22Nov/100
LTG Episode 32: IA-32
LTG Episode 32: IA-32 from Lets Talk Geek on Vimeo.
Audio
Video
- Direct Download Video LTG_E032_320x176@24_ipod.m4v (Ipod 157M)
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Random
32 teams participated in the 2010 World Cup : http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1272292/?cid=rssfeed&att=
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Guests
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Events
- 20 Movember 2010 Africa's First SWARM Party http://www.meetup.com/onematchstick/calendar/14868708/?a=socialmedia
- 27 Movember 2010, 18:00 LTG End of year party https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=132401623480999
- 7 December 2010 World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Release http://www.wow-europe.com/cataclysm/
Topics
- IRC Topics
- Things that an average person would do during a zombie apocalypse
- http://twitpic.com/37bqgj
- http://yelyahwilliams.tumblr.com/post/1556813637/jonathandiener-alovehangoverr
- http://creampuff.tumblr.com/post/1547317743
- http://taza-and-husband.blogspot.com/2010/11/speaking-of-dogs.html
- http://cmdrriker.tumblr.com/post/1538209933
- http://nedroid.com/2010/11/this-walkway-really-moves-me/
- http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/11/usb_floppy_disk.html
- http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/11/trumer_beer_rube_goldberg_machine.html
- Apple rant
- Plus facebook messaging
- Robot actor makes stage debut in Japan
- Automated sports news generated
- How To Profit From Planetary-Scale Computing
- Stuxnet Was Designed To Subtly Interfere With Uranium Enrichment
- X-Box Kinect hacked (well thats a bit of a sensationlist claim, actually OpenSource dirvers have been developed)
- CellC
- AMD Joins Intel's MeeGo OS Effort
- http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/0056234/AMD-Joins-Intels-MeeGo-OS-Effort
- Possibly seem arm getting to much power in tablets ?
- Huge antenna launched into space
- Good reason to sleep late
- GitHub accidentally drops database
- Twinkie diet helps nutrition professor lose 27 pounds
Wave show notes
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17Nov/100
LTG Episode 31: Nothing special
LTG Episode 31: Nothing special from Lets Talk Geek on Vimeo.
Audio
Video
- Direct Download Video LTG_E030_320x176@24_ipod.m4v (Ipod 88M)
- Direct Download Video LTG_E030_720x406@24_high.m4v (830M)
Random
ISO 31 is the ISO's standard for quantities and units.
In this show
Guests
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- feedback.tv
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Events
- 12 Movember PTA Tweetup, Ting and TImes, Hatfield 6pm
- 15 Movember 2010-2 March 2011 (20:00 GMT) IAC2011 Call for papers Abstract Submission http://iac2011.com/call-papers
- 20 Movember 2010 Africa's First SWARM Party http://www.meetup.com/onematchstick/calendar/14868708/?a=socialmedia
- 27 Movember 2010, 18:00 LTG End of year party https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=132401623480999
Topics
- IRC Topics
- Lego Domino Row Building Machine (cool robot, boring dominoes...)
- Angry birds for Android now has 45 new levels
- Phone reliability
- G South Africa
- RC Flying shark
- TEDxJHB
- http://www.tedxjohannesburg.co.za
- http://www.tedxjohannesburg.co.za/users/taddy-blecher
- http://www.tedxjohannesburg.co.za/users/yranderarees
- http://www.tedxjohannesburg.co.za/users/steve-barnett
- http://www.tedxjohannesburg.co.za/users/lori-bernstein
- http://www.tedxjohannesburg.co.za/users/hannes-coetzee
- http://www.tedxjohannesburg.co.za/users/david-kramer
- http://www.tedxjohannesburg.co.za/speaker/cheryl-samantha-owen-speaking-2010-tedxjohannesburg
- http://www.tedxjohannesburg.co.za
- Over clocking your brain
- McGurk Effect YouTube
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9Nov/100
LTG Episode 30: XXX
LTG Episode 30: XXX from Lets Talk Geek on Vimeo.
Audio
Video
- Direct Download Video LTG_E030_320x176@24_ipod.m4v (Ipod 88M)
- Direct Download Video LTG_E030_720x406@24_high.m4v (830M)
Random
A polygon with thirty sides is called a tricontagon.
