Podcast Guide Reviews 09.08
- One Minute Tip | Website |
- tech tips
- 1 min once per week
- a quick and informitive how to tip about a web 2.0 tool, computer feature, gadget, or anything else geeks like to interact with.
- a 50% increase in your geek productivity
- Windows Vista Is Here To Stay | Website |
- technology
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly about the operating system everyone loves to hate. The podcast tends to evangelize Vista. One truth he points out and I think you mentioned this too, Rian, is that Vista seems to work really well for people that are just learning how to use a computer. It’s the power users in the tech community that have most of the complaints. Nonetheless it’s a good podcast with a ton of great info about using Vista’s features.
- 2 service packs
- WeatherBug | Website |
- weather
- 2 min daily
- a 2 minute overview of the entire weather status of the United States of America on any given day from their own in house meteorologist
- 80% chance of awesomness
- A Quiet Time Podcast | Website |
- music
- A very downbeat and soothing podcast. It’s about half an hour long, and they play music from different artists each show. Sounds like it’s broadcast by the hermit fisherman that lives by the seaside. It’s very well-done, easy to listen to, if a tad depressing.
- 6 solemn memories
- APM: Marketplace Morning Report | Website |
- finance
- 7.5 min on weekdays
- all the news the guys in the office next to us scream and shout about all day until the bell finnally rings at 1pm pacific time
- 150$ per barrel
- Poll Positions | Website |
- politics
- A service of CBS News, Kathleen Frankovic rattles off some numbers from the recent exit polls of US voters. Clearly targeted at enthusiastic voters in the US, this show was very hard for me to pay attention to. Us Canadians just want the 30000-foot view, not the details. However, if you are one of ‘dem yanks and want the nitty-gritty and hard numbers, listen up to this one.
- 18 blue states
- Future Tense | Website |
- Tech Issues
- 5 min weekdays
- Kind of tech news, but more of a commentary than all the other tech news podcasts. not to-the-minute, but an interesting perpective on a relativly current tech related issue
- This Ain’t Iowa | Website |
- travel
- Banter and discussion about all things Vegas. If you live in or near Vegas, or are thinking about going there, these guys will tell you what’s hot… eventually. There certainly is a lot of filler. That’s the one criticism I have about it. Otherwise, it’s an entertaining way to spend half an hour.
- queen-high flush. I was gonna rate it 4 aces, but I was concerned that would be too corny.
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