What's New is Old

Mark & Wes, in Rheem, CA at TamamisThis show was recorded using Mark's lapel microphones. For whatever reason, you can hear us eat and chew and slurp in high detail. In the show, Mark and Wes ramble a lot about Apple's new updates to certain products, iTunes 8.0, 2.1 firmware iTouch & iPhone update, Nano's potential 508 compliance for sight-impaired users. Mark explains how 'location over Wi-Fi' works, and how people have to drive all over the place to map the Wi-Fi locations. Wes thinks he caused his Wi-Fi to be added by doing something to trigger the location on his iTouch, but Mark is skeptical. What is the deal with the Genius feature of iTunes? Wes can't tell if it actually finds matching songs, and Mark isn't very interested in the feature unless it works with banjo and pipe organ music. Wes has a good way to look for new applications for your iPhone or iTouch, and explains how to do this. Did the 2.1 firmware fix your application crashing problems?Sites of Interest:The Homebrew Computer Club.Ap

Mark & Wes, in Berkeley, CA at KipsThis show was recorded in a noisy area of Kips in Berkeley. Wes complains about his bubble drink and how it wasn't blended. Mark talks about Walter/Wendy Carlos and Switched on Bach. He has a pic of what looks like a Moog analog system, but there is a possibility that it is just an analog computer. What is it!? Who is the guy? They talk about the first MP3 player and what it looked like in 1998. Wes talks a bit about the unit that Apple examined before the iPod was created. Also his drink is not blended like it should be. Mark suspects that Google created Chrome in order to have something for Android, as well as a way to halt the payments for revenue to the Mozilla Foundation. He also believes their goal is to get people away from being concerned about applications for specific Operating Systems. Wes agrees and talks a bit about Google Docs. Some people think the earth is only 5000 years old and that we never went to the moon. What's next from Apple? New iPhone? iTouch N

Mark & Wes, in Emeryville, CA at The Emerybay Public Market.This show was recorded outside of the food court in Emeryville. People thought Mark and I were some strange group of Radio DJ's, and the guard actually came up and started a conversation about our equipment.In this show, Mark and Wes go back in time to discuss early Apple computers, and tell brief stories of the first Apple machines we both used. Wes talks a bit about the GEM DOS Shell. Forget GEM, Mark used DESQview to run multi-dos sessions... until he discovered that Windows could do the same job. Wes uses his Intel Mac Mini for video editing because it handles HD video fairly well. Us iTouch and iPhone users will be getting a new firmware upgrade in less than a month that should fix the app crashing problems we're experiencing. Nothing is better than a short BB-the-dog story, which Mark gives us, explaining how dogs check their peemail.Sites of Interest:This was recorded on Wes' Marantz PMD-660Belkin GoStudio for professional recording on an

Mark & Wes, in Orinda, CA at Loards Ice CreamThis show was recorded at Loards Ice Cream due to the fact that there was a live band (with NO BANJO) playing loudly in the mall where the expensive Japanese Restaurant was located. So we waited until after dinner and forced ourselves to eat ice cream out of ice cream cups in order to bring you another wonderful and fact filled episode! In this show, Mark and Wes talk about MacroMedia, Adobe, Flash for the iPhone, Audio Editors, Steve Jobs is angry with Adobe for stating they would create their own Flash for the iPhone, does Steve approve every App Store application? Mark saw The Woz and a friend on a Segway in San Francisco. Mark talks about BART's Segway Policy. Also, did you know you can make your own Segway clone?Sites of Interest:The iPhone app WHERE has a sub-function that identifies the mountains near you.WHERE's mountain id function is based on the website HeyWhatsThat.The iPhone face detector.Apple's cost for building the iPhone and the iTouch.Hunting

Mark & Wes, in Oakland, CA at LJ Quinn's Light House.This episode contains a lot of fresh ground pepper and eating noises. Wes reveals why Quinn's is so important to him. Mark spends a large portion of the show speaking about cell phones in the US versus Europe, carriers, cell phone prices and different rates for calls. Can you really trust cloud computing? Google Docs? Mark invited some phone folks over to his party with interesting consequences.Sites of Interest:CDMA is popular for cellular in the US, but GSM is used almost everywhere else.United Mobile sells multi-country GSM SIM cards. The one with the 44 country code is cheaper for people to call you.Sample eBay search for cheap quad-band unlocked GSM cell phones.International call-back services can save you money when traveling.Save far more by making your own call-back service with Asterisk, among a million other things that Asterisk can do. (Email Mark for details on scripting the callback.)Wes was thinking about Magic Jack for cheap phone service

