Daniel here,

I'm going to be attending the live simulcast of RiffTrax LIVE: Plan 9 from Outer Space.

Looks like it will be a lot of fun. Fans of cheesy sci fi films and the old MST3K group should not miss it.

Return of Whatever Podcast 03-01-2009

Audio Version:
www.herbertmidgley.com/podcast/row03-02-09.mp3

Video Version:


Cybots on patrol!
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13639_3-10169564-42.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5

How to give up Facebook.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10169632-2.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

Internet = Poetry Boom
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/4863351/Internet-is-causing-poetry-boom.html

Before forwarding on those crazy fact emails check here first.
http://www.snopes.com/

Great blog and podcast. Mostly random geek topics.
http://doombot.com/

Another great blogger and friend of the cast
http://comixgal.wordpress.com/

RoW Podcast 02-23-2009

Just Herb and Daniel this time but hopefully a good show nonetheless.

Audio only version of the show:
www.herbertmidgley.com/podcast/row02-23-09.mp3

Video version:




Simple wikipedia
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Early look at Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10170166-37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5

WOW! Conficker is still in the news
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10170280-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5

Microsofts Elevate America Initiative. Crap or not?
http://www.crn.com/it-channel/214502376

Very good article on the possible dangers of cloud computing, particularly from a privacy and legal point of view.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/23/does-cloud-computing-mean-more-risks-to-privacy/

Texting can b gd 4 ur kids

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126965.300-texting-can-b-gd-4-ur-kids.html?DCMP=OTC-rss

7 ways to make your laptop battery last longer

http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/7-ways-to-make-your-laptop-battery-last-longer-513756

Five Best Live CD's

http://lifehacker.com/5157811/five-best-live-cds

Social websites harm children's brains: Chilling warning to parents from top neuroscientist

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1153583/Social-websites-harm-childrens-brains-Chilling-warning-parents-neuroscientist.html

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?

Return of Whatever 1-26-2009

This weeks cast mostly focused on emerging changes in the cell phone market, thoughts on cell phone use in classrooms and our usual odd assortment of discussion points. Hope everyone enjoys the cast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnbSk7t9VUU

Audio Version

Zune Revenue falls and we aren't sure anyone cares.
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200901261308DOWJONESDJONLINE000463_FORTUNE5.htm

Blackberry Storm issues
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10149766-1.html

Twitter value soars and I have no idea why.
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2009/01/26/daily5.html

The new Palm Pre threating the IPhone? Maybe....meh
http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/01/26/apple-vs-palm-geeks-with-grudges/

1 Billions of people on the interwebs!
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2339592,00.asp

The end of MS Flight Simulator
http://www.pcworld.com/article/158301/the_end_for_microsoft_flight_simulator.html

Apple Virus Watch. The days of Macs not having viruses is coming to an end.
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/More-Malware-Targeting-Users-of-Pirated-Software-for-Mac/

Return of Whatever 1-18-09

ROW is back again! Today's primary topic was about the riff between libraries and IT departments.

row01-18-09 10 megs mp3

Videocast ROW 01-18-09

Links:
Rift between IT and Libraries
http://chronicle.com/media/audio/v55/i07/techtherapy

Extendr.com
http://www.extendr.com

Candy Mountain dance song
Candy Mountain

Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/

Return of Whatever 1-11-09

ROW is back again, this time, with Amit! Now without glasses! Today's primary topic was the use of online video and some educational uses.

row01-11-09 7 megs mp3

Videocast ROW 01-11-09

Links:
Cooking with Dan - Spicy Asian Noodle Soup

Apple TV

Netflicks

Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/

Return of Whatever PodCast 01-04-09

We are back again to start off the new year. No Amit this time but maybe we can talk him into coming out of retirement for the next one. Today's primary topic was the use of googles 'new' video chat feature tied into there existing chat service. Join us for our usual enlightened and entertaining discussion of this and many other completely random topics.

