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Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . an engineer cut off his robot vacuum from sending data to its manufacturer. They responded by bricking it. =/ webmeister Bud

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Bud’s Weekly Geek-out! 20251112 – robot vacuum security
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . an engineer cut off his robot vacuum from sending data to its manufacturer...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . if your neighbourhood lost power, wouldn't it be nice to have a solar-powered hub home to go to? =) webmeister Bud

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Bud’s Weekly Geek-out! 20251029 – solar-powered hub homes
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . if your neighbourhood lost power, wouldn't it be nice to have a solar-powe...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . a clever hack for inflight Wifi, plus Bud's offline travel tips. =) webmeister Bud

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Bud’s Weekly Geek-out! 20250514 – inflight Wifi hack
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . a clever hack for inflight Wifi, plus Bud's offline travel tips. =) webmei...
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May 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . (testing in three US cities) Uber will soon let women drivers and passengers decline being paired with men. =) webmeister Bud

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Bud’s Weekly Geek-out! 20250730 – some geeky safety
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . (testing in three US cities) Uber will soon let women drivers and passenge...
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July 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Duolingo's at it again, wiping their IG and TikTok content.

But is it to distract us from their decision to replace human contracters with AI? =/ webmeister Bud

www.thezone.fm/2025/05/21/g...
Bud’s Weekly Geek-out! 20250521 – Duolingo AI
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Duolingo's at it again, wiping their IG and TikTok content. But is it to d...
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May 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . vert.sh is a slick and simple way to convert files (images/audio/video/documents) right within your browser. =) webmeister Bud

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VERT.sh — Free, fast, and awesome file convert
With VERT you can quickly convert any image, video and audio file. No ads, no tracking, open source, and all processing (other than video) is done on your device.
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June 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . girl power: *Golden* from Kpop Demon Hunters spends a sixth week at #1, and the Barbie Inspiring Women Venus Williams Doll debuts. =) webmeister Bud

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Bud’s Weekly Geek-out! 20250924 – girl power
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . girl power: *Golden* from Kpop Demon Hunters spends a sixth week at #1, an...
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September 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . smart sciencey people studied cats, and why most of them sleep on their left side.

Which side does YOUR cat sleep on?

Please let me know in the comments. =) webmeister Bud

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Bud’s Weekly Geek-out! 20251001 – cat sleep sides
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . smart sciencey people studied cats, and why most of them sleep on their le...
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October 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . LinkedIn is now scraping your data for AI & ad targeting. Here's how to opt out. =/ webmeister Bud

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Bud’s Weekly Geek-out! 20251105 – LinkedIn AI slopping
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . LinkedIn is now scraping your data for AI & ad targeting. Here's how t...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . the saga of the Pebble ePaper smartwatch (2012–2016) opens a new chapter in 2025. =) webmeister Bud

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Bud’s Weekly Geek-out! 20250205 – rePebble
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . the saga of the Pebble ePaper smartwatch (2012-2016) opens a new chapter i...
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February 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Bud gleefully and feverishly recaps and reacts to Nintendo's Switch 2 Direct. =) webmeister Bud

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Bud’s Weekly Geek-out! 20250402 – Switch 2
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Bud gleefully recaps and reacts to Nintendo's Switch 2 Direct. =) webmeist...
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April 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . North Van's Arc'teryx has collaborated on what are basically bionic pants. =) webmeister Bud

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Bud’s Weekly Geek-out! 20250129 – Arc’teryx + Skip = Mo/Go
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . North Van's Arc'teryx has collaborated on what are basically bionic pants....
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January 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . a Finnish eyewear company is working on glasses that will autofocus depending on what you're looking at. =) webmeister Bud

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Bud’s Weekly Geek-out! 20250723 – IXI autofocus glasses
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . a Finnish eyewear company is working on glasses that will autofocus depend...
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July 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Maple Scan, the app which shows you the Canadian-ness of products you're about to buy. =) webmeister Bud

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Bud’s Weekly Geek-out! 20250702 – Maple Scan
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Maple Scan, the app which shows you the Canadian-ness of products you're a...
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July 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . there's a new scambaiter in town. Her name is Daisy, she's a sweet old bitty with all the time in the world to waste scammers time, and she's AI. =) webmeister Bud

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Bud’s Weekly Geek-out! 20241120 – Daisy the AI scambaiter
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . there's a new scambaiter in town. Her name is Daisy, she's a sweet old bit...
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November 20, 2024 at 3:29 PM
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Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Brenda Lee's 1958 song Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree has been rereleased in Spanish, in her own voice, thanks to responsibly-trained AI. =O webmeister Bud

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Bud’s Weekly Geek-out! 20250219 – responsibly-trained AI
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Brenda Lee's 1958 song Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree has been rereleas...
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February 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . ChatGPT o3 is really good at a sort of reverse location lookup, determining where in the world a photo was taken by its elements. =O webmeister Bud

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Bud’s Weekly Geek-out! 20250423 – AI geoguessing
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . ChatGPT o3 is really good at a sort of reverse location lookup, determinin...
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April 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . from the ashes of r/place comes wplace.live, a worldwide pixelated community art project. =) webmeister Bud

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Wplace - A massive real-time pixel art canvas on the world map!
Wplace is a collaborative, real-time pixel canvas layered over the world map, where anyone can paint and create art together.
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August 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . vinyl is back! again! but really small this time! again!. =) webmeister Bud

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Bud’s Weekly Geek-out! 20250820 – Tiny Vinyl
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . vinyl is back! again! but really small this time! again!. =) webmeister Bu...
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August 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Asus is releasing a ''fragrance mouse.'' =) webmeister Bud

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Bud’s Weekly Geek-out! 20250226 – fragrance mouse
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Asus is releasing a ''fragrance mouse.'' =) webmeister Bud Read more at Th...
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February 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . a new study shows that UV light can disable airborne allergens within 30 minutes. =) webmeister Bud

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Bud’s Weekly Geek-out! 20251022 – airborne allergens vs UV light
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . a new study shows that UV light can disable airborne allergens within 30 m...
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October 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . The political texts are coming. Here's how to deal with them. =) webmeister Bud

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Bud’s Weekly Geek-out! 20250409 – election texts (and Switch 2)
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . The political texts are coming. Here's how to deal with them. =) webmeiste...
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April 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . looks like Paypal's coupon-finding browser extension Honey has been revealed as a double scam. =O webmeister Bud

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Bud’s Weekly Geek-out! 20250108 – the Honey scam
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . looks like Paypal's coupon-finding browser extension Honey has been reveal...
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January 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Esquimalt firefighters will get PFAS-free turnout gear. Less cancer-causing chemicals FTW! =) webmeister Bud

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Bud’s Weekly Geek-out! 20241204 – carcinogen-free Esq firefighting gear
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Esquimalt firefighters will get PFAS-free turnout gear. Less cancer-causin...
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December 4, 2024 at 3:23 PM
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Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . the Oscar-winning animated film Flow was created completely in open-source free software. =) webmeister Bud 😻🌊

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Bud’s Weekly Geek-out! 20250312 – Flow and Blender
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . the Oscar-winning animated film Flow was created completely in open-source...
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March 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM