We're a group of uber-geeks with different specialties and backgrounds getting together once a week to talk about what's hot, what's not, what we like and don't like and why. Conversation is frank, candid, and sometimes a little crude. Every week we try to get a UNIX Linux geek, a Microsoft Window…

Where we've been rant, Mac Pro, PHP5.2.4, Ubuntu, Smoothwall, Gentoo, Learning rant, Gmail & IMAP, Google Evil?, Google buys Doubleclick, Blocking Firefox, Smoothwall Squid, Online cheating, GrandCentral, Micro Projectors, Vista, Gaming: Console vs. PC, Cheap Office for students

Where we've been rant, Mac Pro, PHP5.2.4, Ubuntu, Smoothwall, Gentoo, Learning rant, Gmail & IMAP, Google Evil?, Google buys Doubleclick, Blocking Firefox, Smoothwall Squid, Online cheating, GrandCentral, Micro Projectors, Vista, Gaming: Console vs. PC, Cheap Office for students

Lone Star Beer, Powered subwoofers, Apple & ZFS, Apple's FS conversion patent, 2nd party developers, Pinger, CallWave, Google Mobile, Mac vs Vista Chess, GotVoice, UnWired Buyer, scanR, tesseract-ocr, Jott, Cell Water Damage, Braincast, Song 411, Postie, TextPayMe, Zune, Woot, Apple WWDC 2007, Safari for Windows, Coverflow in Finder, Parallels Server, 3D Dock

Lone Star Beer, Powered subwoofers, Apple & ZFS, Apple's FS conversion patent, 2nd party developers, Pinger, CallWave, Google Mobile, Mac vs Vista Chess, GotVoice, UnWired Buyer, scanR, tesseract-ocr, Jott, Cell Water Damage, Braincast, Song 411, Postie, TextPayMe, Zune, Woot, Apple WWDC 2007, Safari for Windows, Coverflow in Finder, Parallels Server, 3D Dock

SANS Security, Ventrilo, Email from Scott Lewis, Shell/Bash, Command Line Editing, find, Home Entertainment, Speaker Setup, Philips Pronto, Systm, reCAPTCHA, Google Street Maps, iPhone 3rd-Party Development, ZFS In Leopard, movabletype, Substitute teacher gets new trial, Other People's Porn, The Slurpr WiFi aggregator, US high-speed Internet is slow, StarCraft II

SANS Security, Ventrilo, Email from Scott Lewis, Shell/Bash, Command Line Editing, find, Home Entertainment, Speaker Setup, Philips Pronto, Systm, reCAPTCHA, Google Street Maps, iPhone 3rd-Party Development, ZFS In Leopard, movabletype, Substitute teacher gets new trial, Other People's Porn, The Slurpr WiFi aggregator, US high-speed Internet is slow, StarCraft II

Pig Pickin', ext3cow, RAID, SyncToy, DLT, LTO, ZFS, RAID as a backup, Consulting, motor generator, Digg.com Attempts To Suppress HD-DVD Revolt, AACS crack, DIRECTV's Anti-Piracy Enforcement, Security Isn't Just Avoiding Microsoft, Google warns of phishing sites, PEBKAC, ID10T error, Email from Scott Lewis, OpenSolaris, Solaris 10, FreeBSD vs. OSX Server, MacPorts, Vista comparison page, BitLocker

Pig Pickin', ext3cow, RAID, SyncToy, DLT, LTO, ZFS, RAID as a backup, Consulting, motor generator, Digg.com Attempts To Suppress HD-DVD Revolt, AACS crack, DIRECTV's Anti-Piracy Enforcement, Security Isn't Just Avoiding Microsoft, Google warns of phishing sites, PEBKAC, ID10T error, Email from Scott Lewis, OpenSolaris, Solaris 10, FreeBSD vs. OSX Server, MacPorts, Vista comparison page, BitLocker

Hacker breaks into Mac, Launchy, quicksilver, Default Folder X, Seeing through walls with RF, Spying on typing sounds, Babbage difference engine, Power companies pay companies to virtualize, NAB, Final Cut Studio 2, Social Media, dooced, Sanctioned over MySpace, Companies and social media

Hacker breaks into Mac, Launchy, quicksilver, Default Folder X, Seeing through walls with RF, Spying on typing sounds, Babbage difference engine, Power companies pay companies to virtualize, NAB, Final Cut Studio 2, Social Media, dooced, Sanctioned over MySpace, Companies and social media

Xserve light, No savings with DST, US teen jailed for DST mistake, WEP cracked in seconds, Securing Wi-Fi, Windows Home Server Beta 2, Color Computer 3, Osborne 1, Apple and EMI offer DRM free music, IBM doubles CPU cooling, Vonage, Wireless USB hub via 802.11g, DisplayPort, Serial ATA, Mac switchers, Leopard delayed to October, PostSecret

Xserve light, No savings with DST, US teen jailed for DST mistake, WEP cracked in seconds, Securing Wi-Fi, Windows Home Server Beta 2, Color Computer 3, Osborne 1, Apple and EMI offer DRM free music, IBM doubles CPU cooling, Vonage, Wireless USB hub via 802.11g, DisplayPort, Serial ATA, Mac switchers, Leopard delayed to October, PostSecret

Daylight Savings, California Energy Commission, Full Spectrum CFL, Lab delpoyment, Macenterprise.org, Vista image install, Windows Automated Installation Kit, Novell ZENworks Suite, hdiutil, Xserve, Vista activation with Paradox, ACPI - SLIC (Wiki), Ballmer blames pirates, Office 20007 Compatibility Pack, Free online Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Joost, Nine Inch Nails 'Survivalism' for GarageBand

Daylight Savings, California Energy Commission, Full Spectrum CFL, Lab delpoyment, Macenterprise.org, Vista image install, Windows Automated Installation Kit, Novell ZENworks Suite, hdiutil, Xserve, Vista activation with Paradox, ACPI - SLIC (Wiki), Ballmer blames pirates, Office 20007 Compatibility Pack, Free online Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Joost, Nine Inch Nails 'Survivalism' for GarageBand

Sourcetrunk, dead iBook, open hard drives, FedEx, Bill Gates on Vista and Apple, Window Managers, Beryl, Enlightenment, Project Looking Glass, FVWM, LittleSnitch, DST is the US, Planex's 750GB NAS server and BitTorrent, ASUS WL-700gE, Jamendo, Steve Jobs Thoughts on Music, DRM isn't about piracy, Seagate DAVE, USB & U3, Hak5

Sourcetrunk, dead iBook, open hard drives, FedEx, Bill Gates on Vista and Apple, Window Managers, Beryl, Enlightenment, Project Looking Glass, FVWM, LittleSnitch, DST is the US, Planex's 750GB NAS server and BitTorrent, ASUS WL-700gE, Jamendo, Steve Jobs Thoughts on Music, DRM isn't about piracy, Seagate DAVE, USB & U3, Hak5

Daily Show and Colbert Report, Widescreen vs Standard, Uproar over latest MOAB vulnerability, Colloquy, Irc versus I.R.C., Brian G.'s comments on Apple TV, Apple to charge for 802.11n, AirPort Disk, FUSEWiki FUSE FileSystems, Remote files, Encryption, Databases, Versioning, Torrent, Compression, ISO images, Logging, Union, NTFS, Music, Searching, Ideas: RSS-fs, LDAP-fs, CSV-fs & Excel-fs, mbox-fs (pop-fs, imap-fs), MS pays people to edit Wikipedia, 5 sins of Vista

Daily Show and Colbert Report, Widescreen vs Standard, Uproar over latest MOAB vulnerability, Colloquy, Irc versus I.R.C., Brian G.'s comments on Apple TV, Apple to charge for 802.11n, AirPort Disk, FUSEWiki FUSE FileSystems, Remote files, Encryption, Databases, Versioning, Torrent, Compression, ISO images, Logging, Union, NTFS, Music, Searching, Ideas: RSS-fs, LDAP-fs, CSV-fs & Excel-fs, mbox-fs (pop-fs, imap-fs), MS pays people to edit Wikipedia, 5 sins of Vista

Triple-head display, Hak 5, Synergy, RDP, Macworld Keynote, AppleTV, iPhone, Multi-touch, Seagate 1TB Hard Disk Drive, Month of Apple Bugs & Fixes, 3rd party MSFT patches, Windows Home Server, Picasa, FUSE, ZFS in Leopard, GooogIe Search (Faked)

Triple-head display, Hak 5, Synergy, RDP, Macworld Keynote, AppleTV, iPhone, Multi-touch, Seagate 1TB Hard Disk Drive, Month of Apple Bugs & Fixes, 3rd party MSFT patches, Windows Home Server, Picasa, FUSE, ZFS in Leopard, GooogIe Search (Faked)

New Blog, MacHeist, Wireless USB hub, Terabyte DVD, Free SkypeOut ends, Parallels Desktop & BootCamp, Crossover for Mac, Optimus Keyboards, Voice Mail form Grant in N.Z., Charles, Zend Platform, Shelling the Pod, DVD Jon and Fairplay, iTude, TiVo File Encryption, Office 2007 file format, Spoof Vista Activation Server, SMS Roomba

