Chelsea returns to the Vancouver Mini Maker Faire to interview David Repa from the Hackery, a unique computer repair and recycling shop that takes in your old computer hardware and lovingly restores it back to health. The Hackery is also something of a computer museum, with vintage Macs, Tandy 100s, Commodores, and even a neXT cube and teletype.
To check out the Hackery’s services, go to thehackery.ca
In this episode of Platformer, Chelsea brings us all the latest news, and Warren reviews the Roku XS, which recently debuted in Canada. Warren also dives into the forgotten world of abandonware, where great old games are preserved for the ages.
http://www.freyburgmedia.com In this episode of Platformer, Chelsea brings you the latest news, and we also have a review of the Cisco e4500 wireless router, along with an interview with Sheryl Connelly from Ford Motor Company about the technology in the new Lincoln models.
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A new Platformer, and a new host! Chelsea Altice takes over from Warren to give us the news and generally make the show better. We also have an interview with Atimi software about their Vancouver Canucks app, which gives hockey fans constant updates, behind the scenes videos and access to interactions with fellow fans. And just so you have answers for your grandmother when she signs up for Instagram, we have a walkthrough of the basic features of the app. Enjoy!
Welcome to the second episode of the Platformer Show, all about the tech we use to work, play and create. In this episode we review the Kindle Touch and Swordigo, a new hack and slash game for the iPad and iPhone, as well as covering this week’s tech news.
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Welcome to the first episode of Platformer, the show about the tech you use to work, play and create. Sprung from the loins of the Platformer audio podcast on platformer.ca, our new show aims to inform and entertain you with the latest tech news, reviews and interviews with amazing innovators.
In this episode we look at the new iPad and go to the White Day Hackathon at A Thinking Ape (www.athinkingape.com).
Sponsors for White Day Hackathon included A Thinking Ape, Silicon Sisters, EA, Microsoft, East Side Games, and the UBC Computer Science department.
You can check out a photo album from the event here.
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Apple is unveiling…something on March 7th, and that something is likely a new iPad. Rumours abound of retina displays and increased horsepower, along with slightly less reliable rumours of a new Apple TV.
On the flip side, Eric Schmidt has a vision of the future that’s all at once dull, elitist, and somewhat ignorant. But all is not lost, as Photoshop Touch has landed in the App Store and Chip has decreed it Good.
But wait, there’s more! We also have an interview with Kirby Ferguson, the man behind Everything is a Remix. If you haven’t seen these excellent treatise on the Internet, creativity and copyright, you’re sorely missing out, and Kirby was a great interview subject, an erudite and talented fellow with something to say. Check it out, and thanks for listening!
Mountain Lion looks like an old, tired drag queen (but may have some pep under the hood), Playbook 2.0 still sucks, Office might be headed to the iPad, a whole mess of iPhone and iPad rumours….and an interview with Macworld and PC World chief Jason Snell! All on this episode of Platformer.
Clowntown gets a new mayor! The dual CEOs at RIM are out, only to be replaced by another guy mouthing the same tired platitudes. We also cover the SOPA blackout, the Megaupload shutdown, a kerfuffle over iBooks Author, some staggering tablet statistics, and Youtube hitting 4 billion views A DAY. That’s mental.
Jerry Yang is out at Yahoo, RIM is trying to sell itself, Sarah Lacy gets $2.5 million (!) to make a promotional…uh, I mean, informative new blog about startups, Rupert Murdoch is old and insane, and Google can’t stop screwing around with your search. Throw in cloud gaming with Onlive, pro video people moving away from Apple, and the Pirate Bay starting up a new promotional program for indies, and you’ve got yourself a podcast!
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