by cameron | Dec 13, 2007 | Podcast
Aussie Twitterati jjprojects (aka John Johnstone) joins me today to talk about my latest project Twittories and Twitter in general. Check out JJ’s website or add him to your Twitter if you haven’t already!
The track for today is:
The track on this episode is:
Ween
“Your Party” (mp3)
from “La Cucaracha”
(Rounder Records)
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by cameron | Nov 29, 2007 | Podcast, science
As you know, I’m trying to figure out how I can make the world a better place. Today I had a chat with Richard Giles about some of the recent attempts I’ve made to volunteer for organisations like LifeLine and Big Brother Big Sister, my vision of a 21st century geek version of Rotary, and the following sites:
Change.org
Mobile Phones and Social Activism
Witness.org
Father Bob Maguire’s podcast
The track for today is:
Maritime
“For Science Fiction” (mp3)
from “Heresy and the Hotel Choir”
(Flameshovel Records)
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by cameron | Nov 23, 2007 | Melbourne, Podcast
Note: I just realized I introduce this show as #302 when it’s actually #303. Meh.
As you may know, I’ve recently become slightly obsessed about Ned Kelly. While I’ve been interested in the subject for several years, since I realized during a trip to Glenrowan in 2004 that I didn’t know much of the story, a recent trip to the Old Melbourne Gaol prompted me to investigate further.
Here’s the thing people: Ned Kelly was and is a true Australian hero. He wasn’t a “bushranger” – he was a freedom fighter, an Irish Catholic who stood up to the British Protestant authorities and threatened them with a rebellion. He was a political leader, whose life and career was brutally cut short by corrupt authorities. He is a hero who gave his life to make a stand and we should celebrate him as a hero.
My guest tonight, Paul O’Keefe, is a direct descendant of the Kelly Gang, who travels to schools around the country to set the story straight.
Links for further reading:
- Paul’s site: Kelly Gang Educational Services
- Ned Kelly: Iron Outlaw
- Wikipedia: Ned Kelly
- The Jerilderie Letter
The track on this episode is:
Ween
“Your Party” (mp3)
from “La Cucaracha”
(Rounder Records)
Buy at Rounder Store
More On This Album
Become part of the G’Day World conversation.
TPN now has a HQ in Second Life! If you’ve never spent any time in SL, jump in, go to TPN HQ (by clicking this link) and add “Cameron Switchblade” to your friends (that’s me). I’d be happy to show you around and help you find your SL legs.
If you’re a member of Facebook, you can ADD ME AS A FRIEND and then ADD YOURSELF TO THE G’DAY WORLD GROUP.
You can show your love by buying me stuff from my Amazon wish list.
You might DIGG the show.
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by cameron | Nov 20, 2007 | Podcast
Well this is the first real show of Season 4 of the G’Day World odyssey with the new focus on answering the question “how can I make the world a better place?”
I’m very lucky to have a big hitter like Dr John Demartini back on the show to kick off the new season. Before any of us can make the world a better place we need to get out of our own way, sort out our shit, cut the victim mentality and stop buying into the manufactured ambivalence.
Dr Demartini is back in Australia running a seminar called “For Love or Money – Financial Fantasy and Relationship Reality” and I took the opportunity to ask him a few questions of my own as well as a few questions submitted to me over Twitter.
What is his seminar “For Love Or Money” about?
What is the difference between inspiration and motivation.
What does he say to people who say ‘I don’t know what I want to do with my life’
Success isn’t all about material wealth…. what about making the world a better place?
How are inspirational speakers different from religious leaders?
Do inspirational speakers have or use political influence?
John was married to the late Athena Starwoman. What are his thoughts about astrology?
Why is it that only a small portion of the population takes action under their own initiative?
What is his quest / mission?
What he personally do on a daily basis to stay authentic?
I like Demartini’s style. As I said the last time he was on the show (G’Day World 276), listening to him is like listening to a much more refined, wealthier, better looking version of myself. He articulates what I think is a terrific attitude towards life.
As I mention at the end of the show, you can get your FREE DVD of the evening event ‘For Love or Money’ with Dr John Demartini by clicking on the image below.
Tokyo Police Club
“Nature Of The Experiment” (mp3)
from “A Lesson In Crime”
(Paper Bag Records)
Buy at iTunes Music Store
More On This Album
Become part of the G’Day World conversation.
