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Geek Brief Radio features the audio version of GeekBrief.TV, the fast, fun way to get your gadget and tech news. It's also the home of Geek Brief Interviews and Technology Specials. Podcast with news about tech tools and toys featuring Cali Lewis. The format is fast, fun, fresh and flirty.
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Geek Brief Radio | Copy and Paste for iPhone
Author: Cali Lewis
Tue, Aug 19, 2008
Interview with Zac White about bringing Copy and Paste to the iPhone via OpenClip.org
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Geek Brief Radio - Psystar
Author: Cali Lewis
Fri, May 09, 2008
Cali and Neal talk to John Biggs, Editor-in-Chief of CrunchGear.com about the Psystar Hackintosh
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Geek Brief Radio #335 (audio) | GeekBrief.TV
Author: Cali Lewis
Mon, Apr 28, 2008
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Geek Brief Radio #0333 (audio) | GeekBrief.TV
Author: Cali Lewis
Mon, Mar 24, 2008
The D.O.J. today gave the O.K. to a merger between XM Satellite Radio and Sirius.
South Park Studios is making every episode of South Park available for streaming on their Web site.
Quanta Computer and OoVoo are joining together to bring HD video chat to HDTV and they promise a product this year.
The Tape Project is a company that makes reel-to-reel tapes available to audiophiles for a lot of money. Here's the Tape Project catalog.
Of all my t-shirts, none are currently knife-proof. My Oyster Shucking video suggests that it could be a potential problem. Nihon Uni T-Shirts ARE knife proof to an extent, but they cost $500 each and do not protect against stabs.
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Geek Brief Radio #0327 (audio) | GeekBrief.TV
Author: Cali Lewis
Wed, Mar 12, 2008
Qik.com sent a couple IOGear GearJuice mobile Pocket Power chargers so I can always "go live" when I'm out on The Big Trip. Each one will charge a mobile phone up to 3 times before it needs to be charged.
The MiniStation Turbo USB from Buffalo Technology is the smallest 500GB, 5400 RPM USB hard drive I've ever seen.
Revolabs has a wireless USB mic designed for VoIP and Podcasting. The charging base stays plugged into your PC or Mac and the mic clips to your shirt so you can walk around the room.
Crgslst is a service that allows location-free search from Craigslist, and Acer announced their new Gem Stone Blue line of notebooks.
Jason Calacanis is really excited about almost having 10,000 Twitter followers and I'm a little jealous, so I'm trying to catch up. Help me by following me on Twitter! :) Thanks to Geoff Smith for all his help with the "New and Improved" Geek Brief Radio. We're covering the same stories on GBR, but now Neal joins me to talk about the stories. Give it a listen and let us know what you think. If you like it, you can subscribe in iTunes or download it here or get it from PodShow.
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Geek Brief Radio #0323 (audio) | GeekBrief.TV
Author: Cali Lewis
Wed, Mar 05, 2008
Pearing Systems might be building a computer into a side table. It's a neat idea and they way they're dealing with access to components is ingenious. It pops right out of the box.
The USB Typing Speedometer reminds me of my mom. It measures typing speeds up to 260 WPM.
Penguin Books will soon be releasing DRM free Audiobooks. Penguin CEO, Marjorie Scardino seems to get what those of us in the tech world have been saying about DRM.
The Rest Easy lounge by Winnebago converts a sofa into a large, soft bed at the touch of a button.
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Geek Brief Radio #0322 (audio) | GeekBrief.TV
Author: Cali Lewis
Tue, Mar 04, 2008
Note: We tried a more conversational Geek Brief Radio this time, rather than just pulling the audio from the video. Let us know what you think! TomTom Go has a new technology called IQ Routes. It creates the fastest route to a destination based on average driving speeds rather than posted speed limits. Intel's smallest, lowest power processor is called Atom and it's designed for mobile Internet devices. The RoadRunner neckset is the strangest looking gadget of the day. Vara Software's ScreenFlow is the best screen capture application we've ever used. And it's snowing in Dallas!!!
Here's the link to the not overly compressed Screenflow screen capture. It really is worth a click.
You can get a Nokia N810 for 15% off at podshowoffers.com. Use Promo Code "geekbrieftv".
For those of you asking for updates on our dog Sydney...her knee cap is out of her socket and won't stay put. She's scheduled for surgery on Wednesday the 5th. Dave Peterson from GadgetyTech.com is the Geek Brief Angel I spoke of previously, who has paid for the surgery, so that Big Trip plans aren't derailed. We're very grateful! Here's a picture of Sydney from yesterday.
