The Ministry of Geek
By The Ministry of Geek
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Podcast Description
Contemporary technology musings from a couple of dazed and confused Kiwi geeks. Recorded fortnightly from their secret digital lair somewhere in Wellington, New Zealand.
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The Ministry of Geek 039: Holding it the Wrong Way | The Ministry of Geek discuss Richard S's new e-reader, a surprising geek gadget purchase that is surely destined for the Gadget Graveyard. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 038: Deconstructing the TARDIS | The Ministry of Geek revisit superheroes with Richard F recalling his recent viewing of The Avengers. Awesome. We talk about tech obsessions and feelings of inadequacy, as well as the Australian Women's Weekly tech pages. And then the perils of time travel, and the wonders of the TARDIS. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 5/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 037: Super Geek | The Ministry of Geek talk about interior lighting. Don't ask why. We also plumb the depths of Super Heroism and driverless cars. Richard F asks for advice in approaching the new generation of Dr Who. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 4/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 036: Duplo Falcon | The Ministry of Geek admire the release of the new Apple Stove and wonder what Dell will pull out of the hat to beat it. They also ponder whether Europeans can really build a better fighter (the Eurofighter) than the Yanks (Joint Strike Fighter). Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 3/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 035: No Dice | The Ministry of Geek go at it again talking even more trash than usual about things they no nothing about, like carrots during World War II, and RAID systems, and Linux. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 2/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 034: The Other Richard S | The Ministry of Geek revisit their ever-changing podcast format and apply a few social media tweaks. We talk about Global Positioning Gimmickry, Megauploading and the possible (and sad) decline of Dick Smiths, every geek's local store. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 2/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 033: Year of the Internet Port | The Ministry of Geek are rested and back for 2012. Geeky as ever. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 1/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 032: Battle of the Boxee | The Ministry of Geek are on for the episode 32, another auspicious Integral Power of 2 show, where all attention goes to competing media centre solutions from the Boxee in one corner (Richard S) versus Plex in the other corner (Richard F). It's carnage. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 12/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 031: 111111+11 | The Ministry of Geek are sorry for the extra LONG delay in getting this episode out to you, alas, sickness struck both Richards in consecutive weeks but we finally made it, albeit a little nasally! Enjoy. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 11/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 030: Tribute | The Ministry of Geek get all grown up with Episode 30, with a tribute (sort of) to Steve Jobs, Dennis Ritchie and all things geeky. We get a little nostalgic. And emotional. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 10/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 029: Phat Backend | The Ministers of Geek go experimental with a recording away from the digital lair. We hope this worked. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 10/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 028: Machine Love | The Ministers of Geek speculate on the Post-PC (codenamed) Windows 8 era and wonder how Microsoft will do with their hybrid desktop/tablet OS. They're divided but hopeful. Richard F is impressed with the Asus Transformer tablet, but revokes his praise of the (still) appalling Apad II. Richard S whips out on oldie but goodie for the Gadget Graveyard. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 9/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 027: The Cable Guys | The Ministers of Geek lament the resignation of the awesome Steve Jobs from the best damn technology company in the history of the universe! (Okay, Richard F was responsible for this RSS feed entry...) They talk about numerous cabling frustrations, ultra-portable notebooks, and buying decisions (and possibly remorse) in plasma versus LCD television technology. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 9/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 026: 12 Months Later | The Ministers of Geek survive the unprecedented snowfall in New Zealand and bring Geek to a Winter Wonderland...and are surprised to have reached their one year anniversary of the podcast. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 8/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 025: Adult Collectibles | The Ministers of Geek are at their best in this nail-biting episode that celebrates a 'quarter century' of Australasia's favourite geek-cast. Richard F and Richard S get gadget crazy and browse the latest Think Geek catalog. Richard S manages to slip an expensive tech purchase under the radar with his wife. Richard F unveils his latest prized gadget. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 024: Handsome Men | The Ministers of Geek geek hard out on the eve of Mac OS X 10.6 Lion. Richard S can't get too excited by this and Richard F isn't either, since he's suffering withdrawal from the temporary loss of his iPhone, and the more permanent loss of the Space Shuttle to the annals of history. Richard F rags on Richard S's dull Dell laptop and the terrible state of design stagnation in computers, unlike the awesome designer PCs from DARWIN machine. Richard F and Richard S collaboratively review Star Trek's The Enemy Within and admire the many handsome men. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 7/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 023: Geeking with Dinosaurs | The Ministers of Geek apologise for not bringing on the geek last week, and try to redeem themselves with their latest show. Richard S returns from walking with life-sized dinosaurs that are of dubious historical accuracy. Richard F struggles to stay awake after a late night system recovery that was almost a catastrophe... We wonder why Nokia is bothering to release the N9 and who really wants Internet-connected televisions to watch YouTube. Richard F reviews Star Trek's The Naked Time and is shocked by the health and safety violations on a Starfleet starship. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 7/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 022: Unplugged | The Ministers of Geek mince words on the latest upgrades to the iOS, OS X and the Java platforms, listing their top 5 best features released (in their minds). Richard S delves deep, deep, deep into the dark recesses of Javaland. Really deep. Richard F substitutes his review of Star Trek's Where No Man Has Gone Before for the missing Gadget Graveyard segment. He's disappointed in the costumes. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 6/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 021: Good in the Cloud | The Ministers of Geek speculate needlessly about upcoming announcements from Apple at their World Wide Developers Conference, but are mostly concerned with what Steve will be wearing at the keynote. They provide an in-depth critique of the Windows 8 preview based solely on a dodgey 4 minute video and their usual uninformed opinions. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 6/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 020: Strategically Reserved | The Ministers of Geek prattle on about Strategic Reserves of IPv4 addresses, Google IO's announcements about Android and ChromeBooks, and Steve Ballmer's over-priced purchase of Skype. Richard F reviews The Man Trap, the first episode of Star Trek Original Series and really hopes it'll improve (quickly). Richard S uncovers a hidden cache of discarded gadgets and shows off an incredible, magical pen that talks to your computer. We invite listeners to send in their dearly beloved gadgets from your own Gadget Graveyards -- email us your pics and stories to minofgeek@gmail.com and we'll share them! Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 5/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 019: Snakes and Regular Expressions | The Ministers of Geek traverse an endless stream of random topics, most of them tech, all of them geek. Richard S recounts his mobile roaming and open street map navigation experiences on the Gold Coast of Australia. Richard F gushes over Star Trek, The Original Series, in glorious High Definition and proposes to relive his childhood by watching every episode for the benefit of podcast listeners. We invite listeners to send in their dearly beloved gadgets from your own Gadget Graveyards -- email us your pics and stories to minofgeek@gmail.com and we'll share them! Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 5/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 018: Thermonuclear Zombie Geeks | The Ministers of Geek ruminate on the future of the planet (again) and humanity's virtually insatiable demand for clean energy. Richard S talks about an experiment in electric cars here in little old Wellington, and Richard F urges the planet, and the continent state of Australia, to embrace emerging nuclear energy. Richard F completes his in-depth, hands-on review of the Nintendo 3DS, laments the impending death of Stargate Universe and missing out on seeing Battlestar Galactica's Starbuck in the flesh; Richard S tries his very best to make him better. He fails. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 4/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 017: Spinning around | The Ministers of Geek give Firefox a good poke and consider the landscape of browser diversity; Richard F still wants to stick with IE6. Richard F tries to play with the Nintendo 3DS and gets to handle the packaging as a consolation. Richard S wonders whether Richard F's enthusiasm for the ZFS file system for Mac OS X is really all he thinks it will be, and hates on any OS ending in -nix. The Ministers of Geek dis on the notion of using an iPad as a faux gaming console. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 3/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 016: Wi-Fi Promiscuity in the ACT | The Ministers of Geek get back to business after Richard S returns from top, top, top secret business in the Australian Capital Territory. Richard F apologises to the Dutch and their dykes; Richard S remains unrepentant in his disdain for Logitech. Richard S talks about his promiscuous use of wi-fi sources in Canberra and Richard F unleashes the aquafairies. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 3/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 015: Tablet of Doom | The Ministers of Geek clash on the merits of the shiny new iPad 2: want it or pass over? Richard F manages to offend the Dutch, whilst Richard S manages to offend Dell call centre operators. Richard F is sorry for an Android Galaxy S owner bullied into upgrading his firmware, and the Ministers consider the social impact of gadget lust. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 3/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 014: Smells Like Geek | The Ministers of Geek ruminate on the future of operating systems and ponder whether we'll still need finders or explorers for our wonderful files. Richard F talks about his time at Webstock 2011 and his extreme nerd love of slow motion, HD Space Shuttle launch footage. Richard S wants to dial up Google and begs for the Windows C:\ drive to stay in vogue. We check out a horrible Android tablet in the Gadget Graveyard. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 2/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 013: High-Bitrate New Year | The Ministers of Geek reboot the (Chinese and Gregorian) New Year with a bang as their talk about what they did over their holidays (not much). Richard F talks about how his new speakers leads him to hear things. Richard S wants an awesome water jet-pack and reflects on how his Apple TV still doesn't work properly. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 012: The List | The Ministers of Geek finish out the year of 2010 with a flourish as their reveal their Top 5 and Bottom 5 Geek Lists, and Richard S makes completely unfounded predictions for the coming 2011. Thanks to all our listeners for your support...we'll be back stronger and geekier in mid-late January 2011. The Ministers of Geek wish you all a safe and merry Christmas and New Year holiday! Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 12/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 011: Natural Born Geeks | The Ministers of Geek enter their tweens with Episode 11 (3 in binary) as they proudly podcast about nothing in particular. Richard F recounts his experience as the third astronaut on the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission. They disclose with full transparency the final results of the online poll, consider whether their geekiness is nature or nurture, discuss Google betas, Mozilla moneymaking, sustainable and self-powered gadgets, and their MacBook Air fondling experience. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 12/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 010: Binary Geeks | The Ministers of Geek celebrate reaching Episode 010 in binary and decimal. They discuss the provisional results of their first online poll for listeners, and then casually segue into another random selection of topics including: Richard S's ongoing love-hate affair with his Apple TV, Apple's Java redemption, their Top Geek Places to Visit in the world/Universe, further dissection of the vagaries of the Sonic Screwdriver and Google's 10% payrise for employees. In this show, Richard F provides the gadget corpse for the Gadget Graveyard segment. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 11/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 009: Walkman Checkmate | The Ministers of Geek verbally dissect the weirdness of Sony's entry into the mobile phone market with their PSP Mobile, and then say a heartfelt goodbye to another Sony icon, the Walkman (and along the way farewell video cassettes). They wonder what all the hooha is around the impending end of Moore's Law and whether it really matters, or not in today's multi-core world of computing excess. Richard F is confused by Wikileaks in a Star Wars Universe and spars with Richard S on the significance of Battlestar Galactica soap opera. Richard S has a startling and stomach-churning reveal of his Gadget Graveyard item. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 11/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 001: Hello, World. | The inaugural podcast of The Ministry of Geek for your listening pleasure (or torment -- you decide!) | 11/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 008: Small, Dark and Handsome | The Ministers of Geek meander their way through a random collection of topics this episode, from a heavily-disclaimed Apple TV pre-review, Sony 3D TV field testing, Android handset fondling, to tech recycling, malware martial arts protection and motion-induced nausea. The Ministers of Geek farewell Ray Ozzie and honour Lotus Notes. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 10/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 007: Geeks Get NASty | The Ministers of Geek talk about personal backups and consign a Dead-On-Arrival NAS device to the Gadget Graveyard. They compare a Mother-of-All-Macs to Episode 6's Mother-of-All-PCs in awe inspiring head-to-head Battle Royale of computing hardware. The Ministers of Geek go gaga over Richard S's shiny new Amazon Kindle e-reader. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 10/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 006: The Episode Where We Don't Talk About Apple (Much) | The Ministers of Geek break the 500 listener mark and embrace their ANZAC mates. They substitute Dell for Apple as they configure the Mother-of-all-PCs, discuss their respective philosophies behind their choice of rigs, wonder why Tony Stark chooses Oracle as his Cloud Provider, and consider the ultimate geek gadget choice: Light Saber or Sonic Screwdriver. Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 10/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 005: Ewoks vs Dr Who | The Ministers of Geek have pumped up the volume on their latest podcast (actually, they've just finally worked out how to use Garageband properly) where they discuss the newly updated Apple TV, iPods past and present, the relative Geek merits of Star Wars versus Dr Who and electric car 'range anxiety'. Richard F reviews his magnificent Magic Trackpad! Check out the blog at theministryofgeek.wordpress.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 9/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 004: Low Carbon Emission Podcast | The Ministers of Geek sound better than ever as they discuss their debut on iTunes, podcast microphone selection, budget spyplanes versus jetpacks and dud geek gadgets. Check out the blog at www.theministryofgeek.blogspot.com and subscribe to us from iTunes. | 8/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 003: Wave Bye Bye | The Ministers of Geek have a candid discussion about the emergence of the iPhone 4 in New Zealand, eBook reading experiences and the fate of Google Wave...and a few other randomly geek things! Check out the blog at www.theministryofgeek.blogspot.com and subscribe to us from iTunes | 8/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ministry of Geek 002: The iPad Cometh. | Episode 2 of The Ministry of Geek is now available! The Ministers of Geek continue their exploration of geeky tech podcasting. Check out the blog at www.theministryofgeek.blogspot.com | 8/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 39 Episodes |
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