Geeking After Dark

Technology, startups, city life, musings, and random brain burps from some geeks chatting with each other. News items frequently make appearances as well.

Roid Rage in Blue 05/07/2024

Roid Rage in Blue Bart and Norma discuss upcoming elections (from a comment, not my usual ranting!), turns out "Log Cabin Republicans" are the most anti-gay pro-gay GOP group, protests, and police don't like being told they can't use their non-prescription roid-drugs! Also, why is there a vocal group of men so very very angry that women would rather risk being mauled by a bear instead of encountering them? WHY? TELL THEM WHY! WHY WOULD YOU CHOOSE THAT?! <picks up rocks and sharp sticks> TELL THEM NOW! /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/31177582

Buppy is Visiting the Studio 04/30/2024

Buppy is Visiting the Studio Bart and Norma discuss her trip, our mentally ill dog, a rock/gem show, a guy who set himself on fire and a school that's afraid an icky man will make their kids icky. Also, streaming services suck at software! /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/31053948

Why Florida? 04/16/2024

Why Florida? Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss an upcoming trip to our most terrible effed-up state, Florida! OJ Simpson no longer worries about his ex-wife's killer on the loose, Starship Troopers was a great movie, Nike wants you to "Just Do This", and the Trump Trial begins! /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/30850103

Movie Nights with Dude 04/09/2024

Movie Nights with Dude Bart and Norma discuss measles, Tim Allen/Home Improvement, and viewing iconic and/or symbolic movies from our past with our Dude. Also some passing comments of people who are wealthy, popular, and problematic despite their transgressions, because society is terrible. /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/30749443

Texas Needs PA Protection! 03/26/2024

Texas Needs PA Protection! Bart and Norma discuss shortened work weeks, citizenship tests, Kyle Rittenhouse runs away from questions because...snowflake? And all the Conservatives want to make an appearance for the cameras in Texas! /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/30548583

Time Change is Terrible 03/12/2024

Time Change is Terrible Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss school preparedness (kind of), problems with planning school trips, big men in military cammo are lurking in NYC subways because security theater is a thing, explore Dead Domain's video channel for their fun infiltration videos (and more!), and you missed buying a Soprano's booth off eBay! /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/30341643

Project 2025: Order A Red Cloak Now, Ladies! 03/05/2024

Project 2025: Order A Red Cloak Now, Ladies! Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss some recent news items, celebrate the rumored downstepping of Mitch McConnell, Love on the Spectrum and the portrayal of people on the spectrum, police retaliation suits and Congress is as productive as you'd expect at this point! And we touch on Project 2025...be afraid. Seriously. /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/30242038

Squirrels vs Cops 02/27/2024

Squirrels vs Cops Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss more shootings (surprise), bed bugs, the police wage war on acorns, and embryos are now children in Alabama but you can't apparently claim them legally as children on taxes? WHY? Also, vending machines are spying on you. /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/30136513

TayTay Wins the Superbowl 02/13/2024

TayTay Wins the Superbowl Bart and Norma had a relatively quiet week...we've had a few of those, for the most part, recently? Maybe? Now we're going to be cursed for thinking that. This week we discuss the successful Superbowl brainwashing of America with Operation TayTay, Trump insists TayTay would be a disloyal traitor if she didn't endorse him since he made her such a rich superstar, Paramount+ pretended their Superbowl streaming failures were minor and somehow Rob Schneider became a topic, mostly about mental health. /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/29935903

Tay Tay at the Super Bowl-ay! 02/06/2024

Tay Tay at the Super Bowl-ay! Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss Taylor Swift's (potential?) Super Bowl appearance and the rabid turmoil from the GOP idiots over her rumored appearance at the Super Bowl, hate-speech books loved by bigots, Elon Musk, from South Africa, rails against immigrants, Ted Cruz wants special secret treatment at airports, and Tennessee loves guns too much to care about statistics! /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/29828273

Date Night Destinations 01/30/2024

Date Night Destinations Voretaq is back with Bart and Norma, discussing dating and "upscale" restaurants, Trump (NOT MY FAULT it came up!) and running for President from prison, and a DJ was found dead in a weird circumstance... /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/29718378

Slow News is Snooze News 01/23/2024

Slow News is Snooze News Bart and Norma mainly go over news items, and it's been kind of slow...which is really good for January, especially on an election year in the US! The only "election" discussion centers on everyone's favorite punchable face, DeSantis, officially quitting his bid for the big chair. Also discussed, Alec Baldwin, Taylor Swift, stupid lawsuits and whining about school uniform design. Are we a gossip cast now? /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/29616003

Not Yet Episode 601 01/09/2024

Not Yet Episode 601 Bart and Norma discuss weather, notes from...another dimension?...celebrities continue to die, and did you know you can open bags of snacks with lighters? /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/29406458

Holiday Are Coming! Hide! 12/19/2023

Holiday Are Coming! Hide! Bart, Norma and Voretaq record what turns out to be the last show of the year! YAY! Discussions range over Clark Griswold's bonus, Apple Watch news just in time for the holidays, toll roads are a private company scam, a brief mention of Xmas Economics, and did you know "fortune telling"/Tarot readings are illegal in PA? /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/29150253

"The mind...wobbles." 12/12/2023

"The mind...wobbles." Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss a couple RIP celebrities, Tim Allen is...Tim Allen, everyone should listen to Legal Eagle analyses, Alina Habba is an unethical ogre and the mind...wobbles! /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/29041238

