mars Rover, well not quite Nano-bots in Your Blood twitter update Street View for the Great Barrier Reef SanDisk Makes Small Chips Boffins Create Bloody Small Transistor Faster than Light, not so Fast Gear Self Balancing Unicycle Spherical Solar Cells Applications Desktop iExplorer: iDevice Explorer for Mac and PC Reflection: Mirror your iDevice to your Mac SnagIt: Point Release for PC and Mac version 11 and 2 respectively Zorin Linux: Linux that looks like XP Mobile FX PhotoStudio (iPhone): Very cool feature rich app that will make your photos look great Twitter Voice (Android): Speak your tweet and send it to twitter GIFBoom (Android and iPhone): Create your own GIFFs, yes they are making a comeback Tablet Paper Monsters iPad/iPhone: Great game for grown-ups and kids, great graphics and heaps of fun Star Chart iPad/iPhone: Explore the night sky Web Night Sky: Explore the night sky with this great web app Chomp: App discovery for all devices Splash: Event organizing tool, looks great and feature rich Feedback Farewell Write us a review in iTunes! Follow us on twitter Remember the twitter tag #agpme Featured Music The Black Sorrows "Waitin For The Hammer" (mp3) from "Crooked Little Thoughts" (Head Records) More On This Album

It's that time again. This week the guys take turns skipping out on Dave in the middle of the show, but we still managed to pull together a ton of great content, and a couple of surprise guest appearances toward the end of the show. Show Notes Welcome Tech News Google Map Adds Disaster Alerts Boffins Map tweets to Study Earthquakes New NASA Satellite Snaps "Blue Marble" Shot in High Def Google Knows your Male, live in Belgium and Dress up in Pink Spandex Apple Q1: By the Numbers Great Video of a Canadian LEGO man in space Pingdom's Annual Internet by Numbers for 2011 Apple Updates iBooks Author EULA Apple Pulls Several Missleading Apps from the Store twitter more addicting than beer, smokes and sex... Gear (New for 2012) 15K Lumen Light Canon Applications Desktop WonTube (PC/Mac): Drag and Drop Video conversion tool Gelatin (Mac): Merge multiple PDF's into one Skip Ads on YouTube (Chrome): Just as it says, skip those annoying ads before the main video with this Chrome extension Reader for Chrome (Chrome): Transforms Greader into a cleaner experience Darik's Boot and Nuke (dBan): Disk formatting/secure wipe utility/boot disk Dropbox Offering 5GB to users willing to go beta link!!! Firefox 11 beta: Stuff fixed OWNCLOUD : One line of code to build your own cloud storage. Uberstudent : Linux distribution for Students. Mobile WorldCard (iPhone/iPad): Turn business cards into contacts Webdavnav : Connect to your own cloud server on your phone. Fullcontrol : control your mac from your iOS device. Next big thing : Samsung releases new iphone add (and another one ) Tablet Ticket to Ride: Popular board game ported to the iPad and iPhone Vodio (iPad): Reviewed in a previous episode - Dave is pleased to say he has used it and it ain't too bad at all Yetyet : Turn your tablet into a furby Web Current Position of the ISS: Track the ISS in real time with this great Gmaps MashUp (awesome!) At Libs: Input a few key words to generate a Mad Lib on twitter Feedback Audio from Mr. Gadgets #38; Frank08! Farewell Write us a review in iTunes! Follow us on twitter Remember the twitter tag #agpme Featured Music Keith was too lazy to find something new, so we bring you the full version of the AGP anthem. The Thought Criminals "I Want To Be a Celebrity" (mp3) from "Smash Hits" (Ninthwave Media) Buy at Napster Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at eMusic Delivery Buy at eMusic Buy at Rhapsody Stream from Rhapsody Buy at Puretracks Buy at Amazon MP3 Buy at mTraks More On This Album

