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Episode 43 delayed 1 day

techmonkey — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:54:26 +0000

Episode 43 will be published Wednesday, July 16th. Episode 43 was recorded and would normally have been published today but issues with my Internet service provider yesterday kept me from completing the editing/uploading. Hopefully the technician that is scheduled to come out today will resolve the service interruption issues. Look for episode 43 tomorrow!

AlternaGeek at LinuxWorld

techmonkey — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:12:52 +0000

We’re excited to announce that the entire AlternaGeek production staff (otherwise know as Linuxchic and TechMonkey) will be at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, August 4th-7th in San Francisco. We will be providing LinuxWorld coverage throughout each day and also plan on recording nightly “mini” podcasts just to cover the highlights of the day. We’re hoping to possibly do some audio interviews and may even provide a little video coverage of some of the events.If you’re attending LinuxWorld we would like to hear from you. We have already heard from a couple of listeners who will be attending the conference and they have suggested getting together some time during that week. We thought a little meet and greet with some of the listeners would be fun! Let us know if you’re going!

BrightKite Adds Inline Comments and Comment Tracking

techmonkey — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:00:26 +0000

The social networking site BrightKite has quietly added more features for “comments”. Now, when you click on the comment icon for a post/photo, an inline widget appears that shows all current comments and includes an input window to add your own comment. Additionally there is a “Track this thread” checkbox. When you submit your own comment for a post/photo, you can now choose to track all comments added for the post/photo. From that point on, any comments added to that particular post/photo will show up on your “comments” page. This is a great way to continually follow a threaded conversation for a post/photo.

These new features really add a lot of functionality to BrightKite that users have been waiting for. Kudos to the BrightKite team for an excellent implementation into the site. According to the BrightKite Blog, they are currently working on comment notifications and other new features to come out soon. If you don’t currently have a BrightKite account, let us know and we’ll do our best to get an invite for you!

Episode 38 to be released Wednesday, June 11th

techmonkey — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:17:45 +0000

Linuxchic and I have recorded Episode 38 and will release it on Wednesday, June 11th. Normally we always plan for Tuesday releases but I got delayed on the editing due to unforeseen circumstances. Check back on Wednesday for the episode and post. Thanks!

WordPress Presentation Video – PodCamp Midwest 2008

techmonkey — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:59:41 +0000

Linuxchic and I attended PodCamp Midwest in February and gave two presentations on using WordPress for podcasting. Lane from LaneVids.com attended our first session and recorded it to video. Lane has recently published the video on his website for viewing. Direct link to the video:

Podcasting With WordPress (Basics) Video – PodCamp Midwest 2008 – Linuxchic & TechMonkey

Getting Bit By Early Adopter’s Syndrome

techmonkey — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:25:32 +0000

This last week I’ve been thinking of selling a couple hobby items of mine and possibly purchasing an iPod Touch. Linuxchic has an iPod Touch and really likes it but she reminded me about the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet that she reviewed for our last podcast. She thought I might like the N810 better so I researched both devices again. This time I paid a little more attention to all the specifics of the N810. I was impressed to say the least and decided of the two devices, that the N810 might better fill my current needs for a mobile device.

I haven’t sold my hobby items yet, but I’ve been thinking the last couple of days that I may go ahead and purchase the N810 anyway. It’s not an inexpensive device so I was trying to justify it to myself. I found a great deal on the N810 at Buy.com for $439 and free shipping. They also had them in stock. Linuxchic offered her well thought out opinion by saying BUY IT, BUY IT NOW!

Well, today I decided to go for it (after clearing it with the wife) and do this for myself. I headed on out to Buy.com and found that it was no longer in stock. They had sold all of their initial shipment. I know the N810 was just released in November and is a pretty hot item to buy at the moment. I started trying everywhere else I could think of and everyone is out already! I should have known they would go fast since they are so new.

Now I am waiting in anticipation for new shipments to arrive. Of course it will still be a dice roll on whether I will be able to get one or not. I should have bought it a couple days ago. Grrrrrrrrrr.

KC Bloggers Meetup

techmonkey — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:09:09 +0000

Saturday Linuxchic and myself attended a local Kansas City bloggers meetup. This wasn’t based on any specific organization (at the time of conception) but was setup to simply allow any local Kansas City bloggers, podcasters, twitterers, etc. to have a chance just to get together face to face.

There was an extremely small turnout which was a little disappointing, but the quality of attendees was excellent! Besides Linuxchic and myself, I was glad to see Jeff (unknown last name) and Ed Roberts.

Jeff is a local online friend and he blogs at jeffisageek.net. You can also find him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/jeffisageek. Jeff is truly a geek like the rest of us and pretty cool to hang out with.

Ed Roberts is a new media pioneer with numerous podcasting projects that you should definitely check out. Ed creates the following podcasts:

Ed can also be found on his Ed Roberts Blog and also on Twitter at http://twitter.com/EdRoberts.

I think everyone had a good time. I know I did. It was fun just hanging out for a bit with Linuxchic, Ed and Jeff. Always cool to finally meet online friends in person!

Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Released

techmonkey — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:23:04 +0000

Ubuntu 7.10 has been released today to the delight of all of us here at AlternaGeek! Ubuntu is one of our favorite Linux distributions. Ubuntu Linux is available in both desktop and server editions. The latest release (named Gutsy Gibbon) has a lot of new features such as the new graphical tool for configuring X. This new tool has been needed or some time and will make it even easier for non Linux users to try Ubuntu and get it up and running easily. Go check it out. It’s definitely worth a look.

openSUSE 10.3 Released

techmonkey — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:03:20 +0000

openSUSE 10.3 was released on October 4th. One of the more interesting features of the 10.3 releases is their new 1-Click Install. This new features aims to make it much easier to install software packages. Even though I currently use Ubuntu Linux, I used SUSE for many years and still like the distribution a lot. I will definitely install this on a test machine and give it a workout and then report back here on my findings.

Native Linux Games

techmonkey — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:17:06 +0000

I have always been a PC gamer and I am always on the lookout for native Linux games. I found an article the other day that lists 21 native games for Linux. It’s a good list even though I know there are a lot of other great games under Linux that aren’t on this list. Take a look and maybe you’ll find a few you don’t know about.

I myself am partial to #15 – True Combat Elite. I still play this game often. It is a full conversion mod for Enemy Territory. It’s fun and it’s free!

21 Native Linux Games