Geek This Week (GTW)

Episode 5: Screwing with Remote Desktop

2007-03-26T12:53:00.000-07:00

With: Jeremy, Marshall, and Michael
(edited/recored/shownotes by: jer)
We will time our release with FLOSS "weekly"
Black 360 is coming out
(the Xbox part of M$ is across from Laser Quest in Mountain View)
Jeremy thinks GoW=overhypted, and there are no good 360 games
GTA has a lot of crap to do, and R&C:3 needs 2 plays, and Zelda:OoT in 3hrs=NERD!!!!!
Jeremy loves everything Nintendo...except: Zelda, and 3d Metroid Games
123k is high for Michael, Jeremy its 200k+ (in Quinn)
Ratchet & Clank 4: (DEADLOCK DOESN'T COUNT!!) looks amazing, the reason for Jeremy to get a ps3. Everyone hopes sony pulls a Sega.
$500, too much for the iPhone
Jeremy has Sprint, and Michael is getting a non-iPhone cellphone. (maybe from IMG?)
Jeremy would have bought peggle, but there is no mac version
Michael rants about skype.
Club Penguin: Not a Tux Game
Ubuntu 7.04: STILL NO WIFI DRIVER. But, they have an amazing, as-good-as OS X wifi browser.
Michael has a 64 bit Core 2, and a !copy! of Remote Desktop.
Jeremy Likes VMware Fusion, as its free. But he doesn't trust FAT 32.
The Apple TV has been hacked., and its $300, not $250 as Jeremy thought

HERE COMES MARSHALL!

Marshall has content:
C&C 3: Tiberium Wars...looks cool, but I don't play RTSs
Marshal likes Evil Genius. We got all the info about his game from wikipedia
RCT3:Soaked is out for mac, Jeremy isn't going to buy it.
Michael has no use for linux.
Marshall built a medieval thingy. and Michael is screwing with apple remote desktop (and he did an amazing voice of his sister)
Jeremy needs to install FCS (last, hopefully!, edit in GB), and explain it (in sexual terms!)
Michael hates Merlin, and thinks he's gay. (but, he has wife)
Jeremy thinks he is as stupid as us.
Jeremy first thought Michael meant the cable box, then the firewire port on the back of the cable box.
HDMI= High-Definition Multimedia Interface
Skype=cool, but high chance of failure
Apple TV OS = OS X lite
You can now hear the FW noice.
Jeremy asks the question: "is Michael high?"
1TB drive (in raid)= $400ish
"Not that there is anything wrong with that!"
Marshall is getting a new computer
"be a mac be a mac be a mac be a mac be a mac be a mac be a mac be a mac be a mac!"
Its homebuilt, almost as good as a mac. (unless, homebulit with OSX86)
Jeremy thinks OSX looks for the TPM chip...and think is the only use for it
Jeremy wants iTunes 3.
Skype uses only around 10k/s , but streaming media does not!
There are lots of free movies of Google Video (I mean, there aren't there (don't kill me google!))
A Hummer (28.9k base) vs a Prius (23.07k base):
Marshall, that number is BS.
Jeremy makes a diggnation reference
A prius gets about 50mpg
You should hack the prius
(I don't know what michael is talking about)
There are fake carpool line joke stickers on ebay, pretty cool
(No michael, they aren't real!)
Marshall wants to make a go-kart thingy, but if I built it, I would die.
Jeremy makes crazy coaster in RCT3, but now does the "realistic" ones
You can't kill people in RCT3. Like Peter vs The Chicken
Michael does the IMG podcast, Marshall is making a new site
We will relase an episode every time there is a FLOSS weekly
virb=myspace, but good

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Episode 4: Its Been A Long Time...

2007-02-23T11:00:00.000-08:00

With Jeremy, Marshall, and Michael!

Show notes:
200GB a month, if you have Comcast (not even I can fill that up!)
Did they do it (astronauts f**kng)
Why the PS3 only kinda sucks
Marshall's dream system
Jeremy still hates SLI... (it doesn't work in Vista, so someone agrees with me)
...But wants a one laptop per child computer for $250
Free games (del.icio.us/geekthisweek/ep4)+(http://del.icio.us/jermm/freeware)
Half-Life 2 mods
Jeremy uses Growl
Geek this Week Widget (thank you dashcode!)]
Marshall Wants a big red ball, Jeremy says Unity (a *cough* version)
Jeremy wants Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, and Oblivion
Marshal wants the Half-Life 2 "super pack", and the new CoC
Jeremy can only play AOE:3 and Starcraft
IT WILL NOT WORK ON THE 360. THEY ARE PC GAMES. (well, you can plug it a keyboard/mouse)
How we post this show

All links at http://del.icio.us/geekthisweek/ep4

New version of the Widget, http://geekthisweek.googlepages.com/Geek_This_Weekv2.zip

Episode 3: Jeremy Coughing

2007-02-17T16:07:00.000-08:00

Not a long episode, but one, so be happy!

A full episode should be recorded today or tomorrow

The Widget IS HERE

2007-02-03T20:32:00.000-08:00

at http://geekthisweek.googlepages.com/Geek_This_Weekv2.zip

Episode 2: Drunk Michael

2007-01-07T15:40:00.000-08:00

Macworld Predictions, Plus whatever else we think of along the way. Note: this is the "Raw" version.

(Michael wasn't really drunk)

Epsiode 1 (2.0)

2006-12-30T10:11:00.000-08:00

PS3, 360, Wii, now that they are all out, what do we think now. Plus, Steam, why we hate it, why we love it.

