GeekNights Mondays: Science Technology Computing

GeekNights 090629 - HTML 5

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights we discuss some of the interesting developments in the world of HTML version 5. In the news, Michael Jackson's death caused some troubles on the Internet, and the Pirate Bay fires a shot across YouTube's bow.

Rym's Thing - Carnivorous Clock
Scott's Thing - Guardians of Russian Museums

GeekNights 090615 - Ticketing Systems

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights we discuss the nightmare that is the ticketing system. In the news, OS X Snow Leopard is going to be a $29 upgrade, and the Iranian revolution will be Twittervised.

Scott's Thing - Flixel
Rym's Thing - Fordlandia

GeekNights 090601 - Documentation Systems

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights we discuss systems for handling business documentation. In the news, Palm Pre is coming really soon, and so is Google Wave.

Rym's Thing - The Wrong Door
Scott's Thing - Dnsmasq

GeekNights 090518 - Computer Forensics

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights we discuss some topics in computer forensics. In the news, a Harvard law professor says non-commercial P2P is fair use, and Craiglist lays the smack down.

Rym's Thing - STS-125 Atlantis Solar Transit
Scott's Thing - Pitching Deck: Part 1
Scott's Thing - Pitching Deck: Part 2

GeekNights 090504 - Typing

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 04 May 2009 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights we discuss the ways of typing and keyboarding. In the news, Apple is probably making their own chips and the real bandwidth trouble is HDTV.

Scott's Thing - Ubunchu
Rym's Thing - Dr. Pepper Ledger

GeekNights 090420 - Open Everything NYC 2009

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights we discuss our experiences at Open Everything NYC. In the news Adobe is bringing flash to televisions and Oracle has acquired Sun.

Scott's Thing - Acrylic Cowboy
Rym's Thing - Star Wars Review

GeekNights 090406 - Tech Bundle

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights we discuss a bundle of tech topics including regular expressions, streaming screen captures, and shitcockery. In the news, rick752 is dead and Boston's trains suck.

Scott's Thing - 20 Things to do With Matzah
Rym's Thing - Tom Hanks Pee

GeekNights 090323 - Tales of Chemistry

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights we tell tales of things that happened in chemistry lab oh so long ago. In the news, Apple announces iPhone 3.0 and India makes a really cheap car.

Scott's Thing - Making Love
Rym's Thing - India Pale Ale

GeekNights 090309 - Telecommuting

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights we discuss telecommuting and the technology that makes it possible. In the news, Apples iPhone app developers are having a crisis, and Norway's public broadcasting is going bittorrent.

Scott's Thing - Cult of Done
Rym's Thing - Musical Mashup

GeekNights 090223 - Tech News Roundup

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights we try out a new segment, and do another tech news roundup. We discuss all sorts of stuff like Adobe PDF flaws, Citrix going free, public photography laws, the vista capable case, Firefox 3.1, Netflix offering streaming plans, and more.

Scott's Thing - The Crisis of Credit
Rym's Thing - Pixel Cookies

GeekNights 090209 - Privacy and Location Services

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights we examine the benefits as well as the privacy concerns of location services like Google Latitude. In the news Google Sync is finally available, and the Kindle 2 is also out.

Scott's Thing - PDP-11 Simulator
Rym's Thing - Censored Count

GeekNights 090119 - Overclocking

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights we explain why overclocking is no longer practical, though it once was. In the news, they are trying to take away Obama's Blackberry, and an interview with an adware developer.

Scott's Thing - Reforming the FCC
Rym's Thing - Freaky WWI Photo

GeekNights 090105 - Netbooks

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights we discuss the netbook phenomenon. In the news, Amazon is going to allow reverse-charging on S3, Twitter phishing, and distributed nuclear power plants.

Scott's Thing - The Assumption Song
Rym's Thing - Electric Idiots

GeekNights 081215 - Portable Words

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights we discuss portable digital books. In the news, net neutrality confusion, and a teacher doesn't know open source exists.

