9Jun/110
Lets Talk Geek Episode 51: Antimatter captured iMaverick
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- @letstalkgeek
- feedback.tv
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IRC Links
- http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/06/the-force-is-strong-with-the-muppets-at-disney-parksEvents
- http://imgfave.com/view/1390820
- http://welovetypography.com/post/11138
- http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/06/chart-of-the-day-2.html
- http://abduzeedo.com/amazing-spiral-effect
Events
Checkout http://www.stardates.co.za/
- Gautrain 1 year old
- 11 June 0xC0FFEE
- 14 June DukeNukem release
- 8 October 2011 ZaConn
Topics
- World IPv6 Day
- Old people line up to clean radiation in Japan
- Hot water freezes before room temperature water
- http://skullsinthestars.com/2011/05/31/mpembas-baffling-discovery-can-hot-water-freeze-before-cold-1969/
- iMaverick
- iCloud and iOS5
- Antimatter confinement for up to 15 minutes
- If you want to protect a directory from a careless rm -rf *, touching a file named -i inside it will force rm to ask for confirmation :touch ~/important-directory/-i
- DiWheel
Show notes
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1TkrpP_T78LaiAOB1XvZpEs7XqJaeGO5BI35MI1QNrak
6Jun/110
Lets Talk Geek Episode 50: The Great Skype In
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- @letstalkgeek
- feedback.tv
- Leave us a voice mail on Skype at +27 11 083 7833
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- http://www.thedaybookblog.com/2011/05/i-dont-usually-post-stuff-like-this-but.html
- http://rarebirdfinds.typepad.com/rare_bird_finds/2011/05/mr-tea-.html
- http://surfstation.com/editorial/6445/M_bius_Ship_Indianapolis_Museum_of_Art
- http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2011/05/coming-soon-make-your-phone-your-wallet.html
Events
Checkout http://www.stardates.co.za/
Topics
- More uncapped hosting from my broadband
- Say Hello To Linux 3.0; Linus Just Tagged 3.0-rc1
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBvaDtshLY8&feature=player_embedded
- HTC Flyer and the Omnia7 ontdosing.
- AAAA Batteries
- Cellphones possible cancer causing-just like Coffee
- Daleks to be given a rest
- Blizzard DOTA to launch with Heart of the Swarm
- Doom on the Web
- Rant
- All this talk about Microsoft lobbing Mango at competitors. The damn thing isn’t out yet it won’t be till Q4. Till then its only what they’ve planned on adding. Stop saying it so much better till its here and your then comparing actual experience against the updates the other phones are sure to release.
Wave show notes
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1fy57UseRawfUCWd8M5K1HYFj6-QsYx3X3amiApaysRI
16May/110
LTG Episode 48: Old Macdonald had a farm
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- http://laughingsquid.com/wonderfully-creepy-sculptures-carved-from-bananas/
- http://ohsobeautifulpaper.com/2011/05/intricate-cut-paper-designs
- http://www.designmom.com/2011/05/xylophone-in-the-forest/
- http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20110510/christian-schallerts-shapeshifting-apartment/
- http://www.howtogeek.com/news/sitting-is-killing-you-infographic/4822/
- http://creativeoverflow.net/31-humorous-t-shirt-designs-that-will-rock-your-world/
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeZlih4DDNg&feature=youtu.be
Events
Remember to visit www.stardates.co.za for more geek dates
- 20 May - Pirates for the carabean 4 comes out
- 21 May 2011 - SAAF Museum, Air Show
Topics
- Opensource Farm Equipment
- Stats are cool
- Guest Topics
- Printing your own tickets
- Only using social media to advertise
- How do you get people to engage, seems to be a major problem with SA web users.
