Seb's Random Thoughts

New Tesco VOIP USB Phones, No Mac Users Though!

Sat Dec 2, 2006 6:52 PM EST

When I was doing some late night shopping in Tesco tonight I came across a curious piece of technology. Well it might be curious to the non-geek anyway.

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technology, tesco-internet-phone, tesco, voip, skype, telephone, telephony, cordless, usb, 5-pounds-calltime

Skype Beta 3 With Call Recording and SkypeCasts, First Look!

Sat Dec 2, 2006 12:53 PM EST

I just downloaded and installed Skype Beta 3.0 from the Skype official website blog. Not only has Skype changed their user interface but they have also added a few awesome features.

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technology, record-skype, skype-beta-3, call-recording, podcasting, blog, voip, skype, review, podcasts

How Much Electricity Does a PC Use?

Sun Nov 12, 2006 6:33 PM EST

It was brought up as a question in my household today.

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technology, energy, computer, pc, windows, power-management, options, electricity, saving, conservation

Windows Vista Requires Purchasing…Not Pirating

Sun Nov 12, 2006 5:21 AM EST

I am no saint. As many of the online community have done, I have used software of various types that have been cracked or less than legal, and I have downloaded music. Just about a year ago, I stopped doing anything remotely illegal online with new regard for the law.

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technology, windows-vista, drm, wga, security, hacked, fair-use, zune, itunes, music

PCPlus Magazine's Features Editor Richard Cobbett Interviewed

Sat Nov 11, 2006 7:39 AM EST

SebRT.com extends a very special welcome to RICHARD COBBETT. Richard is Features Editor of PC Plus Magazine here in the UK and a technology expert. It was Richard's original idea that I contribute to PC Plus magazine for the January 2007 issue! Welcome Richard.

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technology, richard-cobbett, pcplus, interview, writer, sebrt, blog, podcasting, author, editor

Mega Blogger / Vlogger Robert (Scobleizer) Scoble Interviewed!

Wed Nov 8, 2006 6:30 PM EST

SebRT.com would like to extend a very special welcome to ROBERT SCOBLE! Robert was the famous Microsoft Blogger, not to mention also very prolific.

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technology, robert-scoble, scobleizer, podtech, microsoft, vloggies, blogging, podcasting

EXCLUSIVE – The First Published Interview with "The Man Behind the Vloggy Curtain"

Sun Nov 5, 2006 6:06 AM EST

I had a chance to interview JOE KLEIN the announcer and co-producer of "The Vloggies" last night's smash hit event in San Francisco! The Vloggies brought down the house, while bringing all those in attendance to their feet as the ceremony drew to a close. I just got off a …

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us-news, vloggies, vlog, san-francisco, podcast-voice-guy, joe-klein, video, awards, interview

Should You Be Excited About the New Microsoft Zune?

Sat Nov 4, 2006 11:40 AM EST

I find myself really excited about the upcoming Microsoft Zune "ipod killer." Microsoft promises this baby to be one hell of a device and is promoting it on a great looking slick website.

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technology, zune, microsoft, apple, ipod, mp3-player, portable, podcast, sebrt

NEW Social Networking Website – FAQQLY – Reviewed!

Fri Nov 3, 2006 9:47 PM EST

It's been a while since I dipped into reviewing a social networking website.

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technology, faqqly, social-networking, myspace, aimpages, dave-liu, web-2-0, cnet, review, sebrt-com

TWiL – This Week In Law Podcast - In REVIEW

Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:12 AM EDT

I was excited at the announcement when mentioned at the PPME last September of a new show on the TWiT Network called, This Week in Law or TWiL. Finally a new podcast of the quality found on the TWiT network that would talk about issues with law in technology.

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technology, twit, twil, leo-laporte, denise-howell, podcast, podcasting, law, this-week-in-law, review

Lisa Ling Lays Her Life on the Line for US!

Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:36 PM EDT

For those of you who do not know who Lisa Ling is take a look at the picture on the right. Aside from being super-model worthy in photos she is a cutting edge, reporter who has worked on the popular talk show, The View, and has recently been working with National Geographic.

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world-news, usa, government, american, us, current, north-korea, united-states, youtube, uk

Listen up Terrorists, CNN Has a Few Tips For You!

Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:40 AM EDT

If you are looking for tips on smuggling nuclear (radiological) devices into the US via ground, you ought to check out what CNN deems fit to report about today. Forget the internet for finding out how to build that bomb, turn on your damned television.

