There once was a time, in the not so distant path, that Linux users where a minority. Well, to be honest, they where a small group of really really big Nerds. Yes, beard-wearing, spectacle sporting, maternal basement dwelling single guys (and the occasional female) They would stare at their command prompts all night long, browsing newsgroups and irc…
There are some things everybody remembers. Their first girlfriend, their first car, their first kiss and of course, and of course, their first computer. For me that was a beige Commodore 64 (With brown keys) that I had gotten in 1986. At that time my older brother had bought it for my dads company and…
So delightfully funny, wrong .. but funny. G33ks agree we <3 XKCD. Related PostsNo Related Posts
Back in the days when we still hooked up auxiliary devices via serial cables, I had a palm pilot. Yep : you read correctly. I hate to Related PostsNo Related Posts
The best thing about the Knightwise.com website is, without a shadow of a doubt, its community. That great Related PostsNo Related Posts
In this special episode of the Knighcast we crank up the Time Machine and take you back to July 2005 for the very first episode of the Knightcast Podcast. ( Cover your bleeding ears 😉 ) We talk about how I personally got into podcasting and what it was like back in the “early days”.…
“Can you also make phonecalls with it ?” The half snickering question hovers in the air, the person who asked it looks at me expectantly, although he already knows the answer. “No” I answer. Before I get a chance to explain he holds the device up to his ear, its over-sided dimensions making it…
This week we launched our brand new hashtag on twitter : #dearknightwise, that people can use to ask cross platform question. Every week I try to sit down and answer your questions. @moonenmoonen asked @”knightwise : Where did you get the pogo sketch.” I got the pogo sketch at the Easy M store in Sint…
Knightwise.com fans who have been around a loooong looong time (or have been avid listeners of the Aussie Geek Podcast) might remember the famous ‘mega mindy incident’. Although its several years in the past its memory still lives on and has achieved cult status in some parts of the interwebs. Thanx to @the_rooster (Agp) and…
This week we review the Zaggmate Keyboard, the Pogo Sketch Stylus and 2 ipad apps that turn your ipad into a more productive device. The ipad is designed as a touch-interface device. But what if the pinches and the swipes are no longer enough. What if you need more then the touch type keyboard can…
In a never ending quest to find new and exiting ways to interact with my cross-platform community, i’ve launched (or “thought up”) the hashtag “#dearknightwise” on twitter. If you have a cross-platform question about Windows, Linux, Osx, Android, Ois or steam powered energiser bunnies .. i’ll do my best to find your answer. The hashtag…
Geo-tagging your pictures, tweets and foursquare checkins is cool. It lets your friends know where you are, shows others just “where” you took that awesome picture and nobody dears to doubt the fact that you have just become the mayor of your aunts bathroom in Foursquare. But these locations are DATA. Random, useless data that…
Being the owner of 2 small dogs, I can say some things are missing from this list. – Cellphone holster. – Walking keychain for your usb stick – Wifi repeater (You need some ethernet cable, an Airport express and some rubber bands for that one) …. Source Related PostsNo Related Posts
After releasing the last Docu Cast episode in the feed about how I have setup my own cross-platform, cross location podcatching setup, I got a request from listener @moonenmoonen on Twitter. Via the hashtag #dearknightwise he asked if I could post my podcatching list ( My “opml” file ) to the interwebs so others could…
(*written up the day before the launch of the Ipad 2) For those of you who are expecting a long drawn rant or fan-boyish propaganda about the new Ipad 2 thats coming out tomorrow : you can go and click on a some porn site right now. This is not going to be yet another…
We start of the day with a little Youtube video that oozes nostalgia. How about trying to upgrade through every version of Windows ever made, and see if you (and your operating system) survives. A pointless exercise at best, and surely 10 minutes of your life you’ll never get back, yet it DOES have an air of…
This week its time to sit back, relax and enjoy the ride as we turn to 1500+ word blogposts into 2 stories for you to enjoy. We frequently feature tech related blogposts on the site, but since we are notoriously bad at writing short posts and our readers have the attention span of a goldfish,…
In this episode of KWTV we review 2 products that help you turn your Cellphone into a one man camera crew. With the rise in video and picture quality of our smartphones and MP3 players, they make perfect candidates for shooting “real pictures” or some creative videoblogging. We show you the tools of the trade…
As dawn slides its silken blue cloack over the star dottet expanse of night, I rise from the slumber of my dreams. Trudding down for the morning coffee, I absently reach for one of my digital companions as I yawn and stretch to greet the new day. While our puppy pops outside to answer natures call, I stand in…
This episode we give you a sliders showcase and show off all the fancy moves Ubuntu can make on a Macbook Air. With a simple “bootcamp” setup we run Ubuntu 10.10 on this piece of Apple hardware and push the limits between the different operating systems. Sliding from OS to OS we show you how…
On my current quest for some “quiet time” in the digital tornado that is my cyber lifestyle, I’ve come along some interesting tools. While they may be more then known among many of you, being mentioned by Alpha Geeks on their posts on Lifehacker.com and other sites, some of you might not know these tricks.…
This episode we talk tablets with Dave, Tim and Steve. Both the Ipad and the Galaxy tab get a hands on review by owners who bring us their first impressions and insights. An in depth discussion about “tablets” that goes beyond brands and models and tries to answer the question how this new interaction form will change…
Looking at the tracking site of the Belgian post office for the umpteenth time today, i’m still anxiously waiting for the arrival of my new toy. Yep ! 🙂 It’s official, i’m about to purchase my SECOND Android device. After having played around with the Samsung Galaxy S for some months, I thought it was…
For those of you who have been waiting for the next episode of the Knightcast podcast, I am indeed overdue. Where I had put out a steady stream of episodes over the last few months, the holidays, and the aftermath of the festive season have been less than inspiring for my “frequent production schedule”. The…
This week we bring you an exert of the KWTV Live Episodes we did at the end of 2010. We cherry pick the best selection of interviews talking to Keith Murray and “The Herne” and talk about Ebook readers, DRM and the implications of Ebooks on the way we experience books. Next up we talk…
Back from the holiday season we take a look at one of the presents under our christmas tree. In a deep-geek review of the new 4th Generation Ipod Touch we try to answer the question : What is this device ? A media player ? A Skype phone ? a Gaming console or a mini…
My Dear friends, Fans, Supporters, On behalf of @niejana and myself, and everybody working behind the scenes of Knightwise.com (you know who you are) I want to wish you all the best in 2011. May it be a joyous, happy, geeky year for all of us filled with technology that works for us. I want…
At the end of the year we have a very special treat for you guyz. On the 29th and 30th of December we are bringing KWTV LIVE to your computer. But with a broadcast window of 4 hours, and having to take into account that we have listeners all over the planet, its only fair…
At the end of the year we have a very special treat for you guyz. On the 29th and 30th of December we are bringing KWTV LIVE to your computer. But with a broadcast window of 4 hours, and having to take into account that we have listeners all over the planet, its only fair…
As a special treat for you guys and girls this year, we are ending the 2010 on a big bang. Since we have had such a lot of feedback on the live shows we’ver recorded through the year , we thought we would give you a little treat. So on Wednesday the 29 and Thursday…
