Hashing out and talking through some ideas about the future of Rubenerd.com and how I want to move my five seperate sites over to it. Might be listenable for a pleasant background distraction if you mess around with weblog engines, databases and whatnot, otherwise don’t feel bad giving this one a miss. Looking at Dave Wares’ Photo Gallery as an example of where I want to be.

To make it somewhat more interesting, I’ve included some retro audio easter eggs :-).

Download MP3 to listen ↓ 01:12:11 33.1MiB

A rant episode in response to a new technology reported by Webware and an article calling the exposing of P2P as a red herring; talking about net neutrality, attacking symptoms not causes, RIAA/MPAA inspired bullying tactics. Not the same calibre as a Jimbob Kloss rant but I try my best!

Also briefly talk about a fascinating interview article from Slashdot from the inventor of C++, and the internets are working again at home!

Download MP3 to listen ↓ 40:24, 18.6MiB

Locations in web form thingys, a huge power outage in Singapore, nostalgia comparing how we thought of computer speeds in the 80s, 90s and noughties, my vintage 200MHz Pentium MMX machine still running, the megahertz myth, building computers from Sim Lim Square, the Commodore VIC-20, Commodore 64 and Commodore 1541 disk drive, 6502 chips in everything, TMnet "high speed" monopoly in Malaysia, getting paid to podcast, stalling internet connections driving me crazy!

Download MP3 to listen ↓ 33:38, 13.8MiB

Spending more time dealing with people not problems, university folks moving from Windows to Linux and Mac, university assignments, compulsive famboyism, SQlite, Microsoft C#.NET, squeaky clean OpenBSD, actually finding someone who likes Windows Vista, skies getting dark really fast, comments from Rubenerd Show 241, too many interesting people on Twitter, Twitter traditional news sources (Aussie ABC, BBC News, BBC SciTech, Reuters, Channel News Asia) and personal nuclear missile silos.

Download MP3 to listen ↓ 33:38, 15.5MiB

Relevant links:

• The FreeBSD Project
• Debian GNU/Linux AMD64 Port
• NVIDIA UNIX Drivers
• DistroWatch

Download MP3 to listen ↓ 27:00, 12.4MiB

ACT ONE: Labour Day in Singapore, sexism you’d be shot down for in Australia, Garfield quotes, mouth clicking is not professional, gorgeous pink sunsets.

ACT TWO: Jimbob finds out what’s wrong, my cat versus dog debate: which one do you prefer?

ACT THREE: Max Brenner restaurant review at the Esplanade, absolutely incredible chocolate! Branches in the US, Singapore, Australia, the Philippines, Israel. Drinking out of Hug Mugs, comparing it to the Starbucks Chantico, Aztec style chocolate goodness!

I took the sunset photos in such a hurry none of them really turned out that well, so I posted a camera-phone picture from Max Brenner’s instead. Sorry folks!

Download MP3 to listen ↓ 33:43, 15.5MiB

ACT ONE: On hobgoblins and small minds (courtesy of Cranky Geeks 113!), where we are in Singapore, diamond shaped thingys.

ACT TWO: Pontificating on the reason why McDonald’s started printing nutritional information on place mats, a McChicken burger surprise!

ACT THREE: Discussing the question: would you prefer to study in a Starbucks or in McDonalds? Reading comments by Neil from IntoYourHead, GeekMommy and Sharon in Singapore!

ACT FOUR: Singapore housing boom, ridiculously tall buildings, weird designs that just don’t look stable!

Download MP3 to listen ↓ 33:10, 15.2MiB

ACT ONE: Twitter is back, and so is the spam! Frustration with my Nokia e61i’s speed, awesome Canadians in Singapore, university and high school have much in common, Elke’s polytechnic adventures, The Levels becomes Mawson Lakes (WTF?).

ACT TWO: Silly university entrance requirements and an Elke and Ruben combined teachers and students rant!

ACT THREE: Even more dang Twitter spam messages, the lead singer from the Crash Test Dummies rocks!

Download MP3 to listen ↓ 37:20, 17.1MiB

A bit more serious: discussing the reasons why I became an atheist from experiences in my early childhood to the present, including most recently my beautiful mummy’s struggle with cancer and passing on.

Also briefly refuting some of the misconceptions about atheists including intolerance, arrogance, spirituality, materialism, wishful thinking, heaven, the celestial dictatorship, and why statements like this are completely untrue.

BONUS: A very quick, foolproof test you can use to see if someone who trashes evolution has actually studied it.

DISCLAIMER: This episode was not recorded to insult people, it’s just an explanation for why personally I’m atheist. If you are religious you may be offended, but please know that in my heart that it was not my intention.

Download MP3 to listen ↓ 1:08:56, 31.6MiB

ACT ONE: Elke in Malaysia, different sized pond thingys, scared of copyright law, making more money from concerts than recordings!

ACT TWO: Answers to my philosophical Twitter question, why I’m confusing even myself!

ACT THREE: Reviewing songs from The Renovators album Rhythm & Blueprints including Rip Up the House, It’s Been Done, Blue Reggae, I Don’t Ski.

ACT FOUR: Audio from a Whole Wheat Radio Audio Magazine including an American NBC anchor in the 1970s, the I Could Be Wrong song, and why I also can’t stand Dr. Phil!

STRONG LANGUAGE WARNING!

