Kinoma Notes

Wil Wheaton is one of my favorite people on teh internets, and recently I’ve learned that he has pretty great taste in podcasts.

Can’t place the name? Wil played Gordie in “Stand by Me”, who got leeches in his underpants and told the epic story of Lard Ass. He played Wesley Crusher in “Star Trek: The Next Generation”, who got leeches in his underpants and saved the day at least seven times.

He’s now a writer, actor and geek who’s married with two stepchildren, has written several books, and sometimes wears sweaters with clowns on them and gets leeches in his underpants (although not simultaneously). He has an excellent blog.

As of today, the podcasts he’s featured in his “Podcasts I Love” posts are available in Kinoma Guide.

• NPR: Driveway Moments — “This ingeniously-named podcast is chosen by listeners from NPR stories that are so compelling, they stay in the driveway when they get home and listen to them until they’re over. Some of them are inspiring. Some of them are funny. Some of them are so sad it’s hard to listen to them. All of them are incredibly awesome…”
• Pseudopod –  A great horror fiction podcast. Wil says, “Some of the stories are very disturbing — this is horror, after all — but I have yet to hear one that’s gory for gore’s sake, or disturbing for the sake of being disturbing. Some of them, like ‘Clockwork’, aren’t even scary; they’re just cool.”
• The Night Air — “Each show combined interviews with music and soundscapes to create something unique and remarkable. I was hooked, and I’ve made countless commutes endurable by leaving my body on the train and letting my mind go wherever The Night Air takes me.”
• Radio Free Burrito — Although this isn’t technically a “podcast he loves”, this is Wil’s very own podcast and certainly deserves a place here.
• 60-Second Science — “Every day, the geniuses at Scientific American spend just one minute sharing something cool and interesting from the scientific world. Their stories are all over the place, too, from planetary science to neuroscience to genetics.”
• Stuff You Should Know — “Kids, learning isn’t just fun, it’s awesome. [This podcast] covers diverse topics like How Moonshine Works, How Cannibalism Works, and How Abandoned Cities Work. [It’s] worth listening to for their amusing interaction as much as it is the fascinating ‘wow, I did not know that’ information they dispense.”

You can find these in Arts & Culture > People > Wil Wheaton — Podcasts I Love right now, and they’ll soon appear individually in appropriate categories as well. Or, just Search > Kinoma Guide to find them.

Enjoy!

The Palm LifeDrive and Palm T|X were introduced in 2005 — ancient history by device standards.

You’d think both devices be hopelessly out of date by now, but they’re still very useful and (with Kinoma Player 4 EX) still make great media players. The LifeDrive’s chubby chassis is pretty dated, but the ahead-of-its-time Palm T|X was clearly the pinnacle of Palm OS device design. The hardware still looks and feels like it could’ve been released this year.

They both have built-in Wi-Fi, which was still pretty unique back in 2005. Sadly, their Wi-Fi support is showing its age, and the LifeDrive and T|X are unable to connect with more and more modern Wi-Fi routers and access points in their out-of-the-box configurations.

The solution

For my D-Link DIR-825, the solution was to go to Setup > Wireless Settings > Manual Wireless Network Setup and choose “Mixed 802.11g and 802.11b” as the 802.11 Mode for the 2.4 GHz band. (You don’t have to worry about the 5 GHz band if your router supports it, since the devices don’t.)

Also, remember that the LifeDrive and T|X only support older WEP and WPA-PSK wireless security modes. I recommend temporarily turning off wireless security altogether, and then turning it back on once you’ve figured out how to get your device to connect to your Wi-Fi network.

Other routers

If you’d like to share specific instructions for configuring other routers, you can email us at content@ our domain and I’ll gladly add the details to this post.

You’re trapped in a foreign prison for a heinous crime you did not commit.

Worse, if you don’t get out with 5 days, the real culprit will go free.

Luckily, 5 days gives you just enough time to watch the 120 episodes of MacGyver available right now in Kinoma Guide!

Within the first few episodes, you’ll learn how a fashion a new phone charger from a paper clip, shoelaces, and the piece of gum you’re chewing.

Before episode 50, you’ll learn how to create a small nuclear reactor out of your belt buckle and watch, using your cell’s metal toilet as the reactor chamber. You’ll use this to power the charger.

By the end of the series, you’ll find it straightforward to tie the reactor into the prison’s power and surveillance systems. This will allow you to unlock all cell doors at an opportune moment, at which point you’ll simply blend with other inmates as they overpower guards and escape.

(You could also just use your phone to call the embassy straight away. But where’s the fun in that?)

You’ll find MacGyver in Providers > CBS > MacGyver. Or, just Search > Kinoma Guide.

Today we’re happy to announce the immediate availability of the award-winning Forbes.com Video Network in Kinoma Guide!

Forbes.com is the home page for the world’s business leaders, and the number one business news source in the world. With the Forbes.com Video Network on your phone, you’ll always have the world’s best business news close at hand.

Forbes.com Video Network categories include:

• Stock Markets — Global business updates and Wall Street close
• Intelligent Investing — Steve Forbes sits down with the best minds in business
• StreetTalk — Explore Wall Street’s ups, downs and swings
• Adventurer — People who push themselves to the limits
• SportsMoney — Dealmakers and trend-setters from sports
• Forbes.com Collector — Peek inside the world of art and collectables

You can find the Forbes.com Video Network in Providers > Forbes.com.