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We go deeply technical today and discover the wonders of Virtual machines. What are they and why do we compare them to holographic characters in Star Trek ? We talk about the secret sauce to build a ‘Datacenter in a Box’ for your home. Instead of owning rows of old clunkers to test, or half a server rack to meet your needs, we take a tour of Virtualbox and how you can use it to shove an entire datacenter… under your desk. You can also watch the Live recording of this show on Youtube. Shownotes. – Virtual machines .. What are they. – How can you use them to work for you. – Working out your strategy. – What I use ? – Virtualbox. – Virtualbox extention pack . – Vboxmanage commands.

We return to the podcasting routine with a show that is packed with Gadgets and clever life hacks. Its time to turn our geek bag upside down and tell you not only what is inside of it, but also HOW we use it. Tune in and learn the secret of how to become the optimal, creative, productive and entertained digital packrat without shlepping around a portable datacenter on your bag. Hone your vulcan hearing as we tell you “Whats in my Bag” (and how do we use it). Shownotes. Intro My routine Whats in my bag Less is more. BONUS : The behind the scene “hangout” of this shows recording.

What does it take to start up a company ?  What does it take to make that company cross platform compatible ? What hardware do you choose , what software do you choose ? What services do you go for ? What are the challenges, the easy bits and where does it all make you want to pull your hair out  ? We answer those questions in this weeks podcast as we take a deep dive into the technology we selected and used to start up our own IT Consultancy company. Listen up ! You might learn something   Shownotes. Introduction. The difference between corporate and geek. Requirements Services Google Apps for Business Evernote Cal Any.do Camscanner Camcard Hardware Current laptop : Lenovo Twist. Thinkpad Yoga. Dell XPS 13 Monitor Dell 29 inch Widescreen Multifunctional : C 2665Dnf  That machine inside a Fiat 500. Moneybird  

Its time to be Mr Journalist and cover Acer’s launch event for their Liquid E3 smartphone in Brussels and take some interesting interviews. We talk to two different sides from the girl-geek spectrum and interview Sunny, a ‘beauty blogger’ who just got her first smartphone and Mee Hyang, one of the members of the ‘Brussels Girl Geek Dinner’ who has been around the tech block a couple of years.  Both ladies give us their vision on technology and the “Girl vs Gadget” ratio in their lives. As an added bonus we talk to Lars Christensen, the Acer Product manager about some of the cool new functionalities Acer will be supporting in their smartphone and ask him the pesky question : ‘What is a PC going to look like in 3 years’.  Enjoy KW803. Shownotes. The Acer Liquid E3 Our pictures from the event. Sunny’s Blog. Brussels Girls geek dinner.

Its storytime again on the Knightwise.com podcast. We bring together some awesome tunes and two great stories from the blog. Sit back, relax and enjoy our two columns ” I’m not a Gamer ” and ” Privacy is a statement”  Shownotes. – Privacy is a statement (original article : http://knightwise.com/column-privacy-is-a-statement/) – I’m not a gamer (original article : http://knightwise.com/column-im-not-a-gamer-im-just-retro/) Music. – Aural Planet : Hydropoetry Cathedral. – Puff Dragon: Chinese_Radio.

We start off season 8 with a great topic on Cross platform security. Many of us think that we are safe from mall ware or viruses because we don’t use vulnerable operating systems. Good friend of the show Emmet Steward is here to tell us, that this is not the case. We talk about cross-platform security hazards and, more importantly, how to protect your system and be safe.   Emmet also talks about a great course called ‘Hackitplus’ where you can enrol to be a white hat hacker and learn all about penetration testing, security and … ethical hacking.    We also have Konrad Dwojaks weekly photography tip : This time on keeping your gear safe in cold weather. All in all : a great show to kick off season 8 of Knightwise.com   Shownotes. Emmet Steward on Twitter. The Hackitplus course. A sample of the Hackitplus course.  Konrad makes photos.

We close up 2013 AND season 7 of the Knightwise.com podcast with out Android Essentials list for 2013. Whether you have an Android Smartphone, Tablet or Mediasystem, this is the list you can’t afford to miss. Check out our selection of cross-platform friendly Android apps and enjoy some cool photography tips from Konrad Dwojak in the feedback section. Packed to the rafters its KW708. Shownotes. Show : Curating the library of your mind. Application list Google Calendar Any.do Evernote Pomodoro Chrome Pocket Feedly Tweetcaster Google+ Facebook Instagram If this then that (Service) Facebook Messenger Androirc Voxer Google Hangouts Skype (not mentioned in the podcast) Runkeeper Weather Apps IMDB app Wikipedia App Shazaam Tripadvisor Svoice Google Now ( List of Google Now commands ) Connectbot ES File explorer Dropbox Teamviewer Google Drive Aldiko Pocket Archos video player (and Codec Pack) Vlc Tunesync Stitcher Swiftkey Xbmc Plex Sonos Photo tips from Konrad.