- Comments
- Just consumers
- almost no online interaction
- Jan and Blackberry World
- Nurdcore Rap (Mention? seeing as guest is involved in entertainment)
- Raspberry PI
- Local electronics kit supplier
- http://www.netram.co.za
- Ordered from them and they delivered the next day
- Angry Birds for Chrome
- http://chrome.angrybirds.com/
- This ties into ChromeOS
Wave show notes
https://wave.google.com/wave/waveref/googlewave.com/w+XQZQqTW6A
17Apr/110
LTG Episode 47: George Lucas ruined it for me
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- @letstalkgeek
- feedback.tv
- Leave us a voice mail on Skype at +27 11 083 7833
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- http://biobreak.wordpress.com/2011/04/05/picture-of-the-day-89/
- http://www.7gadgets.com/2011/04/06/star-wars-death-star-trash-compactor-bookends-statue/34006
- http://www.geekalerts.com/samurai-sword-chopsticks-set/
- http://lifehacker.com/#!5790350/the-coffee-vs-tea-infographic-lays-out-each-drinks-health-benefits-and-risks-side+by+side
- http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/04/japanese-gravity-marimba-plays-bach-in-an-ancient-forest.html
Events
- 50th aniversary of human space flight.
- http://Techcentral.co.za Pub Quiz
Topics
- IOIO for Android
- http://www.electronics-lab.com/blog/?p=10812
- correct link... http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10585
- quite cool though. there are existing solutions as well. using the headphone port and a serial port
- How to cut a countries internet
- Design drawings for Bloodhound 1,000mph car are revealed online
- New Zealand to sneak in Internet disconnection copyright law with Christchurch quake emergency legislation
- The Open Source Hardware Logo
- Bacon Cologne
- Unlimited internet the norm
- Turn IOS into an oscilloscope
- Vodacom 2G
- Stripe Spotter
Wave show notes
https://wave.google.com/wave/waveref/googlewave.com/w+LhiVovUCA
2Apr/110
LTG Episode 45: Tech from Hong Kong
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- @letstalkgeek
- feedback.tv
- Leave us a voice mail on Skype at +27 11 083 7833
IRC Links
- http://black-and-white.tumblr.com/post/4102013012/pins-by-jvrsta
- http://dzineblog.com/2011/03/40-examples-of-minimalist-photography.html
- http://www.smashingapps.com/2011/03/27/the-evolution-of-web-browsers-infographic.html
- http://icanhascheezburger.com/2011/03/28/funny-pictures-fat-cat-facebook
- http://designyoutrust.com/2011/03/29/im-not-a-battery-2/
- http://pitchdesignunion.com/?p=4808
- http://i.imgur.com/pmvpJ.jpg
- http://i.imgur.com/7XLHW.png
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ01jw-utvo&feature=player_detailpage
- http://9-eyes.com/
- http://googlestreetviews.com/installation_pics.html
Topics
- http://9-eyes.com/
- Wikimedia ZA Chapter approved (provisionally)
- Concept only, no prototype or working device of any kind
- Using geothermal to keep your dog hot or cool
- http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/28/0121209/Flying-Robot-Bird-Unveiled
- http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/27/1217247/Artificial-Clouds-To-Cool-Qatar-World-Cup-Stadiums
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CR5y8qZf0Y&feature=player_detailpage
- Android Market (apparently) coming to SA in Q2
- If Ford buys a washer from a firm in China that Microsoft establishes is using unauthorized software, Microsoft wants to be able to sue Ford.
- Retro handheld game collection
- ViHart
- App for librarian
- First images back from Mercury probe
Wave show notes
https://wave.google.com/wave/waveref/googlewave.com/w+7j6mosZTA
25Mar/110
LTG Episode 44: Grand theft auto in real life
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Random
- Bagpipe A is commonly set between 470 and 480 Hz nowadays apparently
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Guests
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Carl Sandrock- website: http://negfeedback.blogspot.com
- twitter: @chthonicdaemon
Contacts Us
- @letstalkgeek
- feedback.tv
- Leave us a voice mail on Skype at +27 11 083 7833
IRC Links
- http://icanhascheezburger.com/2011/03/15/funny-pictures-cat-comics-playtime
- Angry birds "Angry Birds Peace Treaty" brilliant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMltvlqEM54&feature=player_detailpage
- http://dogs.icanhascheezburger.com/2011/03/15/funny-dog-pictures-nine-uses-for-a-small-dog/
- http://plusmood.com/2011/03/king-of-pop-ooo-my-design/
- http://www.sarahklassen.com/2011/03/garden-of-marqueyssac.html
Topics
- MWEB Uncapped Hosting for R19
- The science of stout beer
- Handy radiation dose chart
- Measuring stuff in your life: Lifelogging?
