Jon’s Geek Stuff … & Stuff

May 20, 2008

Video: Deep Fried Hamburgers

Filed under: Hmmm — jon @ 6:46 am

Video: Deep Fried Hamburgers

Dyer’s Burgers in Memphis on Beal Street

via: Munchcast podcast on Twit

April 25, 2008

The Great White House BlackBerry Heist

Filed under: Hmmm — jon @ 6:18 am

The Great White House BlackBerry Heist

CRAZY!

September 19, 2007

The Smiley Face Turns 25 :-)

Filed under: Hmmm, Interesting — jon @ 6:51 am

The Smiley Face Turns 25 :-)

September 18, 2007

Pluto attacks on Main St. USA

Filed under: Hmmm, Just Plain Funny — jon @ 6:38 am

Pluto Attacks

August 30, 2007

US Falls behind in internet Speeds

Filed under: Hmmm, Life — jon @ 7:29 am

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/28/AR2007082801990.html

August 16, 2007

The 100 oldest domains on the internet

Filed under: Hmmm, Interesting — jon @ 8:49 am

http://theforrester.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/the-100-oldest-domains-on-the-internet/

August 13, 2007

zettabyte - new word I learned today

Filed under: Hmmm, Interesting — jon @ 2:50 pm

Today, while Updating the firmware on a raid controller, I looked at the change log to see what was fixed from the previous version. There was a line that stated ‘Updated to allow logical volumes up to 8 Zettabytes.

I had to look it up on wikipedia, before this I had only ever heard up to an EB (exabyte) mentioned.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zettabyte

August 10, 2007

Buzz Out Loud - “Download Error - File size exceeds download limit”

Filed under: Browsers, Hmmm, IE7, Podcasts, RSS — jon @ 11:56 am

One of my favorite podcasts is Buzz Out Loud from CNET. I love podcasts and use the RSS functionality of Internet Explorer 7 to subscribe to the RSS feed. I also use it to download podcasts. I have about 20 Audio or Video podcasts that I listen to or watch. They all get downloaded automatically with IE7. I realize that most people will probably think, you use IE7? I really like IE7, I’m not a ‘Microsoft Fanboy’, I just think that IE 7 is a good product.

Anyway my whole reason for this post is that Buzz Out Loud does not download for me using the RSS feed reader in IE7. It tells me, “Download Error - File size exceeds download limit”. I’m not sure why. Several of the video podcasts I watch are over 100 megabytes in size. The Buzz Out Loud podcast is usually only about 25 megabytes in size. I’m wondering if it has something to do with how their feed is hosted? If I right click on that same link for the .MP3, and save it to my hard drive, it downloads just fine.

If you click the picture below it will take you to the full screen grab so you can see the error.

This isn’t a rant, just a, hmm I really wish this worked post.

I’m going to send an email to buzz@cnet.com and see what they say.

-Jon

Buzz Out Loud Download Error

July 11, 2007

Death By Caffeine

Filed under: Hmmm, Interesting, Life — jon @ 7:43 am

How many cans of your favorite caffeinated Beverage will kill you?

Dr. Pepper is my Drink of choice.

The site tells me: “After 332.93 cans of Dr Pepper, you’d be pushing up daisies. ”

Out of curiosity I looked up Jolt Cola: “You could drink 62.05 cans of Jolt Cola before croaking.”

http://www.energyfiend.com/death-by-caffeine

Via: dl.tv episode 181

May 21, 2007

A Fair(y) Use Tale

Filed under: Hmmm — jon @ 6:30 am

Copyright law explained using Disney movie clips

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJn_jC4FNDo

via: slashdot

March 13, 2007

Bum Rush the Charts

Filed under: Hmmm — jon @ 5:34 pm

An effort to show ‘mainstream media’ that the power of podcasting can move an independent song to the top of the charts.
They are requesting podcasters ask their audience to buy the song “Mine Again” by the band Black Lab from the iTunes music store.
I’ve never bought a song from iTunes before, maybe this will be my first, if I remember.

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