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Geek Brief Radio #0321 (audio) | GeekBrief.TV
Author: Cali Lewis
Sat, Mar 01, 2008
I switched to Mac with the advent of the Mac Mini. We've followed the same pattern from the beginning. We buy a desktop and then the notebook most similar in specs and performance to the desktop. After the Mac Mini, we added an iBook (currently on Ebay). Before we started GeekBrief.TV, we got an iMac G5. The notebook we paired with the iMac was a MacBook. When we went pro with the podcast, we went pro with the Mac Pro. We added to that a MacBook Pro and then another. The MacBook Air was the first Mac that's come out that dosn't fit our growth pattern. It's the first Mac since we switched that I can easily live without, so I didn't plan to do a review.
My friend, Mark Taylor (taylormark.com) bought one and dedicated it to our Big Trip fundraising effort, so I've played with it for three days, reviewed it and put it on Ebay.
Most people I'm around are always looking for more power in a computer. We want fast hard drives, fast processors and fast RAM. We'll sacrifice our desire to have a notebook that runs cool, and I'll live with the machine being heavy. Not everyone shares the mission of a power user, and it is those people that will get the most out of a MacBook Air.
It's the ultimate writer's computer. It's size doesn't compromise it's quality. It's solid and well balanced. It doesn't want to fall or lean in any direction. It is perfect for online activity and really any job where the primary requirement is the production or consumption of text and pictures. It isn't good for video and I really don't believe Apple meant it to be. I could watch video in iTunes, some HD videos I tried downloading to watch in Quicktime just gave me a spinning beach ball. I also wasn't able to watch a remote DVD in another machine with out getting a beach ball.
The MacBook Air is like a conceptual design brought to market. Apple made something that most companies would only design to suggest what a machine might be like sometime in the future. That's one of the reasons I'm such an Apple fan.
The MacBook Air isn't for me or anyone who aims to produce video, but for anyone else looking for portability, it's definitely worth a look.
OH!!! And we know we got the show number wrong!
List of current items on eBay
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Geek Brief Radio #0320 (audio) | GeekBrief.TV
Author: Cali Lewis
Fri, Feb 29, 2008
Before Cali headed off to the vet this morning to find out what is wrong with our Chihuahua's back leg, we shot Brief 320 about something new from Microsoft Research called the WorldWide Telescope. When it's released this Spring it will give us the ability to virtual explore the Universe just like Google Earth lets us explore our planet. Imagery is displayed in the same context as you would experience it if you could fly from place to place in a space ship. Robert Scoble saw it in action a few weeks ago and he says it made him cry.
The WorldWide Telescope is dedicated to Microsoft researcher, Jim Gray, and it was introduced at this year's TED conference by Roy Gould. We show a few clips on Brief 320. You can download the presentation in it's entirety from TED.com.
BTW, I shot this episode at 24 fps rather than 60. Does anyone notice a difference?
UPDATE: Our Chihuahua's knee is out of it's socket. It's an $800 surgery.
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Geek Brief Radio #0319 (audio) | GeekBrief.TV
Author: Cali Lewis
Tue, Feb 26, 2008
Just as expected, Apple announced upgrades to MacBooks and MacBook Pros today. Here's a link to a video about stuff we're selling on eBay. Multitouch works on Google Maps, even if you have the old MacBook Pro. Sean Carruthers from Lab Rats joins me to talk about the iAno. Botanicalls Twitter is a D.I.Y. project that hooks your house plant up with it's very own Twitter feed. And finally, I-Touch is a biometric garaged door opener that supports up to 30 fingers.
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Geek Brief Radio #0318 (audio) | GeekBrief.TV
Author: Cali Lewis
Mon, Feb 25, 2008
his may go down in history as the most juvenile Brief ever. It's about a robot created to massage breasts. It was developed by The Beijing Bubby Robot Technologies Co., Ltd., which is comprised of 6 people and a car. The target market is...
Number 1: Girls who are reaching or having reached puberty, hope to improve the growth of breast. What parent is going to hook their kid up to a robot to promote breast growth?
Number 2: Women who received surgery in the breast, desire to have a faster and better recovery.
Number 3: Mothers, who are nursing babies, want to release the pain and to accelerate the secretion of breast milk.
Number 4: Female who is having the period, want to release the swelling pain of breasts.
Number 5: Women who want to lower the incidence of mastopathies.
Number 6: Women, who are under pressure, want to relax themselves.
Number 7: Women who want to improve the quality of their sex activities.