Scott's Thing - MSI Wind OSX
Rym's Thing - Octothorpe

GeekNights 081201 - Tech Hiring and more

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights we supposedly discuss hiring tech workers. However, we mostly end up talking about enterprise software pricing and ethical killer robots.

Scott's Thing - Yubikey
Rym's Thing - Greening the Desert

GeekNights 081117 - X Window System

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights we discuss the X Windows System. In the news, unhappy people watch more television, and OpenOffice beats Google Docs.

Scott's Thing - Public MP3 Listening Test
Rym's Thing - Perpetual Antiqua

GeekNights 081027 - Our Home Network

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights we discuss the particulars of our home network. In the news, there are layoffs in the tech world, and Australia is building a city of science.

Scott's Thing - German Speeding Camera Hack
Rym's Thing - Hardly Working Backwards

GeekNights 081013 - Old Computers

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights we ramble on about old computers. In the news, Apple laptops tomorrow, study warns of hearing loss, OpenOffice 3.0, and THOMAS permanent links.

Scott's Thing - Jay Walker's Library
Rym's Thing - All RA Floor

GeekNights 080929 - Cloud Computing

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights we explore all things related to cloud computing. In the news, Apple iPhone NDA sucks even more, and the T-Mobile G1 isn't perfect either.

Scott's Thing - Solenoid Symphony
Rym's Thing - Model T Rice

GeekNights 080915 - IPv6

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights we talk all about IPv6, even though we will probably never see it implemented. In the news, Apple tries to put DRM in sneakers, and some brave souls fight to bring us over the air podcasts!

Scott's Thing - Robot Spyplane
Scott's Thing - Carries Medicine
Rym's Thing - Logan's Run
Rym's Thing - Running Man

GeekNights 080818 - TI-8X Calculators

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights we reminisce about the awesome times we had with graphing calculators in high school. In the news, open source wins in court, and Seattle loses its toilets.

Scott's Thing - iRinger
Rym's Thing - Calculator Game Tribute

GeekNights 080728 - Stealing Wifi

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights we discuss the legal and moral implications of using open wireless access points. In the news we discuss the new search engine Cuil, and the FCC's decision to punish Comcast.

Scott's Thing - Rockafire Explosion
Rym's Thing - Not the Bees!

GeekNights 080714 - iPhone

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights we eventually get around to talking about the iPhone 3g. In the news eBay is making lots of trouble, and Netflix is on the Xbox 360.

Scott's Thing - Paintball Sentry Gun
Rym's Thing - California Train

GeekNights 080630 - How to Buy a Laptop

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights we teach you how to decide which laptop to buy, if any. In the news, Netflix brings back profiles, and Rhapsody can't escape the snail.

Scott's Thing - Amazon Reviews Audiophiles
Rym's Thing - Every LEGO

GeekNights 080616 - Tech News Roundup

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, it's a tech news roundup! The iPhone 3g is in the house. Bacteria evolve before our eyes. Open source development tools kick ass. Get Firefox 3 on Tuesday the 17th. Green plugs also kick ass. Email return receipts are silly. Metered Internet might be in the future.

Scott's Thing - Best of 2600
Rym's Thing - Fake News

GeekNights 080602 - Denial of Service

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:00:00 -0400

In light of recent events, tonight on GeekNights we discuss denial of service attacks and defenses. In the nest, Best Buy is going to recycle electronics and the FCC tries to slip in the bad with the good.

Scott's Thing - Red Office
Rym's Thing - Awesome Accordion

GeekNights 080519 - Tech Talk Unleashed

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 19 May 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights Scott explains his recent Ubuntu bug report, and Rym gripes about problems with accurate timekeeping in virtual machines. In the news Google Health has launched and 20% of the US population has never used e-mail.

Scott's Thing - Query a Database with Voice Recognition
Rym's Thing - Crow Vending Machine

GeekNights 080512 - The Humble Video Card

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 12 May 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss the humble videocard. Before that, Rym encounters a "business man" on the train, and Scott's job is getting a little weird. In the news, France has some trouble with Google Streetview, and Scott needs some RIM VC monies.

