Month: December 2008

061.04 – Feature – Jawbone Bluetooth Headset and Interview With Virginia Jamieson from Aliph

Posted by on December 19, 2008

What makes Bluetooth headsets so much safer than holding a cellphone to your ear? On this episode of The Meat, Robbie and Carrie talk to Virginia Jamieson from Aliph about the new Jawbone. 22 minutes 52 seconds.

061.03 – Using Emerald Instead of GNOME Window Decorator

Posted by on December 19, 2008

In this episode of The Meat, we'll learn to install and run Emerald; a replacement window decorator for Linux. It fixes some problems with nVideo decorator display, but it also looks great. 4 minutes 19 seconds.

061.02 – Advanced Custom Configuration of Compiz Fusion

Posted by on December 19, 2008

In this episode of The Meat, Robbie walks you through some of the advanced configuration options of Compiz Fusion, such as activating the 3D cube or cylindar. 4 minutes 43 seconds.

061.01 – The Meaning of the Poppy

Posted by on December 19, 2008

Many viewers asked what the meaning of the Poppy flower pin was in Episode 60. In this episode of The Meat, Carrie explains what the Poppy means to Canadians. 45 seconds.

060.01 – Fixing the new Hotmail on Ubuntu

Posted by on December 19, 2008

When Microsoft upgraded their Hotmail system to a new, "easier to use" version, many Ubuntu Linux users could no longer send email from Hotmail; the form was grayed out, and they couldn't send email. On this episode of The Meat, Robbie shows you how to fix this issue and explains the cause of the problem. 4 minutes 30 seconds.

059.01 – Product Review – PT3802 Big Button Emergency Phone

Posted by on December 19, 2008

On this episode of The Meat, Robbie takes a look at the PurTEK Big Button Emergency Phone. 5 minutes 49 seconds.

058.01 – Product Review – Liquid Image Under-Water Digital Camera Mask

Posted by on December 19, 2008

On this episode of The Meat, Robbie talks to Tim from Tim's Diving Supplies about a new under-water digital camera that is built directly into a scuba mask. 9 minutes 54 seconds.