Archive for May, 2006

Geezercast 17 — Internet and phone privacy

Sunday, May 14th, 2006

I was going to do another one of my “see, I’m in the majority” rants based on the current polls. But I came across one where I’m in the minority — a majority (admittedly skinny — 51 to 49%) of Americans think it’s OK for the administration to rummage through our Internet traffic and phone calling records in the name of fighting terrorism. I was so struck by that number that I decided to devote a Geezercast to the topic.

Plus, there’s a new version of Jamstix out and I dropped a new theme song into the show as a result.

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GeezerCast 16 — .EU domain rollout screwups

Sunday, May 7th, 2006

Today’s podcast is the geek equivalent of a ghost story. Gather round the campfire and I’ll tell you about the trifecta (yep, 3) of screwups as the .EU top level domain has rolled out. It’s kindof inside baseball, so if you don’t like geek stuff this is probably one to skip.

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GeezerCast 15 – On walking, and bullies

Monday, May 1st, 2006

Weird combo huh? Well, that’s what’s on my mind today. So this one talks about the walks that Marcie and I take every day and then slides into a brief description of an encounter that I had with a bully while I was out and about. Nothing specific, no gossip, just an observation that I can’t stand bullies and I tend to poke them in the eye when I encounter them.

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