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Talk Geek To Me #20, "The Cloud Part Two:A Cloud Of Our Own"

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 02:13:42 GMT

In this episode, I revisit "The Cloud," to deepen my knowledge about what this term means. Then I work toward a proposal for a more explicit term, to replace the phrase "We need a Cloud of our own, one that we can control."

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Talk Geek To Me #1F, "Sony Ebook Reader"

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:05:42 GMT

In this audiocast I review the Sony EBook Reader, a remarkably "open" device for the Sony Corporation.

I also announce my attendance at the hope conference, and a format change.

I also play the feedback sections for three audio shows that read my emails to them.

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Talk Geek To Me #1e, "The Last Cheap Truth"

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:44:22 GMT

In this audiocast I finish the audiobook of the 'zine "Cheap Truth" with the special Sturgeon edition and the Last Cheap Truth proper.

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Talk Geek To Me #1d, "Cheap Truth #15 & #16"

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:13:30 GMT

Deepgeek continues his audiobook version of Bruce Sterling's 'zine "Cheap Truth" with numbers 15 and 16 from the 'zine.

Two more in this series! The "Last" issue and the special "Sturgeon" issue.

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Talk Geek To Me 1c "Gophermap How-To"

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:19:10 GMT

In this episode I answer a listener's request by making this How-To on setting up a gophermap file for the gopher protocol. I also "go off" on the death of FTP, the relevance of Gopher, and using "the right tool for the right job."

Featured Project is SourceTrunk.

Closing Music is "Time" by "A Final Date" from the album "revived".

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Talk Geek To Me #1b, "Cheap Truth #13 & #14"

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:23:47 GMT

Deepgeek continues his audiobook version of Bruce Sterling's 'zine "Cheap Truth" with numbers 13 and 14 from the 'zine.

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Talk Geek To Me #1a, "Laptop Makeover"

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:39:38 GMT

In this episode I take my 5 y/o laptop and give it a makeover. While doing this, I muze on using Compact Flash media, compressing the /usr directory, ARM & RISC CPU's, and losing a corporate logo.

Administrata: Joined Identica and created a group for this podcast.

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Talk Geek To Me #19, Cheap Truth #11 & #12

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:15:34 GMT

DeepGeek Continues the "audiobook" version of the 'zine "Cheap Truth" with numbers eleven and twelve.

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Talk Geek To Me #18, "How I Learned To Love The Cloud"

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:07:23 GMT

In this episode, I rant and rave about the mythical "year of the linux desktop," and tell how I learned to love the cloud; not just for it's convenience, but because it sneakily puts Microsoft types on Linux software.

Shorty episode, no closing music this time.

Featured Project is "The Linux Multimedia Sprint."

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Talk Geek To Me #17 "Three Web-servers"

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:38:42 GMT

In this episode, I discuss my experience setting up three web-servers at the home lab. The three web-servers are Nginx, Thttpd, and Pygopherd.

Also, a short email section.

Closing music is "Sonic Forger - Fall To Pieces."

Featured Project is "The Geek Survival Guide."

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Talk Geek To Me #16 "Christmas Special"

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:32:47 GMT

In this episode, I tell the tale of two young geeks asking for computers for Christmas, and wrap up with a version of "The Night Before Christmas" especially for those geeks who believe "why should you use one syllable when you can use ten."

Closing music is "Cat-5 - Burst Limit"

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Talk Geek To Me #15 "Cheap Truth #9 & #10

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:35:16 GMT

Bonus Episode. DeepGeek continues the "audiobook" of the 'zine "Cheap Truth" with numbers nine and ten.

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Talk Geek To Me #14 "The Gopher Protocol"

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:06:02 GMT

The Gopher Protocol was a menu and text system that pre-dated the World Wide Web. Here I describe the network back then and speculate on the future of Gopher.

Closing Music is Elena Rose - Answer Me

Featured Project:Cyberpunk Radio

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Talk Geek To Me #13 "Cheap Truth #7 & #8

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:12:21 GMT

Bonus Episode. DeepGeek continues the "audiobook" of the 'zine "Cheap Truth" with numbers seven and eight.

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Talk Geek To Me #12 "Teenagers From Outer Space (1959)

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:15:56 GMT

In this episode, I give a review of the movie "Teenagers From Outer Space (1959)." One of those old science fiction movies that are just so bad, it's funny!

Download the movie for free at Archive.org

Also, Listener Email.

Featured Project:The Knightcast

Closing Music:Radioactive Project's Magic Girls

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Talk Geek To Me #11 "Cheap Truth #5 & #6"

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:32:01 GMT

Bonus Episode. DeepGeek continues the "audiobook" of the 'zine "Cheap Truth" with numbers five and six.

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Talk Geek To Me #10 "Extracting Music From A DVD"

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:50:54 GMT

In this episode I discuss how to extract music from a DVD.

Also, Latin American Free Software News and Listener Feedback.

Featured Project:Hacker Public Radio.

Closing Music:George Hrab and Beatnik Turtle - When I Was Your Age

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