Gmail and Chat using SSL now?

Originally the Google Chat interface in gmail didn’t work when you visited gmail in ssl mode…well over the weekend I opened my gmail with https and Bingo…there was Gmail Chat in all it’s glory.

I read that they were going to have encryption on the gtalk client and support SSL in the gmail interface at some point so I guess now is that time.

Cool.

Ultraman and DVD

I read today that it is possible that Ultraman might be coming to DVD this year! I would probably jump on that…I used to love watching Ultraman. It was one of those after school shows that I would watch along with The Monkeys!

It seemed like there were a lot of episodes but alas there is only 39 according to tv.com.

BTW if you subscribe to my feed, and don’t normally visit the site itself, come and check it out. Ultraman is gracing the top of my blog.
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** Update **: Stupid me should have put a link to the Ultraman DVD Tip

Hard Drive Coffee Table!

Holy cow! This is just the style that I want to redo my house in! Now if I could just get my wife to buy that.

The Hard Drive Coffee Table is built from an original 26″ diameter hard drive platter from an early storage device, the Control Data Corporation 6603 Disk File Controller manufactured by Bryant-Excello circa 1967…

Christmas Carols Everywhere!

A bunch of podcasters over at the Podcast Pickle community have also put together an interpretation of A Christmas Carol.

Apparently there are 3 that I know of.
A Geek Christmas Carol
Ours with a geek theme of Scrooge outsourcing his company, and seeing himself as a geek in a former life…

A Podcast Christmas Carol
This is where Scrooge is a big Media Mongol and deals with Radio v. Podcasting.

A Christmas Carol
As told be Charles Dickens…no interpretation here, but read as is.

So there is plenty to keep your iPod busy this holiday season!