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Geekcast #8

Show Notes:

Intro Music.

Summary of podcast.
Contact info.

Items of note:

Show number is now the track number.
New Bambi DVD doesn’t work with DVD Shrink

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Tech news:

Windows XP 64 will be out in April.

Yahoo! turns 10, free Baskin Robins for all.

TetriNet 2 released. www.tetrinet2.com

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How To: Make Firefox even better with extensions

addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/?application=firefox

Top Rated Firefox Extensions

1. Auto Copy. Select text and it’s automaticaly copied to the clipboard. Like Trillian or mIrc.
2. ChatZilla. A simple, straightforward Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client.
3. ConQuery. Allows to query web services by context menu of the browser. Queries may contain various parameters of curriently browsing web page: selected text, URL, host etc. Can be used just for searching and as well for working with advanced, complex web services.
4. DictionarySearch. Looks up a user selected word in an online dictionary
5. Disable Targets For Downloads. Prevents sites spawning blank windows when clicking binary downloads.

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Music: A Silver Lining- In The Rain

Send for CD’s of this artist: donut78801@sbcglobal.net
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Hack:

You can re-use Windows XP keys. Any activation automatically

resets after 4 months.

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Contact info.

Outro music / sound clip.

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