Posts Tagged ‘superbowl’

Almost Didn’t do the show tonight because of another issue that put me in a very bad place. 8-12 inches snow coming down here in the Midwest. Looking for a better Webcam Producer – Webcammax doesn’t get it. We are giving away another copy of Diskeeper 2010. We also go through a correction on information from the 5 Tech Things.

Try GoToAssist free for 30 days – GoToAssist.com/techpodcasts. Day Pass $9.95 $69/Month – $660/Year
Mozy Unlimited Backup – $4.95/Month!Use code “Geek” for 10% off! $50 a Year for Off-site Backup.

All Geekazine Podcast Show Notes are also on Delicious
To add cool items next week link on Delicious – geekazine podcast 126

Hotline – 608-205-4378 – geekazine (at) gmail.com

Download the show
Subscribe: Zune – iTunes – TechPodcasts – Blubrry – Stitcher

VIDEO SOON UP on www.techpodcasts.tv

I – S.U.N. (Straight Up News)
Rhapsody Gets Away from Real
Superbowl Finally Beats M*A*S*H*
Foursquare and Zagat
Intel Security Chip Hacked
Microsoft Says It’s the Battery’s Fault
Macworld is Happening
Kindle Books Under 2000 Words
New Texas Instruments Chip with GPS, Bluetooth, FM
Pwnage Tool for 3.1.3
Aperture 3 in Apple Store
Will iPad Survive?
Android Censored in Application Store
Google Translator
Intel Exec Guilty in Galleon Case
Verizon Blocks 4Chan
Intel Launches New Itanium
Lawmakers Find Other Ways To Pay for Roads

Poll – Would You Buy The Day in Tech History in a Daily Audio Callendar Format?

II
Social GMail in Buzz
- Geekazine Coverage on Google Buzz
Hulu Should Block Boxee
Broadband for £45,000

CES 2010 Video Feed – Geekazine
Check out the other podcast: Day in Tech History

Contacts: Twitter – Plurk – Myspace – Facebook Group – FriendFeed or Digg the Podcast. The Geekazine Podcast is under a Creative Commons no-deriv license

Music for Podcast by the John Masino Band

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 57:51 — 26.5MB)

I remember when the headband was popular in the 80′s. Olivia Newton John wanted to get Physical, Jim McMahon was doing the Superbowl Shuffle and let’s not forget Flashdance – What a Feeling! But nowadays the headband pretty much is in the past. That is unless you are trying to get a decent nights’ sleep. Then the MyZEO is what you need to help you get one.

You put the MyZEO on at night and let the computer monitor your sleep habits. Then after a while, you can see paterns develop and try to find ways to change the patterns so you can sleep better. The bed side appliance will let you know how you are doing for sleep. All by visualizing your sleep.

In this video, Kara talks to the folks at MyZEO about sleep habits. One thing to note – this is not EEP or will this be a substitute for any medical sleep study. But if you just want a better sleep, then you might want to check this out.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (67.1MB)

1985 – When you hear “Apple Superbowl commercial”, you instantly think a woman running down a hall with a sledgehammer ready to destroy oppression. But there was another commercial. The Yang to the Macintosh Ying.

The Lemmings commercial was aired for Super Bowl XIX. It was a commercial for Macintosh Office. Blindfolded businessmen marched off the edge of a cliff to a dark rendition of “Hi Ho”. The last guy in line – realizing his blind mouse wasn’t in front of him anymore, peeked to see what happened – only to find he was one step away from oblivion; Another line of Blind mice coming up behind him.

The big difference in this commercial is that it was a horrific failure. The consumer felt insulted more than enlightened. If that commercial would have aired the year before for Macintosh, Apple would have been done. What a difference a year makes, eh?

Sponsor: Mozy Unlimited Backup – $4.95/Month! Use code “Geek” for 10% off!
Please add to your favorite aggregator. RSS Feed – iTunes – Stitcher

Other Day in Tech History items:

• Robert and Carleen Thomas (Amature Action BBS) were raided
• Microsoft market value surpasses IBM for the first time to $26.78 Billion
• Microsoft sells all shares of Comcast

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:56 — 4.1MB)

1983 – If you were a citizen of Twin Falls, Idaho and up at 1 AM watching KMVT channel 11, then you got a treat. You saw an ad that changed the Superbowl. You saw an ad that changed a computer company.

That’s right. You were the first to see the famous 1984 Superbowl Advertisement for Apple Macintosh. The Chiat/Day advertising company pre-ran ads to make sure they would be acceptable for a big release. Therefore, 1 AM on Thursday, December 15th – chances of people catching the ad are slim.

Of course, the ad went on to be one of the most influential ads of the 20th century.

Sponsor:  Try GoToAssist free for 30 days – GoToAssist.com/techpodcasts.

Please add to your favorite aggregator. RSS Feed – iTunes – Stitcher – TechPodcasts

Other Historical Events in Technology

• ISO C90 is released
• Fortran 95 is released
• Twitter rival Pownce closes down after sale to Six Apart

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:37 — 3.0MB)