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The Future of Short Order Code

April 3rd, 2010 No Comments

The future of Short Order code is very much up in the air right now. With a baby on the way in the near future and what seems like no time to work on things for the podcast already There’s a good chance that there won’t be another episode of Short Order code for at [...]

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Aussie Geek Podcast #009 :: Eye of Newt

November 19th, 2008 No Comments

It’s quite remarkable!  AGP’s three weeks in a row!! This week’s show is a bit different in that we’ve scrapped our regular show format to take a moment to interview our musically-inclined geeky guest, Chopper Newt from The Lizards From Afar. Sit back and have a listen.  Its a pretty interesting interview, and a nice [...]

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FREE Software :: CrossOver Free Today Only!

October 28th, 2008 4 Comments

If you’re a fan of being able to run Windows applications on your Mac, listen up! CodeWeavers Windows-to-Mac application CrossOver is being offered for FREE today only. If you’re interested in the offer, visit the CodeWeavers website to sign up. If you want to read more about the background of this story, check out Michael [...]

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Cloudless Computing :: Things To Do When You’re Without Your Interwebs

August 24th, 2008 No Comments

So here I am without access to the Internet.  So what have I done?  I’ve found a way to do my computing without the cloud!  Here are some projects that you can do the next time you find yourself without access to the cloud. Organize your Photos This is a relatively time consuming task that [...]

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The Gmail Effect

August 21st, 2008 1 Comment

Well it’s not quite as staggering as the Digg Effect that can take down web servers in a single afternoon, but I experienced my own little spike in traffic this week.  When Gmail went through their little bout of difficulty last week I let you know about the post-mortem entry on the Official Gmail blog. [...]

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