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world-news, news, security, finance, washington-dc, bullshit, nuclear, homeland-security, cnn, terrorists

Guy Kewney, Editor of NewsWireless.net, Speaks to SebRT.com!

Wed Oct 4, 2006 5:11 PM EDT

SebRT.com welcomes GUY KEWNEY. Guy is the editor of NewsWireless.net.

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technology, guy-kewney, guy-goma, newswireless, news-wireless, interview, discussion, conversation, author, writer

Podcasting - Start to Finish – In 10 Months

Tue Sep 26, 2006 12:08 PM EDT

The following is a detailed statement about my experience being a podcaster, from when I started in Early December 2005 until two weeks ago when I completed my final episode of the Global Geek Podcast. I am going to talk about the difficulties of starting.

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technology, internet, podcasting, audio, podcast, rss, feed, experience, blog-entries, podcaster

Richard Hammond of "TopGear" in Stable Condition

Thu Sep 21, 2006 3:12 PM EDT

I was shocked and amazed when I got my copy of the Metro on the way into Leeds this morning! On the front cover is a third of one of my favourite TV shows. Richard Hammond. The headline: Star Fights For his Life after High Speed Crash! Like I said, I was shocked.

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entertainment, tv, celebrity, news, reaction, stable, aftermath, uk, metro, hamster

Interview with Star Trek's Dan Curry From My Blog, SebRT.com

Mon Aug 28, 2006 6:49 AM EDT

Those of you who have been reading this blog for a while know that I interviewed Dennis Madalone, the Star Trek stunt coordinator and singer behind America We Stand as One a few weeks back.

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entertainment, film, thailand, movie, interview, hollywood, director, voyager, artist, special

Lights, Sirens, Action! - Response to NHS Response

Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:02 PM EDT

Today started out like any other, I got up, checked email...everything was fine.

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drugs, health, surgery, back, mom, taxi, hospital, radio, england, emergency

"First Contact" with a Star Trek Script

Thu Aug 3, 2006 8:01 AM EDT

TEASER INT. ALIEN MEDICAL FACILITY – CORRIDOR – DAY CLOSE ON a wide sliding door opening… TWO MALCORIAN medical technicians rush someone on a gurney through the doors and into a small room crowed with medical equipment for emergency trauma care.

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tv, analysis, television, paramount, star-trek, script, 1990, 90s, sebastian-prooth, dennis-madalone

Unemployable?

Fri Jul 28, 2006 3:44 AM EDT

What makes someone unemployable? Is it just the complacencies of the businesses, uncaring to whom they are giving hiring preference? The inferred answer seems to be more often than not that the potential employee is "over-qualified." Just whose decision should it be that the …

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business, job, mom, american, interview, work, mother, complaint, respect, criminal

America We Stand as One's, Dennis Madalone, Speaks to SebRT.com

Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:36 AM EDT

I first contacted Dennis the first week of July 2006 after watching his America, We Stand As One video, we had a wonderful discussion about his music video, and his stunt career. As most of you who read my blog, listened to my shows, or watched my videos know, I have always been …

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entertainment, music, america, interview, england, hollywood, director, video, paul-mccartney, star-trek

Will Machines Dominate Earth with Web 3.0?

Tue Jul 4, 2006 4:40 AM EDT

The article "Web 2.0: Dumber and Dumberer?" on the "Evolving Trends" blog discusses the "dumbing" down effects of Web 2.0 on society and analyses the current situation in the web 2.0 "community." The author's comparison of a Chess Game of man against machine to …

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technology, web-2-0, community, microsoft, machines, change, bill-gates, humans, chess, society

Skype and Telemarketing - The Story from Start to Finish

Sun Jul 2, 2006 2:01 PM EDT

The Start:

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technology, voip, internet, blog, skype, digg, telemarketing, sebastian-prooth, joe-klein

Does Skype favour development for Windows over all other OS's?

Seeded on Sun Jul 2, 2006 4:37 AM EDT (-)

This is an interesting article that asks a question I have been asking for a while. Are Microsoft developing more for Windows? Why are they bias? Maybe they are getting payed to do it. Quite an interesting from the perspective of a Windows user with the advice of a MAC user.

technology, james, microsoft, apple, skype, support, windows, linux, neutrality, dave-gray

Let's Open a Can of Whoop-Ass on Spam!

Thu Jun 29, 2006 5:03 PM EDT

I am so sick of getting spam in my email for just about any reason you can think of. A few weeks ago I started to keep track of the amount of Nigerian/Misc.

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ebay, technology, viagra, fraud, money, blogs, stolen, lottery, email, blogging