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Birthday Calendar

Piplodocus — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:47:56 CDT

January
06 - Steve Therrien
08 - Elvis!
09 - Lingo From the Brit & Yankee
14 - Glynne Tolar
17- fuffy_frog (aka Kristina) from Canada
21 - Michael Rabalais-Stingray42
22 - TAW012294
23 - Kathie Luke, IL
25 - Kreg Steppe
26 - Will The Computer Guy
27 - Mark in Memphis

February

02 - Chuck Provenzano from Connecticut
02 - Oreo Cookie Monster
07 - Chad W. Smith from Chattanooga, TN
08 - Jan Scott from Yorkshire, UK
08 - Blake Noble in Pittsburgh, PA
09 - "Podcast" Mike Wills from Minnesota
10 - Shari from ND
14 - Douglas E. Welch of Career Opportunities Podcast
14 - Andrew back in Illinois
15 - Philip from Australia
19 - Steve in Sumter
23 - Zhadum
25 - Norbert
25 - Sandi Sheppard (Mark's lovely wife)
29 - Paul Dove a.k.a Eilmer From Malmesbury UK

March

07 - Ben Maddox a.k.a. CptRootbeer
07 - Caleb fromDancing With Elephants
08 - Ali Zein Yousuf a.k.a. superAL1394
08 - BJ Keifer a.k.a bjk
11 - Andy Helsby of Absoblogginlutely!
11 - Ken Kitzman a.k.a kitzken or Kender form hell
16 - Michelle Lopez a.k.a. CntrySigns
18 - Gregory Lemon of Myth Show and Myth Minute
19 - JT Shea of The Gigcast and JT Ukes at 40
23 - Steve Riekeberg a.k.a. MissingIntellect of Geek Cred
25 - Nicholas St Gabriel
26 - Chuck Tomasi
26 - Harrison Licata (Mico, Suburb of San Antonio)
26 - Brina Baird in Hampton, VA

April

04 - Brian K - My Blog
04 - Joel McLaughlin (aka Gorkon)
05 - Chad Davis, Jon Issler (hsteckylf)
05 - Griffin Sylvester (Ildreancipher)
05 - Martine Tysmans - citytrips, travelling, jokes... (in Dutch)
05 - Ringmaster Greg from Dancing With Elephants
07 - P.C. Haring
14 - Danny Harnish
18 - Skaifey (Anthony)
23 - Runtime
29 - Shepherd Thom from outside of the known universe
30 - Julio Diaz (JulioTijuana)

May

03 - Keao Wright
05 - Steve Bickle
05 - Joe Mieczkowski host of Onthepodcast
06 - Amber Pace (not really a listener, but a mother and a wife of listeners)
06 - Bill Barbour
08 - Curtis Parish
12 - Amanda Huggenkiss
22 - Tim Elliott
23 - Kris Ziel Host and producer of The AVScast and 24 Under Review
26 - Eli Yukelzon
27 - Tonya from Dancing With Elephants
30 - Petri Lopia

June

02 - Anthony Gartner (Enigmavb)
04 - Leo Schrauwenhistory and pictures from Ekeren (Antwerp, Belgium) in Dutch
06 - Adam Larson (UncleAdam)
06 - Grandma Grace (1921)
08 - Bobby Irvin
10 - Tim (from Australia)
10 - Weber (BTW June 10 - AA was founded 1935)
15 - Miss Eliza Sea fromWingin' It 3D
16 - Joe Edmisson
16 - Jason fromThe Angry Geek
17 - Digital Dan from the Hook Show
18 - Luke (platypuss72) from uk
18 - Xianfox from Appleton
19 - Steven (sphen603) from Wichita, Kansas
21 - Ascii Adam from the Hook Show
22 - Lance Heath
22 - Jack Stevens
25 - Mark Sheppard (Wichita, Kansas) Born 1957
25 - Jim Guckin from Philadelphia, Pa
26 - Patrick Norton
26 - Daughter of Will The Computer Guy
29 - Martin McKeay (Accch, this is the Big 40!)
30- Alexis Duran (ADdude)

