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Bud's Weekly Geek-out

The Zone @ 91-3

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. =)

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Star Fox is coming to Nintendo Switch 2, but so is a price hike. =O webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

May 13

4 min

Toyota computer chair (and the Esquimalt Atom Smashers)

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . we have an update on the Esquimalt Atom Smashers, and talk about a $3,500 computer chair that comes straight from a car. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

May 6

5 min

Flock Around

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . sure, Flock Around is a super-fun, super-accessible friendslop birdwatching game, but did you know its developer is based in Victoria? =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Apr 29

5 min

DualShot Recorder

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . a wildly popular and wildly useful new app that lets you shoot in portrait AND landscape at the same time! =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Apr 22

5 min

AI councillor

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . local councillor deepfakes self to highlight ease of creation at the local political level. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Apr 15

4 min

Esquimalt Atom Smashers

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . the Esquimalt Atom Smashers are on their way to the world robotics championships, and need our help! =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Apr 8

4 min

LastPass class action

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Canadian? LastPass user in 2022? You may be eligible for $170.05...or more. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Apr 1

5 min

your ai slop bores me

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . your ai slop bores me is a new website where humans pretend to be AI chatbots, and you can ask (or answer) questions. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout                                     https://www.TheZone.fm/2026/03/25/geekout-ai-slop/

Mar 25

4 min

Meta dropping IG E2EE

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Meta is dropping end-to-end encryption in Instagram DMs, meaning they (or AI) could read them after May 8. =/ webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Mar 18

4 min

smart glasses detector

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . a new Android app sniffs out the radio signal of smart glasses and alerts you when they're nearby. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Mar 11

4 min