From Let's Talk Network Wiki

Contents 1 Audio 2 Video 3 Guest 4 In this show 5 Mixing 6 Contacts Us 7 Events 8 Topics 8.1 Kicker

Audio

• Direct Download Audio MP3

Video

• Direct Download Video LetsTalkGeek_E066_low.mp4
• Direct Download Video LetsTalkGeek_E066_high.mp4

Guest

• Steve Song

In this show

• Jan Vermeulen
• Tim Haak

Mixing

• Johan Els

Contacts Us

• @letstalkgeek
• feedback@letstalknetwork.tv
• 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.
• Int’l 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
• NASA’s Kepler Mission Discovers a World Orbiting Two Stars
  • http://kepler.nasa.gov/news/nasakeplernews/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=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

• Jan’s awesomely gimicky indoor computer shades (glasses)
  • Gunnar Optik
    • http://www.gunnars.com/technology/indoor.html
    • Main page: http://www.gunnars.com/