Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Mike Howard from jpeg2RAW.com for Show 116. Mike recently spent sometime working on his podcasting studio at home and created what he now calls a Hangoutasaurus for his weekly shows on photography. Using 5 PCs, a mixer and a mic, Mike is able to broadcast and record his… Click for more / Podcast Player>
Like athletes testing their limits, the Standard & Poor’s 500 and the Dow Jones Industrials Indices both hit new highs last week. The S&P closed the week above the 1,600 level for the first time, while the Dow climbed above the 15,000 mark on Friday before closing lower. Strong corporate earnings, gains in the housing… Click for more / Podcast Player>
Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Christian Johnson, John Stutsman (@JohnStutsman), Kevin Schoonover (@schoondoggy1979) and Paul Braren (@tinkererguy) for Show 115. This show is part two of three where we look at the good, the bad and the ugly of those devices we call laptops. Big congratulations to Christian who finished High School this… Click for more / Podcast Player>
If anyone doubted the power of Twitter, their skepticism was laid to rest this week. Early Tuesday afternoon, a tweet from the Associated Press reported President Obama had been injured by explosions in the White House. Stock, bond, and commodity markets fell sharply on the news and then rebounded when the Associated Press communicated that… Click for more / Podcast Player>
Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Christian Johnson, Andrew Morris (@unrealshots) and guest Nathaniel Lindley (@thanlindley) for Show 114. This show is part one of three where we look at the good, the bad and the ugly of those devices we call laptops. Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E at… Click for more / Podcast Player>
It was a wild, wild week. Last Monday, bombs exploded near the finish of the Boston Marathon. Not long after, media outlets let the public know letters to President Obama and a senator from Mississippi contained the poison ricin. On Wednesday, the town of West, Texas was flattened by an explosion at a fertilizer plant.… Click for more / Podcast Player>