Number 8: Women who want to have pretty breasts.
Take the time to visit this guys Web site. I promise it's worth it.
I wish you all could have been in the room as we were shooting this. We laughed harder than we ever have during a shoot. I hope you enjoy watching it as much as we enjoyed shooting it.
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Geek Brief Radio #0317 (audio) | GeekBrief.TV
Author: Cali Lewis
Fri, Feb 22, 2008
The BlueLounge Space Station is a dream come true for organizing cables, and it's beautiful. If you haven't jailbroken your iPhone yet, the Touchpad for iPhone might push you over the edge. It turns your screen into a wireless touchpad to control your Mac or PC. WhizKid isn't for sale, but I'm intrigued. It's a robot designed to interact with you, instead of you having to interact with him. The Epoc headset will be available later this year. It's user can control a video game with their thoughts.
Use promo code "CALI" to save $50 off a Drobo at DroboStore.com. Details are here.
This weekend, we'll be at Dave Ramsey's class. We need to buy our RV without going into debt!
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Geek Brief Radio #0316 (audio) | GeekBrief.TV
Author: Cali Lewis
Thu, Feb 21, 2008
I start with a review of the N-Gage gaming platform which is soon to be available on the following Nokia phones: N81, N82, N93, N93i, N95, N95 8GB, N96, N78, N95 NAM. I get the sense that N-Gage is about bringing a much richer gaming experience than we seen before on a phone. The graphics are impressive and the games I tried were challenging.
A new Palm Centro is available on the AT&T wireless network. Rather than review it, I'm giving one away to a Geek Brief viewer. The contest details are at www.BigTrip.tv.
Unfortunately Sharper Image filed for bankruptcy. Earth Class Mail is a service that let's you avoid dealing with paper mail if you'd rather go 100% digital. HP will soon have an Ultra Mobile PC that you can get with either Linux or Windows installed.
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Geek Brief Radio #0315 (audio) | GeekBrief.TV
Author: Cali Lewis
Tue, Feb 19, 2008
It hardly feels like news, but Toshiba decided they'll be out of the HD DVD business by the end of March. Apple reduced the price of the iPod Shuffle to $49 and introduced a 2GB version for $69. Verizon and AT&T both announced unlimited voice plans for $99 before we shot this Brief and then T-Mobile followed suit while we were shooting. It feels like we've said this before, but Chumby is finally for sale.
Jott is one of my favorite productivity apps. WakerUpper takes the help in the opposite direction and sends reminders to your phone at specified times. Planning for our year-long road trip we came across the Tourmaster T45G. It has a king size Murphy bed that folds up to turn the master bedroom into a fully equipped home theater.
If you're interested in the details, we're rolling out plans for the Big Trip at BigTrip.TV.
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Geek Brief Radio #0314 (audio) | GeekBrief.TV
Author: Cali Lewis
Mon, Feb 18, 2008
This is a review of the HP MediaSmart Server. This episode ends the HP sponsorship, and we announce the winner of the contest.
Pros: Access to media immediately and flawlessly, Administration application is intuitive and easy
Cons: Setup takes about 40 minutes and isn't Plug-n-Play, basic Windows frustrations Pro or Con, depending on your setup: requires a Windows machine to adminstrate
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Geek Brief Radio #0313 (audio) | GeekBrief.TV
Author: Cali Lewis
Fri, Feb 15, 2008
XamBox may be the single best intermediary device between analog and digital I've ever seen. Paper documents, receipts and business cards are scanned in and dropped in a box. Software converts the paper to PDFs and catalogs in what order the hard copies are stored in the box. When the box is full, you label it, seal it and store it. If you need the document again, the software will tell you exactly where to look, or you can just print a fresh copy.
Ziszor! (with an exclamation point like Yahoo!), is a portable handheld shredder that shreds up to 5 layers of paper at a time. I'm thinking about a year on the road so small and portable is on my mind.
Litepanels Micro is a consumer version of what the pros use for lighting faces. It's LED so it doesn't use much energy and it doesn't put off much heat. It fits on a small DV camera and runs on four AA batteries.
There is a new portable version of Guitar Hero that will be released next month.
Going through boxes of stuff to sell on eBay, I came across our very first digital camera. It's a Vivitar ViviCam 3000. It shoots .77 Megapixel images and has 1 MB of internal storage and I want your suggestions for what I should do with it.
