https://www.geekentertainment.tv/ Geek Entertainment TV episodes en-us https://www.geekentertainment.tv/2010/02/05/a-night-of-8-bit-chiptunes/ 2010-02-05 08:05:41 For those of you out there who have the theme song from Double Dragon, Excite Bike, Mario Bros, Mega Man, or Final fantasy burned into your brain from back in the day (even if that means yesterday), you're not alone. 8-bit music, which takes tons of these nostalgic tunes from your favorite NES and GameBoy games and converts them into fast, fun, dance-tastic ensembles, has been revolutionizing the music industry across the world. Also known as chip tune, this wave of timeless new music is brin https://www.geekentertainment.tv/2010/01/13/in-bed-with-kool-keith-part-2/ 2010-01-13 11:56:14 His albums have deep methologies that are often intertwined with each other. For example, Dr. Octagonecologyst introduces the character of Dr. Octagon, an extraterrestrial time traveling gynecologist and surgeon who is later killed by his nemesis Dr. Doom on a later record. Some of the most famous DJ's in the world -- Dan Nakamura, DJ Qbert, Kutmaster Kurt, DJ Shadow, etc. -- have worked with KK, even right here in our fair city! Dan the Automator recorded and mixed Sex Style at The Glue Facto https://www.geekentertainment.tv/2010/01/05/in-bed-with-kool-keith-part-1/ 2010-01-05 09:06:42 If you've ever thought "KISS is my favorite rock band" and/or "Man I wish I was someone else today," then you have something in common with hip hop legend Kool Keith. Because Mr. Keith Matthew Thornton aka Dr. Octagon aka Dr. Doom aka Kool Keith aka Robbie Analog aka Clean Man aka Mr. Green aka Willie Large aka ... well, we don't have time or space to name 60 of the master rapper's aliases. But he started out with the Ultramagnetic MC's, a Bronx-based hip hop group that every head knows well. https://www.geekentertainment.tv/2009/11/23/air-sex-championships/ 2009-11-23 17:53:46 We imagine that many of you, our esteemed viewers, have stood in front of a mirror and played air guitar until your fingers bled. San Francisco's own Veronica Belmont is an air guitar champion. So it's only natural that the Air Championship gods create a more (or less) challenging category of Air Sex! Air Sex Championships? Yes! It all started in Japan, where drunk lonely guys decided to entertain themselves by making love to imaginary partners while clothed and listening to music. The activ https://www.geekentertainment.tv/2009/10/06/naval-battleships-of-epic-proportions/ 2009-10-06 20:45:38 An epic naval battle of amazing proportions! "Amazing" being miniature and "epic" being, well, let's just say we had to wear eye goggles. Really! The incredibly talented seamen hand-crafted the robotic warships and controlled them from the side of Maker Faire ocean with radio remote controls, shooting 1/4" diameter steel balls from their ships' torpedo tubes. The ship models are replicas mostly from World War II, but one brave soul brought out his tiny pirate vessel. The battle known as Axis https://www.geekentertainment.tv/2009/09/21/what-is-steampunk/ 2009-09-21 19:58:15 Travel with us back in time, back to Victorian days when men wore corsets, ladies wrote letters and the computers were steam-powered. What?? That's right! Steampunk takes you back to a past that never was, and flies you in a dirigible to a future that will never be. What is steampunk? Take a look and find out! Episode links: Steampunk [wikipedia], Steampunk Airmail Letter Project, Artist Suzanne Forbes, Maker Faire https://www.geekentertainment.tv/2009/08/19/tactical-corsets-for-her-stylish-protection/ 2009-08-19 01:47:45 The GETV crew ran into Utilikilt clad Alex Peake at Maker Faire because of a rumor that he was making Tactical Corsets! With beautiful model at the ready, Irina and Alex unzip the mysteries of this military grade corset. What's a tactical corset you ask? Here's how TacticalCorsets.com describes them: Tactical Corsets are high-fashion, high-function clothes for empowered women! For too long, women have had to compromise practicality for beauty. Men got pants with cargo pockets and built-in kne https://www.geekentertainment.tv/2009/08/12/goodbye-london-an-animated-music-video/ 2009-08-12 12:26:15 Luke Jackson is a Canadian musician who recently collaborated with animator Murray John to create this music video, using stop motion photography and 2-D animation, for Luke’s song “Goodbye London”. Here’s what Luke has to say about the video’s production: As far as the video itself is concerned, I approached London-based animator Murray John with the idea of creating a video that highlighted the bittersweet sentiment of the song's lyric. I suggested that some of the video b https://www.geekentertainment.tv/2009/08/05/pez-candy-goliath-vs-pez-fanboy-david/ 2009-08-05 01:24:35 You've heard this one before. Big faceless corporate giant who makes adorable product goes after small-time fanboy who loves adorable product. In this case, it's the PEZ Candy Company suing Gary Doss, the owner and curator of a museum of PEZ memorabilia. Gary has run the Burlingame Museum of PEZ Memorabilia for 14 years and this isn't the first time evil faceless PEZ has tried to shut him down. PEZ's latest demand includes the destruction of Gary's adorable oversized snowman dispenser of PEZ t https://www.geekentertainment.tv/2009/07/28/kevin-moore-is-a-geek-pornographer-sfw/ 2009-07-28 16:46:05 Irina met Kevin Moore on Flickr a while back, swooning over a photo of his black kitty kat. Little did she know this geek was a specialist in a different kind of kitty! Turns out Kevin shoots, directs and edits adult movies. Who knew! With his nerdy background as a Unix admin, a wrangler of college intranet tubes for his buddies gaming pleasures, a WoW and Quake player, and a committed boyfriend to Nina -- his one-time attention seeking girlfriend who let him take photos of her and charge cash