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There was so much goodness at the Maker Faire this year, we couldn’t just do one episode. Violet Blue goes deep and talks to makers Kimric Smythe and Shannon O’Hare of the Neverwas Haul project, Katie London and Kate Hartman of ...
The Maker Faire came to town and it was chock full of brilliant, freaky gadget makers and inventors from around the world. GETV's Roving RoboReporter Violet Blue wanders the fairgrounds to see how things are going in the Make Play Day...
Yahoo! opened her new San Francisco research lab to an unsuspecting public lucky enough to sample her fresh warez. Irina hits the Pipes, samples the del.icio.us DNA, gets mixd and finds a very happy Messenger.Episode links:Â ...
It was 25 years ago when Michael Knight began prowling the mean streets with his trusty molecular bonded chatty partner KITT. Michael was last seen in Germany while KITT waits on a lonely used car lot in Dublin, California for a new owner f...
It was 25 years ago when Michael Knight began prowling the mean streets with his trusty molecular bonded chatty partner KITT. Michael was last seen in Germany while KITT waits on a lonely used car lot in Dublin, California for a new o...
We were recently invited to check out Double Vision’s “To Futurism and Back Again” dance performance. Irina checks in with Double Vision’s artistic directors Pauline Jennings and Sean Clute to find out what ‘i...
We were recently invited to check out Double Vision’s “To Futurism and Back Again” dance performance. Irina checks in with Double Vision’s artistic directors Pauline Jennings and Sean Clute to find out what ‘i...
NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California opened up her vast hangar to celebrate the anniversary of the first man in space, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in 1961. Oh what a long way we've come since the Cold War. This night...
NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California opened up her vast hangar to celebrate the anniversary of the first man in space, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in 1961. Oh what a long way we've come since the Cold War. This night...
Onomy Labs like to make fun interactive devices that are engaging, intuitive and cutting edge. Onomist and GETV R&D reporter Julia Yacenda prods principle Onomists and former Xerox PARC researchers Dale MacDonald and Scott M...
Onomy Labs like to make fun interactive devices that are engaging, intuitive and cutting edge. Onomist and GETV R&D reporter Julia Yacenda prods principle Onomists and former Xerox PARC researchers Dale MacDonald and Scott M...
Onomy Labs like to make fun interactive devices that are engaging, intuitive and cutting edge. Onomist and GETV R&D reporter Julia Yacenda prods principle Onomists and former Xerox PARC researchers Dale MacDonald and Scott M...
Justin.tv is the mobile Internet lifecasting phenomenon that’s blowing up the new and old mediasphere. Justin Kan invited us over to his messy ass dorm style apartment which doubles as his startup company. Irina gets the scoop on Just...
Justin.tv is the mobile Internet lifecasting phenomenon that’s blowing up the new and old mediasphere. Justin Kan invited us over to his messy ass dorm style apartment which doubles as his startup company. Irina gets the scoop on Just...
While at SXSW Interactive in Austin, Texas, Roving RoboReporter Violet Blue caught up with a unique hacker by the name of Kyle Machulis. Kyle isn’t your ordinary teledildonic hardware hacker. No, Kyle created the ultimate real-time se...
While at SXSW Interactive in Austin, Texas, Roving RoboReporter Violet Blue caught up with a unique hacker by the name of Kyle Machulis. Kyle isn’t your ordinary teledildonic hardware hacker. No, Kyle created the ultimate real-time se...
GETV was in Austin, Texas for South by Southwest Interactive (SXSW), the annual geek summer camp. It was all about the panels, hallways and parties. So what's the score on who hangs out where? That's what Irina finds out.
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GETV was in Austin, Texas for South by Southwest Interactive (SXSW), the annual geek summer camp. It was all about the panels, hallways and parties. So what's the score on who hangs out where? That's what Irina finds out.
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GETV was in Austin, Texas for South by Southwest Interactive (SXSW), the annual geek summer camp. It was all about the panels, hallways and parties. So what's the score on who hangs out where? That's what Irina finds out.
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Adaptive Path, that rascally little South Park user experience studio at the center of all things web 2.0, celebrated it’s sixth year in existence with a retro prom party. Last year, we had to find out what the meaning of Adaptive Pat...
Adaptive Path, that rascally little South Park user experience studio at the center of all things web 2.0, celebrated it’s sixth year in existence with a retro prom party. Last year, we had to find out what the meaning of Adaptive Pat...
Adaptive Path, that rascally little South Park user experience studio at the center of all things web 2.0, celebrated it’s sixth year in existence with a retro prom party. Last year, we had to find out what the meaning of Adaptive Pat...
