I for one welcome....

... our new Google overlords.

Dial-A-Dork podcast extra

Show notes for the podcast extra for July 5, 2005.

• Sorry there was no show on Monday
  
• Hedy Lamarr
  
• Trucker Tom
  
• Otaku Generation
  
• What's an Otaku?
  
• Bacardi Mojito
  
• Mojo Wire
  

The volume levels on this podcast are somewhat uneven. Sorry about that.

Dial-a-Dork podcast instructions

The Dial-a-dork podcast is now available through the iTunes music store (free). Here's how to subscribe.

First, download iTunes 4.9 for Windows or Mac, whichever you have.

Next, you have two options:

First option: under the "Advanced" menu of iTunes, choose "subscribe to podcast", and paste in the URL of our RSS feed, which is http://www.dial-a-dork.com/rss/dorkrss.xml

Second option: less pasting, more clicking...

Then run iTunes and click the purple "Podcasts" icon in the "Source" list on the left side of iTunes.

At the bottom of the screen, click "Podcast directory", and you'll be taken to the iTunes music store podcast page. Partway down the left side of the page is a search field. Type in "dork" and press return.

Your search results will include the Dial-A-Dork podcast, and you can just click the "subscribe" button.

And then... whichever option you choose, you'll probably want to go into your preferences (under the Edit menu) and click the "Podcasts" tab to set your podcast prefs.

Happy podcatching!

Cordless phones interfere with wireless LANs

Cordless phones with "spread spectrum technology" can switch frequencies within the 2.4Ghz communication band and basically kill your wireless LAN. Here is a page that says as much.

It sounds like even changing the broadcast channel of the wireless router isn't guaranteed to keep the phone from stomping on your data. Only eliminating the phone will work.