Review: The Jak Attack! – tech talk with Jon and Kelly

Last Updated on July 6, 2021

Blurb

Jon Watson & Kelly Penguin Girl talk Linux and tech!

“JaK” is an acronym for “Jon and Kelly”.

About the Show

This is a tech-centric show but less Linux-centric. In fact, some shows are fairly light on Linux content.

The show features Kelly’s corner (“her thoughts, not yours”) which often carries interesting and thought-provoking topics. The shows ends with a segment Cooperstown News. There’s sometimes a listener feedback segment.

We’re of the view that a podcast without good show notes is like a Linux box without internet access. Fortunately, The JaK Attack! has attractively presented and informative show notes.

The show is recorded with Audacity, a free and open-source digital audio editor and recording application software.

The show is funded by sponsorship.

About the Hosts

Jon Watson lives in Nova Scotia, Canada. He’s a Linux system administrator who works in the security industry. He’s fond of science and technology and how it changes the way in which we interact with the world. Jon has written articles for Really Linux, Linux Journal and Linux Pro Magazine. He’s also wrote the book “A History Of Computer Operating Systems: Unix, Dos, Lisa, Macintosh, Windows, Linux”.

Kelly Mitchelmore, known on the show as Kelly Penguin Girl, also lives in Nova Scotia, Canada. That’s not very surprising considering Kelly is married to Jon.

Website	thejakattack.com
Length	About 50 minutes
Formats	Ogg, MP3
First Show	31 December 2016 (shows from 2005-2011 were lost)
License	Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
What do we think of this podcast?
Content
Conversational
Engaging
Verdict:	This podcast has lots of potential. It's very different to the other podcasts we've covered. There's lots of fun and humour in evidence. It's a shame the audio quality is sub-standard. It sounds like the hosts are using a cheap microphone.

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