Download MP3 to listen ↓ 39:45, 18.2MiB

ACT ONE: Roel247’s comments on electronic voting, compulsory voting in Australia, Senator Bob Brown of the Greens meeting the Dalai Lama.

ACT TWO: My label printing obsession! The Brother PT-80, labeling CDs, boxes, magazine holders and everything in my father’s home office, there’s no need to write anything anymore!

ACT THREE: The growing complexity of CMSs and why I’m moving over to home brew again using Ruby and SQlite, WordPress 2.5, loudly dropping aerosol cans, Elke’s gigantic honey sandwich.

ACT FOUR: Converting metric to imperial in Google, Russian mail order brides, Ruben’s idea for a standardised New World Order (patent pending), seeding torrent files, too many tabs in web browsers!

ACT FIVE: Why South Park is actually a great show to watch, being able to laugh at yourself, not taking life too seriously!

Download MP3 to listen ↓ 48:01, 22.0MiB

ACT ONE: The Simpsons Bombardment, Elke’s first live morning Whole Wheat Radio show, Elke on The Sims 2.

ACT TWO: Slow Singapore internet today, Microsoft gets new open source chief, Ruben rants about "shared source" nonsense, CalgaryGuru on Flickr’s new video uploading service, is Yahoo’s brand failing?

ACT THREE: Elke on different social networks across the world, suss people on Bebo, verbose MySpace video profiles.

ACT FOUR: Rant on people intentionally misspelling names, Ruben versus Reuben, Miss Cook adventures in primary school in Melbourne, Web 2.0 buyout baiting, Jerry Yang’s haircut, Wikipedia as a drug, Yahoo Mash.

ACT FIVE: Facebook discussion including remembering 30 passwords, Elise Hopkins, The Schade Clan group, rant on how useless nationalities and patriotism are becoming, origin of the word expat, Mr Slave.

ACT SIX: Ridiculously long lists of Facebook requests, fun in my own introversion, testy-pops, 2005 was a very good year, "Liberal" meaning different things in the US and Australia, Lotus SmartSuite, Microsoft Plus 95, my OBSESSION with screeshots!

ACT SEVEN: Ruben’s dad Rainer debunks mind-controlling chemtrails, huge ships near the Port of Singapore, illuminati controlling my mind as a sheeple, why it’s hard to find words that rhyme with sheeple.

Download MP3 to listen ↓ 1:07:00, 30.7MiB

Episode show notes coming soon, sorry guys!

Download MP3 to listen ↓ 1:02:12, 28.5MiB

ACT ONE: Recounting childhood memories and obsessions from Melbourne, Ikea furniture, Lego.

ACT TWO: Is Starbucks having a positive effect? My favourite coffee house closing, improved coffee quality.

ACT THREE: Rant about public transport: are we better building new damned giant roads or new train lines?

ACT FOUR: General public’s perception of security is wrong: YOU are the biggest security threat! Getting fascinating Bruce Schneier books for my birthday, security companies screwing consumers, using a non-administrative account on Mac OS X.

ACT FIVE: Comparing building your own computer and open source software to hot rod builders, being a 1990’s kid, running Windows software on Linux and FreeBSD with Wine, why it’s a great time to be alive!

ACT SIX: Comparing open source software developers to independent musicians, thanks to Jim Kloss and Esther Golton for the inspiration, sorry for the sacrilegious comparison! Are people worth what they’re being paid? Who’s deriving more happiness from what they’re doing?

Download MP3 to listen ↓ 1:23:03, 39.0MiB

So therefore vis a vis ergo wysiwyg I’ll be archiving and closing the forum soon :-(. If you’d like to post comments about a show (or absolutely any damned thing you want!) please click the Post Comment link at the bottom of the latest show. If you’ve had an approved comment once before it should automatically be posted without the waiting period.

Thanks everyone for your listenership! Listenership is a word right?

A full show will be done by the end of the week, but I wanted to do a show on my birthday. Cool timezone checking site, blog post about the big two two, camera phones, purchasing music from Whole Wheat Radio, birthday lunch at Brotzeit, UPS shipping, FreeBSD and a convenient apple juice handle.

Featuring Elke Schade as a Kmart announcer.

AFTERWARD: I noticed after uploading that the music is a bit too loud compared to my voice for the first 10 minutes or so. I will remember to check my levels more carefully next time!

Download MP3 to listen ↓ 23:03, 10.6MiB

I would post a description, but it would just be a conspiracy! Warning: heavy ironic and satirical undertones!

Download MP3 to listen ↓ 35:27, 20.3MiB

ACT ONE: Too much stuff and not enough time, evil overcast-ness, shipping eBay goods overseas, Synclair ZX Spectrums and Commodore 64s, five times at the Singapore Post centre, duty is a bum, Asian obsession with cool gadgets, efficiency escaping snail mail, Bureau of Oversight.

ACT TWO: Using the Griffin iMic and the LAME encoder, hope it makes the show sound better :)

ACT THREE: Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Commodore 64, old video clip from the Computer Chronicles, wanting to meet Jack Tramiel and Woz, boardroom stupidity, Schade family IBM machines, Gary Kildall.

ACT FOUR: Smart Singaporean bus stops, tracking buses with GPS, big brother-ism, live twitter posts from Dave Wares, Dave Winer, Leo Laporte and Robert J. Berger.

Download MP3 to listen ↓ 34:41, 19.1MiB