I just thought I would give everybody a quick heads up on what is going on with all of my hobby projects from my podcasts and blogs to my Android apps, so here it goes!

First, lets talk podcasts.  The Global Geek News is doing great and although we basically were forced to miss two weeks last month we are finally back in our groove and putting out some amazing shows.  Unless something comes up, we record every Monday night and I post the show on Tuesday morning.  If you haven’t given it a listen yet, I highly recommend heading to GlobalGeekNews.com and giving the show a try.  I am always open to constructive feedback so if you have any comments or suggestions, let me hear them!  Speaking of podcasts, I was hoping to have brought back the Geek News Daily podcast but unfortunately my life is too busy at this time but I hope to bring it back in the future.  For those who are wondering what is going on with the Unofficial Mahalo Podcast, I turned ownership of that over my former Global Geek News Co-host, Larry who is doing some great stuff related to Mahalo and should be able to make great use of it.

Now, lets talk Android apps!  As many of you know, a few weeks ago I released my first Android app onto the Market called Master Memo.  It is a great app for taking notes and even taking audio notes when necessary.  I have released several bug fixes to fix some things that didn’t show up until after I released the app and as far as I know, all should be working now although there is a possibility of one crash bug lingering out there which I can’t seem to replicate.  The app is now kind of on the back burner but I am well underway on the next version which will allow you to tag your notes for better organization.  I am also investigating doing video and even picture notes with it but I think those are a little ways off.

I have started a second app today which I don’t yet have a name for but it will be a conversion tool.  What kind of conversion tool?  It will allow you to convert Microsoft and Nintendo points to money and money to points so that you have a better idea of how much you are spending on that song, movie, game or whatever.  I also intend for it to allow you to purchase more points from an online retailer, most likely Amazon since I already have an affiliate account set up with them.  It shouldn’t take me too long to make this so I am expecting it to be in testing within the next week and released shortly there after.  I am always looking for app ideas, so if you have any apps for Android that you would like to see, let me know!

Finally, lets talk blogging!  I am now starting to blog here regularly again which is great.  I hope to post all kinds of random things from videos and pictures to what is going on with me in the future to hopefully get some kind of reader base.  I am also trying to blog as much as I can over at Global Geek News Blog which is where I really put thought into what I write about anything and everything technology related.  If you don’t subscribe to it already, I highly recommend you do so if you are looking for some great opinions and advice on technology!  I also report on technology over at TechVi which you should certainly check out although I fear that if my life doesn’t calm down a bit, that I might not be writing for them for much longer but I hope that isn’t the case.

Anyway, this update is running longer than expected so I will end it here and do another one in the near future!

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On a related note, I plan to move the Global Geek News blog off of blogger, to a wordpress blog on the website.  This will allow for me to do more with the blog and should get me to blog almost daily as I had always planned.

Speaking of getting stuff done, the Geek Podcasting Network is a bit behind schedule.  Depending on my free time, I will try to get it ready to go up by the end of the week.  Expect a big post here when it goes up!

Now that all of that stuff is out of the way, I must say I am very excited that one of my best friends is coming home this week after spending a year in Iraq!  I cant wait to see him and go play a round of golf later this week or early next week.  I took the online portion of my Cisco CCNA final tonight.  I didn’t do as well as I had hoped, but I will still end up with a B in the class for this semester.  The next semester starts next week.

Thats it for tonight.  I shall blog again tomorrow!  Don’t forget to follow me on twitter!

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As far as my podcasts are concerned, I managed to record a new episode of the Global Geek News on Christmas.  It made me feel like I did something productive that day.  Its a little longer than usual, around 38 minutes as I recall, but it was worth going long when I got to say what I wanted to.  The time format is likely to change in the near future as I have found a co-host for the show.  After many months of searching, I have found a co-host by the name of Lindsay.  She should be starting on the next episode which should be put up around the end of next week I would assume.  With the holiday this week, news is very slow so I dont feel I have enough to do a show before then.  As of today I will also start posting to the Global Geek News Blog again.  Expect the same analysis and opinions you are used to with the podcast, but it text form.

Speaking of slow tech news, with the holiday this week, there has been almost no news to report on in the Geek News Daily podcast.  I had barely enough news to do one today, but I woke up late and decided it was better to combine it with tomorrows podcast and call it a week.  The Geek News Daily podcast should resume as normal next week.

I think that is about it for now, soon I will start blogging about more than my podcasts.  Don’t forget to tell everybody you know about my podcasts so that they may join in on the knowledge that you are privileged to have.

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P.S.  Im still looking for a co-host for Global Geek News!

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