We are oh-so-proud of Todd Cochrane of Geek News Central. Todd has just announced his book, Podcasting: Do It Yourself Guide which will soon be on shelves everywhere and of course including Amazon.com.

Ryan Ozawa over at HawaiiPodcasting.com (where yours truly is also a member) put out a great press release. Go check him out.
What’s very cool about this is that a local guy becomes the first to write a book on podcasting. Podcasting is a really, really new thing, just over 6 months old. It’s …

OK now here’s a wild post if there ever was one. I found about this guy that submerged his entire motherboard, complete with Fan, in an aquarium filled with mineral oil.

What an experiment! Looks like everything but the drives and power supply are in the tank.
Now, why would someone want to do that? Simple: zero noise and no problems with heat.

Finally, there’s research that’s bringing out what gamers like me already know: Video games are not only way better than watching TV, but have many health benefits. I caught this cool article in GMSV with some things to think about:
“The people who play games are into technology, can handle more information, can synthesize more complex data, solve operational design problems, lead change and bring organizations through change,” says Chip Luman
hiring managers? maybe you want to find out if they play video games because:
research on managerial behavior that indicated gamers …

I just took this online geek test. It was a riot and I scored 97%! For “old timers” like me some of the questions brought back some fond memories, like programming on my Commodore 64 and connecting at 1200 (wait, 300!) baud.
Here’s my Geek Score:

Take the test and see how you compare! Post your comments here.

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Aloha, I’m Peter Kay with Your Computer Minute. When was the last time you backed up your computer? Fairly recent, I’ll bet, at least I hope. But, when was the last time you tested restoring from a backup. I’ll bet that you’ve never done that, right? Folks, you’re flirting with disaster. Most of us feel real good about making backups but very few, if any of us have ever tested restoring from backup. Too many times I’ve seen …