The last time we saw Ben Erwin, he was playing Ping Pong while explaining how to leverage Cisco’s NAM. Today, we went out into the woods and filmed his alter ego, “Network Survival Expert Moose Dentabling” out in the Texas wilderness, relying solely on what he can find inside old network gear for survival.
Really, I think it might just be that case of insanity that’s been making the rounds. We really can’t justify this other than we thought it would be cool, and it was 72 degrees with no humidity in the middle of February, so we were willing for any excuse to head out and still “work.”
So please enjoy “Geek Vs. Wild.” You can view it here, or you can check it out in full high definition at the YouTube page.
But while I’m on the subject – or rather off the subject, I wanted to mention a couple of things. First, when I was uploading the video to YouTube, I noticed this gem about a bunch of geeks who incorporated network monitoring (for fault) into their Christmas Lights setup.
Second, you’ll notice in the video that we used the iPhone “Campfire” app. For $.99, it was worth the laugh, but I had a heck of a time getting it onto the iPhone. See, the iPhone only allows you to sync to one computer at a time. You used to be able to hook up an iPod via USB to any computer and then use that to play music directly from the iPod, provided that you had iTunes. Not anymore – if I wanted to install the “Campfire” app, I would have had to delete all the songs on my iPod so that I could “sync” with the new computer.
Why couldn’t I have just bought the application and downloaded it over the 3G network? Because Apple/AT&T prevents the installation of applications over 10MB in size over the 3G network in order to preserve that bandwidth. A smart move, but combined with the sync problem, it created a major headache.
Why did you do that, Apple? Why can’t I use my iPhone at work and at home?
Eventually I did have to erase my iPhone music, which ticked me off, naturally. It just goes to show that you can be overzealous regarding security (in this case, the technology securing me from accessing the music I own), and overzealous regarding network performance and end up with ticked off end users.
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