LTG Episode 27: Escape
Audio
Video
Sorry no video this week, Technical troubles ie. Tim forgot to press record.
Random
- 27 is a zero-indexed self-locating string in π
In this show
Guests
Contacts Us
- @letstalkgeek
- feedback.tv
- Leave us a voice mail on Skype at +27 11 083 7833
Events
- 20 November 2010 Africa's First SWARM Party http://www.meetup.com/onematchstick/calendar/14868708/?a=socialmedia
- 20 October 2010 My Broadband conference (we'll be there)
- 6 November 2010 Tshwane Mediaeval Fayre 2010 http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=237362077613
Topics
- Google test autonomous cars
- http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/what-were-driving-at.html
- http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/10/09/2140245/Google-Secretly-Tests-Autonomous-Cars-In-Traffic
- Got to talk about optimal driving strategies - Carl has done actual research on this.
- Beer
- You've got to start with howtobrew
- There are beer podcasts
- There may be a homebrewing club near you
- Support local microbreweries like Drayman's
- Why do South Africans (and most of the world) associate beer with lager, when there are so many different styles?
- Skype for android
- Finally xbox live for SA, launches 10 Nov.
- Pareto optimality of programming languages
- http://youinfinitesnake.blogspot.com/2010/09/programming-language-wars-movie.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_efficiency
- This idea should be coming soon to a database engine near you in the form of the SKYLINE operator - postgresql, mysql
- Are all successful products today Pareto optimal?
- The blub paradox
- Mystery of dying bees solved
- Spaceship Two glide tests
Voice Mail
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LTG Episode 24: TrueColour
LTG Episode 24: TrueColour from Lets Talk Geek on Vimeo.
Audio
Video
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Random
- 24 The number of hours in a day
- Hobbit day
In this show
Guests
Contacts Us
- @letstalkgeek
- feedback.tv
- Leave us a voice mail on Skype at +27 11 083 7833
Events
- 24 September (public holiday!) http://www.alehouse.co.za/
- 27 September 27Dinner
- 1-3 October 2010 http://www.rageexpo.co.za
- 9 October 2010 http://www.zacon.org.za/
- 20 October 2010 My Broadband Conference
Topics
- Quadrotor is now smarter
- Jeff talks about the naked scientist + Nowology
- Streaming music in South Africa? Although capped connections make streaming music costly, is anyone making use of anything like the following?
- http://www.thesixtyone.com (browser-based)
- http://listen.grooveshark.com (browser-based)
- http://somafm.com (browser/music app)
- Others:
- Spotify
- Pandora
- Iweek
- Bretton Vine
- How was it.
- Achevments
- http://www.isoc.org.za/?page_id=34
- Bretton Vine
- Terry Pratchett creates a meteorite sword
Pick
Bretton: Fluxx (an old favorite and it's fun) http://www.wunderland.com/LooneyLabs/Fluxx/
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LTG Episode 21: Season 2 Episode 1
LTG Episode 21: Season 2 Episode 1 from Lets Talk Geek on Vimeo.
Audio
Video
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Random
Sum of the first 6 natural numbers
- 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 = 21
In this show
Guest
- Due to our misunderstanding that America is currently in daylight saving we had to reschedule our guest.
Contacts Us
- @letstalkgeek
- feedback.tv
- Leave us a voice mail on Skype at +27 11 083 7833
Events
- 13-15 September 2010 ISACA Annual Conference 2010 http://j-j.co.za/?p=72
- 15-17 September 2010 http://www.iweek.org.za/
- 18 September 2010 http://www.sfd.org.za/Facebook Software freedom day
- 1-3 October 2010 http://www.rageexpo.co.za/
- 9 October 2010 http://www.zacon.org.za/
- 20 October 2010 My Broadband conference. - Date not set in stone as yet.
Topics
- Openweb service
- Was good
- Apples new Ping
- Meh
- Cell C
- Google buckyball
- New cable brazil/Nigeria
- MIT researchers unveil autonomous oil-absorbing robot
- Dual core processors for phones on there way
- http://mozillalabs.com/gaming/2010/09/07/welcome-to-mozilla-labs-gaming/
- 5x graphics capabilities
- 1080p recording and viewing
- Stig is no more
- Justin Bieber has dedicated servers at twiter so sad
- NASA Ready to Send Humanoid Robot to Space
Picks
Need to create or think up a sound for the snake game. Can be anything that would work with the
- Stew
- Sad trombone
- Barry
- nom nom nom
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LTG Episode 20: 20 Questions
LTG Episdoe 20: 20 Questions from Lets Talk Geek on Vimeo.
