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Dr. Bill Podcast – 36 – (05/13/06)
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Intro – Episode 36 – Kiss your Mom! (Doctor’s orders!) The new headset didn’t work out! Much weirdness this week, buckle your seatbelts! Promo for the Antipodean Podcast. Very few news items this week… very boring! The State of Massachusetts still trys to use the OpenDocument standard… by requesting a plug-in for M$ Office. Trade Group cries about the State of Massachusetts request for the ODF plug-in! Open Source is Good… Proprietary formats are Bad! Plug for Ben’s Gamemasters.biz site. Weird mirage in China get the Doctor’s attention. Internet phenomenon research leads to discovering the “The Numa Numa Song.” I have links to various versions:

Gary’s “Numa Numa” Video

The Japanese Video that Inspired Him

“American Idle”

Wikipedia Article on the Gary Brolsma and “Numa Numa”

Another Numa Numa Video

A further exploration of Internet weirdness… the “Llama, Llama Duck Song,” as well as the classic “Bunnies do Star Wars in 30 Seconds.”

Links to them:

Llama, Llama, Duck

Star Wars Done by Bunnies in 30 Seconds

Check out the “Numa Numa” goodness and until next week, “Salud!”

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Dr. Bill Podcast – 35 – (05/06/06)
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Intro, my headset is not quite what I want… next week my USB headset comes in! Dewd! Ad spot for the Caffination podcast, how to spell the – computer – curmudgeon URL, you got here so you got 2 points! 25% of Internet Explorer bugs remain unpatched! What up wit dat?!? Check out the Firefox link on the right hand column of the website… click it and get it! Ethanol even for non-green dewds! Common sense reasons to go with ethanol… stick it to the terrorists and the dictators, use ethanol! The doctor mixes up two stories about bio-fuels… oops! My bad! Do I need my tongue need pruning? OpenOffice, the cure for Microsoft FUD! 35% of business offices use illegal software… solve the problem by using OpenOffice! Geek Culture… switching to Linux from MS Windows! Super villians use Linux! You should too! Switch today! Be like Steve! Check out the flash video link:

Switch to Linux Spot

More Jonathan Coulton podsafe music… Christmas with the Andersons on “Chiron Beta Prime”, last news item… if everyone that has a DVR skips commercials, it will cost advertisers 8 BILLION dollars! Commercials should be fun… then maybe we’d watch them! Dr. Bill searches the net for the weird the strange and the odd, Geek Culture tidbits! Send me an e-mail!

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Dr. Bill Podcast – 34 – (04/29/06)
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Intro – A lot to do this week, an extended edition! Explanation of the southern expression “a-gud-un”, promo for the Wireless Tech Radio Podcast, what Wikipedia is, and what the term “Code Monkey” means, podsafe music from Jonathan Coulton called, “Code Monkey!” Philips creates a hardware device that forces you to watch ads! Ack! Linspire release “Freespire”… a free version, it will be released in August, is Bill Gates the “Antichrist?” OK, it’s a joke! Internet Explorer Destroyer effort to destroy the browser from the Internet, and along that line… yet ANOTHER IE exploit revealed! Are users really dumb… or do we geeks just expect too much from them? (With MANY EXAMPLES!) Geek Software of the Week: m0n0wall, an Open Source Firewall! As we exit… another Jonathan Coulton podsafe song called “RE: Your Brains” (a co-worker who happens to be a zombie!) Dr. Bill shares a great e-mail!

Check out more of Jonathan Coulton’s music and buy a CD!

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Dr. Bill Podcast – 33 – (04/22/06)
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Promo for the Digital Experience Podcast, Real Men Cook with Liquid Oxygen – NOT!, Geek Software of the Week: IZArc!, it handles SO MANY formats of archivers!, a video of the Robotic Chair… very cool, advancing Geek Culture!, PLEASE try Linux, it will amaze you how far Linux has come! The podcast is short this week, because the news has been slow, but join us next week for more!

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Dr. Bill Podcast – 32 – (04/16/06)
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Apologies to Scott!, Dr, Bill does “pennants” by putting the Red SOX header on the web site this week!, ISORecorder: Geek Software of the Week!, why Ethanol is good… air as fuel for cars and planes, a virus that attacks Windows and Linux – Yike!, it is time to abandon “ol’ dog operating systems” for Linux, Linux distros I recommend to newbies! (I did the Podcast Sunday because I “got away” for Easter holiday this weekend! Happy Resurrection Day!!!)

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Dr. Bill Podcast – 31 – (04/08/06)
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Dr. Bill totally geek’s out over his new HP Pavilion dv5000 series laptop! Tune in for his “review” (and drooling) over his NEW laptop! Dr. Bill makes a mistake on “air”… again… sigh! “Dr. Bill is Excited” Week, Cred to Scott Redmond for our new web site header… check out his web site at Triad Web Solutions (the link is in the Blog), what is “middle-aged” according to the Doctor?, Dr. Bill gives you a “tutorial” on using his web site, how to subscribe to the podcast, Dr. Bill looks at Tech News, Microsoft will “host” Linux VIRTUALLY, “The Next Big Thing,” IPTV, the “Louisiana Chef Dewd”, the “Democracy Player” and “FireAnt” IP Video Media players, Apple does Windows!, Boot Camp from Apple, you can also run Windows and Linux “virtually” in a window on your Mac with Parallels Workstation 2.1, another REALLY BAD Internet Explorer exploit that allows “phishers” to steal your personal financial information! And explanation of “phishing”, an actual demonstration of “phishing”, only half of CORPORATE desktops are Windows Vista “Aero Glass” ready! Video cards guys like Gartner Groups story! Dr. Bill plays with his toys… bye!

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Dr. Bill Podcast – 30 – (04/01/06)
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Intro, Microsoft Internet Explorer exploits getting worse, our “Geek Software of the Week” is MediaMonkey… very cool audio jukebox software built on Open Source!, I explain why I dropped MusicMatch in favor of da’ Monkey!, Will Apple Run Windows Apps in Emulation?, Microsoft is spreading the FUD again! Now they are threatening to SUE over software patents, an encouragement to come out to the Greensboro Linux User Group meeting to be held at the Center for Creative Leadership!

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Dr. Bill Podcast – 29 – (03/25/06)
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xp-AntiSpy: Geek Software of the Week!, Microsoft Delays Vista Again… at least to 2007, Dell buys Alienware to beef up it’s gaming “cred,” the fastest Windows XP laptop is and Apple? Yep! It’s the MacBook Pro!, another good security reason to dump Internet Explorer, Background on Linspire, and talk of it’s new “Mac-Mini”-like system! Sneak Peak… not even on their website yet!

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Dr. Bill Podcast – 28 – (03/20/06)
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Podcast – better late than never (again!), Monday night podcasting… weird!, Microsoft Delays XP for Legacy PCs, Happy “Pi” Day!, the ULTIMATE “Pi” day, far in the past!, Two hackers in California won the “Intel Mac running Windows XP” contest this week, a note on the Monday podcast, Linux v2.6.16 has been released according to the man himself… Linus Torvalds!

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Dr. Bill Podcast – 27 – (03/12/06)
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A very short Podcast today as my voice is still shot! A Computer that works when it is turned off?!?! A Floppy based RAID array!?!? What A RAID array is, and why floppies aren’t the best choice! Comments on the Windows XP optimization podcasts were good! (Thanks!) And, watch for a new Geek Software of the Week coming soon! Well, I know it is short… but I have to sign off so I can cough! Bye for now!