Santos says, "Sayonara, Suckers!" 12/05/2023

Santos says, "Sayonara, Suckers!" Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss Kissinger (war criminal?), Santos shifts career goals from grifter to grifter outside Congress, Windows thinks you own an HP, and the holiday spirit is growing! /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/28940118

Survived the Holiday: Thanksgiving 11/28/2023

Survived the Holiday: Thanksgiving Bart and Norma discuss "What is democracy if not the power accumulated in the hands of a few wealthy people?", no-fault divorce packaged with your lack of Roe-vs-Wade and red handmaid's dress, fast food is about the cost of a sit-down restaurant meal and the average sit-down restaurant meal is now the cost of a Michelin-star restaurant meal and a Michelin-star restaurant meal costs approximately 2 Instagram food influencers paychecks! /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/28827978

OpenAI Goes Boom 11/21/2023

OpenAI Goes Boom Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss the presentation and misunderstanding of how the medical system works (or at least part of it), Elon demonstrates he's still an insufferable human brain tumor, Saucon Valley School District shows they're actually having to pay something for their idiocy while denying they're idiots and OpenAI has a slight management problem. /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/28744918

Addlebrained 11/14/2023

Addlebrained Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss frozen turkey and food banks, GOP race becomes less racy, Trump is still addle-brained and LA will have some traffic problems! (Have to point out there's traffic problems since LA residents probably won't notice) /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/28640123

Covenant Eyes, Not At All Weird 11/07/2023

Covenant Eyes, Not At All Weird Bart, Norma and Voretaq celebrate the 500th episode by breaking the recording software! Updates are great! We also discuss Clever Hans (though not by name since my memory isn't great), idiots vs. scammers, Ape NFTs are still a thing apparently and that can lead to fake sunburns in your eyes, the origins of "salty" (thanks Siri!) and software for sharing your porn habits with your kids! That's not at all weird, is it Mr. Johnson!? /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/28547237

Paying Teachers to Shoot, But Not Pay For Supplies 10/31/2023

Paying Teachers to Shoot, But Not Pay For Supplies Bart and Norma discuss YET ANOTHER proposal to give teachers incentive to shoot people in schools (but pay out of pocket for actual schools supplies) after yet another shooting, more celebrities pass away, the House speaker is elected and he's yet another terrible person in my opinion, and candy corn is terrible and people are finally realizing it! Oh, and Apple is holding an event to announce new products... /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/28476683

Lemon Amazon Energy Drink 10/24/2023

Lemon Amazon Energy Drink Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss responsible legislation, sex ed in schools, education in general, Panera is getting sued, Amazon sells driver pee (supposedly?), Fall of the House of Usher is great and Jim Jordan is still terrible in our opinions! /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/28408943

Weaponized Printers 10/17/2023

Weaponized Printers Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss pensions, stupidity of our penal system, and 3D printers as weapons! Bonus: we seem to be in agreement that Elon Musk is an idiot. /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/28345205

Living on a Negative Income 10/03/2023

Living on a Negative Income Bart and Norma end up spending quite a bit of time talking about the affordability of just existing in our country now (See what I did there? Spending quite a bit of time??), along with a couple short news items...the collapse of society will be televised! /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/28215584

Cool Blue Spiders 09/26/2023

Cool Blue Spiders Bart and Norma discuss newly discovered blue tarantulas, another Congressperson getting in trouble for...bribery, I guess? (Still not sure the difference between bribery and lobbying...) The Tax Man wants to talk to you if you sold tickets for too much money, and Canada accidentally loves Nazis! /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/28149080

Subsidized by Spying 09/19/2023

Subsidized by Spying Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss ghostwriters for celebrity stories, "coolers" that hide what's inside until you watch an ad, a stealth plane that was *really* stealthy and a visit to the Statue of Liberty. Oh, and Bobo, now being labeled as "Bimbo", managed to get kicked out of a family musical performance after groping her boyfriend's joystick and being disruptive...but it's not her fault, she swears! /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/28084590

Biblically Inappropriate 09/12/2023

Biblically Inappropriate Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss school rules, Danny Masterson and the cult that protected him, Instant Pots are great, and the Bible breaks the Bible-believer's own rules while trying to hurt them sinners! /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/28012911

AI Writing Detection (Academia Edition) 08/29/2023

AI Writing Detection (Academia Edition) Bart and Norma discuss the ultimate porch pirate, Bob Barker has passed as close to a dollar without going over, completely trusting anti-cheat detection for writing is...not wise, and the government...and our justice system...well, trust is all relative, I suppose... /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/27882837

AI Isn't Smart, Nor Are School Officials... 08/22/2023

AI Isn't Smart, Nor Are School Officials... Bart and Norma discuss the (de-)merits of fracking, schools that think ChatGPT is KITT, killing people because the funeral industry will bribe with more money than EMT paychecks provide and we even bring up poop knives which are apparently a real thing now! /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/27820824

Sky Sharks! 08/15/2023

Sky Sharks! Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Meg 2, Sky Sharks (because they're AWESOME), Conservative efforts to justify hateful laws just make them onerous and stupid, Orlando apparently doesn't like losing gay dollars, and church is FUN! (No, it's not) /episode/index/show/geekingafterdark/id/27762453

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