Archive for August, 2008
Not really Tech History – more Geek History, but there was a small show from the group across the pond that profoundly changed my way of thinking – And for that matter, walking. Monty Python’s Flying Circus aired its first show on sept. 7th 1969. Between Winks and “Say no More”s, there was a lot I learned from this show. Like the fact that nobody expects a Spanish Inquisition….
Anywho – Also on TWITH you will find out about Zimmy, a Digg Competetor that was shut down, Google was founded, eDonkey and the Edsel.
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No Comments »In the last week I have been playing with this new program I saw last week on Cali Lewis’ Geekbrief.tv . I loaded up the program and tried it out.So far I’ve been somewhat impressed with it’s features.
Woopra is a web site statistical analysis program. It gives you real time information as well as a timeline of who has been to your site, what pages they were looking at and how long they were there. You can put the code on more than one site and have all the data collected in one API.
No Comments »Writing this while watching the newly acquired Big Ten Network. Up until last week, Charter had not negotiated well with the new college football channel. Everybody expected to go to the bar and watch the game, but luckily last week they got some numbers hashed out and we now have the college football network.
Of course, this is Labor Day weekend, which also means the summer is winding down. Just a few more festivals and then everyone is going to pack it in and get ready for the cooler weather. The local “Halloween Express” store opened back up this week. Here in Madison it’s the “Taste of Madison”. Lots of food, music and fun. Oh yeah, and beer.
On Wednesday, I got a call from Frank of the band MSB – a local band that has 2 great albums out and a lot of fans. He called me in because their drummer hurt his foot. Not too bad, but enough to put this weekend in question. While I couldn’t help out on Saturday (playing the Baja with my band – the Trailer Kings), I was definitely able to help out on Friday. We played in Eagle WI for Knucklefest. Had a fun time, but it took a lot out of me as I just had a pounding headache at the end of the evening.
Since Monday is Labor Day, there will be no LIVE SHOW. Instead We’ll be hosting a big party. If you want to come, let me know. All other shows will happen.
REMEMBER: You have until Sunday at Midnight to sign up to win a 17 week pass to Pay the Fan and up to $250,000 dollars just for playing fantasy football. Your chances are really good for this. All you have to do is comment on the interview.
I think that’s it for now. Dogs are barking. No, really. We’ve got 2 dogs at the house with 2 cats. Can you say “Fun times”?
Psystar has been bucking the system by selling a PC that will run Windows, Linux and (gasp!) Apple software. Apple of course sued Psystar for doing this. Now Psystar has come back with a counter suit claiming Monopoly. Do they have a leg to stand on?
Apple had it’s share of clones throughout the years. From Apple II to the machines that would emulate a Power PC to Leopard, which runs on an Intel chip. Back then it was acceptable to clone the machine. You needed a special ROM to do it and the only way to get that ROM was to go through Apple anyway.
This week we poke fun at Bloomberg who apparently made a small mistake earlier. A report was “accidentally” released that Steve Jobs had passed. Steve Jobs health has been in the spotlight recently, so this article could have hit people hard. The report was retracted.
It really begs the question: Do news wires pre-make stories for when things like this happen? It kinda reminds me of an older SNL skit where Dana Carvey played Tom Brokaw making possible news stories of Gerald Ford’s death.
Anyway, lets hear from the (very much alive) CEO, Steve Jobs in this week’s Bitstrips:
GigaOM’s OM Malik talked with Michael Dell about the company a couple weeks back. Michael made some statements whose predictions at times were no easier than determining Nostradamus’ writings. Yet other websites interpreted it in saying that Dell is hinting on making a phone to rival iPhone. While it’s not an impossibility, will Dell get into the market or are they playing on the media to ilicit a response from the public?
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No Comments »Interview with John Hartman – Coffee and customer service – Good websites for News – Looking for a Flip Video Camera – Leaves are turning brown…
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1 Comment »We have a special Interview with John Hartman, CEO of Paythefan.com, a Fantasy Football website. Paythefan has a great system that rivals conventional Fantasy Football. In this Podcast, we talk about how Pay the Fan works and even go into some top picks for this year.
Terry Bradshaw and Dale Jarrett are two of the owners of this great site.
Congrats to Pack One and Norbtek who won the 17 week PASS TO PAYTHEFAN.com
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3 Comments »We did a lot of talking in the first hour. We went over what it takes to record an interview via Skype, a little on Fantasy Football, and New Laptops. The Second hour we talked about Woopra, played some of the interview and talked about how to review technology.
When do you think the first Solar powered vehicle was created? Well the reality is that a lot of you (even I) was not born yet. It took twelve selenium photoelectric cells and powered a small electric motor that turned the driveshaft.
That, the first Coca-cola, the Satellite Act, Michael Vick’s dogfighting, Blu-ray Disc Association and a whole ton more is in this weeks’ episode of “This Week in Tech History”. So take a listen – you might just learn something new. Or old – however you want to look at it.
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1 Comment »Discussion of the New Media Expo and a lot more. Tune in and check it out.
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