I don’t often do quick “Download this and you’ll be happy” articles a lot. However today is an exception. A co-worker pointed me to the DVD-VIDEOSOFT suite for the PC. This fantastic piece of freeware is to media-loving geeks, what a Swiss army knife is to Mcgyver. Just a little excerpt of the 23 (!)…
In the first ever LIVE recorded episode of the Knightcast podcast we talk about life in the browser. How can you do as much as possible of your daily internet life , using just a browser. Follow along and get great tips and tricks on sites, services and applications that help you to become hardware,…
Many times we say the internet is a great source for entertainment. And that, is very true. A site like youtube houses , without a shadow of a doubt , the greatest collection of silly-cat-videos known to man. But on the other hand it can also be an enormous source of information. Throughout the years…
For those who caught Knightcast Episode 34 : Talking Ebook Readers, it might not come as a surprise that I like my Sony PR-505 reader. My “passionate” remarks about the upcoming Ipad have however spiked the ears of Alisson Sheridan, hostess of the Nosillacast Podcast over at www.podfeet.com. Challenged by the princes of podcasting to…
With the IPAD hype in full swing we turn around and take a look at the current ebook readers on the market, specifically the Sony PR-505. We talk hardware, software and lead you down the patch of cross-platform open source hacks and tricks where we talk about CALIBRE as a great Ebook-management software. Why does…
When you come down to it, all geeks are voyeurs. They just LOVE to look at how other geeks have setup their little Geek-Palace and get some tips and ideas from there. Recently I posted the pictures of "The Laundry Room" on Flickr. Last week however, i had to re-arrange some of my setup due…
Ok , you can be good with your hands .. and you can build your own freakin WORKING astromech droid. As this video below illustrates, this gentleman is one belonging to the latter category. Some day you get up and you say : Today I want to build an R2-D2 unit and impress all of…
Never mind the fact that i’m online most of the day, and live at least 80 percent of my waking hours connected to some kind of broadband connection, sometimes you just have to go “off the net”. Since I spend a lot of time in the car (and on the road) I consume a fair…
The say you can find just about everything on the internet, and if "they" say that , its probably true. From the formula for a perfect Café Latte to the formula for an atom bomb, from pictures of kittens to full out FluffyPron ( hello @woollymittens 😉 ) There is indeed no source of information…
Find PART ONE of this series HERE. IN our second part of the series about “Linux running on everything” we are going to take it one step further. Lets take look at a few Linux distributions that work ‘from the command line’. Now “From the command line” can mean quite a lot of things. It…
One of the myths that are out there , is that Linux runs on “everything”. Technically, this is true, Linux does “RUN” on even the smallest and most underpowered devices (Appliances like routers, your Tivo and some cellphones) and sure enough, geeks manage to run Linux on lighter computers like a 486, just to prove…
I could say life has been getting in the way, I could say I have been busy with work, I could say I’ve been abducted by aliens. But only two out of those three statements would be correct. The truth is I’ve been getting a masters degree in procrastination and have been a bad bad…
A calm Sunday afternoon. The ideal moment to sit down behind my little Acer Aspire Net-book and punch out some of the thoughts and idea’s that have been on my mind for the last week. A busy week I must say. A week filled with work and meetings and a lot of rushing about. Clocking…
Ubuntu is a great operating system if you think about it. You can download it for free and it comes bundled with a whole lot of applications out of the box. Adding software is easy and the operating system is extremely versatile when it comes down to using it. You can run it on older…
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Last weekend I featured as a Co-Host on the Aussie Geek Podcast episode 31. Check out the shownoted or download the episode straight from the Aussie Geek Podcast Website. Another Great episode with my awesome Co-Hosts Dave, Keith, Cait and of course .. the dog. Click HERE to listen. Related PostsKW1903-How I Tech- Episode 3: The phone…
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This week we show you how to chat on IRC using Windows, Linux and web based clients. We give you the basic rundown on how to connect an behave on IRC channels and use this powerful tool to your advantage. Shownotes Intro Chatting on IRC using MIRC Chatting on IRC using IRSSI Chatting on IRC Using Xchat Chatting…
In a classic hardware review we take a hands-on look at the Acer Aspire 1810Tz. We peekl at this special little laptop and its 11.6 inch family and see small, but remarcable differences between the different brands, models and form factors. We see how this full-powered laptop has the size of a Netbook and manages to…
It had to happen someday. For all of you Cybergeeks out there desperately LOOKING for a cool wallpaper .. There HAD to be an answer. Call it a cool idea , Call it the pinacle of vanity or just call it your next desktop wallpaper. Thanx to @Sharky @jawboneradio and @regravity .. We present the…
If the internet is about ONE single thing, then it must be about "interaction". About finding out new things on the net thanx to your peeps. About inspiring people, showing people the way and so forth. The whole interweb is one big interactive community that constantly influences eachother. So why stop at the…
This weekend I had the honor AND the pleasure of going out to buy me some new gear. After renovating our laundry room over the holidays, I had planned on getting me a second 28 inch monitor, but Einstein got in the way. According to some teeny weeny "law of phisics" 2 atoms cannot occupy…
I went shopping for a new notebook yesterday and got me an Acer Timeport as my main ‘non mac’ system to run Ubuntu , Windows 7 and stuff like that. I’ll post a complete review once i’m done testing. But the unboxing porn IS ready to go. Instead of doing it mysellf, I outsourced the…
Those of you who have been following me on Twitter over the holidays, might have noticed that there were a lot of tweets about "Renovating" flying back and forth. Yep .. its true. I’ve been hitting the DIY over the holidays, renovating our spare/laundry room into an office. When we moved in here we had…
One of the shows that allmost puts me in a Coma every time I see it , is MTV Cribs ! Some punked up rapper with too much money and about half a braincell does loooove to show people around his great house with its 4 pools, 3 Garages and 45 Plasma Tv’s so he…
Its always nice to have a laugh at a running gag, and somehow THIS one is becoming a classic. What started out as a prank by some Co-Workers has turned into its very own little internet Meme. For those of you who don’t remember "The Mega Mindy Incident" you can find out more HERE .…
In a very interesting interview we talk to Finux, An ethical Hacker about all things Hacking. Whitehat Hacking, Blackhat Hacking, Penetration testing and other security related topics all pass the review in this one hour talk about Hacking and Security. Shownotes. Intro Happy New Year. Interview with Finux Tracsec security Podcast Hacker Public Radio Signoff…
Let us start out with the formalities of wishing you well for the coming year. Knightwise, Nyana, LotCha, Scotty and Kira the cat wish all of you the very very best for 2010. May this coming year herald the fulfillment of many of your dreams and ambitions (not all of them, we need something to…
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Does new tech always mean more tech ? We give you some interesting tips, tricks and insights on how to “simplify” the ever growing clutter of technology into your daily life. With music from Esem “Laidegg” provided by the www.spacemusic.nl podcast we chill into an intersting episode on how to simplify the technology that in…
