20. August 2009

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Happy Birthday Envato

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Creative content seller Envato is having its 3rd birthday and has a great deal right now in celebration. The deal is $300 worth of content for $20 but the deal only has a few hours left, so get in there with your Paypal before it’s over.

http://envato.com/birthday/

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17. August 2009

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Google Chrome now supports bookmark syncing

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So as it turns out, I happen to be checking Google Chrome updates over the past several days as often as I could due to the earlier announced update about Google Chrome soon to support Bookmark syncing. About 10 minutes ago I was checking for a new update, it mentioned there was and I did the update. I at the same time happen to be browsing Lifehacker and noticed they had just posted the news about the update. So without further adue the details

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6. August 2009

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BioAware Episode 2 Resistance is Futile

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In this episode we take a short glimpse at the future of the Canadian health care system. More iPod apps and a little bit of snes.

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5. August 2009

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Workaround corporate firewall web toolbox skill level: Basic

FirewallPosterMany  employers deploy security to block access to certain websites treating their employee’s like children on the Internet. The reasons vary from protecting computers on the network to keeping employee’s from sharing sensitive information with the outside world.

In most situations this is counter intuitive to employee productivity as the line between work and home blur into the use of the Internet. I’d like to explore some of the services that allow you to break out of the firewall to get things done using your web toolbox.

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30. July 2009

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The BioAware video intro revision 2

In the coming weeks the webcasts at Bastardgeek will also have the option for video. We are waiting on some parts that should hopefully fix a ground loop issue or otherwise known as 60 cycle.  In the meantime, I have been working away on slight video and audio issues to make things just right.

Last night I built the video intro for the BioAware webcast and thought I would share it.

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30. July 2009

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Its time to hear from the readers!

As I was sifting through possible ideas for articles today (Memory and CPU reviews, the new ATI FirePro 8700 line and nVidia’s new Quadro FX 3800, Gaming Rig specs etc) I thought to myself, I wonder what our readers want to know about. So its that time! I want to hear about items you would like to see talked about, reviewed, etc?

You can email me at sheldon [AT] bastardgeek.com

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30. July 2009

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New show about HD?

New show about HD?

Revision 3, the studio that created Diggnation (probably only the biggest name in video podcasting), has created a new show for high-definition content lovers! Hosted by Patrick Norton (The Screensavers, TekZilla, Systm, DL.tv, TWIT.tv) and Robert Heron (DL.tv, HD ninja), HD Nation is intended for people that are just getting into HD to those that [...]

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29. July 2009

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Follow up on the Blackberry Tour 9630 from Telus

Well it has been a solid 2 weeks since I bought the Tour! I have been playing with it quite solid since.

Within the first 24 hours I had to recharge the device twice because of solid internet use over a period of 8 hours. Most would think that means bad battery life, however with the solid 3G usage downloading and browsing the net that isnt bad……..

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29. July 2009

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Build an online playlist of music with Songza

SongzaSearch for music you want to listen to and start instantly building a playlist of music and video files to playback directly from Songza with or without registering. Signing up gives you access to your saved playlists so you can listen to the music you picked out.

“It’s got the cleanest interface to a music library that I’ve ever seen, and it’s great fun to use.” — Rafe Needleman, CNET

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27. July 2009

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Free premium Wordpress Theme from Woothemes

Woothemes has released a free premium Wordpress theme called Mainstream. The theme includes some of Woothemes custom configuration options and was built with the personal blogger in mind. 

http://www.woothemes.com/2009/07/mainstream/

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