row01-04-09 5.7 megs mp3

Links:

Google Video Chat
http://mail.google.com/videochat

Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/

Videojug - Great how to video site
http://www.videojug.com/

Return of Whatever Podcast - 78 (4-25-07)

OMG!!! Two in a row!

row04-25-07 7.2 megs mp3

Links:
Turnitin
http://turnitin.com/static/index.html
http://www.webct.com/powerlinks/viewpage?name=powerlinks_turnitin

• plagiarism
  
• feedback on writing and peer review
• Gradebook
  

The coolest politician ever
http://www.kasvi.org/index.php

Turnitin being sued
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/28/AR2007032802038.html

OOP or POO?
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000801.html

101 Hidden Tips & Secrets For Photoshop

http://www.11amdesign.com/faq/index.php?sid=1708%C3%A2%C5%92%C2%A9=en&action=artikel&cat=1&id=343&artlang=en

Speedup Windows XP in Minutes!

http://www.mobile-pedia.com/?q=TechArticles/SpeedupWindowsXP

Google Launches Free 411 Service

http://labs.google.com/goog411/index.html

The Strange World of Comic Book Ads

http://www.saynotocrack.com/index.php/2007/04/17/the-strange-world-of-comic-book-ads/

Return Of Whatever Podcast 77 (4-17-07)

Dan and Herb return. Hopefully the beginning of regular shows again.
Enjoy!!

row04-17-07-77 10.0 megs mp3

Links:
Scholar - Education Web2.0 bookmarking service
http://www.scholar.com/

• Integration with Blackboard and Vista

Scholar - Bookmarklet
http://wiki.scholar.com/display/SCLR/Using+the+Scholar+Bookmarklet

Google Earth - Getting better and better
http://earth.google.com/

Merlot - Education resources
http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm

Camping on the moon
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/exploration/mmb/inflatable-lunar-hab.html

Chinese spacesuit
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/03/05/spacesuit_spa.html?category=space&guid=20070305160030&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000

I love these 'why is something the way it is' articles
http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_question.cfm?articleID=231B40A6-E7F2-99DF-3EC857EC9DB18A45&pageNumber=1&catID=3

LiveJournal blocked for all the wrong reasons
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72872-0.html?tw=rss.index

Good article on Ed Tech (tags: critical thinking, plaigarism,
http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/article.asp?aid=8581&iid=664&sud=27

Because I can never remember them: Blooms Learning Domains
(I had some problems with this site using FF / OSX)
http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/articles/BloomsLD/

Careful what you search for
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070313/214910.shtml

Internet pad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_770

Blocked domains in China
http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org/

Return Of Whatever Podcast 76 (1-5-07)

Dan and Herb break in the new year with another podcast! Fun times with the boys!!

row1-5-07-76 12.0 megs mp3

Links:

Podcasting mistakes
http://ezinearticles.com/

Deals for hers
http://herdealnews.com

Mars Rover still going
http://www.voanews.com/

Apple in possible legal troubles
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com

How to go to M.I.T. for free
http://www.csmonitor.com/

List of over 150 Free Windows Software from Microsoft
http://bhandler.spaces.live.com

NYTimes: Looking for the Next Google
http://www.nytimes.com/

2007: Web 2.0 Companies I Couldn’t Live Without
http://www.techcrunch.com

The 20 GB Hard Drive Time Capsule Idea - Anyone Can Submit A File
http://20gbtimecapsule.blogspot.com/

1001 CDs online
http://www.radio3net.ro/1001/

What does 200 Calories Look Like?
http://www.wisegeek.com

4,500 Year Old Tablet Depicts ALL the Planets With Sun In the Middle?
http://xfacts.com/x2.htm

How to get through winter ailments
http://www.mdjunction.com/articles

Newspaper Clipping Generator.
http://www.fodey.com/

Dummies Book Cover Generator
http://www.smoke420.com/

Meanings and origins of popular phrases/sayings
http://www.phrases.org.uk

2006 The Year of Herb- One Photo Taken Everyday for Year
One minute version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFMAskW1jL8