https://www.geekentertainment.tv/2009/07/21/the-making-of-browncoats-redemption-a-firefly-fan-film/ 2009-07-21 18:01:38 Joss Whedon's Firefly and Serenity left a giant indelible mark in the wild west of modern science fiction, leaving rabid fans wanting more, much more. Rather than wait for Fox or NBC to come around and maybe give fans what they crave, some fans have taken it upon themselves to extend the Firefly story themselves. Browncoats: Redemption is not your typical fan flick. This one has a compelling story, a tight script, elaborate well lit sets, actors who know how to act, all shot on RED cameras and https://www.geekentertainment.tv/2009/07/02/chris-anderson-speaks-for-free/ 2009-07-02 12:17:59 When our pal Kevin Smokler slid us the opportunity to interview one of the legendary thinkers and writers of the geekosphere, we pounced on the chance. Chris Anderson resuscitated Wired magazine back from the brink of the geek deadpool and is notable for coining the term The Long Tail, which he penned a book on. Chris is about to release his second book, Free: The Future of a Radical Price, which is already generating controversy on a couple of fronts. One never to rest, Chris also recently l https://www.geekentertainment.tv/2009/06/16/video-guitars-are-the-future-of-music/ 2009-06-16 20:56:20 Which comes first, the music or the video? The question is moot now that artisan Ben Lewry of Visionary Instruments, has built an LCD video display into his guitar. After several prototypes, his custom video guitars now can run visualizations or movies by simply popping in a USB thumbdrive into a back panel. Visualizations can even be triggered with MIDI signals by playing the guitar. Steven Wilson, of Porcupine Tree, was so taken by Ben's designs that he's now rocking a video guitar to sold o https://www.geekentertainment.tv/2009/06/09/makerbot-dreams-of-evil-darth-vader-heads/ 2009-06-09 09:06:02 It's true. The future is here. Really. Anything you can dream in 3D can be made real. MakerBot's affordable Cupcake CNC, a slightly larger than a breadbox 3D printer, will take your 3D modeled dreams and make them manifest. MakerBot's Bre Pettis, a man who knows how a lot about making robots and dreams come true, gives Irina the skinny on what MakerBot is and how it works. Episode links: MakerBot, Bre Pettis, Thingiverse, Google SketchUp, Blender, Forkbot, Martha Vader, Maker Faire 2009 https://www.geekentertainment.tv/2009/06/04/whatchoo-talking-about-todd-bridges/ 2009-06-04 09:08:23 You may not want to run up to legendary American TV actor Todd Bridges and yell "What'choo talkin' bout, Willis?" (in case you were born in the 90's, Bridges played Gary Coleman's older brother Willis on the historic TV series "Diff'rent Strokes" -- the molestation episode is classic!) For the past few years, Bridges has joined the ranks of professional wrestling. If he gets annoyed by Willis fans, he just might body slam them! Bridges is known in the ring as Mr. Not So Perfect -- and if you c https://www.geekentertainment.tv/2009/05/28/techcab-confessions-mc-frontalot/ 2009-05-28 02:24:41 For our third installment of TechCab Confessions we have uber nerdcore rapper (the one who coined the term!) MC Frontalot take the hot seat, err, back seat of the taxi. For those of you joining us in medias res, GETV's TechCab series takes geeks for a ride while they confess their technological sins to a live streaming camera for all the world to see. In this episode, we are honored to have Front -- as he's known to his fans -- take a break from performing at SXSW and promoting his latest albu https://www.geekentertainment.tv/2009/05/19/woz-plays-serious-segway-polo-in-the-park/ 2009-05-19 01:28:43 This is rewind week as we delve back into the archives to pull out this favorite geek gem from 2006. We attended a hoity toity Segway Polo match for charity with GETV alums Steve Wozniak and Victor Miller where GETV Guest Segway Sportscaster Nicole Shipley (daughter of Veritas Software founder Dale Shipley) asked hard hitting questions about a serious issue with the Segway. The match was part of the 22nd annual Polo in the Park and the money went to the James S. Brady Riding Program for Speci https://www.geekentertainment.tv/2009/05/12/techcab-confessions-julia-allison/ 2009-05-12 03:42:47 Now for a second installment of our Tech Cab Confessions series, we have none other than NonSociety's Julia Allison, who answers Irina's never-ending query of how geeks have "destroyed themselves of others" on the internet. In case you are new to our Tech Cab, Irina drove around Austin, picking up her victims, oops, we mean fares, who confessed live on camera their deepest secrets and sins to you, our fair viewers. Julia Allison has written for Time Out New York, Star Magazine, Huffington Pos https://www.geekentertainment.tv/2009/05/05/1000-hypermiles-on-a-single-tank-of-gas/ 2009-05-05 01:28:12 Is it really possible to get over 1,000 miles out of single tank of gas? If you are a "hypermiler", you know this to be true. This week we're doing something a little different here at GETV. Our new field contributor Scott Stead in Washington, DC, has been following the Ford 1000 Mile Challenge. Scott gets the lowdown on hypermiling from the original hypermiler himself Wayne Gerdes, and NASCAR racer Carl Edwards, who is no slacker for a challenge. Extreme gas mileage using some fairly ordinary https://www.geekentertainment.tv/2009/04/28/captcha-demystified/ 2009-04-28 13:00:14 Thanks to our friends at Intel, Irina and editor Kevin flew to Portland where not only did they get to tour the top secret chip-making labs (no camera's allowed) but they met some disprutive tech guys in the realm of CAPTCHAs. You may not know what a CAPTCHA is, but we're pretty sure you've used one or two or three. OK, so if someone asks you what's a CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) and you wanna sound annoying and smart just say, "It's a re