TOPIC: Dave comes back! Thanks to all the emails, calls, and letters (OK, OK make that “thanks to all the email – singular – and a call”) Dave hops back into the saddle for at least a week to hang with Mike and Jay as we swap stories, talk tech, get geeky about trivia, and just generally have a great time!
Plus, Mike shows off his shiny new TechTalk Google Voice number: 847-984-0847. Call us, leave a message, get heard on air! If we do use your voice on air and you’ve given us enough info to figure out who you are (say, an email address or something) you may get some TechTalk tchotchke’s too … or even a book!
With all the excitement going on, Dave being back on the show, and Jay Garmon’s awesome new geek trivia and personal website (http://jaygarmon.net natch), it would have been no shame to miss the cool sites of the week. But instead, we bring you two fantastic coolsites this week – check ‘em out:
TextHog – Looking for an easy, quick way to track your cash expenses? TextHog may be the (free) answer for you! You don’t have to load in a bunch of personal data, just an email address and then start texting every expense – tagged however you like – off to texthog and you’ll get all the charts, graphs, and trends you could want. And you wont’ be taking money out of your pocket to do it!
GroovyPost – No, this isn’t about where to score the most rad concert info on the Dead man. It’s all about some groovy tech tips and tricks, how-to’s and makes for a ton of stuff! Wondering how to get Google Voice on your iPhone? Add some internet calendars to Outlook? Click on over to GroovyPost!
TOPIC: If it weren’t for Jay Garmon and his usual stand-up job with Geek Trivia, things might have been pretty quiet around the studio, as Mike is forced to do a stand-alone show! Fortunately, there’s a lot of ground to cover this week with the FCC getting involved in net neutrality, the Apple vs. Google voice debate, and things to watch out for security-wise on both Facebook and Twitter!
We finish up as usual with some awesome coolsites of the week:
How to Use Prey – Heard stories about folks getting their iPhones and laptops back … and nailing the crooks in the process? Now you can too (at least for your laptop or desktop), with this free and opensource product called ‘Prey!’ It’s a little confusing to set up for first-time users though, so I’m linking you to this awesome TechRepublic site how-to.
SuperCook – The the name of this site is hyperbole? Maybe not once you check it out! Similar to RecipePuppy.com, SuperCook lets you list what’s in your pantry and come up with some great new recipes … that you know you’ve got the ingredients to make!
We finish it out with a song that’s a lot of fun to listen to, Fun for Me by Moloko!
TOPIC: We make good on our hype this week by providing you a solid hour of straight up news and views (we’ll leave the reviews and interviews for another week)! Jay also treats us to a new and intriguing Geek Trivia that gets everyone thinking, whether your name is Customer Jones or just sounds like it … You’ll have to tune in to hear what it is!
And what would a show with Dave and Mike be without some truly awesome cool sites of the week? Wait, you don’t have to answer that, because we include some really good ones for you right here:
TED: Ideas Worth Sharing – Suggested by our longtime listener and good friend Greg, this site is like a YouTube for awesome tech, businessm and entertainment industry talks and conferences! If you’re like me you’ll easily blow an hour or two thumbing through some of the more interesting ones …
Rainmeter – Want to customize your desktop way beyond what Vista or Google sidebars will let you do? Not much of a programmer? You’ve heard us talk about Rainmeter and Samurize in the past, but with Rainmeter 1.0 you no longer have to have a degree in programming and hours of time to flip through config files! If you haven’t seen it before, check it out now and you’ll be amazed at how much information you can add to that boring desktop – and how cool it will look when you’re done!
TOPIC: November 8, 2008 (A CLASSIC FROM OUR ARCHIVES) – This week we discuss Yahoo’s continuing implosion as well as getting some incredible presidential Geek Trivia from Jay Garmon, and follow up with our usual brand of inanity as well as some truly great coolsites of the week – and the podcast only tune this week is “The Numbers Game” by Thievery Corporation!
TOPIC: Gosh, we have fun today! After working over Microsoft’s new search engine Bing, we talk about the Microsoft Office Live ice age that is coming and then break down the newest Palm release (the Pre), and talk about what Apple could possibly do at WWDC to keep our interest (other than announcing he’s back to take the helm, that is).
Of course we’ve got our coolsites of the week, such as:
Gminder – Desktop reminder for Google Calendar, by reflective code, this will make SURE you never forget those important calendar items; even if your browser is down and email turned off!
GReader Gadget – Pops your google reader RSS subscriptions right onto the google desktop bar! You can view by category, starred, shared – most of the options you have on the regular greader site.
You’ll have to tune in to hear what it is!
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