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Geek Brief Radio #0312 (audio) | GeekBrief.TV
Author: Cali Lewis
Thu, Feb 14, 2008
I thought Amazon ads were supposed to be contextual. I don't think they are because it's been quite some time since I've talked about Finite-Temperature Field Theory on Geek Brief, and I've never talked about Empirical Process Techniques for Dependent Data. That's Valentine's Day for ya. On Valentine's day, it's important to declare your romantic feelings for a fellow human being using the appropriate form. That form is available at the Bureau of Communication. You'll want to complete the form entitled Declaration of Romantic Intent. Geoff Smith of Digg the Code fame dropped by to tell us about his experience with the Appogee Duet. Axel Bjurström is a personal hero after he contructed an easel for flatscreen displays. We've expected someone to do it for four years, and now that Axel's done it, we can start dreaming of something new.
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Geek Brief Radio #0311 (audio) | GeekBrief.TV
Author: Cali Lewis
Thu, Feb 14, 2008
I thought Amazon ads were supposed to be contextual. I don't think they are because it's been quite some time since I've talked about Finite-Temperature Field Theory on Geek Brief, and I've never talked about Empirical Process Techniques for Dependent Data. That's Valentine's Day for ya. On Valentine's day, it's important to declare your romantic feelings for a fellow human being using the appropriate form. That form is available at the Bureau of Communication. You'll want to complete the form entitled Declaration of Romantic Intent. Geoff Smith of Digg the Code fame dropped by to tell us about his experience with the Appogee Duet. Axel Bjurström is a personal hero after he contructed an easel for flatscreen displays. We've expected someone to do it for four years, and now that Axel's done it, we can start dreaming of something new.
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Geek Brief Radio #0310 (audio) | GeekBrief.TV
Author: Cali Lewis
Mon, Feb 11, 2008
Sometimes Tech is just one big soap opera. Microsoft offers to purchase Yahoo! and Yahoo! says, "That's all you think I'm worth? You've got to be kidding. Anyway, I'm in love with AOL." Popular blogger Mathew Ingram called the possible Yahoo! and AOL marriage "Desperation Squared." Then Starbucks dumped T-Mobile to join forces with AT&T. The Starbucks/AT&T joint venture brings AT&T broadband customers free WiFi in every Starbucks. That's why, as much as possible, I stick to gadget news. John Biggs isn't buying into Modu's new phone idea. After talking through the story, I think I get his point. Nokia's N96 does everything the N95 does, but it does it a little bit better. Bloggers started getting their hands on very early Android prototypes. Dell has a new wireless USB option available on several notebooks.
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Geek Brief Radio #0309 (audio) | GeekBrief.TV
Author: Cali Lewis
Fri, Feb 08, 2008
I've decided to pursue a long-term goal of traveling around the U.S. for a year in an RV. That quest makes me notice stuff like the NAVIsurfer II. It's a fully functional PC that fits in a single DIN slot. DLO has a TDMA shielded speaker system for iPhone. It's about time. Google Docs now has a forms application that sends data to Google Spreadsheets. Unfortunately, you have to invite people to enter data into the form by sending them email. The his and hers key ring holder is all kinds of cute. Some of you might be interested in our GBTVmobile quest. I'm blogging about it at iCali.TV.
With promotion code "geekbrieftv", you can get a Nokia N810 for 15% off. Lots of countries are participating. For a full list, click here. For more details on the promotion, click here.
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Geek Brief Radio #0308 (audio) | GeekBrief.TV
Author: Cali Lewis
Thu, Feb 07, 2008
WireTracks gives you a way to route your cables throughout your home without ripping into your walls. The Wine Rack is a crazy idea intended for people who like their wine served at body temperature, warmed by boobies. SetYourRate is what the Internet is all about. It's a marketplace for freelancers. Hue HD is a webcam that works on a Mac or a PC, and looks cooler than any webcam I've seen so far. Motorola LTE is promising HD video via mobile phone...wow!
You can get a Drobo for $50 off, using my discount promo code CALI at DroboStore.com. For more information, click here.
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Geek Brief Radio #0307 (audio) | GeekBrief.TV
Author: Cali Lewis
Wed, Feb 06, 2008
Today was a technical disaster. Everything seemed to break, and I think it all started with the news that Angelina Jolie said she doesn't know how to turn on a computer. I'm participating in the Qik alpha test. Qik.com makes it possible to stream quality video to the Web from a mobile phone. It's simply amazing. My Qik streams are connected to my Twitter feed. Anytime I'm on, Qik will tweet for me. Imagine if I had it when I met the Woz. Micropod SE is a quite speaker. Fred thought different about salt and pepper shakers and iPod earbuds. SuperDuper is awesome for Mac users. It keeps you safe with a bootable clone of your system disk. I finish up with JoikuSpot. It's an application that turns your S60 phone into a mobile WLAN hotspot. Oh, and then I declared email bankruptcy.
