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GeekBrief.TV | Video Podcast (iPod)

GeekBrief.TV | Video Podcast (iPod)

GeekBrief.TV | Video Podcast (iPod)

Video Podcast with news about tech tools and toys featuring Cali Lewis. The format is fast, fun, fresh and flirty. Most Briefs are fewer than four .

GBTV #667 (small) | TruePower Outlets, fitPC2 PC, Rocketfish Wireless HD Adapter, 3 Port USB Hub, ...

I love the TruePower AC Outlets with USB Power from FastMac.com. Replace your regular AC outlets with these and add USB power all throughout the house. The fitPC2i is a very small PC (4"x4.5"x1"). It'll run Windows 7, Windows Server or Ubuntu. The ...
3 days ago

GBTV #666 (small)

I'm not writing about how we decided to deal with the Lord Voldemort of numbers. You'll have to watch! Cali's Shirt Courtesy of Jinx
4 days ago

GBTV #665 (small) | 27" Cinema Display, PogoPlug, Drobo S, Eye-Fi, Kindle

Apple's 27" Cinema Display is a great bargain. It's almost as big as the 30" Display, it's LED back-lit, it's thinner, the resolution is almost as high (2560 X 1440) and it costs $100 less than the 30" Cinema Display. PogoPlug makes the files on a USB ...
6 days ago

GBTV #664 (small) | Chef Knives, Microplane Grater, Rösle Food Mill, Fissler CookStar, Zojirushi ...

Foodies know how important a great knife is, and Bob Kramer is the best. Consider upgrading your foodie's kitchen knife this holiday. The Microplane 45002 Medium Ribbon Grater is a good stocking stuffer. Everyone needs a good cheese grater, right? If ...
7 days ago

GBTV #663 (small) | NeatDesk, Sunnan Solar Lamp, Kodak Zi8, Gorillapod, Livio Radio

The NeatDesk is more of a practical gift, but an awesome one (at least I think so!). It's a digital filing system. You can scan 10 double sided documents, 10 business cards and 10 receipts at the same time or 50 documents. NeatWorks, the included ...
1 week ago

Happy Thanksgiving! Drive Safe!

This was shot on the Canon 5D Mark II (may it rest in peace) during our road trip in October. The song is one of my favorite road trip songs, "Drive Away" by Matthew Ebel.
2 weeks ago

GBTV #662 (small) | Casio Exilim, Stuck in Motion, Battlestar Galactica Toaster, Bucky Balls, Neo ...

Casio's Exilim cameras shoot high speed video. There are three, ranging from $299 to $999. They're the EX-F1, the EX-FH20 and the EX-FS10. The reason these are so cool is what you can do with them. Take a look at Trey Ratcliff's Stuck in Motion ...
2 weeks ago

GBTV #661 (small) | Fretlight Teaching Guitar, GeoSafari Digital Recording Lab, Boe-Bot Robot Kit, ...

The Fretlight Guitar will help teach kids how to play the guitar and where to put their fingers. Teaching kids about audio is important, and it's a goal the GeoSafari Digital Recording Lab aims to do. With 59 projects, kids can learn about transistors, ...
2 weeks ago

GBTV #660 (small) | Hands on with the Nokia N900

Apparently, I left out an important detail when I've talked about the N900 in anticipation of it's arrival because Neal, my husband who is with me all the time didn't know that the N900 is able to make phone calls. Go figure. Let's start by looking at ...
3 weeks ago

GBTV #659 (small) | Chrome Mac Beta, Project Natal, Yeti USB, Xbox 802.11n Adapter, Rovi Automotive ...

Looks like we'll get the beta for Chrome on the Mac by December. If you're using Chrome on a PC, 4.0 was released today. Project Natal from Microsoft looks to be launching late 2010 with a sale price of between $50 and $84, with 14 Natal-ready games. ...
4 weeks ago

GBTV #658 (small) | Google's Free Wi-Fi, Kindle PC App, Intel Reader, Sparkz, N900

Google's getting in the holiday spirit. They want to provide free WiFi for travelers in 47 airports across the country. The only downside is being asked to download Chrome (do it!) and if you want to set Google as your default search engine. Amazon ...
4 weeks ago

GBTV #657 (small) | Motorola Droid Review

As you know, the hugely anticipated launch of the Motorola Droid was on Friday. I went to a press event held at a Verizon store to get a hands on with the Droid and some footage to share with you guys. Boring, but I'll take what I can get. Surprise, ...
1 month ago

GBTV #656 (small) | USB Breast Warmer, Droid ERIS, Sony Ericsson Kurara, E-P2 Micro Four-Thirds ...

The USB Breast Warmers may have been created just so engineers could look at women in bras, but I'd like to know if I'm missing something here. We'll be gettting a hands on with the Droid tomorrow. The HTC Droid ERIS is also launching for $99 after a ...
1 month ago

GBTV #655 (small) | Robomantic, The Movie

I was really excited when I first learned about the Robovie-PC, the little Robot with a PC built in. Students at Electro-Communication University in Osaka competed in a princess rescue challenge and demonstrated that a robot can be romantic if you're ...
1 month ago

GBTV #654 (small) | TwitterPeek, Atheros AR6003 Chip, HomeFinder, Remote Controlled Tissue Box

We've talked about the Peek before, a device dedicated to email. Now they have the TwitterPeek, completely dedicated to Twitter. The idea sounds great! I'm a Twitter addict, but the only issue is, before purchasing a device, I want to know what the ...
1 month ago

GBTV #653 (small) | RED Epic X and Scarlet, Creative MediaBook, Droid's Lack of Multitouch, Ideum ...

RED gave us some more details on the Scarlet and Epic X cameras. The Scarlet is expected to be popular with independent film producers and the Epic X is capable of 5K video. Creative announced they're working on an eBook Reader called the MediaBook. ...
1 month ago

GBTV #652 (small) | Official Droid Details, MSI Multitouch PC, Foldable Kitchen Scale, SCOTTEVEST

The Motorola Droid will be released November 6th, and we have more details! It'll be running Android 2.0, with a large customizable screen. It has a 5 megapixel camera and some camera enhancing features. It also has free Google Maps Navigation with ...
1 month ago

In Bed with Chad Vader

I ran into Chad Vader on the show floor at Blogworld. For those of you not familiar, he's Darth Vader's younger brother who is a day shift manager at a grocery store called Empire Market. We talk about his goals, his passions, and of course his brother. ...
2 months ago