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- On Twitter: Steven is @DarthMolen and I am @JPuent and @FueltheFighter
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The Power Geeks #26
by DarthMolen on Nov.25, 2009, under The Latest Shows
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Geek-Speak
- V Talk
- WTH! March 2010???
- What will Ryan Nichols tell his girlfriend when the little v is born… (will it go down different than the original)
- Whats each of your grades so far on the writing and acting?
- Is it just me or is Father Landry the most interesting char on there?
- WoW turned 5 this last Monday, Can anything match its dominance?
- 8.5 million copies sold in the US alone
- 11.5+ million subscribers @ $15 a pop (172,500,000)
- More subscribers than the state of Ohio has ppl
- Star Trek MMO
- Jan 12 for Beta, Feb. 5 for Release
- Massive Ship-to-Ship battles + “away team” combat (run and gun)
- What’s Star Trek Without Lore?
- Klingons vs. Federation
- New Star Trek Game Headed to MAC!!! Maybe we’ll finally get Cole playing!
- Game will be released to the MAC next month and only cost $9.99 with a 10% discount for pre-orders
- Star Wars Old Republic MMO
- Takes place 3,500 years before Darth Vader
- Claims to be Story-based and not just “grinding”, Each character promised a story
- You will be able to play a Jedi which were prevalent in those times
- Sith against Republic
- Bioware creation (same ppl who did baldur’s gate, dragon age: origins, etc) so they are very used to writing epic stories)
Tech,Gaming, and Geek News
- LED Tattoos one step closer to reality!
- Tiny chips with LED’s mounted on silk screens that can be attached to a power source within the body get inserted under the skin
- Your skin basically becomes a filter of sorts
- Will probly be very primitive at first, functional displays to show the blood levels, check on specific nerves, etc
- Imagine the possibilities once they refine the technique!
- M$ Tries to buy the News
- “Traditional News” is in trouble, subs declining, etc.
- Rupert Murdoch, the president of News Corp., (WSJ, LA Times, NY Times, etc) is looking for alternative income sources
- Enter Bing. M$ search engine. Not afraid to buy search market share (yahoo search purchase?)
- Looks to be offering money for News Corp. to delist their sites from Google
- Won’t be able to buy off all the news out there, but its an interesting twist in the google / M$ battle
- First Malicious IPhone worm in the wild
- There have been a few worms out there, but the first malicious worm has surfaced the netherlands
- Difference between viruses, worms, and trojans
- Targets Jail-broken Iphones, installs various back doors if you hadn’t changed the default admin pw, and then goes to town on other IPhones on the provider
- Since jailbreaking involves SSH, it targets only those types of IPhones
- Fix? Reset it to factory default (non jail-broken)
- Stuck in motion amazing video technique
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- There are a few semi-inexpensive options 3 new cameras from Casio and a couple from Nikon that start to get up into the semi-pro range…
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- Amazing videos at this site, the technique was discussed in a recent episode of this week in photography and blew me away…
- These are shot using high speed photography which when played back at regular speed becomes slow motion
- short clips appear as living moving 3d pictures to your mind
- The author has some really neat how to notes on his site.
- I like the part where he says you have to move the camera 10 x’s faster than you think you do, and he admits you’ll look like an idiot
- But you really can’t argue with the results
- If you’re looking for something really cool to get the geek in your life… a camera mentioned here might do it!
- I like the part where he says you have to move the camera 10 x’s faster than you think you do, and he admits you’ll look like an idiot
Holiday Gift Ideas
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- Fretlight guitar – tech guitar to teach you or your kid
- With the Holiday shopping season kicking off I saw this and thought it was an awesome gift idea for the budding musician on your list
- Build-A-Bear Gets Star Wars goodies… and they are good..
- Which is your Favorite?
- cole – make a comment on how wrong their priorities are, ST should have been first
- CoD WaW: Zombies game for iPhone
- $9.99 to play on your iPhone and work on attaining the individual achievements
Deal of the Week
- Official Atari 2600 Games for FREE!
- Very cool… when this was announced yesterday the site kept going down it was getting hit so hard… seems to be more stable now… very fun!
Keep listening for more contests to come.
Look for more contests to come in the future…spread the word… the more listeners we get… the more stuff we can get to giveaway to you guys!
Look for more contests to come in the future…spread the word… the more listeners we get… the more stuff we can get to giveaway to you guys!
Intarweb Goldmine
- Lady Loses Benefits over FB Photos
- Diagnosed with Clinical long-term depression
- Given disability benefits
- Insurance company investigated and saw her in a bikini on FB looking happy
- Stopped giving money…
- Laptop Steering Wheel Desk. WTH!
- And here you thought texting and driving was bad…
- Its a desk that attaches to your steering wheel, so that you can use your laptop in the car
- See where this can go all wrong? Sure, in the right hands it could be useful, but so are cell phones….
- I may begin drafting a letter to my congressman to try and make this illegal now before it catches on… it’s just dumb enough to be the next big thing
Doghouse Systems
- New System – Under $1000 – Still handcrafted with care
-Performance in WoW is still great: 40 Frames / sec @ 1920 x 1280
-Don’t forget their laptop which has 2 graphics card built in, the mobius, at a mid-line desktop price
-If you want all the bells and whistles, they can handcraft that too, just call them up during normal business hours, they’ll talk with you, find out your needs, and recommend the system that you need (not the one that costs the most)
-Don’t forget their laptop which has 2 graphics card built in, the mobius, at a mid-line desktop price
-If you want all the bells and whistles, they can handcraft that too, just call them up during normal business hours, they’ll talk with you, find out your needs, and recommend the system that you need (not the one that costs the most)
-Use Code “TPG” for free shipping
-877-DHS-DHS2 (347-3472)
-877-DHS-DHS2 (347-3472)
Jinx
- Lifestyle apparel for your inner-geek
- Men’s, Women’s, all sizes
- Specific Collections? They got them,
- World of Warcraft – Home is where the hearthstone is, Baby-T = “My other stroller is [Epic]“, Tanks, Your Welcome
- Boys and Girls Club Fundraiser – selling 1000 of limited T (designed by the kids from their local club) with EVERY Penny going to the charity (JP)
- They even have hats – Quest-giver hat
- Stickers, Patches, Pins
- Go online jinx.com or call them @ 1-888-JINX-COM - 888.546.9266
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December 9th, 2009 on 6:26 pm
I know this is really boring and you are skipping to the next comment, but I just wanted to throw you a big thanks – you cleared up some things for me!