K’s Weblog

It seems like forever since I’ve been behind the mic recording my very own segment for the podcast.  But sure enough, here I am.
fseventer
First off this week is a tool from FernLightning called fseventer.  This app gives you new visibility into just what files on your hard drive are modified by the tools you use [...]

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Listeners to the GGP will already know that I recently acquired some new audio equipment (for my birthday!)  I thought I’d provide a bit more detailed information on just what I purchased, and some of the rationale as to why.
The Background
This story begins, as so many do, at the beginning.  I have been using a [...]

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This week the Geeks interviewed Twitter enthusiast JJProjects. This is one of the few shows I’ve missed in the last few months, but sit back and listen to Dave, Cait and JJ telling you why you need Twitter.
And if that’s not enough twitter for you, here’s the Common Craft segment Twitter in Plain English.
You [...]

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The Geek Hits 80!
This week the Global Geek Podcast releases it’s 80th episode!  Wow!
I decided to take this opportunity to talk about the iPhone and iPod Touch SDK releases since I don’t plan on talking about them again in the near future, probably not until WWDC in June.  So let’s get down to it.
Some have [...]

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Hey everyone!  Once again another episode of the GGP has come out, and I’m bound and determined to get these notes up before I have to start prepping for the next show.
I only had a couple of resources to review this week partly because of content and partly because of time.  This week [...]

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A pretty good show again this week on the Global Geek, despite some technical trouble on my end (which you’ll hear was starting to frustrate me), the Geeks got through the whole show but as usual ran over the one-hour mark.   :mrgreen:  I’m in a tad bit of a rush this week so the notes [...]

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Calling all Podcasters!
Regular listeners to the Global Geek Podcast will know that the microphone I use for my segments isn’t the greatest.  To be truthful, it’s a four-year old cheapie that I bought at London Drugs back when I used to actually play games.  :wink:
So I’m now on the lookout for a replacement… the question [...]

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Dave’s choices in naming episodes not withstanding, we had a great show again this week.  I joined the geeks for the latest round of the Global Geek Podcast.
LiteIcon
First up this week is FreeMacSoft’s LiteIcon.  This is a great application for helping you manage the system icons on your Mac.  Apple has a tendency to dumb-down [...]

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Another week and another GGP. We had an absolute blast on this week’s show. So on with this week’s collection of Mac Freebies:
iPhoto Batch Image Enhancer
This application gives you the ability to make changes to large batches of your iPhoto images. This is a standalone application and doesn’t integrate into iPhoto, but [...]

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Time once again for another Global Geek Podcast, and with it another edition of the GGP Mac Lab update.  I’ll be your lovable host for the four minute segment, so with no further ado on to the geekery:
iTimeMachine
First up this week is iTimeMachine.  This application allows you to connect your computer to network disks to [...]

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