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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.

  • Technolotics #12 – iSuckPod

    Technolotics #12 – iSuckPod

    [audio https://garethstack.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/12_technolotics.mp3] Listen: Episode 12 Feed: RSS Notes Why you shouldn’t buy another ipod The long awaited ipod video has been released, along with the new iMac G5, and iTunes 6 containing the long awaited iTunes video store Videos are restricted to music and 5 ABC tv series for now, and are two dollars each This is not… Read more

  • Technolotics #11 – How to Pick up Chicks

    Technolotics #11 – How to Pick up Chicks

    [audio https://garethstack.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/11_technolotics.mp3] Listen: Episode 11 Feed: RSS Notes Folksonomy rankings, the future of search? Ok what is a folksonomy [1] A new search engine for social bookmarking, entitled collaborative rank [2], has launched. Site is a research project by a student of the University of New South Wales [3] in Australia It enables search of taggers posts to… Read more

  • Technolotics #10 – So good they made it thrice!

    Technolotics #10 – So good they made it thrice!

    This weeks episode totaled out at over 90 minutes! But we enjoyed it so much, we wanted to let you listen to the lot. It’s now available as three separate parts [audio https://garethstack.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/10_technolotics_1of3.mp3] [audio https://garethstack.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/10_technolotics_2of3.mp3] [audio https://garethstack.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/10_technolotics_3of3.mp3] Listen: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 Feed: RSS Notes 90% True For decades polygraphs have come under such criticism for their unreliability,… Read more

  • Technolotics #9 – Buy it, Burn it, Return it

    Technolotics #9 – Buy it, Burn it, Return it

    [audio https://garethstack.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/09_technolotics.mp3] Listen: Episode 9 Feed: RSS Buy it, burn it, return it Scotti’s Record Shops chain in northern New Jersey, US, actively encourages ‘piracy’ [1]. Are CD rentals the way forward? How long can a forward thinking approach like this survive? Customers can return a new or used CD in 10 days for 70% of purchase price… Read more

  • Technolotics #8 – Nintendo Revolution, Web 2.0 and How to Kill the Internet

    Technolotics #8 – Nintendo Revolution, Web 2.0 and How to Kill the Internet

    [audio https://garethstack.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/08_technolotics.mp3] Listen: Episode 8 Feed: RSS Notes Britain makes moves toward totalitarianism British government proposes up to three month “internment in all but name” (Amnesty international), without charge, for ‘terror suspects’ [1], the equivalent of a 6 month prison sentence, without having been convicted of any crime (Liberty); and a criminal offence of ‘glorifying exalting or celebrating’… Read more

  • Technolotics #7 – Nanonano, podato dating

    Technolotics #7 – Nanonano, podato dating

    [audio https://garethstack.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/07_technolotics.mp3] Listen: Episode 7 Feed: RSS Notes Ipod nano a crashing bore Ipod nano is announced to much fanfare [1], possibly the most over hyped device ever? Pointlessly tiny colour screen, for what, photos? Less space NO new features, e.g.: Camera, wifi, radio narrowcasting, video playback, IM, games Sexy industrial design, I want one, but why!!! (Kinda… Read more