What's New is Old

Mark & Wes, in Concord, CA at The Bulgogi House.

What is tthe maximum length of a domain name?, HD Camcorders, Bill is not really retiring, Steve looked ill so is he leaving Apple?, Gates did Quality Control for Microsoft Products, remember Jaz Drives?, Sleep Texting?

Sites of Interest:

http://www.yelp.com/biz/korean-bulgogi-house-concord - The restaurant where we are slurping.

http://www.thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/ - The longest domain name with lists of the longest stuff.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7475986.stm - Internet overhaul wins approval.

http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=873516 - DXG-567V HD Camcorder that looks good to Wes.

http://www.preferredphoto.com/viewproduct.aspx?ID=9947764 - Mark's "$100" Kodak camera; sometimes it is that cheap. Works with AA batteries, but you MUST get Ni-MH rechargeable AA's, not alkalines!

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/141821.asp - Typical Bill Gates email in which he tries to view Microsoft products as an ordinary user.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/jobs-hid-cancer-for-nine-months-before-seeking-treatment-damn/ - Steve Jobs hid his cancer.

http://usb.brando.com.hk/prod_detail.php?prod_id=00549 - Use SATA drive as swappable externals.

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&articleId=9098418 - The end of Windows XP.

http://www.watsoncard.com/ - Modern version of the old Watson telephony cards/

http://www.thestar.com/printArticle/425382 - Sleep Texting.

Mark & Wes, in Lafayette, California at Swad Indian Restaurant.

In this show, we talk about Boost Mobile, Meet Sense, Get Drop Box, Bright Kite, Gspace, Mesh, Drop.io, NullSoft, Mark and Wes should swear more than we do, MySapce is due for a face-lift, possibly never have an iPhone to be used as a Modem, instead of 'bricking your phone, how about Graham Crackering your phone?, Apple probably takes a loss on new products when first introduced, Sprint Instinct, The Zivio Cell Phone BlueTooth HeadSet with a true microphone in front of your mouth.

Mark, Wes & Sammy, in Lafayette, California at Swad Indian Restaurant. The group talks a bit about (bullshit) Energy Drinks, Microencapsulated Drugs, Scratch n' Sniff, Smell-o-Vision, Cut a steak with a MacBook Air, Netflix Player by Roku, "Do you know who I am?", Linux on your cell phone, Astound Me, Billboards that gather stats about who's looking at them, Mark's feedback on the new iPhone, Mark gives out the answer to the first challenge, The Perverted Captain Crunch Dream, Subvert and Profit,

Second contest is still open. How does Sly Dial work? Listen to previous show (2008_06_05) to win. Answer given out in next show.

Sites of Interest:

http://www.retrofuture.com/smell-o-vision.html - Scratch-and-sniff cards once used in movie theatres.

http://www.willitblend.com/videos.aspx?type=unsafe&video=iphone - What happens if you stick an iPhone in a blender?

http://www.roku.com/netflixplayer/ - Play Netflix on-demand videos on your TV set.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/motorola-slashing-20-of-its-research-division/ - Motorola cutting back it's research division.

http://www.astound.net -Bay Area alternate cable TV/Internet provider.

http://thegadgetsite.blogspot.com/2008/06/gigabyte-m528-mid-750-due-out-in-late.html - Interesting new UMPC.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/billboards-with-facial-recognition-software-trickling-out - Billboards with cameras watching you watching them.

http://reviews.cnet.com/keyboards/celluon-laserkey-cl800bt/4505-3134_7-31645178.html - Laserkey draws a virtual keyboard on a table.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/glass-keyboard-concept-opts-for-cameras-instead-of-keys/ - Experimental keyboard design made of glass.

http://www.apple.com/iphone/ - iPhone 3G.

http://www.gimp.org/ - Like Photoshop, but free!

http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/ - Like Visio, but free!

http://www.innovative-sol.com/drivermax/ - Freeware to make sure all your Windows device drivers are up to date.

http://www.shavlik.com/ - Software to manage Windows security updates, mainly for corporations.

http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-9965215-12.html - Universal printer driver for travelers.

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/06/09/handlink_wi_fi/ - Coin-operated Wi-Fi base-station.

http://www.subvertandprofit.com/ - Make the big bucks by helping websites cheat.

Mark & Wes back in Lafayette, California at Bo's Barbecue. Starbucks offers free wi-fi now, Jott has new features, Elephant Beetle's need love too, Mark talks about one of his first GPS units, a Garmin Street Pilot, Roku's NetFlix Player, interesting views from Mark about current state of technology advancements, now you'll know how the GPS system works.

Win a Cap'n Crunch whistle by answering Mark's interesting new challenge. Also there is one week left to answer the challenge from last week.

Sites of Interest:

http://www.starbucks.com/retail/wireless.asp - Free wifi at Starbucks after registering a Starbucks Card

http://www.customguide.com/ - Free two-sided cheat sheets for many software products.

http://jott.com/jott/feeds.html - Listen to your RSS feeds

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/06/05/fiveinch-elephant-be.html - Five-inch elephant beetle in search of mating partner

http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/philips-introducing-52-inch-1080p-3d-display/ - Philips introducing 52-inch 1080p 3D display

http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/telson-umpc-prototype-does-3d-without-the-goggles/ - Telson handheld does 3D gaming without the goggles

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/06/05/antienergy-drink.html - Anti-energy drinks

http://www.timebridge.com/home.php - Personal Scheduling Assistant

http://www.gasbuddy.com/ - Find the cheapest gas station in your area

http://autos.msn.com/everyday/gasstations.aspx?zip=&src=Netx - Another site for finding the cheapest gas

Mark & Wes back in Lafayette, California at Pizza Antica. Mark takes a moment to talk a bit about his theory on the stock market, voting power, dividends, and paper with no value, Wes finds a tool that helps him get around the Windows XP Login screen for an old machine he forgot the password to, 3D monitors exist, hacking windows mobile OS for old phone models.

