Return Of Whatever 02-16-09

"Sometimes Interesting, Sometimes Funny. Always Weird!"

Back again for another fun filled cast.

Video version on Youtube:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihZWauoE2Aw


Audio Version:
www.herbertmidgley.com/www/podcast/row02-16-09.mp3

This week we answer (in the loosest possible definition of the word) one of listeners topic requests.

Anonymouslives @ReturnOfWhateve Posted: I'd like to see you guys talk about Macbook pro's vs Macbooks, vs other laptops, for artistic, and educational purposes.

I'm not sure that any of the information we provide is useful but we certainly talked about it.

A few of our other topics:

Brew your own booze or why we love Make.
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/10/how_to_brew_hard_cider.html

Cause all geeks love big sequential numbers.
http://www.1234567890day.com/

Electronic Ciggies. Um...yay?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126951.700-electronic-cigarettes-a-safe-substitute.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=health

http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/lightsaber.htm

Facebook becomes big brother.
http://consumerist.com/5150175/facebooks-new-terms-of-service-we-can-do-anything-we-want-with-your-content-forever

(NOTE) Facebook has since revoked their new terms of service. Behold the power of ROW.

Return of Whatever Podcast 2009-02-08

Another great podcast. This week we are back with a new tagline that we think perfectly describes us.

"Sometimes funny. Sometimes interesting. Always weird!"

Thanks to Comixgal for coming up with it for us.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJnVHNiKdJk


http://www.herbertmidgley.com/podcast/row02-08-09.mp3

Links

Finally a really usefull app for men.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10155930-93.html?tag=rtcol;pop

Google Latitude

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10155946-94.html?tag=rtcol;newsNow

Kindle 2. Did anyone buy a Kindle 1?

http://news.cnet.com/amazons-kindle-2-leaked/

Hackers Using Fake Parking Tickets to Infect Computers

http://i.gizmodo.com/5148817/hackers-using-fake-parking-tickets-to-infect-computers

Computer virus shuts down Houston municipal courts

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6250411.html

25 Random Tips for the Busy Facebook User

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/07/25-random-tips-for-the-busy-facebook-user/?hp

Advice for Computer Science College Students

http://joelonsoftware.com/articles/CollegeAdvice.html

General Topics

Being an open source consumer vs contributor.

Being a web user vs contributor

Return of Whatever 02-01-2009

4th Week in a RoW ;)

The boys are back with some more hard hitting insight into Technology and Educational Technology along with our usual crazy antics. Enjoy the show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVPRBC4W3NY

http://www.herbertmidgley.com/podcast/row02-02-09.mp3

Topics:

Facebooks 'Sentiment Engine'
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10153216-36.html?part=rss&s ubj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5

Klingon Songs, everyone should know them by heart!
http://members.shaw.ca/iksbloodoath/klingon_songs.htm

How to use portable technologies in the classroom to keep students involved.

Social Networking does it have a good or bad impact on schools?