brainwagon

Today’s podcast gives some information about my experiments with getting podcasts transferred to a CompactFlash card so I can listen to them using my Dell Axim x50v PDA, which I also use to record podcasts. This post on Social Customer Manifesto detailed how one guy used a cheapy mp3 player in a pretty creative way. […]

Okay, for the second day in a row, I’ve got a new podcast. This one details my recent recommitment to losing weight and my views of the recent rash of shows featuring reality television “stars”. Probably boring, but hey, I’m trying to get back into the swing of things. Links: Kill Reality is a strangely […]

Yow. It’s been over a month since I recorded a podcast. If anyone out there is still listening, then here’s a fresh installment, detailing some of my experiences at SIGGRAPH and a miscelleny of other topics. Here is the paper detailing the RPU: an FPGA based raytracer. Very interesting work. Blender is a combination modelling, […]

The second of two podcasts I recorded earlier this week, where I give my thoughts on the relative lack of utility in giving children laptops as replacements for textbooks.

The first of two podcasts I recorded earlier this week but only recently uploaded to my server. It’s mostly a rant against skinny people, stereotypes and weight loss.

I almost didn’t upload this podcast. I did twenty minutes in my car this morning, and then (as I usually do) played it back to see how it sounded. Today’s topics began with some thoughts on the role that the Internet, camera phones and the Wikipedia can play in helping us learn and understand about […]

Where your host tries to shake off his morning jolt with some gadget news and a brief bit about some weekend fireworks in space. Links from the show: Opera for Windows Smartphones has been released. I have a Motorola MPX220, so I downloaded it and gave it a shot. Pretty neat, check it out. Orb […]

Where your host sings Happy Birthday to his wife and then goes on to discuss the recent Supreme Court decision regarding Grokster, and his feelings on the cult of personality that seems to be forming around blogging, as is exemplified by Gnomedex. Links from the show: The best blog on the doings of the Supreme […]

This podcast is mostly a recap of my discussions with Amy on why I blog, and some meandering thoughts about spam filtering.

Where your host muses about Apple’s announcement and tries to provide some sane reasoning about what it will mean for the stylish computer manufacturer.

Yesterday I recorded a podcast on the way to work, but due to a computer glitch at work, I was unable to upload it immediately. As a result, I simply can’t remember what the heck it was about. I suspect that at least part of it was a rant against automobile repair places, but beyond […]

Where your host meanders around topics inspired by the arrival of the new issue of Make Magazine. Topics too varied to enumerate, you’ll have to listen. Doh!: Uploaded the April 25th podcast. Please hold. All should be fixed now. Sorry about those who may have gotten the wrong episode in the ten minutes or so […]

Where your host describes his new DVD player which can play DivX video, rants about the commercialization of podcasting and finishes up with a few brief comments on Revenge of the Sith.

Where your host records a brief blurb about World Wind, and then asks his thoughtful, knowledgeable audience which car he should purchase to replace his aging, gas-guzzling SUV. I’m interested in hybrids, notably the Toyota Prius, the Civic, and more conventional cars like the Toyota Matrix, VW Jetta or Passat, Mazda 3, and maybe even […]

Where your host wishes himself a happy birthday, queries about the percieved quality of his commute-time podcasts, and reviews a number of cool papers in computer graphics. Paper links: Lightcuts: A Scalable Approach To Illumination by Bruce Walters et. al. A very cool paper on rendering with hundreds, thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of […]