4 minute version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTmFfPvf6iw

7 minute version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6092Pxv8b4

Return Of Whatever Podcast 75 (12-26-06)

Man it seems like forever since we did a podcast. Amit and Herb found and hour to do a video cast, here is the audio. The boys talked about tech that happen this year! We'll post the video on Google this week! It may take a while to post since the video is 350 megs in size!

row12-26-06-75 12.0 megs mp3

Update! Here is the videocast!
Amit's sound is a little soft ot maybe Herb talks too loud!
Return Of Whatever Podcast 75 (12-26-06) Videocast

Return Of Whatever Podcasts 74 (12-06-06)

Man it seems like forever since we did a podcast. Well it has been hard to get us all together, with the holidays and work. So I did a quick 20 minute cast to tie us over until we can do a full cast. This week, Herb is alone. Like in his Christmas special.

row12-06-06 5.0 megs mp3

How To Survive Getting Trapped In Your Car

Clear Your Windowsxp Memory With A Single Click!

Gmail now open. No invitation or cell registration required.

Near-Perfect Copy of MSPaint running in your browser!

Wikipedia Trolls try to get entries on bloggers deleted

10 Creative Ways To Help Charities For No Money

CBS attributes ratings boost to YouTube

'Star Wars' Kid named most-seen clip on Net...seen by 900 Million People

The Ruthi And Herbi Holiday Christmas Special 2006!

SFA's favorite nerd releases his new holiday masterpiece

Return Of Whatever Podcasts 73 (10-29-06)

Amit, Dan and Herb star in this podcast. That is right the Kool-Aid is back!! Podcast fun for all! Oh what a feeling!! A trip down nerd lane!! The Internet is cool!

row10-29-06 15.0 megs mp3

Links:
Growing intelligence surrounding the earth
http://science.nasa.gov/

Da Vinci was arabic?
http://dsc.discovery.com

More japanese robot mayhem!
http://www.engadget.com

Russian Student Wins Google's Global Code Jam Contest
http://www.mosnews.com/

22% of Americans spend 1 to 3 hours on e-mail each day
http://www.businessweek.com

All Laptops Break. Period.
http://www.consumerist.com/

Mac OS X86 10.4.8 DVD for Intel SSE3 released
http://macgeek.freeflux.net/

Time Magazine: Why Two Browsers are Better than One
http://www.time.com/

Harvard Mac sales surge 30 percent
http://www.macnn.com

Computer Labs have a future in k-12 environments
http://mwax.blogspot.com

Facebook Officially Launches "My Shares" / Social Bookmarking
http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=2214737130

Scientists develop a real Star Trek Universal Translator
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6083994.stm

How to spot an internet addict
http://www.smh.com.au

Woman Earns High School Diploma At 82 Years Of Age
http://www.wftv.com/irresistible/10042621/detail.html

Students being punished for posting on MySpace and blogs
http://www.indystar.com/

National Novel Writing Month
http://www.nanowrimo.org/

Return Of Whatever Podcast 72 (10-19-06)

Dan and Herb star in this podcast. That is right Dan and Herb are back!! Podcast fun for all! Oh what a feeling!! A trip down virus lane!!!

Sorry that Dan is so quiet as compared to Herb. Next week we'll have Herb talk softer!!!

row10-19-06 18.0 megs mp3

Links:

Apple sells some Macs
http://www.appleinsider.com

How Do You Secure 100 Million Laptops?
http://www.eweek.com/

LA Community College Going Off the Grid
http://www.treehugger.com

How's Your Email Etiquette?
http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com

Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 7 Final (on Microsoft.com)
http://www.microsoft.com

