my favourite vista error message ever
I got this one today after a re-boot. Brilliant. Whoever at MSFT who wrote this error message should get some kind of comedy award. Letterman should hire them during the Writer’s Guild strike.
A new 2Web Crew podcast
Join Techcrunch’s Duncan Riley, Norg Media’s Bronwen Clune, World Communities’ Laurel Papworth, Tangler’s Mick Liubinskas and The Podcast Network’s Cameron Reilly for a chat about
- Heath Ledger’s death
- what we like and don’t like about Facebook
- the questions around Nik Cubrilovic’s Omnidrive
- the recent launch of Tinfinger
- the challenges of online identity
- … and other nerdy issues.
This show was recorded with a live audience via Ustream and with live audience participation via Tangler.
Cam Guevara
I have always wanted one of these caps that Che Guevara used to wear. I’ve looked all over Melbourne but couldn’t find one. Then last week I found The Che Store. The cap is said to be “the same Basque-style beret, with a silver metal star on the front and tip on top, worn by Che.”
The Joker and The Crow
Is it just me or is there a scary resemblance between how Heath Ledger looked in his last role (“The Joker”) and Brandon Lee looked in his (“The Crow”)? They both died aged 28.
Podcasting Live with Ustream and Tangler
Yesterday I had one of the most exciting experiences I have had since starting podcasting 3+ years ago.
While driving around Melbourne, I participated in the 2Web Crew podcast with Duncan in SF, Bron in Perth and Laurel in Sydney. I had my Macbook open on the seat beside me, connected via 3G card, and my Snowball mic sitting in a cup holder.
Dangerous? Not really, it was all hands-free.
But… that isn’t the exciting part.
While we were recording the show, UncaDunc (Duncan’s new nickname) had set up Ustream to stream the chat live and we had some folks listening in. Now that is exciting but it isn’t the best bit. The best bit was how Big Mick Liubinskas set up a Tangler forum to follow the chat. This, in my opinion, takes podcasting to an entirely new level. We not only had listeners chatting with us (of course, I didn’t follow any of this until I parked at my destination), but they were dragging in YouTube videos that we were talking about, screen grabs of websites, posting up photos of themselves listening… I felt like I was in a room with a hundred people. It truly was exciting.
I’ve often talked about how I am keen to see podcasters find ways to innovate so podcasting becomes more than radio on an ipod and this combination of Ustream and Tangler is, i think, a huge leap forward. You can also embed the Ustream stream into Tangler (or your own website) so people don’t need to open up Ustream itself.
I tried to get this all working myself when I interviewed Wayne Turmel for G’Day World but it is kind of tricky to get working. Duncan helped me out later and I found these instructions for setting it up on a Mac. I haven’t found any yet for Windows but will keep an eye out.
Porn & LOTU
6 residents showed up for the church of LOTU first meeting in SL » VTOR – Virtual TO Reality
Tdavid came to TPN HQ looking for LOTU and discovered porn! He asks on his blog is there is some connection between LOTU and porn. I did know there were porn channels on the TV unit I bought (part of the package) but I didn’t know someone had turned them on. No connection between porn and lotu but I can tell you that lotu has nothing against sex between consulting consenting adults or pornography made by consulting consenting adults. As long as human rights aren’t being violated, lotu is happy with porn.
Tags: lotu, second life