Comments on: GBTV #0306 | GeekBrief.TV

By: Nabir

Nabir — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:11:32 +0000

Yesterday was Whiny Wednesday so today I agree with Richard. You do have a pretty good balance but there were just so many podcasts doing the “let’s try something different” in January that I felt disoriented. And it wasn’t just podcasts, either. Old media is struggling with the strike so for a moment I felt like 2007 was the end of entertainment.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:51:05 +0000

Hey Cali,
I think your shows have had pretty good balance so keep it up. It’s interesting how people think that clicking a subscribe button somehow gives them ownership and creative control of a free podcast. I believe that you search high and low for brief worthy stuff and I bet it is a challenge to find stuff that isn’t just another iPod cover or powerstrip. I’m there for you! Rock on!

By: Cali

Cali — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:20:57 +0000

We haven’t been running Macworld shows non-stop since Macworld. We did normal shows, then Monday we were traveling, and we wanted to get something out. We’re about to shoot today’s show (a fresh, new one!), so it’ll be up this evening.

By: Nabir

Nabir — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:46:17 +0000

So far this has been a terrible year for me. Podcast-wise, that is.

Geekbrief has been very monotonous. Seems like Macworld is their Get-out-of-jail-free card.
Dawn and Drew have used DNDtv as their excuse.
TeXtra died.

I can’t live on Mobuzz alone.

C’mon, 2008!

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:28:48 +0000

I was able to see the original and watched it and then today it is downloading the “Repost”. In the 500GB hard drive and cable broadband, this isn’t too much of an issue, but perhaps simply naming it the same as the original would have “fixed” it and avoided the re-download.

Now I have 2 files of identical content in my iTunes library. (I subscribe via iTunes).

Anyway, just wanted to point out that there’s no reason to create a new entry in the XML, just replace the old one in these situations. Unless this is a podshow thing, then I understand.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:24:47 +0000

hi cali,

thx for the fix! :)

i agree with AL… Mac Coverage is ended since a week. Other podshows had return to their normal show… why don’t you? missing content or need vacancy ?

keep on the good work, you make the best geek team/couple ever. i wish i had i girlfriend like you to be on the same page… Neil, your a lucky man!

regards,

By: Al

Al — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:35:41 +0000

Can we quit with the Mac world coverage already, I love geek brief, but I’m about ready to unsubscribe. Is there nothing else going on in tech?

By: Will

Will — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:17:26 +0000

Yeah wondered what happened!

By: Cali

Cali — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:18:15 +0000

We had a major issue with the show – there was 17 minutes of black attached to the end, so I deleted everything and I’ve re-uploaded them. Sorry about that!

By: david

david — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:04:42 +0000

hi Cali/Neil,

Seems to me that PodShow.com got a problems for all your podcast video download… I can’t downloaded (all of them) but can see the streaming version… bad quality BTW.

Hope that problem will be resolved quickly! I’m downloading ever single podshow since day#1… as you must now, i’m a great fan.

Regards,

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:16:17 +0000

Hey Cali and Neil, love your show. Just FYI, in the iTunes title for this brief, it says “Geebrief” instead of “Geekbrief.TV” Just thought you should know in case someone is searching for your podcast. I’d hate for them to miss it. :)

By: John

John — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:07:09 +0000

Can’t download the show, It says, I don’t have access?

Forbidden

You don’t have permission to access /media/382/episodes/98009/hd-98009-02-05-2008.mp4 on this server.

By: John

John — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:06:25 +0000

Can’t download the show, It says, I don’t have access?

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:53:16 +0000

I’m not a Mac person (I used a Mac for about 6 months, but just didn’t like it. Did like the dock though, and have one installed in Windows), but some of this stuff looks cool. I’m especially interested in the W1 Wireless Audio Adapter, but I’m curious as to how this would interact with my wireless router. Considering they’re both at 2.4 ghz, I can imagine there might be some issues (especially because my signal drops already if I turn on the Microwave or my Cellphone is too close to the computer, since both are at 2.4 ghz).