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Lets Talk Geek Episode 66: Live from iWeek and Mesh Potatoes

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Uploaded by on Sep 23, 2011

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=Guest=
*Steve Song
http://wiki.letstalknetwork.tv/index.php/Steve_Song

=In this show=
*Jan Vermeulen
http://wiki.letstalknetwork.tv/index.php/Jan_Vermeulen
*Tim Haak
http://wiki.letstalknetwork.tv/index.php/Tim_Haak

=Mixing=
*Johan Els
http://wiki.letstalknetwork.tv/index.php/Johan_Els

=Contacts Us=
*@letstalkgeek
**http://twitter.com/letstalkgeek
*feedback@letstalknetwork.tv
**mailto:feedback@letstalkgeek.net
*Leave us a voice mail on Skype at +27 11 083 7833

=Events=
Checkout http://www.stardates.co.za/

*iWeek
**Dates: Wed, 21 September Fri, 23 September
**URL: http://www.iweek.org.za/

*Rage 2011
**Dates: Fri, 30 September Sun, 2 October
**URL: http://www.rageexpo.co.za/
**Recorded coverage. Please come and chat to us. We will be testing live from Coca-Cola Dome over WiFi onto satellite.
*MyBroadband Conference 2011
**Date: 26 October 2011
**URL: http://mybb2011.co.za/
**Live coverage at htttp://www.letstalkenetwork.co.za

=Topics=
*Software Freedom Day (Gauteng event held at VodaWorld Midrand on Sat 17th Sep 2011)
**Attending companies/groups/speakers: (detail added by Ani)
***House4Hack: http://www.house4hack.co.za/
***LSD (Linux System Dynamics): http://www.lsd.co.za/ (Suse/Novell)
***GTUG (Google Technology User Group) JHB: http://jhb.gtug.co.za/
***Jumping Bean: http://jumpingbean.co.za/
***Go2Cloud: http://www.go2cloud.co.za/
***Wikimedia (SA group): http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_South_Africa
***eConsultant/Drupal: http://www.econsultant.co.za/drupal
**Talks and demonstrations on:
***Innovation in the age of Collaboration (keynote) (Bojan Ivanovic)
***Open Everything - all the places FOSS is found (LSD), Why Linux (Suse), Coders4Africa (via Skype from US), Open Source Hardware Hacking (House4Hack)
***Lightning Talks 6mins - Vaadin, Zimbra Mail, Python Web Development, IaaS (Virtual Servers via Web), Gate Access System using Arduino.
*Intl Talk Like a Pirate Day - Monday 19th September
**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day
*German Pirate Party has won 9% of the vote in the Berlin Parliamentary Election:
**http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-party-enters-berlin-parliament-after-historical­-election-win-110918/
*http://villagetelco.org/
**Mesh Potatoes
*NASAs Kepler Mission Discovers a World Orbiting Two Stars
**http://kepler.nasa.gov/news/nasakeplernews/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&...­D=152
*Star Wars on Blu Ray
**12 September 2011 internationally
**All six films of the Star Wars Saga (Episodes I-VI), each presented on one Blu-ray Disc to ensure maximum picture and audio quality, plus three additional discs of extras, with more than 30 hours of in-depth bonus supplements and extensive special features, including never-before-seen deleted and alternate scenes, an exploration of the exclusive Star Wars archives, and much, much more, united in one complete 9-disc set.
**http://www.starwars.com/news/starwars_blu-ray.html
**R749.95 at Kalahari.net - http://www.kalahari.com/dvd/Star-Wars-Complete-Box-Set-Blu-Ray/2/41751242.aspx
*EU vote passed to lift Musical Works copyright lifetime by 20years up to 70 years.http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/09/no-beatles-for-you-eu-adds­-20-years-to-music-copyrights.ars
*South Africa looking for its own Mark Zuckerberg
**http://mybroadband.co.za/news/general/34358-looking-for-south-africa%E2%80%99s­-own-mark-zuckerberg.html
*Mweb Problems
**http://mybroadband.co.za/news/adsl/34388-mweb-adsl-and-e-mail-problems.html
*Google+, Google Wallet launch

==Kicker==
*Jans awesomely gimicky indoor computer shades (glasses)
**Gunnar Optik
***http://www.gunnars.com/technology/indoor.html
***Main page: http://www.gunnars.com/

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