Mark & Wes, in Lafayette, CA at Bo's BarbecueThis episode is also dedicated to Al Bernay, who passed away on July 10th. Al had friends his family knew little about, and Mark and friends were amazed at how wrong the Rabbi was. Franky looks too young to be his age. Al created his own MIDI files and worked with the Petunia sound plug for the Commodore Pet. Honey bees or wasps, and how to get rid of them. Al's electronic address book was paper, sort of. Why do these people applaud this musical group, when there is no Banjo!? Netshare for the iPhone and possible reasons why it was allowed and then pulled -- twice! Mark likes the way the public perceives the value of apps in the iPhone store and how they complain that a $2 application is only worth $1. What do you mean you don't remember WebVan!?Sites of Interest:Al and Franky.Falling Down - Mark thought the name of this movie was "Going Home". What do you expect from someone who rates movies based on how long he falls asleep?Sequencer Plus Gold - DOS

Mark & Wes, in Emeryville, CA at the Asqew GrillThis episode is dedicated to Al Bernay, who passed away on July 10th. Mark talks about the history of the Mark Bernay Society, the fact that Al was truly the original PodCaster, and his involvement in the beginning of something that affected the future of technology and the generation of kids who took pleasure in experimenting with phones and equipment. This is the first of two shows where we will talk about Al and how important he was to young people, as well as us older ones.Sites of Interest:The following websites used to have a lot of tape recordings that the webmaster and other people made back then by dialing Al's and other lines and recording the calls. All these sites are off the air at the time this was posted, and we don't know why. We are including these links in case the sites come back.http://www.mapstostarshomes.com/http://www.dialajoke.us/http://www.funfone.org/http://www.telephone-entertainment.com/http://www.paulmackpresents.com/These should

Mark & Wes, in Lafayette, CA. Doing the Pizza Antica.Mark has an issue with a battery refill web site, as they most recently gave him what appear to be defective refills twice. Listeners have convinced me to record the waiter taking our orders, so don't judge us on the food we order. Mark doesn't care as long as the soup makes a solid slurping sound . Mark runs through the kinds of Pizza you can get in Italy, causing me to think of a Tetris cut pie. iTouch v2.0 firmware crashing problems may be due to the apps and not the OS. Wes thinks he knows where Steve lives. Why is the Flashlight application so popular!? OMG! Mark has a 3G iPhone! So Mark goes into a water closet and gets confused. Eventually he learns the correct way to Pee in Berlin. Speaking of Pee-ing, what does Cat Piss stand for? Actually Mark said "CAPTCHA", not "cat piss". San Francisco will now help you find an empty parking spot by cell phone. Esquire Magazine will feature Electronic Ink soon.Sites of Interest:Refill no

Axe & Wes, in SF, CA having lunch at Tart to Tart.New iTunes, iPhone and firmware all around, 20% of all apps on AppStore are free, Twitter is available in free and premium edition on AppStore, iTouch firmware update was delayed, problems with the iTouch firmware update, software quality assurance, 80% of all iPhone apps are free, Yelp, Evernote iPhone app, Shazam to find your favorite song on the radio, Jott, iPhone screenshot capability, 24k Gold iPhone, Nokia and Navteq, Squirt your sphincter, Electronic Toilets.Sites of Interest:Problems with iPhone v2.0Gold iPhoneiPhone Screen CaptureDual Screen LaptopNokia Completes Purchase of NavteqBelkin Makes Descent iPod Recording DockApple iTunes Apps StoreToilet Tool

Mark & Wes, in Orinda, CA looking for WordTech Systems.Because Mark is on vacation in Europe, this weeks show is a quick smearing of audio clips from previous shows that go back to 2005. In this set, Mark and Wes reminisce.

