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TGTM News #58 1/17/2012

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:41:13 GMT

1) Presiding Officer Recommends Court-Martial for Manning 2) Glitnir Winding-Up Committee Sues Executives 3) New Hampshire Primary Results — No Not That One 4) The More the Better (spike in sex workers.) 5) Left, Right or the truth? 6) The Internet Goes to Washington on January 18 7) Biometrics in Argentina: Mass Surveillance as a State Policy 8) The Pirate Bay Shows Futility of Domain and DNS Blocks 9) Why Apple Will Not Be Part Of The Real Tablet Revolution 10) The Pirate Bay Will Stop Serving Torrents

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TGTM News #57 1/9/2012

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:54:38 GMT

1) Largest Dutch Pension Fund Pulls Investments in Walmart over Poor Labor Practices 2) Yoani Sanchez Makes New Plea to Exit Cuba 3) Attacks on minimum wage are back in 2012 4) Living in Truth (applying Czech leader's advice on civil disobedience to current situations) 5) Private Sector Cuban Workers to Join Unions 6) Belarus Bans Browsing of All Foreign Websites 7) Thailand Continues Massive Crackdown of Online Speech 8) BitTorrent Releases New “Share” Application 9) File-Sharing Recognized as Official Religion in Sweden 10) ARM V8 Architecture

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TGTM News #56 1/2/2012

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:41:31 GMT

1) ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protesters return to Zuccotti Park 2) Hacker Group Anonymous Claims Responsibility for Breaking into Global Intelligence Company Website 3) Iran Threatens to Block Oil Passage if U.S. Enacts Sanctions 4) Argentine Dictator Sentenced for Crimes Against Humanity 5) Lung Cancer Vaccine Tested in Cuban Province 6) While Drafting SOPA, the U.S. House Harbors BitTorrent Pirates 7) Dutch Parliament: Downloading Movies and Music Will Stay Legal 8) Data Protection Regulation and the Politics of Interoperability 9) How SOPA Creates The Architecture For Much More Widespread Censorship 10) potential for small and low energy chips demonstrated with first molybdenite prototype

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TGTM News #55 12/19/11

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:12:38 GMT

1) Over 1,000 Occupy Protesters Join to Shut Down Major Western Ports 2) Bill Allowing for Indefinite Military Detention of Americans Passes House, Senate 3) Labor Department Clashes with Farm Groups over Child Labor Laws 4) Activist Dan Choi: U.S. is on trial, not Bradley Manning 5) Banana Republicans’ Assault on Democracy 6) Wrapping Up a Week Of Action Against SOPA 7) Megaupload Video Reinstated, Universal Says “You Can’t Touch Us” 8) Mosaic theory, universal surveillance and unlimited recordkeeping #SpyFiles 9) What Other Websites Is The US Government Secretly Censoring? 10) The Crystal Cox Case and Bloggers as Journalists

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TGTM News #54 12/12/11

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:43:47 GMT

1) Out of the Backyard: New Latin American and Caribbean Bloc Defies Washington 2) Tempest in a Toybox (over-reacting to Barbie dolls) 3) My body, my rules: a case for rape and domestic violence survivors becoming workplace organizers 4) Green Party Slams Cuomo’s Tax Cut For The Rich 5) Stein condemns White House blockade of Durban climate progress 6) I Know What You Downloaded on BitTorrent…. 7) The Good And The Bad Of The New OPEN Bill From Wyden And Issa 8) Belgian ISP's against Internet freedom 9) Perhaps SOPA Should Be Called The Stop Online PRIVACY Act 10) Canadian Songwriters Want to Legalize File-Sharing

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TGTM News #53 12/05/11

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:58:16 GMT

1) 15 Democrats Join Republicans to Give Military Power to Imprison Suspects Indefinitely 2) European parliamentarians condemn White House treatment of Bradley Manning 3) UK: 2 million strike to save their pensions 4) Forward and Backward (UK police commisioner advocating better treatment for prostitutes) 5) Labor Must Choose Between Occupy and the Democrats 6) House Committee Rushing to Approve Dangerous "Information Sharing" Bill 7) As SOPA/PIPA Still Loom, Techies Already Creating Workarounds 8) EFF Seeks to Widen Exemptions Won in Last DMCA Rulemaking 9) The Pirate Party Effect: German Greens Scramble To Draw Up Digital Policies To Hold On To Voters 10) With FTC Settlement, Facebook Moves Closer to EFF Bill of Rights for Social Network Users

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TGTM #29 - Interview:Ted Dewberry

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:52:02 GMT

Not a newscast. In this episode, I interview Ted Dewberry, author of the Play "The Silent Room," the movie "Group Home," and the sci-fi horror film "Chalkboard."

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TGTM News #52 11/24/11

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:41:13 GMT

1) New York Town, Unable to Trust Regulators, Tested Air Pollution Itself 2) Here’s why my small business supports Occupy Seattle 3) What Can Labor Learn (from occupy movement)? 4) Slave Camps for Profit (prison industrial complex) 5) As some Occupy Movement participants turn to electoral activism, the Green Party send them an invitation 6) EU Adopts Resolution Against US Domain Seizures 7) Update on Cuba Internet Cable 8) Sovereign Keys: A Proposal to Make HTTPS and Email More Secure 9) 42: The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything (AWS makes top 500 list) 10) Illinois Appellate Court Upholds Anonymity of Online Critic of Political Candidate

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TGTM #28 - Segmented Downloading

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 22:19:41 GMT

Not a newscast. In this episode, I discuss a technical topic, "segmented downloading." Listen if you want to understand how to max out your download speed for media downloads!

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Talk Geek To Me #27:Interview:Maggie McNeill

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:54:24 GMT

In this special episode of "Talk Geek To Me," I interview Maggie McNeill, a retired call girl now active in sex worker rights activism. Topics covered in this far ranging seventy minute interview, we discuss Feminism, Prostitution Myths, the Differences of the Sexes, different models of Prostitution Decriminalization, and romantic love.

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Talk Geek To Me #26:Interview:Brian Ibbott from Coverville

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 01:39:40 GMT

In this brief v-interview, Brian Ibbott of coverville.com talks to me about running a totally legal music podcast, about covers (songs you know by bands you don't know), and about it being both a labor of love as well as being a business.

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Talk Geek To Me #25:Interview:Grace from Fat Chance Lester

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 01:14:15 GMT

In this brief v-interview, Grace of Fat Chance Lester talks to me about working as a voice actress under Klaatu, how she feels about big business in music and free culture, the tragedy of the disappearance of Fat Chance Lester, and whether of not she will end up taking up underwater basket weaving for a living.

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Talk Geek To Me #24:Interview:Dr Jay Forrest

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 02:46:12 GMT

In this brief but far ranging v-interview, Dr. Jay Forrest of The Gnostic Podcast talks to me about his transition from tech podcasting to religious podcasting, his education and research, his feelings about success in podcasting, as well as spilling the beans to having a great sounding podcast.

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Talk Geek To Me #23:Interview:Ken Fallon

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:39:09 GMT

In this brief interview, Ken Fallon talks to me about reviving the podfaded Hacker Public Radio (hpr,) and using the right tools for the right job when it comes to building something on the interwebs.

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Talk Geek To Me #22:Interview:Phil Lapsley

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:16:36 GMT

In this brief but wide-ranging interview, Phil Lapsley touches upon many topics with me, including his authorship experience with his book The History of Phone Phreaking, how the hacker journal 2600 came about, the use of code names, and Evan DoorBells phone phreaks audio documentary.

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Talk Geek To Me #21:Interview:Trying to Save Hotel Penn

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:54:42 GMT

(no shownotes:it's an interview) In this special episode of Talk Geek To Me, DeepGeek interviews Pirho, the man who tried to fight big real estate and City Hall to keep a Hotel that should be designated as a landmark from being demolished. Please note that Pirho's comments are his own, he makes allegations and names names in this interview.

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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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