With promotion code "geekbrieftv", you can get a Nokia N810 for 15% off. Lots of countries are participating. For a full list, click here. For more details on the promotion, click here.
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Geek Brief Radio #0305 (audio) | GeekBrief.TV
Author: Cali Lewis
Fri, Feb 01, 2008
On this episode, I answer the following questions:
How do you change the location where screen captures save? Having them all on the desktop gets to be a mess!
Read the Answer on DearCali.com
Video Screen Captures
What does it really mean to follow someone on Twitter? I don't understand how people are keeping constant track of other people
Read the Answer on DearCali.com
Cali on Twitter
With discount code "geekbrieftv", you can get a Nokia N810 for 15% off. Lots of countries are participating. For a full list, click here. For more details on the promotion, click here.
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Geek Brief Radio #0304 (audio) | GeekBrief.TV
Author: Cali Lewis
Thu, Jan 31, 2008
Wednesday we spent the day traveling to Washington, DC, so we saved a great conversation I had at Macworld with Alex Lindsay from Pixel Corps. Pixel Corps is an old fashioned guild done in a new media way. It's a group of creative people who work in digital, and it's designed to provide training, job referrals and inspiration. I get a lot of questions from people interested in working in new media, so I thought a conversation with Alex would be useful.
This happened at the very end of Macworld, and I was exhausted. You might not notice from the interview, but if you stick around for the bloopers, you'll see just how much.
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Geek Brief Radio #0303 (audio) | GeekBrief.TV
Author: Cali Lewis
Tue, Jan 29, 2008
We plan to move, yet again after our lease is up. We're selling a bunch of stuff on eBay and giving stuff away, but there's some stuff that requires something else. MyBoneYard is an option. :CueCat tried to make barcodes cool. Google is trying again. If you're old school like Neal, you might remember something called the Stylophone. It's back. The Panasonic Lumix TZ5 does HD video. I gotta tell ya though, Clocky is not a great Valentine's Day gift. It's good for you, but not the love of your life.
If you wanna win an HP Media Smart Server, send an email to hp@geekbrief.com. You have a week left. Details are here.
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Geek Brief Radio #0302 (audio) | GeekBrief.TV
Author: Cali Lewis
Mon, Jan 28, 2008
We've made our way through most of our Macworld footage and now we're back with fresh news about gadgets and tech. Nokia is planning to purchase Trolltech, a software company that could presumably extend the utility of Nokia hardware. PMA is the annual show dedicated to cool photo gear. One of the early announcements from PMA is that Lensbaby Lenses are now available for motion picture cameras. We're trying out the Lensbaby that works with or Nikon D40, and so far, it's a lot of fun. Iterasi will soon give us a better, more permanent way to bookmark. If you've ever had a product idea you didn't pursue because you didn't know how, Ponoko might help you bring the next idea to fruition. It's like your own personal factory.
Remember that contest from Brief #289? I announce the winner and show you what really happened. See the winning entry by clicking the "Read More" button below.
This episode was sponsored by the Nokia N810. You can get yours for 15% off by using my discount code "geekbrieftv". Details are here.
If you're in the Washington, DC area, hopefully you can join me for a meetup on Wednesday, January 30th. Details are here.
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Geek Brief Radio #0297 (audio) | GeekBrief.TV
Author: Cali Lewis
Sun, Jan 20, 2008
This is an audio wrap up of our first Macworld. We talk about what went wrong, what went right, and what went cool. Thanks to PodShow, xTrain.com, Drobo , and Geek Brief viewers for making our coverage possible. It was one of the best weeks of our lives.
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Geek Brief Radio #0288 (audio) | GeekBrief.TV
Author: Cali Lewis
Mon, Jan 07, 2008
I started Brief 288 talking about Rovio, a home exploration and telepresence robot, but the photo we showed, we think is called "Mr. Personality." Samsung had a couple cool announcements. The HT-X715 5.1 home theater-in-a-box includes Bluetooth for streaming audio from a phone or other Bluetooth audio source. The SyncMaster 2263DX is the perfect monitor for Adobe users. Oh Gizmo live blogged the Bill Gates keynote and snapped a photo of some interesting looking phone thing. Griffin announced a dock for charging FOUR iPods at a time and the availability of individual Evolve wireless speakers. Manfrotto's |