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Headed for the West Coast!
I am very unexpectedly sitting in the Airport tonight headed for the West Coast. While I would not normally travel on Mothers Day I need to be where I am headed by tomorrow morning and in meetings starting tomorrow afternoon.

Geek News Central Ohana Forum Is Open!

GNC-2008-05-09 #372 Recording while you Sleep
I swear I was half asleep recording this show. If nothing else it should be funny, send me time hacks to anything wacky I may have said.

A Interview with PodcastingNews.com
Those of you following the Podcasting Space and User Generated Content, will want to check out the Interview I did with Elisabeth McLaury Lewin of [PodcastingNews.com]

Firefox Viewing Add-Ons
If you're a Firefox geek, like I am, you are always looking for ways to make it work better for you. It is one of the advantages of having something open source that lots of developers can work on. I know, the majority of the world still runs on Microsoft Internet Explorer, but like a good Firefox evangelist, I'm continually trying to convert people to the lighter side of the browser world. If you've not been converted, what are you waiting for? Go visit

Sprint advertising iPhones
Unfortunately what they are actually trying to advertise is their own competing phone. The series of Internet ads being planned by Sprint could end up costing them a lot of actual money. And as each of them show the competing product. Sometimes the way to create a buzz in marketing is to break the rules. The unwritten rule that mentioning the competitors product in your advertising causes your audience compare when they might not have. This is generally to your detriment so is usually a risk not taken by marketers.

Free Forum Hosting by Lefora
As you all know for a long time I ran my own forums here at Geek News Central. In all honesty it was a pain because every time I turned around we had an issue with the application. Either there was a security issue or some spammer had dropped in a bunch of post.

Scheduled to Speak on Podcasting in Second Life
I will be giving a presentation on Podcasting in Second Life on Monday May 12th at 6pm PST or 6PM SL time on Podcast Island.  

Comcast 250gb Limit
Comcast is looking to put in place transfer limits of 250gb a month. Even more distressing is that they are considering charging users $15.00 for every 10gb that they go over that limit.

Improvements to the RawVoice Podcast Stats Service

GNC-2008-05-06 #371 Live from Honolulu
Back in Hawaii a great deal cooking including more HDX Dragon Giveaways $4500.00 value and 31 chances to win one of your very own. Listen to Win!

Geek News Central 16th Most Popular Podcast for April!
The folks at Podcast.com have been tracking which podcast are listened to the most over at their site. We have been in their Top 25 list each month this year. In April we were ranked 16th, which we feel pretty good about considering that 15 of the Top 25 are mainstream media shows, and that 3 of the remaining 10 are sex shows.
MajorGeeks.com
Last 20 items on MajorGeeks.com

a-squared (a-2) Free edition 3.5.0.15
Protection against Trojans, Dialers and Spyware.

Ultr@VNC 1.0.4 RC16
Remotely control a computer over any TCP/IP connection.

GreenBrowser 4.5.0512
A multiple windows browser with many features based on IE.

Microsoft Process Monitor 1.33
An advanced monitoring tool for Windows.

Azureus 3.0.5.2a
Implements the BitTorrent protocol using java language.

Popcorn 1.84
A ultra-lightweight POP3/SMTP e-mail client for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

Autoruns 9.2
Autoruns goes way beyond the MSConfig utility bundled with Windows Me and XP.

a-squared Anti-Malware 3.5.0.29
A Malware scanner remover and background guard.

McAfee Virus SuperDAT Definitions Update 5293
Update your McAfee based scan engine and virus pattern to detect the latest viruses.

Norton Virus Definitions 2003-07 May 12, 2008
Ensure your Norton AntiVirus product contains the most up-to-date detection & prevention.

Norton Virus Definitions 2008 May 12, 2008
Ensure your Norton AntiVirus product contains the most up-to-date detection & prevention.

BurnAware Free Edition 1.3
A lightweight, extremely powerful and easy to use burning application,
          MAKE: Blog
MAKE is a quarterly publication from O'Reilly for those who just can't stop tinkering, disassembling, re-creating, and inventing cool new uses for the technology in our lives. It's the first do-it-yourself magazine dedicated to the incorrigible and chronically incurable technology enthusiast in all of us. MAKE celebrates your right to tweak, hack, and bend technology any way you want.

HDD drum machine

Candid bird cam

Vid profile of Mikey Sklar

Fun with metronomes

Made in Japan - Volume 14
This week:

Roboexotica photos

Chickensaurus skeleton

Maker kits - Building a kit business, open source hardware and more..

Lug nut pill case for gearheads

Giant guitar

Step inside the plasma mug

Arduino-bot toy hacking
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FAQ? WTF? [PIC]

How To Kiss Someone Passionately
How To Kiss Someone Passionately. cool funny video

Ignorant WV Hillbillies Still Think Obama is a Muslim
Some people are just too ignorant to be allowed to vote. However, Hillary proudly calls them her "base".

The X-Files: I Want to Believe Trailer Has Arrived!
The very first trailer for The X-Files: I Want to Believe has finally arrived! The buzz for this movie is definitely going to pick up with this trailer.

New Google Service Turns Web Pages into Networking Sites
To socialize these days, hundreds of millions of people every month turn to social networking sites such as MySpace or Facebook.

Clinton Team Acknowledges $20 Million Debt
Clinton aides continued to insist that she will remain in the race even while confirming that she is $20 million in debt. "The voters are going to decide this," senior adviser Howard Wolfson said on "Fox News Sunday," acknowledging the $20 million figure. "There is no reason for her not to continue this process."

Multitasking Test [Game]
Blue likes to multitask. Can you keep up with him? This quick and fun brain-twister tests how well you can keep both sides of your mind focused on simple but changing tasks.

The Last Graffiti Artist
One of Mark Jenkins' street art installations.

Solar Lily Pads Could Soon Power Largest City in Scotland
In a stunning example of biomimicry, Scottish architecture firm ZM Architecture have come up with a brilliant scheme to provide solar power to the city of Glasgow - and do so in a way that is provocative, creative, and aesthetically appealing. Large lily-shaped discs which harness solar power could soon be seen floating on the River Clyde.

Mad King George wants to block wider testing for mad cow
The Bush administration on Friday urged a federal appeals court to stop meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease, but a skeptical judge questioned whether the government has that authority.

Hillary accepted & signed the DNC rules barring MI & FL !
Here she goes again.On Sept. 1 2007, she accepted and signed the DNC rules barring any other states having a primary earlier than the specified date. She did agree upon it before the election and now because she is losing, she wants them counted?What about your signed pleadge? - LOL -on MI and FL votes.DNC Chairman Howard Dean Letter...

The Most Absurd Laws from Around the World
This is what happens when legal power lands in the wrong hands.