Adaptive Path, that rascally little South Park user experience studio at the center of all things web 2.0, celebrated it’s sixth year in existence with a retro prom party. Last year, we had to find out what the meaning of Adaptive Pat...
We were recently invited to check out Charles Ross’ One-Man Star Wars Trilogy theatre show in San Francisco. In one hour, Charles single handedly runs through many of the best moments of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return o...
We were recently invited to check out Charles Ross’ One-Man Star Wars Trilogy theatre show in San Francisco. In one hour, Charles single handedly runs through many of the best moments of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return o...
We were recently invited to check out Charles Ross’ One-Man Star Wars Trilogy theatre show in San Francisco. In one hour, Charles single handedly runs through many of the best moments of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return o...
We recently won a trip to Stockholm, Sweden to hang out with the girlz 0f destruction at the Home of Chrome girlz gaming house. For these girls, Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament is their blood, low ping times is their mantra and weird Swedish ...
We recently won a trip to Stockholm, Sweden to hang out with the girlz 0f destruction at the Home of Chrome girlz gaming house. For these girls, Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament is their blood, low ping times is their mantra and weird Swedish ...
At a recent Dorkbot, we happened upon three suspected terrorists in San Francisco harboring dangerous blinky LED cartoon characters. These are the same Aqua Teen Hunger Force "infernal machines" that caused Boston authorities to so ...
At a recent Dorkbot, we happened upon three suspected terrorists in San Francisco harboring dangerous blinky LED cartoon characters. These are the same Aqua Teen Hunger Force "infernal machines" that caused Boston authorities to so ...
At a recent Dorkbot, we happened upon three suspected terrorists in San Francisco harboring dangerous blinky LED cartoon characters. These are the same Aqua Teen Hunger Force "infernal machines" that caused Boston authorities to so ...
We were tipped off to a super secret event at a super secret location in San Francisco. It involved Nintendo Wiis and it was bloody. None of the four rules of Wii Fight were broken as far as we know.
Episode links: Wii, Photos (Laughing Squ...
We found ourselves in Stockholm, Sweden last week so we decided to hit the streets and see how the Scandinavian youth of today use the Internet. With megabits of pipe to play with, these kids fill us in on some of their turf.
Episode links:...
We found ourselves in Stockholm, Sweden last week so we decided to hit the streets and see how the Scandinavian youth of today use the Internet. With megabits of pipe to play with, these kids fill us in on some of their turf.
Episode links:...
The hype was huge but what's the reality behind the Microsoft Vista launch? We're not sure either, but we do try to get to the bottom of it at our local software retailer.
Episode links: Windows Vista, Jonathan Lasoff, Best Buy
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The hype was huge but what's the reality behind the Microsoft Vista launch? We're not sure either, but we do try to get to the bottom of it at our local software retailer.
Episode links: Windows Vista, Jonathan Lasoff, Best Buy
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Here’s the second part of our nerdcore series from Vegas during CES 2007. In this one we’ve got some throw downs from YTCracker, Doc Popular, MC Plus+ and Monzy. Nerdcore has taken over Las Vegas, your town is next.
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Here’s the second part of our nerdcore series from Vegas during CES 2007. In this one we’ve got some throw downs from YTCracker, Doc Popular, MC Plus+ and Monzy. Nerdcore has taken over Las Vegas, your town is next.
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A major highlight of CES for the GETV crew was getting immersed in nerdcore life. Nerdcore hiphop is a global phenomenon that showed Las Vegas that it’s for real and not to be trifled with. Two big shows of nerdtastic artistry went d...
A major highlight of CES for the GETV crew was getting immersed in nerdcore life. Nerdcore hiphop is a global phenomenon that showed Las Vegas that it’s for real and not to be trifled with. Two big shows of nerdtastic artistry went d...
While wandering the floor of CES last week, we came across a lonely comedian reading the newspaper next to a stack of joke machine gadgets. Upon further investigation, we find out it's Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling, the man who...
We recently found ourselves in Las Vegas for the ginormous annual Consumer Electronics Show. Spanning several massive floors in several massive buildings, this is the event for all things gadgets, geek and just plain wtf? You’ve alrea...
We recently found ourselves in Las Vegas for the ginormous annual Consumer Electronics Show. Spanning several massive floors in several massive buildings, this is the event for all things gadgets, geek and just plain wtf? You’ve alrea...
Dr. Tiki and Johnny Johnny of the intoxicatingly refreshing online video show Tiki Bar TV happened to be in our neck of the woods recently. Irina cornered the good doctor and witty mixologist on a San Francisco rooftop and got the scoop on ...