In this show
Guests
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- feedback.tv
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Events
- Movember
- 6 Movember 2010 Tshwane Mediaeval Fayre 2010 http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=237362077613
- 7 Movember 2010 TEDxJohannesburg http://www.tedxjohannesburg.co.za/
- 8-9 Movember 2010 2010 gSouth Afria http://sitescontent.google.com/gsouthafrica/
Topics
- IRC Topics
- Iphone alarm bug
- ANCYL wants to close twitter.
- Eff to the rescure(Good plugin to auto https sites)
- Scientists grow human livers:
- The Sun Dog that occurred on Monday...
- Sad day Zynga worth more than EA
- Cool cookie cutter
- Un-mixing
- Neptune Ocean observatory
- News release from University of Victoria http://communications.uvic.ca/releases/release.php?display=release&id=1172
- Neptune Canada http://www.neptunecanada.ca/
- Dr. Mairi Best http://www.neptunecanada.ca/people-community/bio.dot?inode=13748
- Underwater videos from Neptune http://www.neptunecanada.ca/news/multimedia-gallery/video/marine-life.dot
- Exercise halfs the chances of catching a cold
Wave show notes
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1Nov/100
LTG Episode 29: Open cluster
LTG Episode 29: Open cluster from Lets Talk Geek on Vimeo.
Audio
Video
- Direct Download Video LTG_E029_320x176@24_ipod.m4v (Ipod 94M)
- Direct Download Video LTG_E029_720x406@24_high.m4v (882M)
Random
- Messier object M29, a magnitude 9.0 open cluster in the constellation Cygnus
In this show
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Events
- 6 November 2010 Tshwane Mediaeval Fayre 2010
- 7 November 2010
- 8-9 November 2010 2010 gSouth Afria
Topics
- Firesheep
- The first major network crash, the four-hour collapse of the ARPANET, occurred today 20 years ago
- Curiosity Cam
- Crocodiles on a plane
- Bees would make better postmen
- End walkmans era
- Chinese vending machines sells live crabs
- London stock exchange sets speed record on linux
- Google needs you - help with tasks
Wave show notes
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27Oct/100
LTG Episode 28: 28 Days
LTG Episode 28: 28 Days from Lets Talk Geek on Vimeo.
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Audio
Video
- Direct Download Video LTG_E028_320x176@24_ipod.m4v (Ipod 144M)
- Direct Download Video LTG_E028_720x406@24_high.m4v (1.3G)
Random
- The time taken by the surface of the Sun to make one revolution is 28 days, the core takes 33 days.
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Guests
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- feedback.tv
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Events
- 27 Oct. 2010 Winex
- 6 November 2010 Tshwane Mediaeval Fayre
- 7 November 2010 Tedx
- 8-9 November 2010 2010 gSouth Afria
Topics
- Benoît Mandelbrot passes away
- Concept ships air show
- My broadband conference
- CellC stats
- MWEB
- Complaint about the fact they keep talking about net bandwidth when it should be bandwidth per second
- ICASA Got complained about in every discusion
- StarCraft AI Competition results
- Good use of QR codes
- Reddit Android Tablet spreadsheet
- Slide show of interesting things
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18Oct/100
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
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- 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
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30Sep/100
LTG Episode 24: TrueColour
LTG Episode 24: TrueColour from Lets Talk Geek on Vimeo.
Audio
Video
- Direct Download Video LTG_E024_320x176@24_ipod.m4v (Ipod 113M)
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Random
- 24 The number of hours in a day
- Hobbit day
In this show
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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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13Sep/100
LTG Episode 21: Season 2 Episode 1
LTG Episode 21: Season 2 Episode 1 from Lets Talk Geek on Vimeo.
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Video
- Direct Download Video LTG_E021_320x176@24_ipod.m4v (Ipod 102M)
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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
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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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30Aug/102
LTG Episode 20: 20 Questions
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- 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/
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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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25Aug/100
LTG Episode 19: K-19
LTG Episode 19: K-19 from Lets Talk Geek on Vimeo.
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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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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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