Audio
Video
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Random
- 20 Dumb song titles: http://www.innocentenglish.com/funny-poems-songs/top-song-titles.html (Number 20 is "Get off the gas stove granny")
In this show
Guest
Quintin van Rooyen
- Twitter:@quintinza
- website:http://geeq.co.za/
Contacts Us
- @letstalkgeek
- feedback.tv
- Leave us a voice mail on Skype at +27 11 083 7833
Events
- 15-17 September 2010 http://www.iweek.org.za/
- 18 September 2010 http://www.sfd.org.za/Facebook Software freedom day
- 1-3 October 2010 http://www.rageexpo.co.za/
- 9 October 2010 http://www.zacon.org.za/
- 20 October 2010 My Broadband conference. - Date not set in stone as yet.
Tips
- Forward spam sms's to complaints@waspa.org.za.
- Android app called "CallFilter" from the Market, that can be set to block Unknown numbers calling me, as well as SMS'es.
Topics
- Birthdays: Today
- Linux(19th)
- win95(15th)
- The Amp Hour mention and R/$ issues
- What different sorting alogrithms sound like
- Futurama writer invents new math theorem just to use in their show
- Flatland
- Giant land turtles (or a big ass Tortoise)
- PS3 finally hacked so now you can play all of your backed up games
- StarCraft AI Competition
- http://eis.ucsc.edu/StarCraftAICompetition
- http://playground.uncc.edu/aiide/
- http://blogs.msdn.com/b/chrsmith/archive/2010/03/18/writing-a-starcraft-bot-in-f.aspx
- Registration: Now - 9.1.2010
- Submission and Testing: 9.1.2010 - 9.15.2010
- Competition: 9.15.2010 - 10.15.2010
- Finals:10.15.2010
- Competition: 9.15.2010 - 10.15.2010
- Finals:10.15.2010
- http://teambox.com/
- Non-profit space program launches in one week
- China's Massive Traffic Jam Could Last For Weeks
- New AMD 8 Core Bulldozer Looks cool
- Freakonomics Movie
Picks
Tech purchase in the past year that has provided the most happiness/improvement in life?
- Tim
- Stew
- Barry
- Quintin van Rooyen
- KDE4 http://www.kde.org
- Jeff
- DSTV HD PVR
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LTG Episode 16: Sweet 16
LTG Episode 16: Sweet 16 from Lets Talk Geek on Vimeo.
Audio
Video
- Direct Download Video LTG_E016_320x176_ipod.m4v (Ipod 199M)
- LTG_E016_720x403_high.m4v soon
Random
The metalcore band Demon Hunter has a song titled "Sixteen" on their Storm the Gates of Hell album.
In this show
Guest
Cecilia van der Merwe
- Twitter:@cecilia_vdm
- website:http://ceciliavdm.wordpress.com/
Contacts Us
- @letstalkgeek
- feedback.tv
- Leave us a voice mail on Skype at +27 11 083 7833
Events
- 12-13 August 2010 http://www.tech4africa.com/
- 14th August Jawug WugMeet
- 18th September 2010 http://www.sfd.org.za/Facebook Software freedom day
- 1-3 October 2010 http://www.rageexpo.co.za/
- 9 October 2010 http://www.zacon.org.za/
Topics
- Icon.
- Starcraft II launch.
- 27 dinner.
- Tiger - Panjo.
- Wikileaks Afghan War Diary over 90 000 douments leaked
- India builds World’s Cheapest Tablet: $35 [Android]
- Vibration packs aim to replace batteries for gadgets
- Too Lazy to sharpen your own pencils?
