Tech Smartly

Alrighty, here is another podcast for all of you to listen to. Security Now! by Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson. If you want to listen to the podcast right now instead of reading the whole blog, here is the link to the podcast.

If you’re still here and wondering whether or not to listen to this podcast, I shall explain what it is. It is part of the TWiT network, with Leo Laporte (of course) and Steve Gibson as the security expert. If you haven’t guessed by now, the podcast deals with security. To be exact, computer security. I’ve been listening to this show since episode 122, and listened to all his shows since 102. The podcasts range from Drive encryption to Perfect paper Passwords to Firewall Leaktesting and many other things. There has never been a missed show, and they always make an effort to record a second and sometimes third podcast for those weeks that they are unable to do one. It usually lasts for an hour, sometimes more, and some times less.

I can tell that Steve really knows what he is talking about, and listening to this podcast has helped me learn more about computer security. This is not just about things like how to properly set up an anti virus in windows. This is also about other security related topics like RAM hijacking, and the paypal and doubleclick fiasco. Whether you use Linux or Windows, it does not matter. This is about computer security in general. I have learned many new things about computers, and I owe some of my knowledge to this podcast, this very podcast which I am writing about now. It is quite a serious podcast, not like geeknights in which there is much joking about going on. If you need to laugh while you learn, or you just want to laugh, you can listen to geeknights. If you can learn without needing to laugh or be entertained, this is the podcast for you. This doesn’t mean there isn’t any entertainment though. This is not like a college lecture that has been recorded and released. This is done as sort of a conversation between Leo and Steve, like geeknights. There is the occasional joke, as well as humorous situations. It’s a different type of humor, not like those you would hear on geeknights. it doesn’t make the podcast any less valuable, and it certainly thought me a lot.

I really do like this podcast, and I recommend this to all my geeky friends. Now I recommend it to all of you, all my geeky blog readers. And while you’re download the podcast, you should also take a look around the website for other interesting things. The only problem I have with this podcast is the frequent testimonials of his product spinrite, which he talks about every show. The testimonials which he reads are usualy 5 minutes only, so it’s easy to just skip through. It will get on your nerves after a while. But even still, you should still listen to Security Now! by Steve Gibson and leo Laporte.

Geeknights is one of my favorite podcasts done by Rym and Scott. The podcasts differ depending on what day of the week it is, with 4 main categories, and occasionally a special. On Monday,the subject is tech and science, Tuesday is gaming, Wednesday is anime, and Thursday is everything else. I’ve just recently found out about this podcast so I still have a lot to listen to, since I always like to listen to podcasts from the first available podcast on itunes. They like to use language like oh noes, or teh, and like to refer to memes occasionally, which I find amusing. This podcast is right up my alley, and during the previous week, I had listened to 14 shows, most of which are 40 minutes to an hour long. I’m still listening to the podcasts for September, especially since they make 4 new podcasts per week. If you’re a geek, or a nerd, this will most likely be an interesting podcast for at least one day of the week.

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