Shows in 2008

The Geeks welcome writer David Weber, author of the popular and bestselling Honor Harrington novels. Weber joins the geeks to discuss his latest novel 'By Schism Rent Asunder', the sequel to last year's bestseller 'Off Armageddon Reef'. These novels form a new series that sees a nearly destroyed humanity driven from home to a new colony, where they are forced to give up scientific inquiry, technology, and higher mathematics in an attempt to avoid detection by a an aggressive alien race known as the Gbaba. Weber is a master of science fiction, and has deftly handled future technologies and physics in the worlds and universes he creates. Rick Kleffel of The Agony Column will also be in the studio.

Focusing on questions from our listeners with helpful suggestions from the Geeks.

Tommy Olsson, co-Author of The Ultimate CSS Reference joins the Geeks to chat about web development. We will also cover the Week in Geek News and take your calls with questions and comments about technology.

The Geeks speak with Jay Lake in the studio about his new book 'Escapement', the sequel to his hit 'Mainspring'. These books envision a steampunk-esque alternative 19th century Earth complete with gears and a mainspring hidden at its center. You see, Lake's universe is actually an enormous clockwork. The Geeks, joined by Rick Kleffel of The Agony Column, discuss this unique universe and the science behind it. (picture © 2006 M. Lake)

This episode of GeekSpeak is a re-airing of Tuesday June 10th's episode of Talk of the Bay. Rick Kleffel hosted this discussion with William Gibson, Sean Cleveland and Lyle Troxell about Spook Country, William's most recent book.

There are pictures of water ice on Mars, Ben has a new bike, breach notification laws are not so effective, and maybe we can stop telecom immunity.

The Geeks welcome Rick Kleffel to the show to discuss a handful of the latest science fiction books, including 'In War Times' by Kathleen Ann Goonan. Please read 'In War Times', and then call or email during the show to add to the discussion. Book recommendations will also be discussed.

Kathleen Ann Goonan's 'In War Times' - A review of the book by Rick Kleffel

NASA is launching a probe to the Sun and a satellite to probe the secrets of super-massive black holes outside our own galaxy. This and more including rootkit woes and supercomputers on this week's episode of Geek Speak.

The Geeks cover some news including: Firefox goes for world record, virtual strip searches, oil sucking nano paper and much more.

IDEs allow quicker and easier development of applications, but how does one go about creating a good IDE? Guest David Intersimone from CodeGear will chat with the Geeks about making software for software development.

Stanford instructor and regular Geek Ben Jaffe informs us about ultrasound and infra-sound. And we all cover the Week in GeekNews.

Steven Novella, host of The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe, joins the Geeks to talk about the importance of skeptical thought, the scientific method, and as an example the absurdity of Homeopathy. The Geeks also cover some GeekNews.

Ben's sweet infatuation with Earth, Paris privacy issues, the BBC hates knitters, to sonic-boom or not to sonic-boom, and other geek news items.

Also this episode the Geeks ask a lot of questions. "We just don't know that much."

Patrick Nugent product manager of Toast, a CD and DVD authoring and burning software package from Roxio will join special host Timothy Jordan and the Geeks to talk about CD and DVD creation on the Macintosh operating system.

The third annual Maker Faire is coming to the San Mateo County Fairgrounds. It was a blast last year, and this one will be packed with even more. Dale Dougherty joins the Geeks to chat about Make Magazine, Craft Magazine and this wonderful faire.

DHS and the finer points of neologisms like "fob," today on Geek Speak with Ben, Miles, Alex, and Lyle.

GeekNews: NASA science website, 99$ Computer, College Board drops CS AP test, commercial free YouTube for politics, instant backup band, speed of hurricanes by sound, and even more news. Plus, the Geeks take calls with questions and comments about technology.

Covering the Week in Geek News, the Geeks talk about speed trap detection, small and ultra small black holes, and Apple is the largest U.S. music retailer, and much more.

What do UFOs, Wi-Fi health concerns, and Firefox 4 have in common? The Geeks don't think they exist. They're fun to talk about though.

Computers in the US are thrown away at an alarming rate while, in developing countries, there are not enough computers to go around. Next Step Recycling in Oregon is helping to change that by shipping containers full of usable computers to Guatemala where Partners in Solidarity use sustainable methods to install them in schools. Reusing computers to help bridge the digital divide, on this episode of GeekSpeak.

We will be asking for your pledges of gifts to KUSP because we know that KUSP is important to you, and, let's face it, we need to pay the bills.

As a thank you we will be giving away gifts. During the hour of the show, just call in on the pledge line, 1 (888) 777-1507, and, even without a pledge, you can put your name in the hat for a free USB 2.0 DVD burner or an internal Blu-Ray player.

Now that HD-DVD is dead, is it time to get a Blu-Ray player for you home, or for your computer? Find out with the Geeks during a detailed discussion with Robert DeMoulin from Sony Electronics.

Yatrips provides a way for people to easily find and offer car rides. The more people ride-share the more gas is saved and the less traffic on the roads. Learn about social applications and ride-sharing with the Geeks and the guys from Yatrips.

The worlds most intense laser, GeekSpeak nepotism, RIAA crack training, self healing rubber, and more Week in Geek news. Plus listener's calls with questions and comments of technology all on this week's episode of GeekSpeak.

The Geeks cover iPhones in China, HD DVD and Blue-ray, changes to Bit Torrent and much more. Timothy Jordan leads the Geeks this week covering the news and answering lister's calls.

The Geeks discuss a security expert standing on a tall building looking down at heavy traffic and seeing a vulnerability through a single car's sunroof as a metaphor for the difficulty of spotting online computer vulnerabilities, and then talks about shooting virus arrows through the sunroof and how car companies should start making reinforced car roofs to combat them. Ah, just listen to the show. :) The geeks actually talk about more than this.

Richard Stallman from the Free Software Foundation joins us to talk about the GNU/Linux operating system and his philosophies about software including DRM and so-called "intellectual property."

The Geeks welcome Jesse Wilkins, a professional geek servicing the Central Coast of California. If you need a professional geek to help you out, Jesse is your man. The Geeks also discuss the week's tech news and take your questions and comments on technology.

The Geeks discuss the week in tech news, including the further decline of HD DVD sales, the blackest black courtesy of new carbon nanotube material, an asteroid hitting Mars, a CIA report revealing the weaknesses of power grids to hackers, and commuting Hwy 17 by bus between Santa Cruz and San Jose with full connectivity. Also discussed are the benefits and the drawbacks of the new Apple MacBook Air notebook, with emphasis on the latter.

The Geeks welcome Peter Sheerin, a technologist who traveled to CES in Las Vegas to attend one of the World's largest consumer technology shows. Join the geeks as we discuss the next-generation displays and gadgets shown at this year's show.

A full set of geeks take calls and cover this week's geek news.