July

04 - Mike McBride
06 - Peter (1982, Sweden)
10 - KHD a.k.a The Devin
11- Steven Truax (rednecktech)
12 - Shadowbird712
12 - François Pominville nickname: Bookaroo (Year: 11110110001, Canada)
18- Lord Doomicus
18 - Nikolai from Dancing With Elephants
26 - Aaron Heath (Adelaide, Australia)
27 - Wife of Will The Computer Guy
30 -Brian Hunt aka Zaphodbblx
31 - Wedding Anniversary of Will The Computer Guy (2007, 9 years)

August

09 - Matt Coe (WoWaddict) [1991]
09 - Julia Posz - (Technorama Promo)
10 - Sam Martin
11 - Steve Wozniak
11 - David Brewer (Tyrion The Imp)
17 - Clive Jevons, Baeumenheim Germany
20 - Jedi_Kez (aka Brian From Winnipeg)
22 - Zoidberg [1967]
22- Kyle Slingo
27 - Chuck's forgotten iPod
27 - Mike Noble in Pittsburgh, PA
30 - Maximilian Björsten, Stockholm Sweden
31 - Tim Downing from The High Potency Music Podcast

September

05 - Ben Vaughan (benvon) [1977]
10 - Anthony Warnack (EastBayAnt) [1979]
14 - Andrew Peters (Perl Hacker from the UK)
18 - Jeff Schultz (Gorbash)
21 - Dean Jensen (Beaker1)
22 - Matthew Tjarks (Jharks)
26 - Brett (from Wales)

October

01 - 10/1 = 101
02 - Adam Rumpke
06 - John Deurholt (Jo Dho)
09 - Itsuko Rumpke (sounds like IT - SUE - KOE)
09 - Mario (New Jersey)
10 - Victor Cajiao
10 - Garrett Riffal
11 - Bruce Barr
13 - Jason Schwanz (sounds like swans, but begins with "shh")
19 - Russell Pearson (Ninereeds)
21 - Daniel Ebdrup Jensen (D. Ebdrup)
22 - Zach
25 - Mad Marv - spelled "K - Y - L - E" but pronounced "Marv". Hope that helps.
25 - HMNSHLD
25 - BritOnTour (Jason)
25 - Scott (Minneapolis)
28 - Dylan Licata (San Antonio)
30 - WolfGeek (Indiana)

November

03 - Ken Pace
04 - Avner (from Tel Aviv)
05 - Michael Corlett (from New Zealand)
08 - Mark, the Encaffeinated ONE, host of The Weird Show
08 - OnTheDrift
10 - John Noble from the Island
13 - Pippa (London UK)
15 - Chuck Jolley aka nitestarr - (Horn Lake, MS)
22 - Tom Posz - (from California, USA)
25 - Lane Williams
26 - Joanie
27 - Brad P. from NJ

December

01 - Claudio Miranda (ClaudioM)
02 - Ben Fryxell from the MacMania Podcast
06 - SuperMoonMan
12 - Deckrd
12 - Kevin Burns (Soleblaze)
12 - Matt Blocker TheGiant
17 - Jorge Schrauwen
20 - Phil Burchill (will be 0x21 in 2006)
21 - James Ballard KarakSindru
22 - Bo Pace
23 - Richard Green
24 - MaDBooM
25 - Joel Parks (Agrojag-Ama)
29 - CMenn
31 - Shadowbird's Mom

Wii Codes

ADdude — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:43:18 CDT

Put your Codes below! Take others codes and add them to your Wii.

Instructions

How to add friends to your Wii

This is how to add friends to your Wii so your Mii’s can mingle and go to the parade:

Turn on Wii
Create a message
Go to the Address Book
Register
Click the Wii icon
Enter your friends codes here into your Address Book!
PLEASE CHECK YOUR WII-MAIL EVERY DAY, IN ORDER TO VERIFY AND CONFIRM ‘FRIEND’ REQUESTS FROM OTHER PEOPLE. IF YOU DON’T CONFIRM THEIR REQUESTS, BY RESPONDING, THEN OTHER PEOPLE WON’T BE ABLE TO ADD YOU TO THEIR OWN FRIEND LISTS. TO VERIFY A ‘FRIEND’ REQUEST, YOU MUST RESPOND TO IT AND SEND A RETURN WII-MAIL.