Win a prize by answering Mark's interesting challenge. Answer in the blog by leaving a comment, or send either of us an email.

Sites of Interest:

http://blog.pmarca.com/2008/05/in-praise-of-du.html - Marc Andreessen: In praise of dual-class stock structures for public companies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_tables - Rainbow tables to help crack passwords.

http://www.d--b.webpark.pl/dreampackpl_en.htm - DreamPack software if you forgot your Windows password (beware of loud music here)

http://www.humanproductivitylab.com/archive_blogs/2007/11/15/cisco_experimenting_with_an_on_1.php - Cisco Experimenting with an On-Stage Telepresence.

http://www.crn.com/networking/208401625 - Android OS makes waves.

http://www.ion-audio.com/vcr2pc - Ion Introduces VHS to PC via USB machine

http://www.wideweb.com/phonetrips/ - Do a find for "Dom Tuffy" and "Tom Duffy".

http://www.lospadres.info/thorg/lbb.html - Text of the Esquire article from October 1971.

http://bodin.org/koolefant/ - The picture used to be different in different browsers, nowadays not so much.

Mark & Wes back in Lafayette, California at Swad.

Wonderful Indian flavors again at Swad Indian Cuisine. Mark shares a lot about old technology and surprises me with his finding regarding the Philco Radio Phonograph, DJ's at Chris Bernay's Wedding, methods in the past to remember when a song was played on the radio, reradiation & reflection statistic tracking, Roku NetFlix Player, Nano Technology Robots are becoming a reality, a 1927 GPS Watch.

Sites of Interest:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philco - Philco History.

http://www.jitterbuzz.com/indrad.html - One man's interest in Zenith Radios.

http://www.roku.com/netflixplayer/ - RokuLabs Netflix HD Player.

http://www.wristdreams.com/archives/2008/05/gps_watch_from.html - 1927 GPS Watch.

Mark & Wes back in Orinda, California.

ahhh, the expensive Japanese Restaurant... Today Mark does the introduction and talks about his blog log, tracking dollar bills via the net, the iPhone rotary dialer, iPhone 3g battery life will not be great, the Babbage Difference Engine, remember "Don't Copy that Floppy?", The good and bad of new technology, and Wes and Mark talk about YouTube and how parents should handle their kids fame.

Sites of Interest:

http://www.mybloglog.com - Yahoo's My Blog Log Site.

http://www.wheresgeorge.com - Money comes and goes. Here's where it's been.

http://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/ - The Difference Engine Realized.

http://www.valhenson.org/kitchen.html - The Kitchen Computer from 1969.

http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/ - Microsoft Telescope Data from Around the World.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3DO_Interactive_Multiplayer - The 3DO Console.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Copy_That_Floppy - Anti Copyright Infringement Adverstisement.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atarisoft - Home Computer ports of Arcade Video Games.

http://www.fish-school.com - Train your pet Fish!

http://www.sea-monkeys.com/ - YAY! Sea Monkeys!

Mark & Wes at Pizza Antica in Lafayette, CA... again.

Today Mark gets to ask the waiter if he would stop if not told to, the SY109er clock, giveaway of the day, Mark's mother had a drawer full of 'stuff', Yahoo Pipes, updates on the iPhone SDK, 3G iPhone Spec, Travel and Package Tracking online, Speed Racer is actually pretty good?

Sites of Interest:

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com - Free Software.

http://www.woot.com - Bag of Crap and Woot-offs.

http://www.tripit.com/ - Better ways of tracking tickets and getting reminders.

http://www.lucasarts.com/ - George Lucas Software Development.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ-i4-U9Uak - BloomBox.

http://www.voicecloud.com - VoiceMail Transcription. (good quality)

http://www.simulscribe.com - VoiceMail Transcription.

http://www.spinvox.com - VoiceMail Transcription.

Mark, Wes & Troy at Huong Tra in Richmond, CA.

Today Mark and I meet up with Troy to discuss BrightKite, Internet Dating, RSS Appreciation, Skype Clients for cell phones, and how my Minidisc Recorder dies on Thursday night.

Sites of Interest:

http://www.yelp.com/biz/huong-tra-richmond - Huong Tra

http://brightkite.com/ - Bright Kite, like twitter, but better?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CU-SeeMe - History on CuSeeMe Software

http://sattlers.org/mickey/CU-SeeMe/index.html - CUSeeMe Software Clients

http://www.rss-specifications.com/history-rss.htm - RSS History

http://www.iskoot.com - Skype client for your cell phone to make Skype calls

http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/08/hp-mini-note-2133-officially-official/

Mark & Wes at Pizza Antica in Lafayette, California.

Today we learn that Microsoft is dropping the Spot Watch product, but continuing the spot watch signal via FM sub carriers, Tom Leykus is YOUR father, Microsoft Mesh, Twitter Earth Apps, the door keeps slamming behind us, iMac speed bumps, Skype adds fixed price plan for skype-to-phone international calls, Mark misses his BART stop due to his ear buds and has to pay $30 for a cab, GPS' will soon tell you that you are in a bad neighborhood.

Sites of Interest:

http://www.blowmeuptom.com - Tom Leykus

http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/spot-watches-r-i-p-2004-2008/

http://www.pizzaantica.com/ - Pizza Antica Web Site

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/22/microsofts-mesh-revealed%E2%80%94sync-all-apps-and-all-files-to-all-devices-as-long-as-theyre-windows/

http://twittervision.com/maps/show_3d - Twitter Vision

http://twittearth.com/ - Twitt Earth

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/digitalmusic/0,39029432,49296659,00.htm - iRiver E150