The Lesser Nerds Podcast » Guests

Cory Doctorow

Crashboy — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:00:59 +0000

is the co-editor of Boing Boing, an award winning science fiction author, and taught Crashboy how to use the Internet while you were still in diapers.

As a defender of digital civil liberties, Doctorow is tirelessly fighting to ensure you can sit at home in your underwear surfing for porn. He checks in with The Nerds from time to time, and here’s what he’s had to say.

Excerpt from “The Hungover”
Facebook Privacy & Gen-Y
Excerpt from “Tempest in a C Cup”
The War on Pot
Excerpt from “The Three Bruces”
Computers in Space
Here’s how to stalk Cory on the Intertron.
Follow on Twitter
@doctorow
Website
Boing Boing
Author’s Site
Craphound.com

Alec Brownstein

Crashboy — Wed, 26 May 2010 04:00:23 +0000

is got himself a job on Madison Avenue by relying on the egos of his potential employers. $6 and Google Adwords are all it took to get the attention of his favourite ad house.

Excerpt from
How to Succeed in Business
How to Succeed in Business (Without Really Trying)
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Website
The Preeminent Anthology
Follow on Twitter
@jusfonzin

Ken Denmead

Crashboy — Wed, 05 May 2010 04:00:44 +0000

is Wired Magazine’s GeekDad. Ken tells the Nerds that the kids are alright despite reports those damned punks text up to 100 messages a day.

He also offers some tips for budding Steven Spielbergs, and why parents need to put down the iPhone and just have a conversation with their kids. Advice for keeping kids off your damned lawn inexplicably absent.
Excerpt from
3.5 Inches of Nerd
3.5 Inches of Nerd
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Buy the book
GeekDad
Website
wired.com/geekdad
Follow on Twitter
@fitzwillie

Ian Spector

Crashboy — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 06:00:17 +0000

is the creator of the Internet phenomenon “Chuck Norris Facts” and, much like Chuck, cannot be stopped.
Excerpt from
Carlos with Benefits
Carlos with Benefits
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Buy the book
Chuck Norris Cannot Be Stopped
Website
IanJSpector.com
Follow on Twitter
@ianjspector

Conor McCreery

Crashboy — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:24:13 +0000

is co-creator of Kill Shakespeare, a serial comic book that pits the bard’s heroes versus the villains with Bill himself in the middle.
Excerpt from
#kill @robcorddry
#kill @robcorddry
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Website
Kill Shakespeare

Lauren Leto

Crashboy — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:31:34 +0000

is the co-founder of TextsFromLastNight.com and co-author of the book by the same name. Leto crawled her hungover ass out of bed to join her partner in crime, Ben Bator, for a hard hitting interview with the Nerds.

In addition to learning about how the site got started and what’s in store for the Fox television pilot, the nerds ween out of Ms. Leto what her favourite x-rated text message is on the site (so far).

Excerpt from
Love, TXTually
Love, TXTually
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Follow on Twitter
@laurenleto
Website
TextsFromLastNight.com
Buy the book
Texts From Last Night

Ben Bator

Crashboy — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:25:38 +0000

is the co-founder of TextsFromLastNight.com and co-author of the book by the same name. Ben and his partner in shame Lauren Leto tell the nerds about how the site got started and give the Nerds a peek behind the curtain (hint: Ben’s little brother is pulling the levers, part-time). We also get the scoop on the upcoming Fox television pilot which, we expect, will be longer than 140 characters.

Excerpt from
Love, TXTually
Love, TXTually
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Follow on Twitter
@benbetter
Website
TextsFromLastNight.com
Buy the book
Texts From Last Night

Mathew Ingram

Crashboy — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:51:30 +0000

is a senior writer at gigaOM and the man who dragged Canada’s national newspaper of record, The Globe & Mail, into the 21st century.

Mathew joined the Nerds live on location at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco for a preview to Apple’s iPad announcement, and broke through Steve Jobs’ reality distortion field to explain why the feminine hygiene inspired product isn’t going to be the sole saviour of the publishing industry.

Excerpt from
LOL!1! Live on Location
LOL!1! Live on Location
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Follow on Twitter
@mathewi
Website
mathewingram.com
Website
Blog posts on gigaOM

Carmi Levy

Crashboy — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:43:12 +0000

is Canada’s go-to technology guru. Levy joins the Nerds Live on Location at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco for his take on Apple’s iPad.

Excerpt from
LOL!1! Live on Location
LOL!1! Live on Location
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Follow on Twitter
@carmilevy
Website
Written, Inc.