Scott's Thing - Track This
Rym's Thing - Ever wonder how much a toga costs?

GeekNights 080505 - The Memristor

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, despite Rym's crippling allergies, we press on with The Memristor. In the news, MacGyver's getting a third movie (maybe), and Blu-Ray is facing the inevitable stagnation we've all seen coming.

Scott's Thing - TechShop
Rym's Thing - Confrontation

GeekNights 080428 - The Big Three OSs

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the three viable desktop operating systems. In the news, Hans Reiser is found guilty of first-degree murder in a fairly crazy court case, and Lotus Notes not only still exists, but might be busting out.

Scott's Thing - The OGC is holding something
Rym's Thing - TypeRacer

GeekNights 080421 - RFID Security and Privacy

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider security and privacy in an RFID world. In the news, ABC fails to hold back the tide of timely commentary, and the Patent Office may well have noticed the issues with recent patents.

Scott's Thing - ACT I, SCENE 2
Rym's Thing - Never give up

GeekNights 080414 - Ye Olde Internete

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss the old days of the Internet and their ramifications for the future. In the news, IBM enters the racetrack, and we explore the Dead Sea of IT.

Scott's Thing - How it Works
Rym's Thing - Drive 55

GeekNights 080407 - Network Monitoring

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we finish out our first run of IT/CS shows with Network Monitoring. In the news, the College Board drops AB Computer Science, and... Windows 7.

Scott's Thing - Flintstones Car Wins
Rym's Thing - Дорогой длинною

GeekNights 080331 - Programming Languages

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we continue our IT/CS series with. In the news, Motorola is in some trouble, and an eleven-year-old punks his school (for good, not evil).

Scott's Thing - Design Coding
Rym's Thing - Outside In

GeekNights 080324 - The IT Helpdesk

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss the IT Helpdesk. In the news, Google draws the unjustified ire of retailers, the XM-Sirius merger is approved, and Pakistan broke the Internet.

Scott's Thing - Mozilla Prism
Rym's Thing - donotreply.com

GeekNights 080317 - What are programming languages?

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss the nature of computer programming languages. In the news, the FCC is fighting the "good" fight, spam-bots are consolidating, Chinese bootleg routes might be hacked. Or not.

Scott's Thing - This is the only place you can get this
Rym's Thing - Remember the Milk

GeekNights 080310 - What is Information Technology?

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we answer the age-old question: what is Information Technology? In the news, Tim Couch is a Luddite moron, vaccines save the day in Uganda, and a bad article raises an interesting question.

Scott's Thing - Brickarms
Rym's Thing - The Cuban USB-Stick Underground

GeekNights 080303 - What is Programming?

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we begin a new, ongoing series (which is explained in the show) dealing with the deeper details of Computer Science and Information Technology. Thus, we ask (and answer): what is programming? In the news, planes could be boarded faster, and small computers exist.

Scott's Thing - Project Darkstar
Rym's Thing - The Booze Quiz

GeekNights 080225 - Computer Literacy

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss exactly what constitutes computer literacy. In the news, The Sharper Image has declared bankruptcy, and decryption keys may be more accessible than you thought.

Scott's Thing - Phun
Rym's Thing - I'm Mad as Hell, and I'm Not Going to Take this Anymore!

GeekNights 080211 - Wikis

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss wikis. In the news, Anonymous doesn't exactly deliver, and Scott has four newses (about cell phones).

Scott's Thing - Corporate Logo Evolution
Rym's Thing - Frozen in Grand Central

GeekNights 080204 - Network Attached Storage

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about N.A.S. (Network Attached Storage), but not S.A.N. (Storage Area Network) In the news, Microsoft has bid for Yahoo, and WE WON!

Scott's Thing - Superbowl Highlights
Rym's Thing - Military Fanboy

GeekNights 080128 - Software Sometimes Gets Worse

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss the ways in which once proud software can change in ways that are sub-optimal. In the news, ban radiation detectors, or radiation detectors for all? Also, Nokia acquires Trolltech, which is interesting considering KDE's multi-platform rumblings.

