Mike Wilks' Blog

I sem to be perpetually in a state of having to catch-up on my podcasts and Audible books through lack of time. My current list of podcasts are mainly CNET with some others:

The AppleByte – CNET

Apple Quick Tips – Educational stuff

Best of Chris Moyles Enhanced – Because I don’t have time to listen in a morning

Buzz Out Loud – CNET, the one thing I will always listen to even if I am days behind

Buzz Report – CNET

CNET Top 5 – CNET

Daily Debrief – CNET

Digital Planet – BBC, very good stuff which covers things missed by the US based podcasts

Documentaries – BBC high brow documentaries, not -tech related

ESPN Baseball Today – The only decent baseball podcast – that said it is ESPN

The Feed Daily Podcast – Poor Loaded substitue but not bad

Geekbrief TV - I never miss an episode of Cali

Great Speeches in History – This has been on my iphone for ages, not quite go around to them

Insider Secrets – CNET

Loaded – I never miss an episode of Natli

MacBreak Weekly – Leo Mac related goodness

Mailbag – CNET

Matt’s Today in History – I love these, educational and very interesting

Military Channel Video Podcast - Really interesting

Planet CNET – CNET

Quick Tips – CNET

The Royal Society Audio Podcasts – High-brow and interesting

Scam School – Pop TV type podcast, magic and scam related

Security Bites – CNET

Security Now - Steve Gibson and Leo, really interesting

Sophos Podcast – Essential security and tech listening

Space Place Musings – another good intentions one, not got to it yet

this WEEK in TECH - Essential listening for anyone remotely interested in tech

Wine for Newbies – Not got round to starting these yet

Wine Library Reserve – Very interesting take on wine tasting

I’ve been listening to books from Audible for a little while now but never felt the need to write about any particular book before now. I’ve just finished The Time Traveler’s Wife which is a very well written story set around a very clever feature. I know others have said that having the main character Henry travel in time is a gimic but to my mind it works very well. You get so used to hearing the introduction to a section or chapter announce the age of Henry that when you read another book you start to miss it.

I’m by no means a book reviewer but I would say that I really enjoyed this title even though it is not the kind of thing I would normally read. My Audible book selections tend to be made from the top ten most popular lists and I haven’t been disappointed so far.