Welcome to the Aussie Geek for another year of fun. By our estimates this is year 8 that we have been a fool'in with podcasts! We are really looking forward to the year ahead. We are well rested and we trust that all our listeners had a great Christmas and New Year. Show Notes Welcome Tech News Tricorder X-Prize IBM Makes Use of Atoms Waterproofing Gadgets Nanoscale clotting Android Market Share RAZER's New Gaming Gadget Kindle Store Web App for iPad 5 Years of iPhone We also talked about this video - iPad Survives Fall from Space Gear (New for 2012) Innergie Magic USB Cables Useless Facts to Amaze your Friends about YouTube Applications Snapseed (MacOSX): Popular iPad app comes to the Mac Send to Kindle (Win): Send documents to kindle with this handy app. Mac version coming Private Eye (MacOSX): View all incoming and outgoing internet traffic with this simple app Marked (MacOSX): Markdown preview tool by Brett Terpstra Mobile Beachsafe (iPhone): Awesome app for Aussie summer for beach conditions and solid safety tips Tablet Nowbox (iPad): Watch YouTube in style Vodio (iPad): flipboard for video (Dave has now tested this and it is quite good Web You Have Downloaded: Big brother is watching What Happened in My Birth Year?: Great site that can tell you what was happening when you were born QRHacker: One of the better QR generators that we have come across Feedback Farewell Write us a review in iTunes! Follow us on twitter Remember the twitter tag #agpme Featured Music Great song this week - thanks KD! Jesus On Extasy "Lost In Time" (mp3) from "Lost In Time" (Artoffact Records) Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album

Welcome to the AGP Episode 50! We have a great show lined up. This is a special edition of the show with appearances from some special guests and a heap of fun! We take a step back in time with cuts from very old shows with Dr Evil as well as the first edition of the Mac Lab Rat - that's Keith's first podcast! Don't forget to leave your feedback any which way you like :) Show Notes Welcome Special: The Internet is for Geeks Links to Some of the Stuff that we Mentioned Dot Matrix Printer That Annoying ICQ Sound Lycos Webcrawler Infoseek Metacrawler Farewell Write us a review in iTunes! Follow us on twitter Remember the twitter tag #agpme Featured Music Blame Herne... well and truly... seriously Herne! Don't Stop Believing - HD - Acappella Multitrack By: Vance Perry

Welcome to this 49th edition of the AGP. The content for this episode worked out in an interesting way. First up we found that there was a great mix of news this fortnight with bugger all from the big players, that felt like the good old days. We were also practically devoid of any mobile and tablet news and apps, for any platform. To top it off we had a glut of cool web sites and services. So we here at the geek went with the flow and decided it would be a retro edition of the show format with a concentration on great news and sites and services. We also had time to visit the Aussie iTunes reviews as promised. Welcome aboard, have fun this is the AGP going retro! PS: The blooper reel returns as Keith pushes out the show this week, so not even I will be safe :) Show Notes Welcome Knightwise goes to FACTS Dave's ute in the garage... sorta For those who've never seen it, here's an explanation of "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog" Tech News Kickstart project come to fruition Sleek "Smart" thermostat from an ex-Apple designer for some Green tech Apple's Newsstand no dud for publishers Google goofs on privacy, again New WiFi Repeater goes the distance Researchers build logic gates from poo bugs New sub-$200 tablet Oil Skimmer breaks records Windows XP makes it to 10 and remains somewhat functional Diversions Will it Blend? iPhone4S Siri the Bartender... it has to get better than this Applications Dual Monitor Taskbar: puts a functional taskbar on the second monitor and more LineIn: Fixes a long standing Apple issue especially for podcasters Adapter: File conversion - anything to anything (pretty much) TunnelBear: Simple, easy and semi-free proxy application Sites and Services YouTube Doubler: Play 2 videos at once... you may ask why and so did we Draw a Stickman: We loved it, nuf said. We are sure you will too Spreaker: Broadcast like a radio jock but on the Internet Support Details: Simple System information to assist trouble shooting IKEA Hackers: Showcase IKEA modding = fun Is It Old?: See if your new news is old hat Obsolete: Tech that may have passed you buy and looking more familiar to us oldies Google Image Ripper: Displays thumbs from Google Image search with a direct download link UPDATE: Dropbox Launches "Teams" Feedback iTunes Reviews (Aussie Store) Farewell Write us a review in iTunes! Follow us on twitter Remember the twitter tag #agpme Featured Music The Jim Jones Revue "High Horse" (mp3) from "Burning Your House Down" (Punk Rock Blues Records) More On This Album

Welcome to the Aussie Geek for another go round the esky! Well we thought he might have been lost in the wilderness or something but nope! Turns out he was where we left him, yes Keith is back after his break. He's been busy being a family man and all that. Although I jest, being a Dad is serious business. We are pleased though that both Keith and Dave are able to see their way clear for a bit more podcasting. Thanks for joining us and we trust that you enjoy the show! Show Notes Welcome Tech News Wndows 8 Developer Preview Release 4 Core CPU's for Mobiles (wow!) Techcrunch Drama Facebook Stalking Google + API Released YouTube Video Editing Skype Facebook Integration (beta) Linux has a Birthday Appications Desktop Transmission (Mac): Drop dead easy torrent app for Mac Streamwriter (Win): Record streaming audio from internet radio Mobile Cheetah Sync (Android): Wirelessly sync your mobile to your PC or Mac Elixr 2 (Android): System and hardware inspection tool Tablet Notes Plus (iPad): Handwriting app for note taking SimCity DLX (iPad): Classic SimCity for your iPad Web If This Then That:nbsp;lets all your online stuff work together to do way more interesting stuff Read It Later: Now with a new online version DIY Project: Bottle Lights Feedback Farewell Write us a review in iTunes Follow us on twitter Remember the delicious tag is #aussiegeeks Follow us on twitter Remember the twitter #tag #agpme Featured Music East Bay Ray and The Killer Smiles "Raising the Stakes" (mp3) from "East Bay Ray and The Killer Smiles" (MVD Audio) Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album

Yes we have been absent without a letter from the teacher. But we are here now! All is explained in this episode of the AGP. I should also apologize for not getting the show out a tad sooner as this show is obviously older than the post. Truth is that Dave has had the week from hell. The fridge broke down, the washing machine gave up for good and we dealt with a very sick dog. Unfortunately for our family we lost our dear pet Tess during emergency surgery. That just topped off a shit week. The family are all OK, even the kids but a pretty tough ride for everyone. That said, no more excuses, here is the show... Show Notes Welcome eReaders Wireless Access Point Ubuntu, Linux and Amahi Tech News OK Google Now What? More Mobile Malware Warnings Bye Bye Steve Palm OS and Tablet Wars Apple Vs The World Applications Desktop Smooth Gestures: Chrome Extension for mouse gesture support Visualize Your TV EVOM (Mac): YouTube capture tool Multisystem: Multiple USB boot creator for Linux based OS (French - translate to English) SGplus: Google Chrome extension to allow cross posting to G=, twitter and facebook Mobile Google+ (All platforms): Google Plus on your device (don't bother with the iPad version just yet) 3Gwatch Dog (Android): Keep track of your bandwidth usage Bubblator (Android): Display twitter and facebook feeds as a screensaver Tablet Skype (iPad): Skype finally arrives on the iPad Daily Telegraph Newspaper Edition (iPad and iPhone): Newspaper app the way it should be done Boxee (iPad): Dedicated app for the iPad Airplayer (iPad): DLNA client for the iPad iPlayer: BBC global iPad on demand service. Not available in Australia as yet 11 European countries are first in the roll-out Web Spideroak: Cross platform dropbox alternative The Junkbox!: Buy and sell electronics Feedback Farewell Write us a review in iTunes Follow us on twitter Remember the delicious tag is #aussiegeeks Follow us on twitter Remember the twitter #tag #agpme Featured Music The Story So Far "Quicksand" (mp3) from "Under Soil and Dirt" (Pure Noise Ent.) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album

Welcome to the AGP for another session. Notice I did not say week? This week Keith and Dave are in the hot seat and tackle the show. Knightwise is at the "seaside" whatever the heck that is, Keith and Dave had no idea and thought it might be Belgian for something. We are just hoping that he comes back rust free. That said we think the show was great and you should listen to it, because Keith and Dave did a great job and that's reason enough :) Don't forget the Lifestyle Podnetwork Friday Night Drinks! You can register your attendance with TwitVite or facebook. Where: Watson's Bay Hotel When: From 1930hrs on Friday the 4th of February 2011 Who: Everyone is invited to come and watch the sun go down and the lights come on over the city. This is a great venue and there will be a top crowd of like minded people to keep you company! Subscribe to this Podcast for Free via iTunes and RSS Show Notes Welcome Tech News Windows 7 SP 1 WordPress 3.1 March 2nd Apple Event Windows Phone 7 Update The Likeability of Angry Birds Yahoo Pulls the Pin on MyBlogLog New MacBook Pros OS X Lion SDK for Kinect Aussie Classification Board are Nongs No More IPv4 Hardware Review Airport Express Applications World of Goo Photorec Avast 6 Sites and Services World Disaster Map Mash-up paper.li: Here is Dave's Page Feedback and Fairwell Write us a review in iTunes Follow us on twitter Join the AGP Forum Remember the delicious tag is #aussiegeeks Follow us on twitter Featured Music The Growlers "Graveyard's Full" (mp3) from "Hot Tropics" (Everloving Inc.) More On This Album

First up I need to make an apology. This episode sound quality is less than optimal, I was having a lot of trouble with bandwidth and the show suffered because of it. Basically I have been having issues for quite some time, the issue has been reviewed by the Telecommunications Ombudsman without any change. Although I can now say that my server has been allocated the title of "congested". Quite frankly "no shit". This issue is beyond my control and I am sorry we can't deliver the optimal sound quality that your are used to. I have done the best I can, all I ask is that you suffer graciously with the rest of us until the issue is resolved, which could take some time. But what I can say is welcome to 2011! In this episode we review some of the geeky goodness that we acquired over the Christmas break. Thanks for joining us in 2011, we are looking forward to a great year. Subscribe to this Podcast for Free via iTunes and RSS Donrsquo;t forget to also take a look at the Aussie Geek Podcast Forum! Show Notes Welcome Tech News RoboForm Updated Lifestyle Podnetwork App Quik Acquired by Skype Last Pass take up Xmarks 10 Billion downloads from the Apple App Store Christmas Goodies and Reviews Logitech MK710 Keyboard and Mouse Package iPhone 4 Sony PRS-650 eReader Rode NT1-A AKG K99 Headphones Windows Phone 7 iPad Applications for your New iPad (All Links Open in iTunes) OzWeather HD (Pay) ABC (Free) Flipboard (Free) FLUD (Free) Dropbox (Free) Read It Later (Pay) Osfoora HD (Pay) Mobile Fotos (Pay) PS Express (Free) Xmarks (subscription required) iReddit (Pay - free flavor also available) Osmos HD (Pay) Feedback Thanks Travis for the Audio Feedback! Farewell Write us a review in iTunes Follow us on twitter Join the AGP Forum Remember the delicious tag is #aussiegeeks Follow us on twitter Featured Music Jack Johnson "Flake" (mp3) from "Brushfire Fairytales (Bonus version)" (Everloving Inc.) More On This Album

Welcome to the AGP once again. This time join us for episode 40, yes it took us a while but we made it. Thanks for staying with us through the good bad and the ugly. This week I must warn you that Knightwise wrote the intro and it made no sense to us and since he is deranged this is what we have come to expect! He even sings at the end of the show! Plus the bloopers are back as the whole crew stuffed up at one point or another, so stay listening! Subscribe to this Podcast for Free via iTunes and RSS Donrsquo;t forget to also take a look at the Aussie Geek Podcast Forum! Show Notes Welcome Tech News Facebook "mail" twitter connects with Ping Birthdays all round Microsoft makes Slogan Windows Phone 7 in the US Belgium Gets a Forest White iPhones wtf? Aussies Make Green Tech Apples and Beetles Applications Vidcoder Linux Mint 10 Process Explorer 14 Pixelpipe (iPhone) Update on SkyFire Browser Extensions Blacksheep Sites and Services Burnbit Whoisarrested.com Feedback Farewell Write us a review in iTunes Follow us on twitter Join the AGP Forum Remember the delicious tag is #aussiegeeks Follow us on twitter Featured Music Wild Nothing "Golden Haze" (mp3) from "Golden Haze" (Captured Tracks) More On This Album