Now as long as your Mii’s are set to Mingle you can have them go to other people’s Wii’s. How to get your Wii code

Turn on the Wii
Go to the Wii Message Board
Create a message
Go to the Address Book Your Wii code will now appear.

Codes

Kreg: 3028 7244 1381 2509
Matt: 8285 8722 9516 1621
Carlos: 6485 6040 0391 7618
EastBayAnt: 3757 6748 5322 4225
Chuck: 0561 3351 9354 6643
Evil Bender, thixen : 7323 4111 6123 8142
Mike (Lingo): 7817 2655 9343 6689
TAW012294 (Alex): 1873 3331 1408 6919
Andrew back in Illinois: 6997 9868 5793 4812
P.C. Haring 2888 0446 0552 5682
Alexis (ADdude) 1064 3515 6272 3191

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TechnologyMyths

tposz — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:58:20 CDT

15 technology myths: what's nonsense and what's not?

Back in May of 2007, Dan Tynan at PC Advisor came up with these. A little more than 2 years later, how do we stack up?

I've created at poll here. Let's get the Technorama crowd to vote with their "radio buttons" and then I'll update this page with the results periodically.

Results follow: Score toward 1, absolutely true, toward 5, non-sense

Question		Score
If you download files from a peer-to-peer network, the MPAA or RIAA will know who you are.		4
Using third-party ink in your printer voids the warranty.		5
If you type a URL into your browser, you're safe from phishing attacks.		4
Google finds everything on the web, and once it has your information, it can't be removed.		3
You're fully protected when you buy something on eBay.		5
Static images on a plasma TV will burn in, so you can't leave them on for too long.		4
You have to partition a large hard drive and/or defrag it often to get the best performance.		2
Using high-speed flash cards in your digital camera lets you take photos faster.		3
Rechargeable batteries are more cost-effective than disposable ones.		2
'Unlimited' 3G broadband access really is unlimited.		5
Airport X-ray machines can damage or erase your digital camera's memory card.		5
Excessive mobile phone use can cause cancer or other health problems.		5
Macs are safe from malware attacks.		5
Colour inkjets that use combination ink cartridges cost more to run than those that use separate cartridges.		2
If someone has hacked your PC or turned it into a zombie, you'd know about it.		2

Original article is at link

Fun and Games

tposz — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:47:18 CDT

Scifi Library Reading Recommendations

tposz — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:19:20 CDT

Author	Books & Series	Link to more info or review
Isaac Asimov	Foundation Trilogy	Each book in the series reviewed
Gregory Benford Greg Bear David Brin	Foundation's Fear Foundation and Chaos Foundation's Triumph	summary scraped from CALIFA digital download site
Piers Anthony	Xanth, Incarnations of Immortality
Robert Heinlein	The Moon is a Harsh Mistress	A comprehensive review at Infinity Plus
Frank Miller	The Dark Knight Returns
Alan Moore	Watchmen
Larry Niven	Ringworld	A scifi.com review
Art Spiegelman	Maus
Orson Scott Card	Enders Game	Wikipedea entry
Alfred Bester	Tiger! Tiger! aka 'The Stars my Destination'	An Infinity Plus Review This is an amazing book
Isaac Asimov	The End of Eternity	An SF Site featured review

PfD2e Show Ideas

ctomasi — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:23:44 CDT

Round Table Topics

Why should you podcast?

Learn a skill
Help/entertain others
"Show your stuff"
Leads to something new (publishing, teaching, etc)

Future Show Topics

Leveraging Twitter, Facebook, and other social networking sites - what's the 411 on time investment and what's the return
Product reviews

Home

TAW012294 — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:34:42 CST

What is Technorama? Easter egg!!!

Technorama is a podcast (Internet Radio Show) Hosted by Chuck Tomasi and Kreg Steppe that takes a light hearted look at Tech, Science and all things Geek!

We usually get a lot of listener feedback and participation, and we encourage it! It is only half a show with out you taking part!

Fun and Games
Birthday Calendar
Scifi Library Reading Recommendations

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Sci-Fi Audio Quiz Scores

amoebalady — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:28:44 CST

Chuck Tomasi = 77 points
John from the Island = 85 credits
zaphodbblx=92 credits
Lingo = 65
Tonya from DWithE = 77 credits