F.E.A.R Multplayer: (http://www.joinfear.com/main)

Jeremy's steam: jjeerr

Michals steam:

THe Return of Geek This Week

2006-12-30T08:38:00.000-08:00

We have a podcast in the pipe that waiting for me to remember the ourmedia password, but we might do another one with Keith and Marshall

Edit: ITS UPLOADING!!

None this week

2006-07-15T10:03:00.000-07:00

Do to unknown problems, there will not be an episode this week
-Jeremy
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(We Went to magic mountain)

-Michael

Episode #12

2006-07-09T17:15:00.000-07:00

Worst tech of Q2 2006, Students cry foul over cell phone policy, ABC wants to disable FF on DVRs, Senator Ted Stevens Downloads the Entire Internet and Complains It's Slow! , Apple Introduces $899 Education Configuration for 17-Inch iMac.

Links for the show:

Worst tech of Q2 2006
Students cry foul over cell phone policy
ABC wants to disable FF on DVRs
Senator Ted Stevens Downloads the Entire Internet and Complains It's Slow!
Apple Introduces $899 Education Configuration for 17-Inch iMac

Episode #11

2006-07-01T08:40:00.000-07:00

rapex-the anti rape condom, Mac OS X 10.4.7 Update Released, Apple Investigated Over Stock Options, MySpace Restricts Adult Access to Teens, Xbox 360 hacked for homebrew and bigger hard drive.

Notes For the Show:

rapex-the anti rape condom
Mac OS X 10.4.7 Update Released
Apple Investigated Over Stock Options
MySpace Restricts Adult Access to Teens
Xbox 360 hacked for homebrew and bigger hard drive

Episode #10

2006-06-24T10:15:00.000-07:00

50 Cent Negotiating With Apple For Branded Line Of Home Computers, 10 Reasons Why High Definition DVD Formats Have Already Failed, LKML: Linus Torvalds: Linux v2.6.17, Variety.com - Apple plants seeds for pic downloads, Teen and mom sue MySpace.com for $30 million

links for the show:

50 cent negotiating with apple
10 reasons why hd dvd formats have already failed
linux v2.6.17
Teen and mom sue myspace for $30,000,000

Episode #9

2006-06-16T22:04:00.000-07:00

Freeware Gaming

Nexuiz: FPS, Like quake DM, Windows, Linux, OSX, Mod'ed Q1 Based

Alien Arena 2k6: (Not OSS) like UT, Windows/Linux , Q3 Based

Wolfenstein ET: (Not OSS) was to be an expansion pack for RTCW. Somehow failed, now COMPLETELY FREE. Very fun, Q3 Based

Cube/Sauerbraten:Both OSG, Cube came first, Sauerbraten is the "Successor". Both Run on anything and have real-time editing.

Tremulous: OSS Q3 Powered game that is a cross between a FPS and a RTS

Legends: Another Free FPS, Based on Torque.

N: Just play it

Armagetron: light cycle game, good for LAN parties, very addicting.

Links:

Nexuiz
Alien Arena 2k6
Wolfenstein ET
Cube/Sauerbraten
Tremulous
Legends
N
Armagetron

Episode #8

2006-06-11T19:35:00.000-07:00

Duke Nukem Forever: Coming out this year (what about Starcraft: Ghost, is that ever going to come out?)

Ratatouille Trailer, Looks amazing in native 1080p (and I can only see 3/4 of it!) Need to see it in a HD Theater, I think.

Episode #7

2006-06-05T19:38:00.000-07:00

Summer is here! more commonly known my gamers as video game season, Pirates bay is down, Xserve Conroe is out.

Episode #6

2006-05-29T19:09:00.000-07:00

Topics:

1. MacBook 2 button mouse conspiracy
2. OFFICIAL: Wii under $250
3. Ballmer says "vista delayed until 2007"
4. Cedar Fair buys Paramount parks
5. Skype Out free for Us and Canada until end of 06

know with better sound quality!

Episode #5

2006-05-20T11:53:00.000-07:00

Macbook is here!

More Console news: 1.1Ghz PPC inside wii
360 to have HDMI
PS3 in UK, $803 or 435 pounds
E3 final thoughts

Are games getting to Realistic/complex? Nintendo on the right track?

Game Dev says: PS3: more powerful
360: easier to program

No more star wars movies, some secret SW stuff

SW Battlefront 3: "can't comment" probably, coming 2007-08

Episode #4

2006-05-14T14:57:00.000-07:00

Episode #4:
E3 Week:
Nintendo:
Wii, online play, red steel, standby mode, controller will it work? (coming Q 4 2k6)
DS-Light coming soon
Sony:
PS3: $500 for the "Low-end" (aka crapy), $600 for the "real" one! Thats a lot of money! For that you can get a 360 and a Wii!

Microsoft:
Halo 3 Trailer
360 news; HD-DVD Drive & Price Drop

And Apple press conference May 19th.

Mp3

Episode #3a

2006-05-07T09:42:00.000-07:00

Topics:

Oblivion rating changed to M (Because of a MOD!), Spore, More E3 Predictions, Windows on Mac: good or bad

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Episode #3

2006-05-06T07:33:00.000-07:00

Topics:

Mac OS X Virus was BS, Nintendo Wii, New Apple Adds, New Yahoo! Mail Beta, It seems Yahoo! owns everything, Is anything made by google not in beta?, BitTorent in Mac OS X 10.5.

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Episode #2

2006-04-29T10:16:00.000-07:00

Topics:

PS3 Might Not Suck After All, Mac OS X virus, 17" MacBook Pro, E3 Predictions.

Episode #1

2006-04-22T11:42:00.000-07:00

PS3 vs. Xbox360

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