Scott's Thing - The Circle of Blogs
Rym's Thing - Puppy vs. Robot

GeekNights 080121 - Keyboards

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss keyboards in what is clearly a cop-out episode. In the news: Macworld.

Scott's Thing - Robot Arm Challenge
Rym's Thing - Macworld Keynote in 60s

GeekNights 080114 - Virtualization

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk a bit about virtualization. In the news, Ford enforces the bad parts of trademark, and Gizmodo has no class.

Scott's Thing - Science Based Medicine
Rym's Thing - People In Order

GeekNights 080107 - Chips and Salsa (and Robots)

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss the issues surrounding chips (love), salsa (sex), and robots (robots). In the news, a possible pervert escapes punishment with pgp and IT is(n't) dead.

Scott's Thing - You Sucjk at Photoshop
Rym's Thing - Beer Bender

GeekNights 071224 - Computer Time Synchronization

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk a little about computer time synchronization. In the news, Australia is trying to censor the Internet (again), Rym wants a new laptop, and China's anti-corruption initiative was possibly not thought all the way through.

Scott's Thing - Mat Ricardo
Rym's Thing - Inside Chernobyl

GeekNights 071217 - Technology in Education

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss the use of technology in education. In the news, we have a possibly fallacious but certainly relevant Firefox story, and a warning about Dual_EC_DRBG from Bruce Schneier.

Scott's Thing - Star Wars Toys that Should have Been
Rym's Thing - Dagen H

GeekNights 071210 - Asking Geeks to Fix PCs

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights we discuss normal people asking geeks to fix their PCs. In the news, the T-Amp is pretty awesome, and companies can't fool us about losing e-mails.

Scott's Thing - Su-30MK
Rym's Thing - People Pictures

GeekNights 071203 - Special 015 - Verizon

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on a special episode of GeekNights we discuss the crazy news coming out of Verizon lately.

GeekNights 071126 - The Post-Historic Internet

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we finish our discussion on how Google has changed the face of the Internet. In the news, Scott hereby declares that Digg is dead to him, and GeekNights points out that Slashdot says that Bruce Schneier notes that John Tehranian writes that copyright law in the US is a tangled and frightening mess.

Scott's Thing - Jinzora Media Server
Rym's Thing - Roo in the Background

GeekNights 071119 - The Prehistoric Internet

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about Google past and present. In the news, you don't need this processor, and Tiny URLs are dangerous to the web?

Scott's Thing - The Mona Lisa
Rym's Thing - Knights of Cydonia

GeekNights 071112 - Surround Sound

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights Scott gives a lecture about how surround sound works. In the news, someone is trying to save the Internet, and someone else is trying to ruin it.

Scott's Thing - Cicada
Rym's Thing - TF2 Machinima

GeekNights 071105 - Cyber Warfare

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss computer, cyber, IT warfare. In the news, Google Android is not what the Internet expected it would be, and cellphone jammers are a bad idea regardless of a shameless marketing campaign to promote "the controversy."

Scott's Thing - The World Toilet Summit
Rym's Thing - Demon? Or Dog?

GeekNights 071029 - CPU Architectures

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss CPU architectures such as x86 in an easy-to-understand way. In the news, Scott achieves fleeting Internet fame with a blog post about Linux device drivers, and Ubuntu may well be destroying your hard drive.

Scott's Thing - The Last Duet on Earth
Rym's Thing - Space Wolf

GeekNights 071022 - A Fresh Install

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss how we handle fresh installs of Windows, Linux, and OSX: what applications we install first, what we update in what order, etc... In the news, Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon is out, and Radiohead takes a chance.

Scott's Thing - The Perfect Life
Rym's Thing - How to Drive a Graphic Designer Mad

GeekNights 071015 - Questions Week: Science and Tech

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we begin Questions Week with your questions about science and technology. We did this with no preparation or prior research. It was so long that it has been broken up into two parts, the second of which will appear at some point in the future. Enjoy.

GeekNights 071008 - Printers

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, Scott is sick and I'm tired, so we talk about printers. In the news, the RIAA won a jury trial, and BIOS should be dead.