This week we teach you the art of downloading. Wiseguy Daniel Messer tells you all about how to use the Piratbay browser to anonymise your traffic through  the TOR network, circumventing censorship,  nosy ISP’s and even our lovely friends over at the NSA.  After this insightful tutorial on using this ‘portable app’ its my turn to tell you about “Transmission”, A simple client to download torrent files, with a twist. We show you how to set it up, use it AND control it from just about anywhere. Ever been on your smartphone an thought .. Damn, I wish I could download this torrent back home ? We teach you how to use Transmission from anywhere on any device equipped with a browser. (Even from your phone). Stay tuned till the end because we have a special holiday-cheer announcement for a very special member of the Knightwise.com community.  Shownotes. The Pirate Browser. Daniel’s Podcast. Transmission.

Back by popular demand its time for another “Storytime” episode here on Knightwise.com We take a good look at the question “Why notifications are bad for you” and try to inspire you in your post Black-Friday gadget overload to save a bit of the planet and become a “Digital Robin Hood”. We have good friend of the show Konrad Dwojak coming by with a photography tip and bring Shownotes. Why turning off your notifications is better for you then you think. (Source Article) Digital Robin Hoods The ‘Lens Hood’ by Konrad Dwojak Music. Space walrus by Planet Boelex The unreasonable reasoning by Planet Boelex Test Drive by Zapak 

Its Go-go-gadget review time again as we get our greedy little geek hands on the latest gadgets from Samsung. We do an in depth review of their new Phablet the “Note 3” and turn ourselves into Michael Knight (from Knightrider .. remember ?) as we slap on the worlds most advanced smart watch : The Galaxy Gear. Shownotes www.phc.nl

Its time to dive back into the audio podcasting after your Double Topping of F.A.C.T.S. video coverage last week. This week we grill wiseguy Thor about his experiences with Elementary Linux, a Distro spin on good old Ubuntu 12.04 with stunning looks and a soft spot for the hardware impaired. Afterwards we give you a last echo of the F.A.C.T.S. event with an interview we did with the people of Brainfreeze about one of Belgium’s most popular Manga & Anime websites and talk a little about Thor and why it is I am unable to lift Thor’s hammer.  We did have a little issue with the audio quality in the intro and outro of the show, so we hope you forgive us for this little blunder, it will all be fine next time .. We promise. Shownotes. Elementary OS Brainfreeze.be Our coverage of F.A.C.T.S. (part 1 and part 2) The “Behind the scenes” on how we recorded this show (see if you can spot the mistake we made while recording the intro)

We give you the second part of our coverage of F.A.C.T.S. : Belgium’s version of Comic Con. Where we talked to booth-holders and fan club in the first chapter of our coverage, this time, we will be interviewing the people who really make the magic happen t: The Cosplayers. So stand by for great self made costumes, zombies, chicks in bikini’s (with guns), trolls and female Avengers .. It’s time to talk Cosplay. Shownotes. Part 1 of our F.A.C.T.S coverage. Belgian Whovians Fanclub. The behind the scene pictures by photog @Niejana. Credits. – Camera 1 : Stefaan Lesage. – Camera 2 : Kris Hendriks – Photography/production : @Niejana – Interviews : @knightwise.

Its time to give you the first slice of the biggest geek-pie we bake for your every year. As by annual tradition we cover F.A.C.T.S. Belgians biggest Cosplay, Manga, Anime, Scifi and Fantasy expo. In the first half of this two part episode we talk to a couple of very interesting people on the show floor. From Belgian game companies looking for a real life red riding hood, to full scale T-Wing fighters. From handmade geek bags to Belgium biggest online comic book store .. Perk up your fake Vulcan ears for part one of our coverage of F.A.C.T.S. Shownotes.– Archonia : Belgiums biggest online store.– The Prospectors guild and their giant T-wing replica.– Feathers of an Angel : Geek craft galore.– ‘Woolfe’ : Grin looks for a red riding hood in their upcoming game.– Tessa from Ubisoft talks assassins creed. Credits. – Camera 1 : Stefaan Lesage. – Camera 2 : Kris Hendriks – Photography/production : @Niejana – Interviews : @knightwise. Stay tuned for PART 2 of our coverage of F.A.C.T.S coming up real soon as we give you the exclusive interviews with the people who make the magic happen. Yes .. its Cosplay time !

We kick off season 7 of the Knightwise.com podcast with an extra long episode of the Knightwise.com podcast. Since we are proud to announce we joined the ranks of the Podnutz podcast network and are now reaching out to many more podcast listeners across the world .. it was time for a treat. This week you get a slightly obese episode of the Knightwise.com podcast (Over 90 Minutes) as we showcase an episode of “Podnutz Daily” where Cody Cooper interviewed me about cross platform tech support. So perk up your ears and get ready for the next season of Knightwise.com. Shownotes. Season 7 of Knightwise.com Episode 368 of Podnutz : Cody gets Knighted. Feedback from Gerard. http://todotxt.com http://www.moonenmoonen.nl/blog/files/ideaal­team­unclutter­todo­txt.html (use Google translate!) http://unclutterapp.com  We are going to F.A.C.T.S. Belgium. The Podnutz Network.

We walk the hackers walk this week and show you how to accumulate your own database of Wireless access points in your area using nothing more but your smartphone. And if that is not enough we take it a step further and teach you how to find an open wifi hotspot anywhere on the planet. Listener Thor swings by and tells you to connect to the Knightwise.com Mumble server using your Android device. Shownotes. Wigle.net The Wigle app (android) Camping Dallas. Plumble (android) The Knightwise.com promo page. kw 608 : Sniffing wifi with the pineapple.