Geekfoolery

Commentary on emerging trends, especially cool or absurd innovations across a broad range of geekiness. ...with your Host, Mr. Alex.

Your Music Library is a Mess and What to Do About It

February 5th, 2007

There are a lot of songs I like, but I just can’t remember what the hell it is, or who it is. This is partly because my music library used to consist of a ton of files that had descriptive file names like “lovinu.mp3″ or “rainsong.mp3″. Which is very helpful, right? I mean, all I […]

The No-Cable Guy

January 26th, 2007

TiVo. Slingbox. Youtube. Google Video. TV shows and movies on iTunes Music Store. Video podcasts. Plus Xbox/Playstation/Nintendo. And plain ol’ Internet surfing on top of it. Here is my question: Exactly how many hours does one have in a day does one have to absorb entertainment from a TV screen?
(Well, 24 hours in a day, […]

You Don’t Have to Pay the Piper

January 24th, 2007

If you have an iPod (or something like it ) with a capacity of tens of thousands of songs, a quick trip to the iTunes Music store and some ciphering, and it seems like you’ll need to spend thousands of dollars to fill that hard drive up with tunes.
Which of course, no one does. While […]