http://www.geeksurvivalhandbook.com Your irreverent and (mostly) accurate guide to all things geek. Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:40:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This week, Ryan covers the iPhone because it just hasn't gotten enough coverage and Pat comes out of left field with armor smithing. Yes, that's right, chain mail and all that. No topic is too obscure at GSH! Enjoy! iPhone apple.com/iphone arstechnica.com/search.ars?Tag=iphone toucharcade.com ilounge.com Armor Smithing armourarchive.org/patterns/ home.messiah.edu/~gdaub/armor/Weblinks.htm alleycatscratch.com/lotr/Armor/ArmorTips.htm mallet-argent.com/pattern.html http://www.geeksurvivalhandbook.com/2008/08/11/gsh-episode-10-a-well-armored-phone/ New in this episode, better sounds quality! Well, sort of. I've upped the compression from 64 kbps to 128 kbps, but Pat literally phoned in this episode. Strange enough though, he actually sounds pretty decent. This episode, we talk about cooking and tiny houses. No, not ones for dolls but ... http://www.geeksurvivalhandbook.com/2008/07/22/gsh-episode-9-little-house-on-the-skillet/ No good excuse for this one being late! This episode we talk about archery and wordpress. You know the drill! Enjoy! Archery http://www.usarchery.org/ http://www.diamondarchery.com/home.php http://www.martinarchery.com/ http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/archery.html http://www.3dshoots.com/ Wordpress http://wordpress.org/ http://wordpress.com/ http://www.dreamhost.com/ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ http://www.mightyseek.com/podpress/ http://www.geeksurvivalhandbook.com/2008/07/07/gsh-episode-8-bows-and-blogs/ Look at that! Told you we were still making episodes. We're changing our format just a bit, providing you two smaller topics rather than just one huge one. I think it will make things a bit more easy on us and interesting for you. This week, Ryan explore the Python ... http://www.geeksurvivalhandbook.com/2008/06/19/gsh-episode-7-snakes-and-the-undead/ Hey everyone! Boy is this episode late. I have a good excuse. I got a new job which required me to move to the otherside of the U.S. This as left me incredibly strapped for time. Pat and I recorded this episode shortly before I left and just now I ... http://www.geeksurvivalhandbook.com/2008/05/22/gsh-episode-6-how-we-do-it/ Do we ever have a great episode for you today! We talk with Jason Calacanis of Mahalo.com about internet startups. If you ever thought about starting your own business, then you better believe you should listen to this. Jason gives the scoop that only someone with hardened experience can give. ... http://www.geeksurvivalhandbook.com/2008/04/15/gsh-episode-5-internet-startups/ This week is a huge honor as we get to interview Gregg Taylor of Decoder Ring Theater. He and his crew make fantasic audio dramas like the radio dramas of old. Think The Phantom or Nero Wolfe. He is a briliant writer, producer, and actor and on this episode we ... http://www.geeksurvivalhandbook.com/2008/04/01/gsh-episode-4-audio-dramas/ Wow! We got another episode out! Sorry about that, we had some technical difficulties. No, really! So, in honor of Gary Gygaz (and a lack of guest) we are going Pen and Paper RPGs. What are they? Why should I play one? How do I get into them? This episode ... http://www.geeksurvivalhandbook.com/2008/03/18/gsh-episode-3-pen-and-paper-rpgs/ Conventions are the mecca for geeks and is that one time we all get together to be super social. But going to conventions can have a lot of pitfalls that can scare off the inexperienced. And frankly, there are a few tidbits that experience conventioneers could stand to pickup (like ... http://www.geeksurvivalhandbook.com/2008/02/19/gsh-episode-2-conventions/ Hello Survivors and welcome to the first episode of the Geek Survival Handbook! This episode is all about robotics. We get Sebastian Smith, a grad student working in the field of robotics, to give us the low down. Enjoy! http://www.geeksurvivalhandbook.com/2008/02/05/gsh-episode-1-robotics/