New Blog, MacHeist, Wireless USB hub, Terabyte DVD, Free SkypeOut ends, Parallels Desktop & BootCamp, Crossover for Mac, Optimus Keyboards, Voice Mail form Grant in N.Z., Charles, Zend Platform, Shelling the Pod, DVD Jon and Fairplay, iTude, TiVo File Encryption, Office 2007 file format, Spoof Vista Activation Server, SMS Roomba

2nd Gen MacBooks, RadTech, Laser etching, Zune, UMG fee, Zune Marketplace, Apple and Beatles on iTunes, Zune Reviews, WheresJames Startup Manager, Zune vs iPod, iPod video, Zune and Media Center, Zune Video, GPLed Java, MS Employees and iPod, Creative MP3, Virtualization, Parallels, VMWare Player, VMWare Server, WMWare Workstation, Dr. Paul Juell

2nd Gen MacBooks, RadTech, Laser etching, Zune, UMG fee, Zune Marketplace, Apple and Beatles on iTunes, Zune Reviews, WheresJames Startup Manager, Zune vs iPod, iPod video, Zune and Media Center, Zune Video, GPLed Java, MS Employees and iPod, Creative MP3, Virtualization, Parallels, VMWare Player, VMWare Server, WMWare Workstation, Dr. Paul Juell

Voting, Hacking Democracy (HBO), Punchscan.org, Instant FM Music USB dongle for Web & FM recording, Tunatic, RDS: Radio Data System, Spanning Sync, Seagate hardware encryption, Tivo, BladeFrame EX from Egenera, .Net applications on Linux and Mac with Mono, Menu Master, Unsanity, GIMP

Voting, Hacking Democracy (HBO), Punchscan.org, Instant FM Music USB dongle for Web & FM recording, Tunatic, RDS: Radio Data System, Spanning Sync, Seagate hardware encryption, Tivo, BladeFrame EX from Egenera, .Net applications on Linux and Mac with Mono, Menu Master, Unsanity, GIMP

ole Day, IE7, Firefox 2.0, openSUSE, Visa, Mastercard, AllofMP3, Music for Masses, Sun's Project Blackbox, scrybe, Ethereal, Smoothwall, ClamAV, oXygen XML editor, Firefox Web Developer Extension, iShowU, CamStudio, TCPView, Wireshark, Snapz Pro, Pinpoint

ole Day, IE7, Firefox 2.0, openSUSE, Visa, Mastercard, AllofMP3, Music for Masses, Sun's Project Blackbox, scrybe, Ethereal, Smoothwall, ClamAV, oXygen XML editor, Firefox Web Developer Extension, iShowU, CamStudio, TCPView, Wireshark, Snapz Pro, Pinpoint

Zune Viral DRM update, iRiver, University Podcasting, Avid Free DV, Podcast trademark, Vista RC 2 Released, IE 7 coming soon, Web standards, E-mail from Aaron about Internet Radio, SHOUTcast, RadioLover, RipCast, Sirius Satellite Radio, Icecast, Rogue Amoeba, Fair Use

Zune Viral DRM update, iRiver, University Podcasting, Avid Free DV, Podcast trademark, Vista RC 2 Released, IE 7 coming soon, Web standards, E-mail from Aaron about Internet Radio, SHOUTcast, RadioLover, RipCast, Sirius Satellite Radio, Icecast, Rogue Amoeba, Fair Use

Frappr, Hak.5 USB Switchblade, Zune, iPods, Creative Vision W, 24k Gold iPod, Zune wireless, Zune Viral DRM, RIAA & CDRs, iTV, Media Center, MythTV, DVD recorders, Video Codecs, MythTV, mt-daapd Project - iTunes media server, IOData AvelLink Player2, K-Lite Codec Pack, Comparison of Display Technology

Frappr, Hak.5 USB Switchblade, Zune, iPods, Creative Vision W, 24k Gold iPod, Zune wireless, Zune Viral DRM, RIAA & CDRs, iTV, Media Center, MythTV, DVD recorders, Video Codecs, MythTV, mt-daapd Project - iTunes media server, IOData AvelLink Player2, K-Lite Codec Pack, Comparison of Display Technology

DSL Discussion, Dynamic DNS, Direct Update, Latency, Token Ring, Ethernet, Carrier Sense Multiple Access, Asus WL-700gE WiFi Router, Sharp Zaurus, Ethereal, Social Engineering: the USB Way, Disable AutoRun on Windows, U3 USB drives, myTunes strips iTMS DRM, myFairTunes6, FairUse4WM strips Windows Media DRM