- Carl's blog entries on this kind of stuff:
- http://www.engineerguy.com/
- Taking Control of Cars From Afar
- Space chem
Wave show notes
https://wave.google.com/wave/waveref/googlewave.com/w+NDf4eQU6A
18Mar/110
LTG Episode 43: Cooking with geeks
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Telana Simpson
- website: http://www.onematchstick.co.za
- website: http://www.innercoaching.co.za
- twitter: @Telana
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- @letstalkgeek
- feedback.tv
- Leave us a voice mail on Skype at +27 11 083 7833
IRC Links
- http://www.flylyf.com/travel-norway-the-architectural-way/
- http://notcouture.notcot.org/post/8129/
- http://www.thedieline.com/blog/2011/3/9/word-puzzle-universal-wrapping-paper.html
- http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/03/make-flickr-pool-weekly-roundup-45.html
- http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/02/nyiragongo_crater_journey_to_t.html
- http://www.inventables.com/
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NJ7Fr6VrPU
- http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/03/15/yeah-i-could-rock-that-amds-5x1-eyefinity-setup-looks-sick/
- http://design-milk.com/destination-design-whitepod/
- http://www.bornrich.com/entry/who-s-buying-the-1300-horse-hoof-shoes/
- http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/tips-techniques/tea-duck-make-a-floating-tea-ball-with-a-dollar-store-toy-141587
Topics
- Very cool cook book
- Telana's Story
- Low power tv powered by solar
- EU Cookie law
- http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/03/09/stupid-eu-cookie-law-will-hand-the-advantage-to-the-us-kill-our-startups-stone-dead/ and http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12677534 (EU Stupid Cookie Law)
- http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2011/03/14/web-tracking-protection-minimum-standards-and-opportunities-to-innovate.aspx
- http://blogs.gartner.com/john_pescatore/2011/03/14/should-we-look-gift-cookies-in-the-mouth/
- Teaching via youtube
- Cool laser pistol
- Water batteries
- mp3 experiment
- SourceForge.net mirror in SA
- Thanks for the info from MyBroadBand
- Brilliant
- Why I'm not worried about Japan's nuclear reactors
Wave show notes
https://wave.google.com/wave/waveref/googlewave.com/w+nkEGLMp6A
25Aug/100
LTG Episode 19: K-19
LTG Episode 19: K-19 from Lets Talk Geek on Vimeo.
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- Direct Download Video LTG_E019_320x176@24_ipod.m4v (Ipod 144M)
- Direct Download Video LTG_E019_720x406@24_high.m4v (1.4G)
Vote for us please
Random
- 19 is the command in Age of Empires for the laughing emote. This was an easier way to laugh before "LOL" existed.
In this show
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- @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/
Topics
- Oracle sues Google over Java in Android
- San Francisco Rolls Out Supply-and-Demand Pricing for Parking Meters
- Popular search terms in SA
- Digital Drugs
- Multi touch love for ubuntu
Links from IRC
- 30 Colorful Shots Of High Speed Bullet Photography
- Lobster Rage Fist
- Android: The Future Of Mobile Geography Tools
- Wil Quits w00tstock!
Picks
Favourite coding drink or food
- Tim
- Coffee :)
- Stew
- Barry
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Wave show notes
18May/104
LTG Episode 06 "Six degrees of connection"
Random
6 similar coins can be arranged around a central coin of the same radius so that each coin makes contact with the central one (and touches both its neighbors without a gap), but seven cannot be so arranged. This makes 6 the answer to the two-dimensional kissing number problem.
In this show:
Covering
- Wugmeet 2010-06-05
- PTATweetUp Tuesday 18 May 2010
- Laser 50th anniversary
- The Parking Meter Turns 75 Today
- Shoe bomb is medical
- Skype multi video calling
- Render music with html5
- Google Street View in South Africa 25th of May 2010
- Steam for Linux
- Google closing nexus one site
- Nuke that Slick
- Hacking Cars
- Low power WIFI modules wifly-gsx , Sparkfun modules
- TV series cancellations and renewals
Picks
Favorite TV Shows
- Jeff Hinds
- Big Bang Theory
- Stewart Allen
- Bullshit
- Dexter
- Tim Haak
- Green Wing
- Black Books
- Barry Reid
- House
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Lets Talk Geek Episode 52: B52
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