Happy Birthday Knightwise! Welcome to this edition of the AGP. Pleased to say that we have much improved audio this time round with the acquirement of a new USB fully digital mixer things are looking up! Very pleased with the results as you will hear and your ears will no longer be bleeding. Please enjoy this episode of the AGP where sheep do indeed catch fire... running joke, take a listen and you'll see what we mean. Subscribe to this Podcast for Free via iTunes and RSS Donrsquo;t forget to also take a look at the Aussie Geek Podcast Forum! Show Notes Welcome Tech News BoingBoing Hacked by Mad Penis man What is twitter Really Worth? The Facebook takeover, now it is flickr Firesheep and Idiocy Dutch Police take over a BotNet Worlds Fastest Computer XMarks Update The Internet Get Altitude Skype 5 Beta for Mac Applications Bodega: Not a tapas bar Browser Extensions Highlight to search (Chrome) HTTPS Everywhere (Firefox) Torbutton (Firefox) Force TLS Mobile Apps and News SkyFire (Apple) May not be available in Aussie Store Windows Phone 7 Android Market Grows Up Angry Birds Gear Feedback Farewell Write us a review in iTunes Follow us on twitter Join the AGP Forum Remember the delicious tag is #aussiegeeks Follow us on twitter During the show Knightwise commented that he had put a tutorial together on making your surfing safer? Well feel free to check it out below. You might want to right click and save as - it is a very well done PDF file: Secure surfing using Ubuntu Server, Putty, Firefox and an SSH Proxy Tunnel Full credit to Knightwise for this one - awesome how too mate and thanks for letting us use it here on the Aussie Geek Podcast! Make sure you check out the Knightcast as well :) Featured Music The Chemistry Set "Sheer Tazer Luv" (mp3) from "This Day Will Never Happen Again" (Hypnote) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album

Welcome once again to the show. The new take no prisoners approach to the post production is really helping get the shows out on time and to a reasonable standard. No maybe not perfection, but some content at a reasonable quality is better than none at high yes? Onwards into another bone crunching episode of the AGP! Subscribe to this Podcast for Free via iTunes and RSS Donrsquo;t forget to also take a look at the Aussie Geek Podcast Forum! Show Notes Welcome Tech News Windows Phone 7 Update Microsoft has a Go at Open Office Livescribe and EverNote Skype 5 IPv4 Shrinking Fast? Geek Pumpkin Designs Link is Here - Sorry I forgot it! Self Replicating Lego Robot Product Review Flip (SD Version) Browser Extensions Flashback for Chrome and Firefox Mobile Apps Tasker for Android Dish Pointer (iTunes Link) Car Finder (iTunes Link) Theolodite (iTunes Link) Angry Birds Sites and Services Cacoo Murder Map Feedback Farewell Write us a review in iTunes Follow us on twitter Join the AGP Forum Remember the delicious tag is #aussiegeeks Follow us on twitter Featured Music Sylvan Street "Scary Monkeys" (mp3) from "The Perfect Leaf" (Summit Records) Buy at Napster Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album

Podcasting from the other side, welcome to the latest installment of the Aussie Geek Podcast. Thanks for hanging out and waiting for the next episode. Enjoy! Subscribe to this Podcast for Free via iTunes and RSS Donrsquo;t forget to also take a look at the Aussie Geek Podcast Forum! Show Notes Welcome Tech News Googles and phones Skype plays with Robots Windows Goes Mobile Playbook and Tablets Seabird and Pie in the Sky Goo.gl gets Facelift Applications Ubertwitter (Blackberry) AppFresh (Mac) PDFCreator (Windows) Ubuntu 10.10 Photoshop (iPhone) Extensions XMarks is Dead Long Live XMarks Firefox Sync Windows Live Mesh 2011 Make a Pledge to Save XMarks! Sites and Services Simple GTD Instapaper GlowDart Document Corrupter Kitchen Timer Feedback Farewell Write us a review in iTunes Follow us on twitter Join the AGP Forum Remember the delicious tag is #aussiegeeks Follow us on twitter Tim Gilbertson "Chipped Teeth" (mp3) from "Palisades" (Pop Echo Records) Buy at Napster Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album

Welcome everyone to the AGP. Great that Keith is joining us this week for this episode. We are really pleased to say that we have some tech news and some awesome product reviews. For those wanting more information on eReaders we have a review of Sony's offering and some nice hardware to capture the moment. Hope that you enjoy the show! Subscribe to this Podcast for Free via iTunes and RSS Donrsquo;t forget to also take a look at the Aussie Geek Podcast Forum! Show Notes Welcome Tech News HTML 5 Vs Flash/Apple Are ISP's Content Providers? Digital Download Purchases Is a Flaw a Feature? errrrrr No iBookstore Open to All Google Blames Coder for WiFi Snooping The Internet Might not Be for Porn Skype over 3G Geek Jokes and Truisms Where are They Now: The Star Wars Kid Product Reviews Logitech Portable Speakers S125i Panasonic HDC-SD20 Video Camera Sony PRS-600 eReader Feedback Farewell Featured Music SodaCan Album: Remember Forget Repeat Track: Lift Off Track used by permission from Original Artist