Planet Nerd: Episode 11

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Aug 162007
 

Howdy Fellow Time-Travellers!

This week’s Planet Nerd comes to you from the future. But not our future – the future of the past! A time when we would have had flying cars, glittering roads surrounded by hovering purposeless silver spheres, and kitchens that cook food for you – were it not for reality and greed getting in the way.

So, put on your jet-pack and hover to the video for the following moon-dwelling gems:

  • Simon Barber reviews the original Might and Magic
  • Wayne Dixon shows us the origins of Linux
  • Ben McKenzie illustrates the flaws of Wikipedia – and the solution: Wikia!
  • Dan Walmsley explores the Prelinger Archives and digs up some kitsch futuristic treasures

In this uncertain age, more than ever, we need Planet Nerd to bring back the blinkered post-war optimism that makes old people so nostalgic.

Signing Off,
Captain Dan

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Planet Nerd: The Creation of Linux

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Aug 162007
 

Wayne Dixon takes us back to the heady days of 1992, when Linus Torvalds first released Linux into the world. People thought he was crazy!

Which turns out to be true.

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Planet Nerd: Ben reviews Wikia

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Aug 162007
 

The Digital Ben McKenzie guides the viewer through the Wonderful World of Wikis from his secret Cave of Thought.

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Nerds Gone Wild

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Aug 112007
 

Nerds Gone Wild cover Issue 4A friend just brought this magazine to my attention, and I am stunned that I haven’t come across it before. Nerds Gone Wild is the creation of Melbourne writer Mia Timpano.

It’s a magazine that you can buy in the store. You can also download it for free as PDF. The latest edition features Daniel Kitson as guest writer.

I’m in heaven.

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Planet Nerd: Six Wikis of Separation Reloaded

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Aug 092007
 

A few weeks ago, Simon Barber laid the clicky-linky smack down when it came to keyboardless navigation of Internet marvel, Wikipedia.

Viewer Bec wasn’t impressed. She laid down a challenge. And, like a Phoenix rising from… well, Parkville… he showed that he still has what it takes to navigate the vast sea of information that we call Teh Intarwebs.

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Planet Nerd: University High School: The School for Nerds

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Aug 092007
 

A few weeks ago, Dan Walmsley visited his Alma Mater, University High School (a.k.a. “Uni High”. The name is an historical anomaly; Uni High is not some crazy-ass hybrid of University and High School).

Uni High is home to one of Australia’s first accelerated programs for gifted students. Dan Walmsley interviews the staff, teachers and students in an effort to find out the benefits and drawbacks of putting a bunch of smart kids in the same room.

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Planet Nerd: Episode 10

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Aug 092007
 

Not long ago in a galaxy that’s quite close by, an evil tyrant and his cruel henchman terrorised planets with devastating literary subterfuge.

Only the Planet Nerd team stood in their way. Reduced to a skeleton crew by a galactic plague known only as “I’m too busy this week”, our valiant heroes struggle to fight the galactic menace, while also producing family-friendly infotainment – ENTIRELY USING HAND-DRAWN ANIMATION.

  • Wince as they barely manage to squeeze a cogent narrative out of University High School’s Accelerated Program
  • Cheer as they reduce the Six Wikis of Separation to Five
  • Shrug as they blatantly pad the episode with popular content from previous weeks

All this and more in this week’s Planet Nerd!

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Planet Nerd: The Cartoon

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Aug 092007
 

Following on a grand tradition of biting off more than we can chew, this week we animated the between-segment bits.

If you ever got up early on a Saturday and wrapped yourself in a blanket to watch cartoons while your grandma brought your weeties and milk, then this is for you.

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Episode 10 is almost upon us

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Aug 092007
 

Not long ago in a galaxy that’s quite close by, an evil tyrant and his cruel henchman terrorised planets with devastating literary subterfuge.

Only the Planet Nerd team stood in their way. Reduced to a skeleton crew by a galactic plague known only as “I’m too busy this week, fuck off”, our valiant heroes struggle to fight the galactic menace, while also produced family-friendly infotainment.

  • Wince as they barely manage to squeeze a cogent narrative out of University High School’s Accelerated Program
  • Cheer as they reduce the Six Wikis of Separation to Five
  • Shrug as they blatantly pad the episode with popular content from previous weeks

All this and more in this week’s Planet Nerd. Watch it. Channel 31, tonight (Thursday) at 10pm or Saturday night at 1:30am. The fate of the galaxy depends on it.

Signing Off
Captain Dan Walmsley

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Suburban Knights

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Aug 062007
 

Once in a generation a film arrives which redefines what it means to be a series of images rapidly shown one-after-the-other on some kind of display surface.

This is that film.

It’s Aussie. It’s Star Wars. It’s… well, just go watch it. It’s worth it just to hear one Jedi should to another “You SON of a BITCH!”. And it’s made right here in Melbourne!

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