Scott's Thing - Flight of the X-Wing
Rym's Thing - Fark: The Board Meeting

GeekNights 071001 - Tech Conventions

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk a bit about technology-related conventions. In the news, Gutsy Gibbon gives grief, but also growth, and Slashdot is a decade old.

Scott's Thing - The Beaufort Scale
Rym's Thing - Bodega

GeekNights 070924 - Viruses, Trojans, and Worms: Oh My!

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss malware from a practical standpoint. In the news, Russia goes Linux, and NVidia goes affordable.

Scott's Thing - Rice Art
Rym's Thing - Don't Tase Me, Emperor!

GeekNights 070917 - The Business Technology Disconnect

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider corporate failures to utilize technology in leveraging their synergies. Or something. In the news, iPod scandal! and Tor arrests.

Scott's Thing - I Hate Young People
Rym's Thing - Hatten är din

GeekNights 070910 - Tech News Roundup

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, it's a Tech News Roundup! We cover everything interesting from the last several weeks in the world of technology. Instead of the "news" news, Scott has a geekbite and Rym has a geekback.

Scott's Thing - Solar Plane
Rym's Thing - Internet People

GeekNights 070903 - SPAM

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights: Spam. Scott's News - Digg Picz Rym's News - Baidu > Google (In China)

Scott's Thing - Soekris Engineering net5501
Rym's Thing - S.P.I.R.I.T.S.

GeekNights 070827 - Fantasy Cell Phone

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider what would make a cell phone worth being excited about. In the new: Windows Genuine Something, and You Can't Stop the Signal (of porn).

Scott's Thing - Zombo.com
Rym's Thing - World's Largest Anechoic Chamber

GeekNights 070820 - Live Content on the Internet

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss. In the news, IBM strives to bring girls into the sciences, and Skype was taken out by ~~Russian hackers~~ Microsoft patches. Maybe. Also, Rym GeekBites Tom Jones.

Scott's Thing - Homemade Biosphere
Rym's Thing - The Cat With Hands

GeekNights 070813 - Internet Anonymity

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss the idea of anonymity on the Internet. In the news, there's some FUD about Vista, and SCO is finally dead and buried.

Scott's Thing - Hulk Hogan vs. AOL Instant Messenger
Rym's Thing - The Joy of Shaving

GeekNights 070806 - Packet Sniffing

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss the various technology and concepts surrounding network packet capturing. In the news, MSN secretly censors, and Lenovo/Novell offer decent Linux laptops.

Scott's Thing - Digg circa 1997
Rym's Thing - Om Nom Nom

GeekNights 070730 - Handheld Audio Recorders

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we return from our "week of awesome" to resume the show. Rym, however, is ill, and thus tonight's show is somewhat sub-optimal. Expect the show to return to its usual ways tomorrow night. In the news, Fox 11 both fears and misunderstands 4chan et al., and the Cowon iAudio 7 is pretty hot.

Rym's Thing - Read a Book
Scott's Thing - Racoon Steals Carpet

GeekNights 070723 - Special 010 - Computer Mice

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights we talk about personal preferences regarding computer mice.

GeekNights 070716 - Software Piracy

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights we share our opinions on pirating of the softwares. In the news viruses are 25 years old and patents are harmful to almost everybody.

Scott's Thing - Digg Lolcats
Rym's Thing - All the Ducks are Swimming in the Water

GeekNights 070709 - Hard Drive Failure

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss... Hard Drive Failure, and assorted topics related as such. In the news, CAPTCHAS fail for Hotmail, and the US buys a fancy Russian toilet.

Scott's Thing - Mouse Misuse
Rym's Thing - Fuck

GeekNights 070702 - Digg Democracy, Slashdot Society

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we complain about diggdot. In the news, Universal shuns iTunes, and allofmp3 dies (again).

Scott's Thing - Dancing Gorilla
Rym's Thing - This is Dramatic Sparta

GeekNights 070625 - Firewalls

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we explain Firewalls in simple-to-understand terms. In the news, Google gives Germany the finger, and class divisions exist between Myspace and Facebook.