- SKA-Square kilometer array
- Stoat beer
- Pebble bed modular reactor
- SEACOM is back
- WPA2 Vulnerability
- Kraken The open-source kit that could snoop on your mobile calls
- http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/359827/the-open-source-kit-that-could-snoop-on-your-mobile-calls#ixzz0uyFSmG00
- http://lists.lists.reflextor.com/pipermail/a51/2010-July/000683.html
- http://reflextor.com/trac/a51
- http://hackaday.com/2010/07/22/release-the-kraken-open-source-gsm-cracking-tool-released/
- The imperial empire obviously does not pay as well as it used to
Voice Mail
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Picks
Tech/Geeky/ Pet Peeves.
- Stew
- People who call a philips screwdriver a "star"
- Tim
- Someone asks "can you just quickly re-install my pc for me".
- Cecilia
- People who sit on Twitter/Facebook - but ask dumb questions and never bother to Google. Google search bars are EVERYWHERE... Just type it in and whack the damn <enter> key.
- Barry
- When some one contacts you for an opinion on something they are doing, with the intention pushing their problem over to you.
- Jeff
- Too many too mention!!! spelling, bits vs bytes, cryptic facebook status, people on chat who say "you there?", this whole uncapped accounts / shaping / AUP stuff on the go.
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LTG Episode 10:Powers of Ten

Only realized that not all the videos were being recorded correctly after the recording
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Random
There are ten official inkblots in the Rorschach inkblot test.
In this show:
- Tim Haak
- Barry Reid
- Jeff Hinds
Covering
- feedback.tv
- Zombies attack
- Gautrain - follow @theGautrain on twitter
- 3D with Stereo vision
- 3D NuMetro World Cup
- PTAWUG 1000 users
- HTML5 Game competition winner
- Twitter World Cup or the Vuvuzela Games- country flag, world cup page, last world cup there was no twitter.., pics of the games etc
- Huge Space Storm 2013
- Ubuntu tablet
- New PostgreSQL soon
- Google Caffeine
- AI Astronomer
- AI-Picks-Stocks-Better-Than-Humans
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LTG Episode 09: Plan 9

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LTG Episode 09: Plan 9 from Lets Talk Geek on Vimeo.
In this show:
- Stewart Allen
- Tim Haak
- Barry Reid
- Jeff Hinds
Guest

Covering
- feedback.tv
- Mod from MyAdsl
- Lego Printer
- Lego Robot Legs
- WirelessG Gconnect free internet to iPod touch
- Goolgle Street View
- Iphone 4
- Gautrain website
- Fiverr
- Thunder cats
- Falcon 9
- Mac only dating site
- DSTV New PVR
- Nexus 720p
- ACE fiber
- Open pdf in google docs
Leave us some voice mail on Skype at +27 11 083 7833
Picks
- Google Street View
LTG Episode 05 "Entering the 5th dimension"
Random
Towards the end of the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the character of King Arthur repeatedly confuses the number five for the number three.
In this show:
Covering
- HTML5 Game Competition
- Barry gets introduced to the Ipad
- DSTV and Mweb bring out "DSTV on demand"
- Changes to the DSTV PVR Decoder
- StarCraft 2 Release date
- HTML5 http://diveintohtml5.org/
- XKCD color chart
- Cool chrome rendering speed video
- Chrome gets flash support
- World Bank Frees Up Development Data
- UK opening government data
- Google to start selling books
- Problems with submitting apps to Apple
- Google changes search page
Picks
Favorite add on for Firefox:
LTG Episode 4 "4 better or 4 worse"
In this show:
Covering
- Wiki
- Forum
- HTML5_Game_Competition
- Top Tv
- Android 2.2
- Fennec
- PayPal why it so good for SA developers and SA
- People will work around stupid laws
- MWeb's free peering
- Lucid party
- What is Metro-E?
- 1st May anniversary of disabling selective availability of GPS signal
Picks
LTG Episode 03 "Three's the charm"
Third show of "Let's Talk Geek"
In this show:
- Stewart Allen
- Tim Haak
- Jeff Hinds
- Barry Reid
- Johan Els
Covering:
- Google for science
- Ubuntu Lucid release
- Problems with SEACOM explained
- Mobile dropped calls
- Wireless not the problem you think it is
- Facebook and privacy
- Sparkfun Autonomous Vehicle Competition
- Antivirus software causing problems
- Feds raise questions about big media's piracy claims
- Favourite podcasts


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