Hosted by: David McVay & Josh Philpott (with guest Jacob Oberman)
This week on the all new Geek Actually Jacob Oberman (the original co-host of Geek Actually) joins David and Josh for our weekly geek out. Topics discussed include installing iMovie on an iPad 1, the artificial leaf, billboard porn, virtual girlfriends, geeky airforce call signs, vegetable instruments and Oreo stuffed chocolate chip cookies. So sit back, stretch out and let’s geek out!
Geek Actually is the fusion of the old Tech Actually and Geek Actually After Show podcasts into an all new show. All the Tech and geek goodness that you have come to expect from the old shows wrapped up and made easier to swallow as one simple, little, tasty podcast. DeltaKnight (AKA DAvid Murray) continues to supply us with some of the geekiest stories on the web and Josh and David love to play with the tech news.
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Tristan sent us this interesting article about Nano Generators. Check out the full story
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/31/nanogenerators-produce-electricity-by-squeezing-your-fingers-tog/
Geek Tech
Install iMovie on iPad 1
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/03/how-to-install-imovie-on-your-ipad-1/
A modular robot, iMobot, what could possibly go wrong.
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/03/modular-imobot-will-search-rescue-anddamn-it-alldance/
Does this mean we can terraform now? The artificial leaf is here.
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2011/03/29/solar-power-turns-over-a-new-leaf/
Stephen Conroy puts his foot in his mouth… again.
http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Stephen-Conroy-NBN-Co-wholesale-pricing-pd20110330-FF2CS?opendocument&src=rss
AFACT vs iinet appeal to be taken to High Court
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/03/afact-taking-iinet-to-the-high-court/
other ISPs should beware
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/isps-should-remain-on-alert-despite-iinets-win/story-e6frgakx-1226029667169
Amazon Cloud Player now available … but not for iOS users or Australians :-)
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/29/amazon-cloud-player-goes-live-streams-music-on-your-computer-an/
And lastly in Tech, Harvey Norman going online but Gerry Harvey doesn’t like it.
http://www.current.com.au/2011/03/30/article/Gerry-Harvey-set-to-cannibalise-his-stores-with-online-trade/OLXOCXYWVD.html
Geek Stuff
God teenagers are messed up! Talk about text addiction.
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/03/todays-texting-teenagers-are-ridiculous/
Russian hacker puts porn on a billboard! Awesome for us, not for him.
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/03/man-going-to-prison-for-hacking-billboard-to-play-porn-nsfw/
WTF! A virtual girlfriend to fool your friends.
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/03/sad-website-will-create-sad-virtual-girlfriend-for-your-sad-life/
Master Chief helmets for real, awesome.
http://www.techi.com/2011/03/war-tech/
The iPad 2 marriage proposal.
http://mashable.com/2011/03/29/ipad-2-proposal/
Don’t spend thousands on a new car, this Brazilian man built his own out of junk.
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/03/homeless-man-builds-his-own-car-out-of-junk/
Turn your thong (or flip flop) into a mobile hotspot.
http://delimiter.com.au/2011/03/28/telstra-creates-3g-wi-fi-hotspot-in-a-thong/
The Air Force has some great call signs!
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/03/air-force-names-death-machines-after-sheen-battlestar-galactica/
What’s going on at the Oxford English Dictionary
http://nerdapproved.com/news/omg-lol-and-fyi-officially-enter-the-oxford-english-dictionary/
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/03/oxford-english-dictionary-hearts/
World of Warcraft accidentally throttled in Canada, but doesn’t this open a can of worms?
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2011/03/30/isp-throttles-world-of-warcraft-by-mistake/
Germany, Austria and Switzerland pull Simpsons episodes – not Australia!
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/03/simpson-episodes-being-pulled-in-europe-over-nuke-jokes/
Weird Food!
This is decadent, Oreo stuffed Choc Chip Cookies!
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2011/03/26/made-of-win-and-awesome-oreo-stuffed-chocolate-chip-cookies/
And fun with vegetables! The vegetable orchestra.
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2011/03/30/musical-instruments-made-of-food-videos/
Geek Picks of the Week
Every week Josh and/or I will give you our geek picks of the week, these could be anything from iPhone apps to a great sandwich recipe (more likely to be an app though).
Josh’s Picks of the week – “Superbrothers: Sword & Sorcery EP” (for iPad) from Capybara Games Inc: $5.99 and “Overkill” (Universal for iPhone/iPad) from Craneballs Studios: Free. David’s Picks of the Week – “Blotter” (for Macintosh) from Wireload LLC: $12.99 and “Trenches” (for iPhone) by Thunder Games Works: $1.19. Jacob’s Pick of the Week – “F-Sim Space Shuttle” (Universal for iPhone and iPad) from Sascha Ledinsky: $2.49.
Also check out the 5 in 1 connection kit for iPad
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/03/5-in-1-connection-kit-plugs-cameras-sd-cards-tvs-into-ipads/
As always this episode carries an explicit tag due to possible bad language.
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