Sep 26

Tech Actually Ep101 – App Happy

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Hosts: David McVay & Josh Philpott

This is the official tech podcast of geekactually.com. The tech show by geeks for geeks and non-geeks. Accessible tech for everyone is the motto we live by. This week on Tech Actually we answer a listener request and dish up 20 iPhone apps that new iPhone users should get. From free to paid apps, Josh and David share the apps that they use on a regular basis. We also dish up some new news on the new tablets that are supposed to compete with Apple’s iPad. You show links follow:

Tech Actually is recorded live on Saturdays at 12pm (AEST UTC+10). Go to geekactually.com/live to watch it live.

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Sep 25

New The Walking Dead Behind The Scenes Video

This just popped up today and it just makes me all the more eager to see this series. I recommend the comic book of ‘The Walking Dead’ to everyone, not only is it a fine comic book but it is also a magnificent piece of literature. After Halloween I hope to be able to recommend this great looking series to everyone too. I trust Frank Darabont, the writer and director of the series, to deliver the goods. This is the man who gave us ‘The Mist’, ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ and ‘The Green Mile’. Here he is working with stellar source material so we should be in for a fun ride. I also have a lot of faith in the network, AMC, as they are producing some amazing stuff at the moment including ‘Mad Men’. They are quickly becoming the third channel after HBO and Showtime. Enjoy the video.

What did you think? Ready for The Walking Dead? Comment below.

Sep 22

The Geeks are on Stitcher Radio

Do you prefer streaming your shows, well this is just a quick note to let you all know that if you own an iPhone, Android, Blackberry or Pre phone, you can now listen to our shows, Tech Actually and Film Actually on Stitcher Radio. So what is Stitcher Radio? Read on:

Stitcher is Smart Radio for mobile phones. With Stitcher’s free mobile phone app, BlackBerry, iPhone and Palm webOS listeners have the ability to access their favorite audio content anytime, anywhere. By streaming the best in news, sports, talk and entertainment (and us!) straight to mobile phones, Stitcher is the easiest way to stay connected to the world on the go – receiving only the information that’s most important, in a format that fits into people’s busy lives.

The company was recently honored with the 2009 “People’s Voice Webby” award for Mobile News and a “Best of ‘09” award from San Francisco magazine. PCMag.com listed Stitcher among the best apps of the year, and Gizmodo.com named Stitcher one of the week’s best apps in early December. Smartphone users can download Stitcher quickly and easily at www.stitcher.com or at the iPhone, Palm, Android & BlackBerry app stores.

So go get the free app today and favourite our shows so you can listen to them on the go. While you’re there, favourite our podcast friends The Movie Fan Cast and Right This Instant too.

Sep 21

Our new title sequences for the live shows

If you only listen to the audio show you might be wondering what is actually going on during the opening music. With the 100th episode milestone, we reformatted the video shows and re-did the opening title sequences. So here are those video clips so you know what we are watching during the music. One thing to note: Film Actually has a different clip at the beginning of each show, this one is from episode 100. The clip on this one is from the Rob Reiner film ‘The Sure Thing’. Continue reading

Sep 21

The Geek Actually 100th Episode Video Clips

During the 100th episode special we played a few video clips for our live viewers. For our audio listeners I have embedded those clips below for your viewing pleasure. Because some of the clips come from audio only shows, Nicholas ‘The Little Geek’ McVay has animated ‘recreations’ for you. Enjoy the clips. Continue reading

Sep 21

Geek Actually After Show Ep100 – The 100th

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Hosted by: David McVay, Josh Philpott, Celine Roberts, Nicholas McVay and many more

Welcome to the Geek Actually After Show. This un-stuctured and un-planned podcast is what what you get after we finish recording the two main shows Tech Actually and Film Actually. We basically just leave the mics on and record whatever we feel like talking about. This show gives us a chance to talk about anything that didn’t fit into the format of the main shows.

This week we are celebrating our 100th episode by taking a look back on some choice bits from past episodes and talking to past guests. Joining David, Josh, Celine and Nicholas via Skype is Katrina Smith, Mirren Lee and Jacob Oberman. Clips include Mirren meeting Dave Kozicki for the first time, our 2008 Christmas special, a montage of all our past guests and a package of clips where we were reduced to tears laughing. For our audio listeners, all the video clips are on our YouTube channel youtube.com/mcvayd. Continue reading