The Zone @ 91-3

Bud's Weekly Geek-out

Technology EN ↓ 100 episodes

Wednesdays at 7:20 am, our resident geek, webmeister Bud, geeks out about the latest geekery in the world, from gadgets to apps to pop culture, and enlightens Dylan & Jason in The Morning Zone. =)

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vert.sh converter 04.06.2025 4:07

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 Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

soundwave fire extinguisher 28.05.2025 5:20

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . a soundwave-powered fire extinguisher was invented in 2015. Where is it now? =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Duolingo AI 21.05.2025 4:24

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 Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

inflight Wifi hack 14.05.2025 5:45

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . a clever hack for inflight Wifi, plus Bud's offline travel tips. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

AutoZipper 30.04.2025 4:16

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . zippers, of all things, are having technology built onto them. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

AI geoguessing 23.04.2025 5:47

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 Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

headphone bear 16.04.2025 5:31

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . it's bear season, and we're in bear country. Please don't wear those fancy noise-cancelling headphones! =O webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

election texts (and Switch 2) 09.04.2025 5:27

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . The political texts are coming. Here's how to deal with them. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Switch 2 02.04.2025 7:10

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Bud gleefully and feverishly recaps and reacts to Nintendo's Switch 2 Direct. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

The Accessible Games Initiative 26.03.2025 4:53

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . The Accessible Games Initiative (as you might guess from the name) is here to bring gaming to everyone it can. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

AI Aloy 19.03.2025 6:48

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Ashly Burch, voice and performance capture of Aloy from Horizon Zero Dawn, responds to an AI Aloy Sony spun up. =/ webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Flow and Blender 12.03.2025 5:39

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . the Oscar-winning animated film Flow was created completely in open-source free software. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

The Uncensored Library 05.03.2025 4:19

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . The Uncensored Library contains banned reporting from countries without freedom of the media . . . and it can be found in Minecraft. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

fragrance mouse 26.02.2025 4:40

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Asus is releasing a ''fragrance mouse.'' =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

responsibly-trained AI 19.02.2025 4:30

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 Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

swearing at Google's AI 12.02.2025 5:07

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . want Google to stop returning AI search results? Swear at it. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

rePebble 05.02.2025 5:30

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . the saga of the Pebble ePaper smartwatch (2012–2016) opens a new chapter in 2025. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Arc'teryx + Skip = Mo/Go 29.01.2025 3:57

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . North Van's Arc'teryx has collaborated on what are basically bionic pants! =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

CES, finally 22.01.2025 5:52

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . recapping of some weird and wonderful things from CES 2025. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

frickin' Meta 15.01.2025 5:14

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Meta's updated policies now allow racial slurs and gender discrimination on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. =/ webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

the Honey scam 08.01.2025 5:49

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . looks like Paypal's coupon-finding browser extension Honey has been revealed as a double scam. =O webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

deepfake codeword 18.12.2024 5:20

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . some great tips on keeping you and your family safe from AI scams. =) webmeister Bud https://www. TheZone.fm/2024/12/18/geekout-deepfake-codeword/

vehicular screenification 11.12.2024 4:59

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . car manufacturers are finally starting to DIAL back the touchscreens in cars in favour of physical buttons. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

carcinogen-free Esq firefighting gear 04.12.2024 4:21

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Esquimalt firefighters will get PFAS-free turnout gear. Less cancer-causing chemicals FTW! =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

robot ''kidnapping'' 27.11.2024 5:51

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . viral video shows a little robot ''kidnapping'' six larger robots, but it's not the robot uprising quite yet. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout