First Two Greta Wallpapers Now Available
November 4, 2008
Just to let you know, the first two greta wallpapers are now available for download. Click the Wallpapers button above.
Remember to listen to the “…Geek, Actually” podcast on Thursday, we lots to tell you about this week.
Now, why are you sitting here, GO VOTE! :-)
New Affiliate - Weight Watchers
November 3, 2008
Hi everybody,
Just a quick note to let you all know that Weight Watchers has come on board as an affiliate. They are currently helping me lose weight (9kg so far) and they can help you too. If you see a Weight Watchers banner around the site, give it a click, let’s all get healthy.
A few words from Weight Watchers:
Imagine losing weight and feeling great was possible? Imagine no fads, no hunger, just real food – and real results. Follow the plan online in your own time, with the tools and tips at your fingertips to get you looking and feeling great this summer. Sue lost 19kgs with Weight Watchers Online - “When my kids grew up and moved out of home, I kept cooking the same amount of food, only I was eating more, plus I would have 4 slices of bread for lunch and nearly half a packet of biscuits per day. After joining the Online program, I learned how to get back on track using the interactive tools and POINTS tracker.” You to can be like Sue - Get on the program that works! Join our 3 month plan - save $24!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
October 31, 2008
Oh my manners, I have been posting stuff all day and completely forgot to wish everyone a very Happy Halloween from everyone at Geek, Actually.
Greta Goes Out This Weekend
October 31, 2008
What the hell is Greta I hear you cry!
Greta is our new, for lack of a better word, Geek Actually mascot. She is a geek dream of beauty. I am going to release a bunch of wallpapers for your computers so you don’t forget to listen to Geek, Actually. For the girls out there, I hope you enjoy Greta too. We might come up with a male geek god at sometime but for the moment Greta will do.
Greta is a poser creation and is using lots of props and clothes made by some very talented people, when she launches, I will list a few of these creative souls.
I give to you a sneak peak at the first wallpaper, this is just a portion of the whole picture. Let me know what you think.
Greta Geek Close Up
Note: I am looking for a better term than Mascot. I don’t think it is a very PC phrase to use when depicting a female 
If you can give me a better phrase I would be very happy.
Lyons: Steve Jobs’ health in serious question
September 5, 2008
This is food for thought, I found this link on Digg.com.
Apple’s CEO may in fact be seriously ill, says Dan Lyons, better known for his satirical Fake Steve Jobs character. Responding to suggestions that Jobs’ medical problems have been overblown, Lyons claims to have learned that Jobs is suffering from some form of chronic condition, one which has not improved…
Read the whole story at the link below.
Bloomberg Accidentally Publishes Steve Jobs Obituary
September 5, 2008
This is an amazing fuck up of monumental proportions.
The Bloomberg financial newswire decided to update its 17-page Steve Jobs obituary today — and inadvertently published it in the process. Whoops! Read the whole story by clicking the link below.
Podcast to Netcast
August 18, 2008
Hi, I have made a change to the site, I have gone through and changed a lot of the references of “podcast” to “netcast”, why? A study in the US showed that 98% of users thought that you could only play a podcast on an iPod, that is not the case.
You can play a “netcast” (or “podcast”, they are the same thing) on any device (computer, iRiver, Zen, Zune, mobile phone, in fact any mp3 player), the term just refers to a show that is downloaded rather than broadcasted. Leo Laporte now uses the term “Netcast” exclusively and so will we. I can’t go back and change every single blog post reference but I have changed the category and page references.
So, from now on we will not be using the term podcast on this site, from this point on we will only use the term “Netcast”. Thanks for your understanding.
I know the forum has ”podcast” all over it, I’ll fix that next.
Google Adsense Ads
August 17, 2008
It has come to my attention that a Scientology ad has appeared in my Adsense banners. I am trying to catch it so I can tell Google not to place Scientology banners on my site. I don’t care about dating services or Biker Babes but I will not have religion advertised on my site! If you see the Scientology ad pop up please click it, copy and paste the address it takes you to into an email to me and I will have all future Scientology advertising stopped on Geek Actually.
As for the other ads, it would be appreciated if you do click the ads once in awhile as I am trying to earn some kind of revenue for this venture, I want Geek Actually to always remain free for you the reader and listener. I may set up a donations button in the future and if you are feeling kind you might donate but it will not be compulsory. In the meantime, I have to run ads to try and make some money back.
However, I will starve before I let religion advertise on my site! If you are religious, good for you, now keep it to yourself. Religion is a personal thing and I don’t need to hear about yours, movies and tech are my religion - end of debate.
Okay, this week is a do over!
August 8, 2008
Okay, you may have noticed that there was no podcast this week. I do apologise, but we seem to have had an impromtu week off. I have had a cold and Little Geek has been sick for two weeks now and I felt that I needed to focus my attentions on this situation. Four doctor’s appointments (3 with the GP and 1 with his oncologist), two blood tests, a chest x-ray and two rounds of anti-biotics later and we still have no idea why he has such a bad cough!
Anyway, everything is hopefully on track for the podcast this week. Look for it on Tuesday and some fresh blog posts are on the way.
Change of release date for the podcast
August 3, 2008
Hi, just a quick note to let you know that the podcast is changing its release date. I have had a dreadful cold so I wasn’t up to recording on Friday. This got me thinking and I have decided that the podcast will now come out on Tuesdays. This makes Monday the recording day which works so much better for everyone.
This also allows me to get to the new release movies over the weekend so I can review them fresh.
This Tuesday’s (5th August 2008) show will have reviews for the new X-Files Movie and Wanted.
Look for the podcast on Tuesday here, on Podbean or on iTunes.
