Join @VickieRigsby and @jtrigsby for the latest installment of the Life In the Internet podcast.

On this weeks agenda…

The new Samsung R580 at BestBuy… my next laptop!
( You might also want to check out the “>Samsung R530 at Amazon.com, it has a slightly smaller hard drive and a core 2 duo processor… oh, and its $100 cheaper! )

Google has closed applications for its ultra-high speed fiber… now lets see who gets it!

Google also put their foot down with China last week and moved their search engine to Hong Kong… Way to go Google!

Hear Vickie tell us all about how she is in love with Flickr now…

And the question(s) of the week:
1. Where do you get your news about your local community? Newspaper, local tv news, Twitter?
2. Have you ever used your iPhone, netbook, or laptop to crowd source a place to eat when you’re on the road?

Drop your answers to the question(s) of the week in the comments below!

Thanks for keeping up with the Life in the Internet podcast! We REALLY appreciate it!

Till next week..

@VickieRigsby & @jtrigsby

Yep, I’m trying something completely new in the morning. I’m draggin my, um… self out of bed early of a Saturday to make the drive up to Chattanooga for BarCamp Chattanooga. I’ve never been to a bar camp before so I’m just a little unsure what to expect, but hey, that’s half the fun of any good adventure anyway, right?

For those that don’t know (because I didn’t) BarCamp is a network of user defined conferences made up of various workshops and participatory meetings and whose content is all user generated. All attendees are encouraged to sign-up to present on a top of their choice. I may just have to watch and learn this time, but it certainly sounds intriguing! Who knows, before the day is over, I may just come up with something to say! (And no snickering from those of you who know me… and know how ironic that last statement is).

The conference is totally wired, or should I say wi-fi’ed … is that a word? … so you can hopefully expect to get some updates from me via Twitter at least, maybe even a blog post! And with the introduction of the iPhone to the jtrigsby.com arsenal probably a few pics to boot.

Oh, and Sunday we’re headed to the beach for a few days so … go ahead, envy me!

Later,

jtrigsby

Not sure about you, but I’ve thought so for a long time! I had a chance to watch it again tonight and thought, “Hey, what a great movie!” and naturally that led me right here of course!

The movie stars Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, David Strathairn, Dan Aykroyd, River Phoenix and of course Mary McDonnell. It chronicles the adventures of Martin Bishop (Redford) as he leads his group of merry men who specialize in testing security systems. When he’s backed into a corner by the government for some college indescressions, he and his team steal THE cryptography black box and enter into a game of danger and intrigue!

Its a somewhat ligh-hearted and all too geeky formula for a good techy movie, especially in 1992 when it was released. Now, most of the “high-tech” security systems they show being tested in the movie, we see every day.

But my favorite part of the movie comes in a dialog between Kingsley’s character and Redford’s Bishop.

The world isn’t run by weapons anymore, or energy, or money. Its run by little ones and zeroes, little bits of data. its all just electrons!