• Ep. 230 - Transhuman Much?

    TOPIC:  Just Mike this week, but in addition to all his regular junk he manages to squeeze in a fascinating interview with  Braden Allenby and David Sarewitz, authors of the book "The Techno-Human Condition." Jay Garmon finally joins us again and regains our trust with some awesome geek trivia (as usual)! Why will the final shuttle mission in July have only 4 crew members? We have such a great conversation we d...
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  • Ep. 223 - Nextworth's Robert Wesley!

    TOPIC:  Dave's back and just in time for us to have a great show!  Not only does Mike get in a nice rant on how not worth living life is without a smart phone, but Robert Wesley of NextWorth.com joins us for a fantastic discussion of what you should do with all that old - or gently used - tech ... including finding out if any of it is really worth anything at all! Of course we're able to find time for Jay Garmon w...
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  • Ep. 288 - Alexandre Montagu on Intellectual Property

    TOPIC:  Alexandre Montagu, founder of MontaguLaw - a leading intellectual property law firm - joins us to talk about all things IP!  Did you know that the color red can be considered intellectual property, and sued over?  We don't stick with fashion, but have a very interesting and in-depth discussion about what IP is and how it affects you and the technologies you use every day.  We even have time to freewheel some ...
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  • Ep. 194 - Tom Standage and The Economist's Technology Quarterly

    TOPIC:  The title of this one pretty much says it all, but doesn't give you a hint at what an awesome guest Tom was!  We don't have nearly the time needed to get into all the cool stories from the Economist's special Technology Quarterly insert (though we give it that old college try), but Tom's promised to come back next quarter and fill us in again! Jay Garmon does his usual great job at keeping us on our g...
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  • Ep. 247 - NYT Tech Writer Nick Bilton

    TOPIC:     Mike fights through a bad headcold to bring an excellent show to your ears - thanks mostly to his guests of course!  Lead technology writer for the New York Times and author of the book "I Live in the Future & Here's How it Works" Nick Bilton comes on for a solid half hour of cerebral social networking discussion, and we have Scott Andraschko, Director of IT for the Round Lake Area Schools as a spec...
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  • Ep. 291 - Do Facts Have a Half-Life? Sam Arbesman Says "Yes!"

    TOPIC:  We have a great interview today with the author of the book "The Half-Life of Facts," Sam Arbesman!  It's a fascinating and deep book, and Sam does a wonderful job of explaining how all of the "facts" we know are constantly being overturned ... and that this is occurring at a mathematically definable rate.  If that scares you, don't worry, we also spend a lot of time talking about Popeye, astronomy, and who e...
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  • Ep. 217 - Facebook for Old Folks!

    TOPIC:  Dave and Mike have a GREAT time with return victim ... errm, guest that is, Mike Miller!  He talks to us about his new book Facebook for Grownups (or as I like to call it - "Facebook for Old Folks"). This wouldn't really be TechTalk without our good friend Jay Garmon as he asks us this toughy: What classic board game was used by the Allies to help rescue POW's during WWII? We wind up with just enough t...
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    Special Report - Who's Your GoDaddy!? Round 2

    I have some important follow-up to my last post about the GoDaddy issue. Back on Friday, July 17, I posted to the blog here the lack of responsiveness that we got regarding what seemed to be pretty clearly a configuration issue on GoDaddy's mail servers.  I'm including my written email to their support below, as well as the eventual written response that I got from their Office of the President as well. Late ...
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  • Ep. 298 - PBS American Experience's "Silicon Valley" Filmmaker...

    TOPIC:  Fabulous show this week, as we get a sneak peek and in-depth discussion about the upcoming documentary "Silicon Valley."  Randall MacLowry gives us his take on the genesis of not only the technologies and hardware we depend on every day, but also the innovations to culture and business that men like Robert Noyce (founder of Intel) heralded.  The show comes out February 5th on your local PBS station, so set yo...
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  • Ep. 172 - Total Recall sans Arnie

    TOPIC:  Jim Gemmell scares the h-e-double hockey sticks out of Dave and our station manager when he talks about how the e-memory revolution, lifelogging, and cloud-based information storage is going to change your life!  He and Gordon Bell, both of Microsoft, have written a not-so-little book called "Total Recall," and we really get into the nitty-gritty of what the coming decade could mean to you - and how you can g...
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  • Episode 130 - Parry Aftab's Happy Safemas!