Scott's Thing - Marble Adder
Rym's Thing - Dawkins Interview(s)

GeekNights 070618 - Rym's New Computer

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we slightly cop out with the sad story of Rym's new computer. In the news, we banter about hard tests and RAM.

Scott's Thing - The Analemma of Sol
Rym's Thing - Shadow Sculpture

GeekNights 070611 - Redundant Array of Independent Disks

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss RAID. In the news, we have Drobo, Illegal Blogging, and Safari for Windows

Scott's Thing - Battle at Kruger
Rym's Thing - Britains Got Talent

GeekNights 070604 - Media Playing Software

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk a bit about media playing software, but not before some lengthy thoughts on the future of technology and society. In the news, ODF is facing stiff resistance from Microsoft and IBM, and Rym's new computer is finally (mostly) functioning.

Scott's Thing - FireGPG
Rym's Thing - Whip Somebody's Ass

GeekNights 070528 - Getting Into Programming

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 28 May 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we continue "Getting Into It" week with some talk about computer programming. In the news, it's the eternal struggle between Google and the mainstream news media, and the rise of Facebook.

Scott's Thing - Geek Holiday Calendar
Rym's Thing - Willow Don't Cry

GeekNights 070521 - Getting into Linux

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 21 May 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we begin "Getting Into It Week" by teaching you how to get into Linux. In the news new plastics are awesome and computers are full of gold and poison.

Scott's Thing - Eyeball Myths
Rym's Thing - Jetsons Family Guy

GeekNights 070514 - IT Security Overview

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 14 May 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we briefly go over the world of IT Security in preparation for a longer-running series on the topic. In the news, a Harvard Professor thinks information should be purposefully lost, and Blender 2.44 has been released.

Scott's Thing - Roland 909 in Flash
Rym's Thing - Randi pwns James Hydrick

GeekNights 070507 - Computer Cases

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 07 May 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk a bit about computer cases. In the news, it's Thailand vs. Youtube, and OSS programmers vs. Boredom!

Scott's Thing - VR Defender
Rym's Thing - Dorm Prank

GeekNights 070430 - 802.11abgn

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk a bit about the basics of 802.11a, b, g, n, and so forth. In the news, eyewitnesses are unreliable, and SCOTUS weakens patents a bit.

Scott's Thing - Telephone Book Prank
Rym's Thing - Telephone Book Prank

GeekNights 070423 - Linux Package Management

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights we attempt to teach you about how software is installed on Linux systems. In the news, Intel really did lower the prices and DirectX 10 might work on Windows XP.

Scott's Thing - Lorem Ipsum
Rym's Thing - CODE_GUARDIAN

GeekNights 070416 - AMD and Intel: CPUs Through the Years

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk a bit about the history of computer processors from a purely consumer perspective, leaving out most of the deeper tech. In the news, DVORAK is lame, and DRM is coming to Flash.

Scott's Thing - Unicycle!
Rym's Thing - One Kind of Person I Dislike

GeekNights 070409 - DNS in Simple Terms

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss how DNS functions in simple terms. In the news, AACS has had its first key revocation, and Gaim has been renamed Pidgin.

Scott's Thing - Russian Ingenuity
Rym's Thing - Carl Sagan Reading from The Pale Blue Dot

GeekNights 070402 - April Fools Day on the Internet

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk a bit about April Fool's Day. In the news, ICANN rejects .xxx again, and Ribena was advertised falsely.

Scott's Thing - A good Ventriloquist
Rym's Thing - 1955 Nash Commercial

GeekNights 070326 - Encryption

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we explain the basics of encryption. In the news, Hans Reiser pleads "not guilty," and Apple TV.

Rym's Thing - Chicken Police
Scott's Thing - How do you prove photography to a blind man?

GeekNights 070319 - Version Control

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about Version Control Systems, such as CVS or Subversion, in fairly nontechnical terms. In the news, we have a crazy lady and an interesting use of patents.

