Rant5

If you were wondering…

Leif Andersen — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:05:14 +0000

Sorry we (and by we, I mean I), haven’t gotten any episodes up lately, archive.org, our hosting service, hasn’t allowed for any uploads as of late. The problem is currently being addressed.

~Leif

011:Nothing to Rant

Leif Andersen — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:26:10 +0000

Gasp, in today’s episode, I come to the horrid realization, that I have nothing to rant about. Fortunently, I am able to pull stuff out of nowhere.

Download it here:

http://www.archive.org/download/Rant5/Rant5-011_vbr.mp3

010:Public Transportation Sucks

Leif Andersen — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:35:34 +0000

That’s right, UTOSC is upon us, a rather exciting event, I hope, that is assuming that I manage to get there in the first place, as the public transportation is a horrible system. I also review overdrive audiobooks, and how they fail.

Download the show here:

http://www.archive.org/download/Rant5/Rant5-010_vbr.mp3

Links:

http://www.overdrive.com/

http://2009.utosc.com/pages/venue/

009:Religion is Real

Leif Andersen — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:43:41 +0000

That’s right, I decide to put my foot in my mouth, and take on the topic of religion. Or rather, the scientific reasoning why someone may believe in a religion. A more sciency episode if I do say so myself.

Download the show here:

http://www.archive.org/download/Rant5/Rant5-009_vbr.mp3

Links:

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/10/finding-the-fear-and-love-of-god-inside-the-brain.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss

008:Are Comments Valid?

Leif Andersen — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:01:32 +0000

I talk about David Pogue’s twitter update complaining about comments on blogs, and worse still, that comments on any blog are completely useless, or are they?

Download the show:

http://www.archive.org/download/Rant5/Rant5-008_vbr.mp3

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http://www.podcastalley.com/podcast_details.php?pod_id=85458

007:Books or Vooks

Leif Andersen — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:36:25 +0000

In this, our longest and most overtime episode, I complain about the future, or supposed future of books, or should I say vooks? I also ask for money, and say thanks, but still doubt anyone will do anything about it. Thank you for continueing to listen though.

Download the episode here:

http://www.archive.org/download/Rant5/Rant5-007_vbr.mp3

Links:

http://www.melodika.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10344&Itemid=50 (And a NYT article which I obviously can’t link to, sorry).

006:Stargate on Flash

Leif Andersen — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:27:43 +0000

This week we broadcast to you live (pre-recorded anyway), on location. I complain about the quality of flash on linux, and wish the people at Adobe would fix it. Then I move on to a rant about Stargate Universe, and how SyFy continue to kill Stargate.

Download the show here:
http://www.archive.org/download/Rant5/Rant5-006_vbr.mp3

Links:
http://www.hulu.com/stargate-universe

005:Goobuntu Fails

Leif Andersen — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:33:06 +0000

Today, I rant about google, who has turned to the dark side, and also talk about the new version of Ubuntu, 9.10 beta, and also about it’s app store, can they do a good job with it?

Download the show:

http://www.archive.org/download/Rant5/Rant5-005_vbr.mp3

Links:

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/172673/atandt_accuses_google_of_violating_telecom_law.html

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicReleaseSchedule

004:Wave me on Twitter

Leif Andersen — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:17:59 +0000

If you thought that the amount of spam email was bad, check out twitter, now that there are people trying to get followers by claiming to have google wave invites….purely disgusting.

Download the Show:

http://www.archive.org/download/Rant5/Rant5-004_vbr.mp3

Links:

http://wave.google.com

003:Microsoft and Me

Leif Andersen — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:09:40 +0000

Today, Leif realizes that he probably should do more show prep. He then rants about Microsofts pointless attempts to get people to use IE8.

Download the Show at:

http://www.archive.org/download/Rant5/Rant5-003_vbr.mp3

Links:

http://www.browserforthebetter.com/#getie8:Kg_Iapt4KJT