Mark & Wes, in Concord, CA at The Bulgogi House.What is tthe maximum length of a domain name?, HD Camcorders, Bill is not really retiring, Steve looked ill so is he leaving Apple?, Gates did Quality Control for Microsoft Products, remember Jaz Drives?, Sleep Texting?Sites of Interest:http://www.yelp.com/biz/korean-bulgogi-house-concord - The restaurant where we are slurping.http://www.thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/ - The longest domain name with lists of the longest stuff.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7475986.stm - Internet overhaul wins approval.http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=873516 - DXG-567V HD Camcorder that looks good to Wes.http://www.preferredphoto.com/viewproduct.aspx?ID=9947764 - Mark's "$100" Kodak camera; sometimes it is that cheap. Works with AA batteries, but you MUST get Ni-MH rechargeable AA's, not alkalines!http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/141821.asp - Typical Bill Gates email in which he tries to view

Mark & Wes, in Lafayette, California at Swad Indian Restaurant.In this show, we talk about Boost Mobile, Meet Sense, Get Drop Box, Bright Kite, Gspace, Mesh, Drop.io, NullSoft, Mark and Wes should swear more than we do, MySapce is due for a face-lift, possibly never have an iPhone to be used as a Modem, instead of 'bricking your phone, how about Graham Crackering your phone?, Apple probably takes a loss on new products when first introduced, Sprint Instinct, The Zivio Cell Phone BlueTooth HeadSet with a true microphone in front of your mouth.Sites of Interest:http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-9962810-12.html - CitySense, an urban navigation product.http://www.brightkite.com/ -Location-based social networking. Email Mark for an invite code.http://www.getdropbox.com/ - Keeps sets of files synchronized between multiple PC's/Macs, and backed up on the web.http://www.mesh.com/ - Microsoft beta test system similar to getdropbox.http://drop.io/ -Yet another site for sharing files with other users.https://secur

Mark, Wes & Sammy, in Lafayette, California at Swad Indian Restaurant. The group talks a bit about (bullshit) Energy Drinks, Microencapsulated Drugs, Scratch n' Sniff, Smell-o-Vision, Cut a steak with a MacBook Air, Netflix Player by Roku, "Do you know who I am?", Linux on your cell phone, Astound Me, Billboards that gather stats about who's looking at them, Mark's feedback on the new iPhone, Mark gives out the answer to the first challenge, The Perverted Captain Crunch Dream, Subvert and Profit,Second contest is still open. How does Sly Dial work? Listen to previous show (2008_06_05) to win. Answer given out in next show.Sites of Interest:http://www.retrofuture.com/smell-o-vision.html - Scratch-and-sniff cards once used in movie theatres.http://www.willitblend.com/videos.aspx?type=unsafe&video=iphone - What happens if you stick an iPhone in a blender?http://www.roku.com/netflixplayer/ - Play Netflix on-demand videos on your TV set.http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/motorola-slashing-20-of-i

Mark & Wes back in Lafayette, California at Bo's Barbecue. Starbucks offers free wi-fi now, Jott has new features, Elephant Beetle's need love too, Mark talks about one of his first GPS units, a Garmin Street Pilot, Roku's NetFlix Player, interesting views from Mark about current state of technology advancements, now you'll know how the GPS system works.Win a Cap'n Crunch whistle by answering Mark's interesting new challenge. Also there is one week left to answer the challenge from last week.Sites of Interest:http://www.starbucks.com/retail/wireless.asp - Free wifi at Starbucks after registering a Starbucks Cardhttp://www.customguide.com/ - Free two-sided cheat sheets for many software products.http://jott.com/jott/feeds.html - Listen to your RSS feedshttp://www.boingboing.net/2008/06/05/fiveinch-elephant-be.html - Five-inch elephant beetle in search of mating partnerhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/philips-introducing-52-inch-1080p-3d-display/ - Philips introducing 52-inch 1080p 3D displayhttp://www.en

Mark & Wes back in Lafayette, California at Pizza Antica. Mark takes a moment to talk a bit about his theory on the stock market, voting power, dividends, and paper with no value, Wes finds a tool that helps him get around the Windows XP Login screen for an old machine he forgot the password to, 3D monitors exist, hacking windows mobile OS for old phone models.Win a prize by answering Mark's interesting challenge. Answer in the blog by leaving a comment, or send either of us an email.Sites of Interest:http://blog.pmarca.com/2008/05/in-praise-of-du.html - Marc Andreessen: In praise of dual-class stock structures for public companies.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_tables - Rainbow tables to help crack passwords.http://www.d--b.webpark.pl/dreampackpl_en.htm - DreamPack software if you forgot your Windows password (beware of loud music here)http://www.humanproductivitylab.com/archive_blogs/2007/11/15/cisco_experimenting_with_an_on_1.php - Cisco Experimenting with an On-Stage Telepresence.http://www.crn.

