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First Episode of NerdTV Released

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the hope-they-are-ready-for-nerd-traffic dept.

kurosawdust writes "The first ever episode of Robert Cringely's long-awaited NerdTV is now available for download. This episode features Andy Hertzfeld, member of the original Macintosh team who always has a few good stories to tell. Episode 1 is available in MP4 Video (whole episode and smaller-sized snippets) MP3, Ogg, AAC, and good old-fashioned text transcript (for those of you who watch your TV in vi, like God intended). NerdTV is released under the Creative Commons license."

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  1. No Torrent? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I checked the site and couldn't find a .torrent file (at least in an obvious place). This surprised me greatly.

    Nerds (geeks) + Creative Commons = Perfect Opportunity for a Torrent.

    Is there a problem with mainstream adoption of .torrents? It would seem to me that bittorrent should be the FIRST option for distribution of this kind of content.

    I had a similar experience downloading Ubuntu Linux. There was a torrent file available but I had to hunt (briefly) for it. Shouldn't these kind of projects capitalize on the cheap bandwidth for their free content?

  2. IPTV on old school TV by phildog · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've been watching more and more IPTV stuff these days--Rocketboom, NerdTV, systm, homestarrunner, etc. Can anyone recommend a good dedicated piece of hardware for watching IPTV stuff on a real TV?

    Bonus points if HDTV support is baked in.

    But the biggest factor is it has to pass the "wife test". The UI should be simple and intuitive.

    Does such a product exist? The Pinnacle Showcenter 200 and D-Link Wireless Media player sound close, but I worry about the usability factor.

    From what I've heard XBMC is a great solution, but I want something I can actually buy online or in a store somewhere. I'm more into hacking software than hardware these days.

    Thanks!

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  3. Where is the podcast? by wscott · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I just was to subscribe to the audio portion of the show so I don't miss any future shows. How can this really be nerdy without a podcast?

  4. Re:He seems to dislike WindowsCE by metamatic · · Score: 5, Interesting
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