Scott's Thing - Twitter Vision
Rym's Thing - Barack vs Hillary: 1984 Style

GeekNights 070312 - No Internets

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights there are no news or things of the day. We have no Internet, so we have no idea what is happening in the world, nor have we discovered any new entertaining things to share with you. Bear with us as we tell the story of our recent web withdrawal, and ponder the role of the net in our lives.

GeekNights 070305 - Network Address Translation

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we explain NAT (Network Address Translation) in layman's terms. In the news, Diebold may be getting out of the voting machine business, and Best Buy may be doing shady things with its intranet site.

Rym's Thing - Neal Adams is crazy
Rym's Thing - Seriously
Rym's Thing - He's completely nuts
Scott's Thing - VI man

GeekNights 070226 - Ports

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights we teach you about those ports on your computer. In the news, Dell is taking suggestions and MP3 patents are out of control.

Scott's Thing - Hebrew Macron 1
Rym's Thing - Chinese Sailor Moon

GeekNights 070212 - Networking Layers in Layman's Terms

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we teach you all about MAC addresses, IP addresses and how that networking magic actually works. In the news, bees are mysteriously dying, and you can't sleep while driving ten times.

Scott's Thing - Awesome Old Jazz
Rym's Thing - Instant Runoff Voting

GeekNights 070205 - The IT Professional's Toolkit

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss the tools of the trade in computing. In the news, cheques are dying, and the Electric Slide is copyrighted.

Scott's Thing - Ubuntu or Vista?
Rym's Thing - Hitler was Born to be Alive

GeekNights 070129 - Removable Media

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk a bit (in reasonably nontechnical terms) about floppy drives, CD-ROMs, DVDs, Cassettes, and more. In the news, Norway finds fault with Apple, and Linux can now be installed with an .exe.

Rym's Thing - Frank Zappa vs. Censorship
Scott's Thing - Terrible F1 Accident (NSFW)

GeekNights 070122 - Text Editors

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk a bit about text editing. In the news, Wikipedia nofollows outgoing links, and Wordpress 2.1 is released.

Scott's Thing - Boeing Wing Stress Test
Rym's Thing - Sylvia Brown is a Fake

GeekNights 070115 - Content Management Systems

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about Content Management Systems. In the news, we have the iPhone and test-tube babies.

Scott's Thing - Adventure Time
Rym's Thing - Nagano

GeekNights 070108 - Computer Majors

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we explain the differences between all of those computer majors, including Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Microelectronic Engineering, and more. In the news, Macworld and the Consumer Electronics Show are coming, and Ubuntu adds more support for useful yet not entirely free code.

Scott's Thing - Autopsy Prank
Rym's Thing - Istanbul

GeekNights 061218 - Podcast Directories

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss podcast directories, particularly Digg Podcasting. In the news, a public school teacher goes evangelical in the classroom, and Digg gets a major facelift.

Scott's Thing - Jet-Powered Bike
Rym's Thing - Awesome Parrot

GeekNights 061211 - Internet Advertising

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we complain about Internet advertising. In the news, arson science has some important breakthroughs, and humans have evolved more recently than we previously thought.

Scott's Thing - Fast Hands
Rym's Thing - UCB Skit

GeekNights 061204 - Ye Olde Days of Internet Video

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about the old days of Internet video. In the news, Novel mucks with Open Office and the Romans expand further into Albion.

Scott's Thing - Intelligent Sorting
Rym's Thing - Idiot Robber

GeekNights 061127 - Filesystems

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we continue "How Computers Work" with a nontechnical discussion of filesystems. In the news, some teachers shouldn't be teaching, and Mark Shuttleworth causes a (silly) uproar.

Scott's Thing - Plano East-John Tyler 1994
Rym's Thing - J0.

GeekNights 061120 - Linux on the PS3

geeknights@frontrowcrew.com (Rym and Scott - The Front Row Crew) — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 22:00:00 -0400

Tonight on GeekNights, we have a short episode without real news. We're tired and sick, it's Thanksgiving week, the Wii is out, give us a break. The only thing in this episode is a reply to a listener e-mail about running Linux on the PS3.

Scott's Thing - Blackass
Rym's Thing - Unicorn vs. Narwhal