Mark & Wes back in Lafayette, California at Swad.Wonderful Indian flavors again at Swad Indian Cuisine. Mark shares a lot about old technology and surprises me with his finding regarding the Philco Radio Phonograph, DJ's at Chris Bernay's Wedding, methods in the past to remember when a song was played on the radio, reradiation & reflection statistic tracking, Roku NetFlix Player, Nano Technology Robots are becoming a reality, a 1927 GPS Watch.Sites of Interest:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philco - Philco History.http://www.jitterbuzz.com/indrad.html - One man's interest in Zenith Radios.http://www.roku.com/netflixplayer/ - RokuLabs Netflix HD Player.http://www.wristdreams.com/archives/2008/05/gps_watch_from.html - 1927 GPS Watch.

Mark & Wes back in Orinda, California.ahhh, the expensive Japanese Restaurant... Today Mark does the introduction and talks about his blog log, tracking dollar bills via the net, the iPhone rotary dialer, iPhone 3g battery life will not be great, the Babbage Difference Engine, remember "Don't Copy that Floppy?", The good and bad of new technology, and Wes and Mark talk about YouTube and how parents should handle their kids Internet Fame.Sites of Interest:http://www.mybloglog.com - Yahoo's My Blog Log Site.http://www.wheresgeorge.com - Money comes and goes. Here's where it's been.http://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/ - The Difference Engine Realized.http://www.valhenson.org/kitchen.html - The Kitchen Computer from 1969.http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/ - Microsoft Telescope Data from Around the World.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3DO_Interactive_Multiplayer - The 3DO Console.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Copy_That_Floppy - Anti Copyright Infringement Adverstisement.http://en.wikipedia.org/

Mark & Wes at Pizza Antica in Lafayette, CA... again.Today Mark gets to ask the waiter if he would stop if not told to, the SY109er clock, giveaway of the day, Mark's mother had a drawer full of 'stuff', Yahoo Pipes, updates on the iPhone SDK, 3G iPhone Spec, Travel and Package Tracking online, Speed Racer is actually pretty good?Sites of Interest:http://www.giveawayoftheday.com- Free Software.http://www.woot.com - Bag of Crap and Woot-offs.http://www.tripit.com/ - Better ways of tracking tickets and getting reminders.http://www.lucasarts.com/ - George Lucas Software Development.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ-i4-U9Uak - BloomBox.http://www.voicecloud.com - VoiceMail Transcription. (good quality)http://www.simulscribe.com - VoiceMail Transcription.http://www.spinvox.com - VoiceMail Transcription.

Mark, Wes & Troy at Huong Tra in Richmond, CA.Today Mark and I meet up with Troy to discuss BrightKite, Internet Dating, RSS Appreciation, Skype Clients for cell phones, and how my Minidisc Recorder dies on Thursday night.Sites of Interest:http://www.yelp.com/biz/huong-tra-richmond - Huong Trahttp://brightkite.com/ - Bright Kite, like twitter, but better?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CU-SeeMe - History on CuSeeMe Softwarehttp://sattlers.org/mickey/CU-SeeMe/index.html - CUSeeMe Software Clientshttp://www.rss-specifications.com/history-rss.htm - RSS Historyhttp://www.iskoot.com - Skype client for your cell phone to make Skype callshttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/08/hp-mini-note-2133-officially-official/

Mark & Wes at Pizza Antica in Lafayette, California.Today we learn that Microsoft is dropping the Spot Watch product, but continuing the spot watch signal via FM sub carriers, Tom Leykus is YOUR father, Microsoft Mesh, Twitter Earth Apps, the door keeps slamming behind us, iMac speed bumps, Skype adds fixed price plan for skype-to-phone international calls, Mark misses his BART stop due to his ear buds and has to pay $30 for a cab, GPS' will soon tell you that you are in a bad neighborhood.Sites of Interest:http://www.blowmeuptom.com - Tom Leykushttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/spot-watches-r-i-p-2004-2008/http://www.pizzaantica.com/ - Pizza Antica Web Sitehttp://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/22/microsofts-mesh-revealed%E2%80%94sync-all-apps-and-all-files-to-all-devices-as-long-as-theyre-windows/http://twittervision.com/maps/show_3d - Twitter Visionhttp://twittearth.com/ - Twitt Earthhttp://crave.cnet.co.uk/digitalmusic/0,39029432,49296659,00.htm - iRiver E150