What is all this Yelping about? Why do Yelpers throw such great parties? What makes Yelpers such a passionate bunch? What the hell is Yelp anyway? All legitimate questions. GETV invades a recent Yelp holiday party at the California Academy ...
After seeing Justin Timberlake’s brilliant gift idea on SNL last week, MC Slutsky didn’t want to leave the fella’s out in the cold. So, despite a horrific tone deafness, here is her rendition of this very special Christmas...
Ze Frank has a posse. That posse is known as Sports Racers. One Sports Racer by the name of RunningFool, or Luke as his parents might call him, is in the midst of tossing himself off from Sports Racer to Sports Racer in an attempt to ...
GETV found its way to Vienna, Austria for the 8th annual Roboexotica cocktail robot festival, conference and awards show organized by the snarky drunkards at monochrom and SHIFZ. Violet Blue interviews some more creators of amazing co...
GETV found its way to Vienna, Austria for the 8th annual Roboexotica cocktail robot festival, conference and awards show organized by the snarky drunkards at monochrom and SHIFZ. Here is a sampling of a few drink faciliating machines....
GETV paid a visit to the annual San Francisco Zine Fest, where passionate zinesters, illustrators, artists and cross stichers of all stripes gather. Here's a sampling of the festivities from this year's event.Episode links: SF Zine Fe...
We stopped by Podcamp West where podcasters of all stripes where in attendance sharing, shmoozing and spitting. Irina caught up with a few of them mingling outside the Swedish American Hall venue.
Episode Links: Network Security Podcast, Pa...
Our 100th episode! What better way to cap off our first c-note of episodes than climbing in bed with Dawn Miceli and Drew Domkus of the Dawn and Drew Show. They were in town emceeing a gamers conference (where we won a trip to Sweden, btw) ...
Our 100th episode! What better way to cap off our first c-note of episodes than climbing in bed with Dawn Miceli and Drew Domkus of the Dawn and Drew Show. They were in town emceeing a gamers conference (where we won a trip to Sweden, btw) ...
We caught up with some of the best Quake 4 players in the world at a recent gamers conference in San Francisco. Irina chats up Missy, Livia, trito and Alana from the girlz of destruction computer gaming team. They all currently live in the ...
Alive in Baghdad is a videoblog shot on the streets of Iraq that provides a direct unmediated pipeline to stories of Iraqi citizens.? Alive in Baghdad recently swept the Vloggies by taking home 7 awards. Irina talks with Brian Conley, co-fo...
If you weren’t able to make it to the Vloggies this past weekend in San Francisco, then you must experience the magic in this super condensed version of the awards festivities. Irina Slutsky along with Daniel McVicar hosted this semin...
GETV’s very own Irina Slutsky co-founded, co-hosted and co-produced (with PodTech) the first annual Vloggies awards show this past weekend in San Francisco. By all accounts, it was a smashing success. We’ve got our own coverage ...
Irina joins Ronnie of RSS News (”all puppet news, all the time”) on the set of his new show, which is set to launch any moment now. Ronnie talks a bit about his motivations for the new show and where he likes to park.? Irina the...
We attend a hoity toity Segway Polo match for charity with GETV alums Woz and Victor Miller where GETV Guest Segway Sportscaster Nicole Shipley (daughter of Veritas Software founder Dale Shipley) asked hard hitting questions about the recen...
Bioneers is a sustainability, social justice and fix the world sort of conference that takes place in 16 cities simultaneously with the central soyload taking place in Marin County, just north of San Francisco. GETV’s Sarah Pullman wa...
When our new boss Rorbert Scoble said he’d had dinner with a great vlogger who’s also "some guy who’s on a soap opera," Irina’s ears perked up. Turns out he’s on a soap opera that Irina and her si...
This isn’t the first time I’ve grabbed Mark Cuban in the hall of a hotel to interview him, and it won’t be the last! And I must say, Cuban is as gracious a webebrity as GETV has ever met. Not only did he shake the hand of ...
What does a 24-year-old physics student have to do with running celebrity-focused ajax-yummy site Kevo? GETV flew all the way to Los Angeles to find out. We met up with late-blooming geekstar Will Jessup (he discovered his Java genius only ...
If GETV could admit to being a groupie of any vlog, it would be Ask A Ninja, since being a groupie of a ninja is an honor. And being killed by one is too. But Irina’s not quite ready to be chopped up into little pieces, so instead she...