DSL Discussion, Dynamic DNS, Direct Update, Latency, Token Ring, Ethernet, Carrier Sense Multiple Access, Asus WL-700gE WiFi Router, Sharp Zaurus, Ethereal, Social Engineering: the USB Way, Disable AutoRun on Windows, U3 USB drives, myTunes strips iTMS DRM, myFairTunes6, FairUse4WM strips Windows Media DRM

Apple WWDC, Mac Pro, Intel Xeon, Alex (voice), Core Annimation, Spaces, Dashcode, Vista 2.0, iChat, Time Machine, iCal, CalDAV, OpenDarwin, Mac OS Forge, MS Kills Virtual PC, VMware Virtualization for Mac, RIAA, Fun with WAPs, Emusic, 300GB Holographic storage, Mini-DVD DL, Minority Report-like tactile display, USB EVDO Card, UMPC, HowardForums

Book winners - Tomek & Ralph, E-mail from Kevin P. / WGA, JHymn, Gizmo free calls, Skype protocols, NTFS Support Under Linux, Auto defragmenting in Vista, ZFS, Thumper, Microsoft Windows private folder, TrueCrypt, Firefox 2.0 Beta, Shiira, OmniWeb, Opera, Virtual PC 2004, Yahoo DRM-free songs, Microsoft foils Web spammers, YouTube's new policy, Amazon Ad-Free video service, Photo.net, Creative Commons, Optimus Three

Foundations of Ajax free books, LaCie Ethernet Disk & Embedded Windows, rdiff-backup, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Mac OS X "WGA", SCO/IBM lawsuit, Philip Morris, OfficeMax no more mail-in rebates, Microsoft exposing Vista at Black Hat 2006, Michael Lynn, Sploitcast, Microsoft WiFi-enabled iPod killer?, MS and MTV - URGE, iPods and Beer

Interview with Ryan Asleson & Nate Schutta, authors of Foundations of Ajax, Polling technology, Rails Conf '06, Google Suggest, Google Maps, Obfuscating/Compressing Javascript, JSON, XML, Debugging with JsUnit, Taconite - open source Ajax framework, Google Appliance, New book: Pro Ajax and Java, Cream Cheese, Foundations Errata file

Smackbook Update, ThinkPad, GPS Camera, Google & Thumbstacks Rumor, Bill Gates to Leave Microsoft, Aruba Linux WAPs, Alkyproject, Leopard hoax, Solaris to Linux Migration, 55 Ways to Have Fun With Google, $200 Billion Broadband Scandal, MSN/VoIP Calling, SkypeOut Free in the US, Miglia TVMicro USB, 2.4Ghz spectrum analyzer, 20" Dell laptop, Osborne, Hiding images in audio

acBook woes, Apple snubs geeks with Darwin Intel, Apress interview, Foundations of Ajax, Ryan Asleson, Nathaniel T. Schutta, Vista Premium 2007 Requirements, Hybrid Hard Drives, Flash Memory Life, Backups, Networker, Rsync, DLT NasBackup, Supercomputer Windows, Beowulf, AMD Opteron, Google Spreadsheets, Google Office, Google Employee Perks, FEBE and CLEO, Google Browser Sync, SmackBook

Chris (UK), Dtrace on FreeBSD, Nauseous, Richard Stallman, Vista perfmon, Steve (UK), Google, Mozilla, Diggnation, Mozilla Custom Keywords, Chris (UK) Blog Posting on Free content, Leo Laporte, Apress, Open Source Sex, MacBook vent, No 12" MacBook Pro, Apple out of India, Bluetooth Car Security, U. Washington Crypto Course, Classroom Presenter

Brian Knapp Ventrilo President, Pantech G6200 and fingerprint, Monad becomes PowerShell, ODF for MS Office, SGI Bankrupt, Open-source Java, Fedora Project, Darwin and Intel, GNU Darwin, Leopard and BitTorrent, MiniTV USB, Vista minimum requirements, 3tunes, Tunatic, Apple's new MacBook, Paint & Heat Problems, Glossy Screen, 3M privacy filter, No 12 inch MacBook Pro, Screen Spanning Doctor, MacBook upgrades

Response to Matt (blog), Windows Server Update Services, Norton Ghost, Dell XPS Bloatware, AutoPatcher, Apple interested in Open Solaris ZFS, HFS, Scott McNealy steps down as Sun CEO, Sun AMD Desktops & Workstations, Net Regulation, Akamai, Freenet Project, Usenet & Google Groups, Justin Chapweske, Apple's all-seeing screen, isightcapture, Microsoft IIS loses to Apache, GoDaddy, Steve Balmer is crazy