Twitter Porn
July 1, 2009
Jay Lee discusses the dangers of Twitter with Jeff Ehling on ABC 13
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No Geek Gathering This Month
June 30, 2009
Due to the holiday weekend we will be skipping the July Geek Gathering. We’ll resume the first Friday of August.
Have a happy 4th of July!
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Podcast For June 24th, 2009
June 25, 2009
Interview with Bob White at about 25 minutes into the show.
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Interview With Robert White
June 18, 2009
On Wednesday, June 24th we’ll be speaking with Robert White, Sr. Scientist for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory – National Center for Photovoltaics and former Technical Staff member and now guest Scientist with Los Alamos National Laboratory, Space Sciences and Astrophysics group.
Robert is currently working on solar cell development and improving solar cell efficiencies by exploring different types of technologies (thin films vs. crystalline silicone). For more information about the section of the lab his is responsible for chck out www.nrel.gov/pv/pdil
Robert is also working at the Los Alamos National Laboratory creating robotic observatories that can search the night sky for changes (both new things and unusual changes in old objects) and initiate world wide follow ups by large scale instrumentation…all without humans in the loop. These also perform automated follow-ups from satellite triggers for gamma-ray bursts – the largest explosions in the universe other than the Big Bang.To quote Robert “Makes supernovae look like matches” For information about this project check out www.thinkingtelescopes.lanl.gov
Aside from his current projects we’ll also be discussing the history, myths and reality of Los Alamos National Laboratory from the development of the atom bomb all the way up to the most modern, cutting edge science the laboratory is currently involved in.
Robert White is also a software programmer and spent time at Ion Storm where he designed the game Deux Ex and prior to that worked with Richard Garriot on the Ultima series of games.
This should be an interesting and informative discussion and we hope you have the opportunity to tune in and listen.
We’ll be broadcasting this live on KPFT 90.1 FM in Houston and streaming via the World Wide Web here at geekradio.com
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Interview With Former CIA Tech Director Robert Wallace
June 18, 2009
Robert Wallace is the co-author of SPYCRAFT: THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE CIA’S SPY TECHNOLOGY and was our guest on Technology Bytes. This interview runs about 30 minutes and is quite fascinating.
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Podcast for June 17, 2009
June 18, 2009
This episode contains a 30 minute interview with former CIA Tech Director Robert Wallace, co-author of “Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA’s Spytechs, from Communism to al-Qaeda” The interview begins 30 minutes into the show and is also available as a standalone audio download.
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Dawn Of The Internet
June 16, 2009
Vintage NBC News from 1994 and 1995 of Tom Brokaw reporting on the dawn of The Internet.
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Former CIA Tech Director Robert Wallace
June 11, 2009
Special guest on Technology Bytes this Wednesday, June 17th will be Former CIA Tech Director Robert Wallace, co-author of SPYCRAFT: THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE CIA’S SPY TECHNOLOGY. Robert Wallace is the former director of the CIA’s Office of Technical Service. The recipient of the Intelligence Medal of Merit, he is the founder of the Artemus Consulting Group, a private national security firm, and a contributor to the CIA’s Center for the Study of Intelligence. He lives in Virginia.
From the press release:
Former CIA Tech Director Robert Wallace and Intelligence expert J. Keith Melton share the amazing gadgetry used by the CIA, from Communism to Al-Qaeda
What is an invisible photograph used for? What does it take to build a quiet helicopter? This may sound like a James Bond film, but these are actually technologies employed by CIA to gather information and insure national security. Now in paperback, SPYCRAFT: THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE CIA’S SPYTECHS, FROM COMMUNISM TO AL-QAEDA (Plume/June 2009) by Robert Wallace and J. Keith Melton, shares the CIA’s secret and amazing technology behind the art of espionage, including never before seen photographs of government gadgets.
Spy technology exploded during the Second World War, and in the decades-long standoff with the Soviets, cameras, microphones, and encryption systems were clandestinely developed years before the public had access to them. And since, the CIA has transitioned from the Cold War to the digital age, and spycraft skills have developed alongside technology in prosecuting the long war against terrorism.
In the interview we will discuss the history and development of some of these amazingly inventive devices, created and employed against a backdrop of geopolitical tensions—including the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and continuing terrorist threats. Some of these devices include:
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Podcast For June 3rd, 2009
June 6, 2009
First show after Jay’s new purchase of a 24″ iMac.
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