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Yahoo!, that benevolent purple and yellow Internet behemoth, opened her doors to hungry hackers of all stripes for 24 hours last weekend. The result was over 500 pizzas eaten, 100+ dozen Krispy Kremes demolis...
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Who knew that a megalo-uber-etoile like Beck Hansen would entertain just a few hundred geekerati this past weekend (the likes of dotben and Joyce Parks) at Yahoo Hack Day 2006, but alas, it’s true. To ...
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Seriously, these guys are like a set of triplets connected at the brain cuz when we asked them a question, all three would answer in parts that spewed out like one coherent resposnse. The "them" is Invisible...
Cory Doctorow is an award winning science fiction writer, BoingBoing blogger, online policy geek and even a Canadian. Irina checks in with Cory on his new life in LA, his clothing, the singularity, post-humanism, weird crap, risk taking, th...
Josh Wolf, freelance journalist, videoblogger and federal prisoner who is not accused of committing a crime, was out on bail while the courts considered his case. We caught up with Josh just days before he found out that his bail was revoke...
Josh Wolf, freelance journalist, videoblogger and federal prisoner who is not accused of committing a crime, was out on bail while the courts considered his case. We caught up with Josh just days before he found out that his bail was revoke...
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Insert Ad Here and We All Get Paid. By the time we stuffed a mic in their faces, Revver co-founders Steven and Oliver had been drinking their own Kool-Aid for hours at the Revver 1.0 party in the Ci...
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David Ulevitch is a man who is passionate about making the tubes work faster and more accurately for you, just as long as he can look his mother in the eye while doing it....
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The 9.8 Fighting Kite Brigade recently hosted another of its infamous kite fights high atop one of San Francisco’s notorious hills. Kites were going down left and rig...
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This week, we delve into the GETV archives of the past 10 months to bring you a handful of never before seen clips. We’ve accumulated a lot of content that never made it to the light of our ...
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While recently in New York City for HOPE2006, we caught up with Johannes, the main instigator of the Austrian based art-technology-philosophy group called monochrom. Johannes explains Roboexotica,...
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We caught up with Philip Rosedale aka Philip Linden, the man that birthed the massively multi-player experience known as Second Life, at the second annual Second Life Community Convention in San F...
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We’re still at the LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco. What do virgins, big stacks, spam and burning man have in common? We’re not sure either but Irina asks the tough questions.
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We’re at the Linuxworld Expo in San Francisco hanging out in the Slashdot Lounge in the dot-org pavilion. Irina is couch-side with Mr. Slashdot himself, Rob Malda aka CmdrTaco, getting answers to all the questions y...
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On a bright Saturday afternoon, GETV was caught in downtown San Francisco with a brain hungry mob of zombies. Yes zombies! Find out if Irina survives her encounter or if her brain isn...
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Episode links: Off the Grid Camp, Freshtopia, Udo Schroeter, Heather Flanagan, Aaron Tinling, Richard White, Michael Hoover, Robert Scoble
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Free Software Freedom Fighter Richard Stallman tells us the four essential freedoms and why they are important for cooking and software. Ogg Theora version (.ogg) included to maintain Richard’s free...
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GETV is in New York City for the sixth iteration of Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE). Irina buzzes around the Hotel Pennsylvania like a bee to pollen, finding out what is interesting in the world of computer security, lockpicking...
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Irina gets the lowdown on the schwagosphere at the recent Valleyschwag Hoedown in San Francisco. An investigative piece on "scwhag" vs. "swag," hacking free ugly tshirts from companies you’ve never hear...
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Irina gets the lowdown on the schwagosphere at the recent Valleyschwag Hoedown in San Francisco. An investigative piece on "scwhag" vs. "swag," hacking free ugly tshirts from companies you’ve never hear...
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Like a modern day Magellan, Jason Lewis is out to circumnavigate the globe though only using the power of his body. After several years of walking, biking, climbing, pedal boating and rollberblading Jason is closing in on th...
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Like a modern day Magellan, Jason Lewis is out to circumnavigate the globe though only using the power of his body. After several years of walking, biking, climbing, pedal boating and rollberblading Jason is closing in on th...
Second Life is a vibrant exploding universe onto itself. It has a thriving economy, a creative workforce, islands of virtual terrain to explore, build upon and events at all times of the day. It takes an embedded journalist to bring these v...
GETV RoboReporter Violet Blue found herself amidst deadly combat robots and their makers at RoboGames 2006 recently held in San Francisco. Violet talks to the creators behind competitors MegaByte, Pipe Wench, Snakebyte, Devil’s Plunge...