Kayla Kromer

Crashboy — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:01:08 +0000

is the creator of the Millennium Falcon Bed, and the Hamburger Bed (as seen on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno!) and joins the boys to discuss the worst nerd pick-up line she’s ever received and why she has a Jar-Jar Binks fetish. Crashboy can barely restrain himself from awkward flirting on more than one occasion. It’s a train-wreck you just can’t miss.

Excerpt from
These are the babes…
These are the babes…
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Kayla also joined the Nerds for their special Live on Location show from the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco for Apple’s iPad launch, doing special guest interviews from the audience.

Excerpt from LOL!1! Live on Location
Kayla interviews Lando
Excerpt from LOL!1! Live on Location
Kayla interviews Han Solo
Excerpt from LOL!1! Live on Location
Kayla interviews Chewbacca
LOL!1! Live on Location
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Here’s how to follow Kayla’s exploits and shenanigans on the Intertubes.
Follow on Twitter
@kaylakro
Facebook
Kayla’s fan page
Flickr
Kayla’s photostream

Gordo and Walter

Crashboy — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:00:29 +0000

are the creators of the Web 2.0 Suicide Machine, a site that goes through your entire Facebook life, deleting everything you’ve ever done on the social networking site. It’s the only way to ensure Facebook doesn’t keep your personal photos, comments and digital soul.

Not surprisingly, Facebook has a problem with this.
Excerpt from
Pink!
Pink!
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Contact
suicide@moddr.net
Website
The Web 2.0 Suicide Machine

Tony Dyson

Crashboy — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:57:01 +0000

Tony Dyson is the man behind the world’s most famous astromech, R2 D2. From his island lair in Malta, Dyson tells the nerds why they’ll never have a robot sex slave. He also gives the boys a sneak peek into Dyson World Headquarters, a robot-controlled home that accepts his voice commands and responds in a sexy British accent.

Excerpt from
R2 Detour
R2 Detour
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The Nerds drop-in on Tony just ‘cos they see he’s logged into Skype.
Excerpt from
Auld Lang Cosine
Auld Lang Cosine
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Internet Movie Database
Tony Dyson (1)
Website
The Man Who Built R2D2
Follow on Twitter
@TopRadioGuy

Paul Milo

Crashboy — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:30:18 +0000

is the author of Your Flying Car Awaits, a book about failed predictions about the future. Why don’t we have domed cities? Jet packs? Food in pill form? Milo explains to the Nerds that just because it was promised, doesn’t mean it’s going to arrive.

Excerpt from
Requiem for a Rolodex
Requiem for a Rolodex
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Buy the Book
Your Flying Car Awaits

Steve Davidson

Crashboy — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:03:28 +0000

is the @RoofCoffeeCup, a guy who thought it’d be neat to drive around town with a magnetized weather-proof coffee cup stuck on his roof and tweet the responses. Steve is almost got arrested as a result of this interview with the Lesser Nerds.

Want to build your own roof coffee cup? Here’s how.

Excerpt from
Java Joe Schmo
Java Joe Schmo
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Twitter
@RoofCoffeeCup

Jeff Ely

Crashboy — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:58:04 +0000

is an economist and pinball wizard (it has to be said). The Nerds learn from the Cheap Talk blogger why the pinball machine was on death watch even before the video game industry’s Pac Mac gobbled its way into the hearts and minds of quarter-pumping pimply-faced kids around the world — and why the pinball wizard has no one to blame but himself.

Excerpt from
The Economics of Nerd
The Economics of Nerd
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Website
Cheep Talk

Cyprian Ciejkiewicz

Crashboy — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:36:35 +0000

created IJustMadeLove.com to show the world where you just schtupped. He joins the Nerds from Poland to discuss the evolution of the site, why the iPhone app won’t allow you to upload photos of the action (update: it does!) and why it seems there are many merchant marines gettin’ hot lovin’ on the high seas.

Excerpt from
Get Your Wii Wands Out
Get Your Wii Wands Out
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Website
I Just Made Love

Josh Sullivan

Crashboy — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:53:03 +0000

is a 21st century hobo and creator of “52 Friends.” Sullivan spent 52 weeks surfing the couches of 52 old and new friends by soliciting accomodations on My Space and Facebook, then spent the time stealing WiFi signals across the United States and blogging about his experiences. The Nerds caught up with Josh in America’s heartland to learn why you should never accept rides from strangers.

Excerpt from
Episode IV: A New Hope
Episode IV: A New Hope
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Episode IV: A New Hope
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How to contact Josh Sullivan
Facebook
Josh Comics
Twitter
@fiftytwofriends
Youtube
FiftyTwoFriends
My Space
fiftytwofriends