The Former Home of Mike Beckham

This site has closed.

2006-05-13T18:12:00.000+10:00

As you can guess this site has long ago moved to www.mikebeckham.net.

New Domain Name

2006-02-25T23:14:00.000+11:00

Thanks to Graham Brunk for helping me get this great new domain http://www.mikebeckham.net please use it for now on and update your bookmarks it forwards to the new wordpress site. Thanks again to Graham!

Moved

2006-02-25T19:36:00.000+11:00

I have moved the blog after some error caused alot of html to go missing so it is now at http://mikebeckham.wordpress.com until the domain is switched over. Goodbye Blogger.

Join "The Great OS Debate" Podcast

2006-02-25T18:36:00.000+11:00

Hey - your smart enough to be using Mike Beckham's website, why not join "the great OS debate" podcast. More details on the website; but a few at a time will be talking about the OS's competing against each other, and Arguments from which Operating System is the best.

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Why Leo isn't on DL.TV

2006-02-25T11:42:00.000+11:00

Leo Laporte says why he won't come on DL.TV
It's official: Amber and Kevin are no longer dating.
He signs off with "f*** you" in the uncensored version.
Lots more inside information on the Leoville Town Square Podcast.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/ltspodcast
It's all on the website, www.ltspodcast.com

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Rove Online

2006-02-25T01:20:00.000+11:00

Great Rove site by Site friend Moo! RoveOnline.com (formely shortstuff:rove)

New Podcast

2006-02-23T11:23:00.000+11:00

Graham Brunk and I are doing a new podcast about the television industry and Networks etc... We have a new domain www.pulsetvonline.com so check that out and suscribe!

See ya soon.

My New Dog

2006-02-20T18:42:00.000+11:00

I got a new dog a border collie x kelpie over a week ago now and she is 8weeks old herself. Heres a screenshot from the webcam sorry its not great quality I'll get a proper shot later on.

Podcasts

2006-02-19T00:37:00.000+11:00

Ok So... There is a new PloyCast out and the quality this episode is not good and apologies for that as we were using Gizmo and it wasent great.

We recorded a LTS yesterday and it will be out either today or tommorow.

HUGE NEWS NOW!!!!!

Leo Laporte will be on the Leoville Townsquare Podcast this Thursday (Recording) it will be released a day or so afterwards.

Looking forward to that recording hope you all tune in for it.

(Below) Leo Laporte

Happy Valentines Day

2006-02-14T15:29:00.000+11:00

I Guess if that means anything or should it be Happy Hallmark Card Day?

Off Topic: I Finally updated my Rove Feed website sorry for the delay to those who care.

Site changes / Special Day

2006-02-13T22:44:00.000+11:00

I will be fiddling around with layout etc.. over the next week or so. Please bare with me as I am incapable with HTML and will most likely screw things up and it will take a little time to fix it :P

Oh and today (13 Feb) is my birthday so happy 16th to me :D

Negative Penguin Media/ LTS Podcast News

2006-02-11T18:03:00.000+11:00

Taken from the official LTS Podcast website.

A New episode will out within days! Paul is off this week but I (Mike Beckham) am back. The show this week is good we have Spokavriel back along with Todd from Long Live Tech TV and Graham Brunk. Along with myself and Chris as usual.

Looking forward to the show being out.

On another topic though this site is only a temp site while our permanent home is being finished we are all excited about the new sites for all Negative Penguin Media sites.

Ben May and I have a great podcast if I do say so myself, called The Ploy Cast many of you know it and it is going well. Chris Lee and Paul Tevis also has a great new podcast called Political Inversion which is going well along with longtime favourite Generation Y which has moved to the Negative Penguin network which we are all pleased about.

Thats the news from Negative Penguin and LTS Podcast from my point of view right now we are also developing a pilot for a new show so keep an eye out tech heads!

- Mike Beckham
Executive in Charge of Programming for Negative Penguin Media

(The Views expressed in this post do not neccesarily represent those held of the LTS Podcast or Negative Penguin Media)

Original Firefox team member takes on new IE7 beta

2006-02-09T20:17:00.000+11:00

Asa Dotzler takes on the new IE7 beta in a post detailing why it still falls short of Firefox. "We've done amazing work here at Mozilla over the last few years, [...] causing the largest software company in the world to get up off its butt and start thinking about users again." He also note that a severe IE7 flaw was found 15 minutes after release!

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Do you like Digg.com? Then you will love VideoBomb.

2006-02-09T20:16:00.000+11:00

Video Bomb is a community site for people to bring together and share the best videos on the web. You can share interesting videos with a wide audience by posting, commenting and tagging videos on the site.

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NEW Skype v2.0.0.81 Released (February 8, 2006)

2006-02-09T17:22:00.000+11:00

Skype just released v2.0.0.81 for Windows computers on February 8, 2006. They have fixed video error messages that appear during conference calls and fixed the bug where the program doesn't close if a USB flash drive was ejected.

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Tara Beckham

2006-02-08T07:06:00.000+11:00

1994 - 2006

Our Special Little Girl.
No More Pain, Rest in Peace.

New Domain!

2006-02-05T17:23:00.000+11:00

Thanks to http://delparnel.blogspot.com we have a new domain! http://beckhamlive.com so use it now on as its easier to remember. Thanks Dave!

(Let's hope he lets me keep using it :P)

TWiT 41 February 5, 2006

2006-02-04T20:34:00.000+11:00

TWiT 41 for February 5, 2006 is out. Kevin Rose speaks to the hype over the Yahoo! $30 million offer. David Praeger, Roger Chang, Leo Laporte and John Dvorak (dot org slash blog) discuss fickle markets, the death of ActiveX, and WoW's don't ask don't tell policy.

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Background

2006-02-01T07:23:00.000+11:00

Well someone requested where I got the background from (Google Image Seach) this makes it easier though. On a PC just click the image to get a full screen version then right click and "save as" and thats done.

Well.. This is how it goes eh?

2006-01-31T16:19:00.000+11:00

Well I noticed this isnt my site anymore its a plug site. Where I plug all my projects. I apologise for that by posting this semi original post.

Well I am busy organising Negative Penguin Media and my various podcasts. Please check them out especially Ben May's and my show The Ploy Cast. Which is a fun wrap up of news and more
Check out the LTS Podcast too while your at it.

Negative Penguin Media will launch soon and Im excited more info at the site.

Here is my desktop right now.

And Talk Soon, and more often I hope :)

The Ploy #4

2006-01-31T07:44:00.000+11:00

The Ploy Episode 4 Is out Now! Get it while it is hot!

Direct Download

or Suscribe Now!

Political Inversion

2006-01-27T14:39:00.000+11:00

A New Podcast by LTS Co-Hosts Christopher Lee and Paul Tevis have been released. All about politics.

Download Here

(I will appear as guest on next weeks episode)

The Ploy News Update #2 is out now!

2006-01-27T00:35:00.000+11:00

The Ploy News Update #2: Hosted by Mike Beckham

Today Mike Covers the WB, UPN merger which promises the best of both worlds. Catering to young viewers, the new network hopes to close in on 'Big Four'

Be sure to subscribe in iTunes.

Or Download the Episode Here.

2006-01-26T12:37:00.000+11:00

Google's Australia Day Special Header. (from http://www.google.com.au)

(copyright google australia 2006)

HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY!

2006-01-26T06:33:00.000+11:00

January 26th of every year is "Australia Day" read more here