You're Better Off Just Assuming You're Not Safe Online.
http://techdirt.com

Google CEO: Techies Must Educate Governments
http://news.com.com

After Shootings, Some Teachers Get Guns
http://www.cbsnews.com

Stop Viruses for Free!
http://news.softpedia.com/

40+ Ways to Make Money on the Internet
http://dumblittleman.blogspot.com

A second language 'changes personality'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk

Return Of Whatever Podcast 71 (10-12-06)

Dan and Herb star in this podcast. That is right Dan and Herb are back!! Podcast fun for all!

row10-12-06 18.0 megs mp3

Links:
Public Schools Have Flunked Out: How can we save & regenerate education?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig7/norwood1.html

Compilation of Web 2.0 Office Applications for School
http://www.solutionwatch.com/

Spreadsheet and Word Processing combination
http://docs.google.com/

White House & Laura Bush Address School Violence
http://www.cnn.com

10 reasons you shouldn't go to film school
http://www.dvguru.com

Clinton Deal Cuts School Snack Foods
http://www.breitbart.com

Technology The Boss Uses To Spy on You
http://www.newsfactor.com

Are These Faces Computer Generated Or Real?
http://www.your3dsource.com/

PayScale: How Much Money Do You Make?
http://www.techcrunch.com

Shelfari, like YouTube for Books
http://www.shelfari.com/

First YouTube, Now Facebook? Rumors Circulate about Google
http://www.webpronews.com/

The Acquisition Price Guide
http://www.tnl.net

10 Apps to Increase Productivity on Your Mac
http://www.applegazette.com

How to Turn your eBooks into Paperback Books At Home…FAST
http://www.persistenceunlimited.com/

How To Look Like A UNIX Guru
http://www.cs.usfca.edu

Guy Gets to Level 60 in WoW..No Armor!
http://ntproject.blogspot.com/

Return Of Whatever Podcast 70 (10-04-06)

Amit and Herb star in this podcast. That is right Amit and Herb is back!! Two mac users and owners this week. Another fun podcast!!!

row10-04-06 18.0 megs mp3

Links:
More American Universities Banning Skype
http://arstechnica.com/

What's the world's fastest supercomputer used for?
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/ref/mdgrape-3.htm

Practical guide to Web Typography
http://webtypography.net/toc/

What Exactly is Web 2.0?
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=3848

Teens: E-mail is for old people
http://arstechnica.com/

Podcaster of the year wants name change
http://www.marketwatch.com/

Kill Unwanted Processes Using This Useful App!
http://www.anappaday.com

A list of 25+ Free Video classes.
http://freescienceonline.blogspot.com/

20 Reasons The World despises Norton Anti-Virus
http://www.dtgeeks.com/

Intel reveals specifications for budget-priced Classmate PC
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060929-7864.html

TinyXP - 55Mb WinXP client
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=84885

The 7 deadly sins of resumé design
http://www.lifeclever.com/2006/09/26/the-7-deadly-sins-of-resume-design/

EBook Reader
http://www.learningcenter.sony.us

Return of Whatever Podcast 69 (9-28-06)

Something a little different this week. Dan interviews a fellow Instructional Technologist Fred Zinn plus some of the usual interesting non-sense.

row09-29-06 14.0 megs mp3

Links:
Fred Zinn
Artwork on - www.bugopera.com
Artwork for - http://www.zygotegames.com/ -- upcoming Parasites game

Online Radio - New concepts
Last
http://www.last.fm
Pandora
http://www.pandora.com

Genealogical / Historical Research
http://www.archives.gov/

Unusual Books:

Rohonczi Codex
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohonczi_Codex
Voynich Manuscript
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript
Codex Serapinianus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Seraphinianus

Blackboard client party at Educause
http://www.blackboard.com/corp/objects/forms/eventregistration.asp?EventID=10105

Professor asked to desist selling lecture podcasts
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060918-7770.html

Interesting website about the concept of residential campuses
http://collegiateway.org/

USB batteries
http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?art=3448

Build your own robot kit
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/articleArchive/sep2006/buildarobot.php