Your Tax Dollars at Work

Today I cover some recent news. I’m going to start providing links via Delicious (Yahoo! is changing the URL, BTW) so let me know what you think about that. Also, if you want me to comment on any news and you have a del.icio.us account, tag it with 4jesusgeek and I’ll comment on it if it’s appropriate for the podcast.

Links to the stories can be found at: http://del.icio.us/jorowi/jg20070928

Feel free to leave comments or send feedback to geek{at}jesusgeek{dot}info. You can call and leave voicemail at 518-290-0228. This podcast is released under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License license.

Jesus Geek is a Christian technology podcast providing news, tips and information you can use in your homeschool, church or ministry. It is a member of the My Life Ministries Network: a community of ministries that views the everyday Christian life as a ministry and seeks to encourage Christians in their daily walk with Christ.

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Godcasting 101: DIY or get some help

One of the things you’ll be faced with when producing your first podcast is whether or not you want to go it alone or get some help. There is a lot to learn about podcasting and trying to stuff a ton of information into your head and have it come out in the right order can be difficult.

Doing things on your own is commendable but if you want to make sure things are top-notch you may want to get some help.

Today I talk about th pros and cons of going solo and point you to some resources to get your podcast rolling.

Here are some resources I recommend, besides my own podcast, if you want to get started podcasting.

• Jason Van Orden
• Podcasting Underground
• Paul Colligan
• Podcast Brothers
• Geeks and God Podcast
• Podcast Academy (not mentioned in the podcast)

Feel free to leave comments or send feedback to geek{at}jesusgeek{dot}info. You can call and leave voicemail at 518-290-0228. This podcast is released under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License license.

Jesus Geek is a Christian technology podcast providing news, tips and information you can use in your homeschool, church or ministry. It is a member of the My Life Ministries Network: a community of ministries that views the everyday Christian life as a ministry and seeks to encourage Christians in their daily walk with Christ.

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The Studio Upstairs gets a face lift

Unbelievable what they’ve done to the website. I was absolutely floored when I browsed over to their website today. They’ve also reduced the size of their audio files which makes for faster downloads. It also looks like they are now using the m4a format. The only question that remains: will they continue to provide mp3 files in the feed?

Check it out: http://www.studioupstairs.net/

Podcasting and Astronomy news

Today I talk about the Podcasting and New Media Expo, video podcasts on your TiVO, Podango’s purchase of Gigavox Audio Lite and some astronomy news.

From Paul Colligan’s site, here’s how to get video podcasts on your TiVO:

• Go to TiVo Central.
• Go to “Find Programs.”
• Go to “TiVoCast” (or “Download TV and Movies” on some systems).
• Choose the program you’d like to receive (PodShow TV, or any of our affiliated shows).
• Choose “Get Season Pass” from the show menu. It’s that simple!
• Every new episode will automatically download to your TiVo box, and appear in your “Now Playing List” just like regular television recordings.

Feel free to leave comments or send feedback to geek{at}jesusgeek{dot}info. You can call and leave voicemail at 518-290-0228. This podcast is released under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License license.

Jesus Geek is a Christian technology podcast providing news, tips and information you can use in your homeschool, church or ministry. It is a member of the My Life Ministries Network: a community of ministries that views the everyday Christian life as a ministry and seeks to encourage Christians in their daily walk with Christ.

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Wasting Time on the Internet

In today’s podcast I give you some ways to waste time on the internet.

Before you can begin wasting time on the internet you’ll need to make sure you have Adobe Flash and Shockwave players installed. Once you’ve done that and installed the latest versions of each player, check out these links:

• Teagames
• Yahoo! Games
• Mini Clip
• Yeti Sports

Of course there’s always the video sites like YouTube, Google Video, GodTube and LiveVideo.

Have fun and watch the clock!

Feel free to leave comments or send feedback to geek{at}jesusgeek{dot}info. You can call and leave voicemail at 518-290-0228. This podcast is released under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License license.

Jesus Geek is a Christian technology podcast providing news, tips and information you can use in your homeschool, church or ministry. It is a member of the My Life Ministries Network: a community of ministries that views the everyday Christian life as a ministry and seeks to encourage Christians in their daily walk with Christ.

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$100 from Amazon would rock

I’m trying to win a $100 gift certificate from my buddy Lincoln over at Habitation of Justice and because I’m lazy and unoriginal I’m including the following text from his website:

Lincoln is currently offering a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift certificate to qualified bloggers who mention his blog, the Habitation of Justice on their sites. Go check it out!

How-to restore a .BKF file in Vista

The problem: you made a backup in Windows XP before upgrading to Vista and now you can’t restore your files. What are you to do? Simple, download the Windows NT Backup – Restore Utility and follow these simple steps to make your transition to Windows Vista easier.

1. Enable Removable Storage Management in Windows Vista
2. Install Windows NT Backup – Restore Utility
3. Restore your files

What!? You expected a video or something showing you how to do this? OK, have a look at this:

If you’re a more advanced user, you could install Windows XP NTBackup in Vista by copying the following files from an XP installation to C:\Program Files\NTBackup\ on your Vista machine:

• C:\Windows\System32\Ntbackup.exe
• C:\Windows\System32\Ntmsapi.dll
• C:\Windows\System32\Vssapi.dll
• C:\Windows\Help\Ntbackup.chm
• C:\Windows\Help\Ntbackup.hlp

The last two files aren’t necessary, they’re just help files, but you may want them just in case you forget how to backup your files. Create a shortcut to NTBackup somewhere and blammo, you’re in business.

Feel free to leave comments or send feedback to geek{at}jesusgeek{dot}info. You can call and leave voicemail at 518-290-0228. This podcast is released under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License license.

Jesus Geek is a Christian technology podcast providing news, tips and information you can use in your homeschool, church or ministry. It is a member of the My Life Ministries Network: a community of ministries that views the everyday Christian life as a ministry and seeks to encourage Christians in their daily walk with Christ.

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