TPN now has a HQ in Second Life! If you’ve never spent any time in SL, jump in, go to TPN HQ (by clicking this link) and add “Cameron Switchblade” to your friends (that’s me). I’d be happy to show you around and help you find your SL legs.
If you’re a member of Facebook, you can ADD ME AS A FRIEND and then ADD YOURSELF TO THE G’DAY WORLD GROUP.
You can show your love by buying me stuff from my Amazon wish list.
You might DIGG the show.
Get the TPN version of Particls.
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by cameron | Nov 9, 2007 | Podcast, technology
Before I move into the “making the world a better place” motif for Season 04 of G’Day World, I wanted to do a show about my recent experiences of migrating from Windows to a Mac.
Yes – hell has finally frozen over and I’ve bought a Mac.
As some of you (those who read my Twitter feed) will know, about two weeks ago the terrific folks at Global1Training sponsored a 17″ widescreen MacBook Pro for your humble host. Global1Training are the folks who run Dr John Demartini’s seminars around the world. If you haven’t listened to the interview I did with Dr John (G’Day World #276) then you really should. He’s got a lot of good tips for taking control of your life. If you’d like to attend the upcoming Demartini seminars, click on the Global1Training link above for a 2 For 1 discount on tickets.
So.. onto the Mac.
This show is going to detail my reasons for getting a Mac and my experience of the migration.
Is a Mac as easy to use as Mac aficionados claim?
What is a .dmg?
What does “eject from disk” mean?
What is the “Command” key?
Why doesn’t CTRL-C work?
Where is the “Backspace” key?
How do you drag to “Applications”?
Why doesn’t tapping the touchpad work?
Where is the right-click button?
Where is the “START” button?
Why won’t Safari or Firefox go full screen?
Do Macs “blue screen”?
Do you have to buy two versions of all of your favourite programs if you are still running a Windows machine and a Mac machine at the same time?
Which is the best 3G card – the Telstra NextG card or the Three NetConnect card.
What do I think of the Blue Snowball USB mic?
These were just some of the issues I faced after cracking the seal on the MacBook. Is the Mac truly superior to Vista? Listen to this show to find out.
Update: A good suggestion by Raf, here are the recommended apps that Jono from Xero and Duncan Riley sent me:
Jono’s list with his comments:
Twitterrific: Best twitter client, IMHO
Growl: Notification software – ties in with a whole bunch of Apps. So, new emails, downloads finishing, etc.
Delicious Library: Cataloguing software… Sounds nerdy, but it looks soooo good…
Sapiens: Mouse gesture launcher. Version 1, so doesn’t do much yet.
Transmission: Nice BitTorrent App, very clean interface.
xTorrent: More fully featured Bit Torrent & downloading App, has very good search feature.
Download these so quicktime player will play a lot more codecs:
Perian: This adds DivX playback, amongst others…
Flip4Mac: This adds WMV playback.
Any other movie files should work in either VLC or MPlayer…
And of course: Google Earth, Skype (features lag behind on the Mac unfortunately).
Use iPhoto, its awesome 🙂
Duncan’s list with his comments:
Twitteriffic: you’ll love it
Audio Hijack Pro for Podcasting: Hijacks any audio on your mac (ie Skype calls). easy to use but you do have to pay for it after a trial. If wasn’t expensive for memory. General podcasting support is built in via Garageband for non-sykpe calls.
Cyberduck for FTP: it free, there are paid clients out there but this does a pretty good job
Snapz Pro if you want to do screencasting, captures SL as well. Payware but fairly cheap after trial.
For running Vista
Parallels: if you’ve only got the upgrade Vista I can tell you how to install. Parallels allows you to run windows from the Mac desktop, and programs like they were native on your mac. Bootcamp from Apple is free but you cant run Windows and OSX at the same time.
I presume you’ll stick with Microsoft Office under win, but if you switch try Neo-office, its Open Office code but customized to be more Mac friendly. It’s a little slow in loading, but its cheaper than buying office itself. You’ll find Thunderbird for Mac cool as well.
Become part of the G’Day World conversation.
TPN now has a HQ in Second Life! If you’ve never spent any time in SL, jump in, go to TPN HQ (by clicking this link) and add “Cameron Switchblade” to your friends (that’s me). I’d be happy to show you around and help you find your SL legs.
If you’re a member of Facebook, you can ADD ME AS A FRIEND and then ADD YOURSELF TO THE G’DAY WORLD GROUP.
You can show your love by buying me stuff from my Amazon wish list.
You might DIGG the show.
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