    TOPIC: December 20 - It's almost Christmas, everyone's shopping is at full gear, and Parry Aftab, the "angel of the Internet", is here to make sure you surf safely into the new year! Plus a great holiday-themed Geek Trivia from Jay Garmon, and a very special guest contributor - "The Fixer" - with some fixer-approved cool sites! Have a merry, blessed and SAFE Christmas this year! Oh, and don't forget our very...
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    Ep. 257 - 9 Algorithms That Changed the Future

    TOPIC:     Dave and Mike have a great time, joined by John MacCormick discussing his new book "9 Algorithms That Changed the Future"!  John breaks down the basics of everything from Euclid's algorithm to modern day cryptography, web search and compression and somehow makes it accessible and easy to understand.  If you've ever been mystified and impressed by all the goings-on that must be happening in that electronic ...
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Ep. 252 – Popular Science Top Innovations of 2011!

Dec 14th

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TOPIC:     We’ve got a full house and an exciting show today!  Not only is Dave here, but Scott Andraschko of Round Lake Area Schools drops in to add some much-needed insight and expertise to our conversation.  But of course, that’s not all!  Corinne Iozzo of Popular Science helps us out by breaking down some of the coolest innovations of 2011 as published in the Popular Science magazine and website!  This is one of those must-listen episodes that makes it worth slogging through the rest of the garbage we usually post :)

In other news; Dave has gadget fever, portable speakers are all the rage, and Mike can’t keep his hands off of his wife’s Christmas present.  And yes, that is a euphemism for a Samsung Galaxy 10.1″ android tablet!

We finish up with some coolsites of the week:

  • DocumentaryTube – Free documentaries?  How is this possible, you ask?  Go check out DocumentaryTube and find out now (plus learn yourself a little something)!  Free. Educational.  Mmmm, documentaries.
  • Presentify.Me – Make those groupons you’re buying for friends and family look good enough to wrap!
  • TimeSearch.info – With keyword searching, it puts events into a timeline and highlights the most important milestones.  You’ve got to check this out to understand and appreciate!

And our podcast only song of the week is “Don’t Kick the Chair” by Dia Framton with Kid Cudi.

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Ep. 208 – Popular Science Innovations of the Year!

Nov 23rd

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TOPIC:  All we want for Christmas is some working phones in the studio, but even with communications difficulties Mike and Dave manage to have a phenomenally great discussion with Popular Science editor Seth Fletcher and a review of the top innovations of 2010.  You might have heard about some of these, but others will blow you away – and could impact your daily life soon!

Between that, keeping up with the news, and figuring out our tech issues you may be surprised to hear that we STILL get some awesome cool sites of the week in, but here they are!

  • AllRecipes – SimplyRecipes – Kitchn – RecipePuppy – Comprehensive and searchable recipe sites for all your cooking needs!  These are the best of the best, so check ‘em out even if you’re not cooking Thanksgiving dinner this year.

We top it all of with the podcast only song of the week Key to Her Ferrari by Thomas Dolby.

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Ep. 177 – The CES Lowdown from PCMag

Jan 30th

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TOPIC:  PCMag’s own Wendy Donnell gives us her take on the CES shenanigan’s this week!   We start with Jay Garmon and his geek trivia runner of course, and you’ll not want to miss the answer to last week’s question and the new one to think about …

Then how about some coolsites of the week?

  • Clone WindowsXP - Will work with Win7 in most cases too, a great how-to if you need to duplicate your setup (or just want to save it)!  Via our friends at PCStats.
  • MemorizeNow – Need help memorizing your company motto, some poetry, or bible verses?  Memorizenow will help with remembering really anything at all, check it out!
  • Shoelace Tying – Think you learned how to tie your shoes when you were 5?  Think again!  Lots of new and more efficient or stronger knots here … surprisingly interesting even for long-time tiers like myself!

Jay’s trivia this week sure stumped me – will it stump you?

What was the basis for the space shuttle text and graphic system – TAGS?

And to cap it off, the podcast only song of the week this week will keep you bouncing – listen to The Woods by Cartridge!

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