Best Damn Tech Show, Period.

Why? Because I’m sure the shots were taken with a digital camera. Enjoy Lindsay Lohan recreating Marilyn Monroe’s famous last shoot for the New York Magazine. Yes, she is nude. No they’re not photoshopped. (NSFW, unless you’re cool like some of us and work for themselves)

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So, we’ve always asked you to submit news via email.   That’s SO web 1.0.

Forget that noise, we got our hands on a sweet invite only feature on Reddit.com (which some say is way better than Digg..we shall see).  

So now, you can submit and vote on news here:

http://reddit.com/r/bestdamntech/

We’ll incorporate it into the show in the coming weeks.   I’m pumped.

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The folks over at Valleywag have opened the polls for their Vlog Hot competition, a.k.a geek eye candy, for all to vote on.

I didn’t know about nominations otherwise I’m sure our very own Dr. Drew and The Very Reverend Sir Adam Plante would most certainly be on the list (modesty prevents me from suggesting that I would be on the list as well). However, the good news is that our very own Shauna made the list and she’s up against Congers (Amanda Congdon) who is without doubt, shamelessly voting for herself.

Head over and notch one up for the good guys (that’s Shauna, do I have to explain myself every time…oh it’s probably the accent).
…..flemo

UPDATE!!! OK, so I should’ve known the good Doc (Drew that is) got his mug up there in the voting circles. Not the most flattering photo but sure to appeal to the goth set. Is that permanent Drewby? Might as well notch one up for him as well.

Thanks to our homie Chris Brogan for this great advice and heads up.

Handsome Om Malik has officially scared the bejeesus
out of me with his post about Gmail suffering some kind of problem
resulting in deleted accounts, missing archives, etc. Story link is here.

Back Up Your Gmail

I took Om’s advice and backed my gmail account up. Here’s the steps I took.

1. Read Google’s Help document on POP access to your Gmail account.
2. Configure an account on your mail client for your gmail
   account. - IMPORTANT- Build a separate account. If you’re using
   Outlook, make sure this is a standalone PST file. If you’re using
   mail.app or Thunderbird, make sure this is a standalone account.
3. Do the sync between gmail and your client. NOTE: This will probably take a while.
   If you’ve got a fairly healthy gmail account with lots of archived
   mail, you will be at this step for hours. So, disable your computer’s
   sleep setting, but enable the screensaver if you want, and let it do
   its thing.
4. When it’s all there, turn off your mail client.
5. Locate your mail client’s file for the gmail mails.
6. Consider moving these (or making a copy) offline to a backup
   drive. In my case, I’m going to clip off a current update from today,
   and toss that entire file to my backup drive. Then, I’ll delete the
   account on my POP mail client, and go about my business.
7. Schedule your updates periodically with Google Calendar (provided THAT doesn’t encounter a whoops).

I am a *huge* supporter of web-side applications. I use Google mail,
calendar, docs, maps, and search every day. But an experience like what
Om points out at GigaOm is a great reminder that it’s still my job to
make appropriate backups of my records and not trust Google (or any
other company) to keep my data safe for me.

If you’re a gmail user, consider doing this within the next 24 hours
(provided you haven’t been doing this all along). External hard drives
are cheap (I just got a 200GB external drive for $99). Give your online
data a life vest.

technorati tags:chrisbrogan, gmail, google, bestdamntech, advice, backup

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As the newest member of the BDTSP, I thought it only right to tell you a little bit about myself and what I am hoping to achieve as the new Community Manager.

I’m 24 and I live and work in London, England. I came across the BDTSP on the Opera Community this year and after watching a couple of episodes I was hooked! I got in touch with the guys to tell them what I thought of the show and kept in touch ever since. So when they advertised the Community Manager position, I immediately offered to help out. So here I am!!!

My Aim

As well as ensuring that all emails and messages are replied to, it is my aim to bring a bigger audience to the BDTSP and to build a community that will interact with eachother and become more involved by giving us feedback in order to improve our show and give you all a more enjoyable viewing experience.I’m also hoping to incorporate the other shows such as Scriggity, into my plan, once I have found my feet with the BDTSP (which shouldn’t be too long!).

Any suggestions, please email me:- leila@bestdamntech.com