Comments for Today in Geeky History

Comment on Jun 06, 1933 (67) Drive-in Theaters by CN

CN — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:46:15 +0000

Most of the drive ins eventually adapted a ‘charge by the carload’ policy. We also used to tune into the drive in’s radio station when driving past. I think my brother still has one of those speakers from the old drive in back home (forgot to take it out of the window when exiting. OOPS!)

Comment on Jun 06, 1933 (67) Drive-in Theaters by Wesley

Wesley — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:27:45 +0000

I believe the first movie I was present for in a drive-in was Taxi Driver. According to my parents I slept through it. It was probably for the best.

I have never ridden in a trunk to get into a drive-in for free, but I have used my trunk so others could do so. I have also watched a movie from a hillside with a radio tuned into the theater’s station to watch the movie for free. In retrospect, I should have coughed up the $5 but it’s a fun memory.

Comment on Jun 06, 1933 (67) Drive-in Theaters by CN

CN — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:21:28 +0000

The first movie I can remember seeing (Star Wars) was at the drive-in. Probably not the best way to see a movie, but it certainly was a lot cheaper. I used to take my wife to the 5 screen drive-in here, before they turned it into a shopping center. Good times.

Comment on Jun 03, 1888 (66) “Casey at the Bat” by Wesley

Wesley — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:54:15 +0000

(Yes, I edited your post. Volcanicast is explicit, but this show is officially rated PG and we actually are trying to keep it as G as possible)

Actually, Jenny and I pick the topics together. The topics must almost always pass both of us to make it into the show, and this one in particular did in fact do just that. Baseball itself may not be “geeky” but a poem you loved as a kid but totally forgot about for years counts - to us - as geeky. Remember, the topics here are ones that a geek would find interesting. As a Geek, I found this one interesting and so did Jenny.

There have been topics that we’ve considered and dropped, and others that we’ve considered and kept, even though they were not strictly “geeky.” Amusingly, this was not one of them; this one we were both on board from the start.

Comment on Jun 03, 1888 (66) “Casey at the Bat” by Crazy Nutso

Crazy Nutso — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:01:31 +0000

say, is this ‘geeky history’ or ’stuff Wes is into’ history? Baseball is the national pass time, and can hardly be considered ‘geeky’… Especially being that you never mentioned any of the many Warner brother’s cartoons based on the poem. You’ll never get a lame wiki page devoted to this podcast at this rate.

Comment on Jun 01, 1495 (65) Scotch Whiskey by Crazy Nutso

Crazy Nutso — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:23:09 +0000

Dude, that’s not geeky, that’s drunky.

Comment on May 23, 1929 (61) Mickey Mouse Talks by Wesley

Wesley — Tue, 26 May 2009 02:35:27 +0000

Why thank you. The Einstein logo was totally my idea, though Jenny did the art. I can’t draw a wet paper bag to draw my way out of.

Comment on May 23, 1929 (61) Mickey Mouse Talks by Crazy Nutso

Crazy Nutso — Tue, 26 May 2009 01:34:05 +0000

Love the variable logos. Einstein’s my favorite.

Comment on May 25, 1962 (62) Moon Proposal by Crazy Nutso

Crazy Nutso — Tue, 26 May 2009 01:31:28 +0000

Good choice. The Opening of Star Wars would have been way too obvious.

Comment on May 1, 1930 (52) Pluto gets a name by Wesley

Wesley — Mon, 11 May 2009 09:07:31 +0000

Update: Venetia Phair, the little girl who at age 11 named the Dwarf Planet Pluto, died on May 8th at the age of 90.

Comment on May 1, 1930 (52) Pluto gets a name by Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 01 May 2009 08:58:52 +0000

I still say he made that little girl gain 5lbs. Rude.

Comment on Mar 22, 1993 (36) Pentiums by Jenny

Jenny — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:23:41 +0000

Maybe I have to email Intel finally?

Comment on Mar 22, 1993 (36) Pentiums by Wesley

Wesley — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:07:41 +0000

You know, now that you say that I remember it, but it totally failed to even enter my brain when doing the research for the topic.

Egg on face, indeed! Good catch.

You don’t happen to know what the “80″ stands for in “80586″ do you?

Comment on Mar 22, 1993 (36) Pentiums by blob

blob — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:54:34 +0000

Dudes, you totally failed to mention that while they were so busy worrying about how to market the thing, they forgot to make the CPU do math right.

The Pentium Floating Point Division (FDIV) bug, which amounted to egg on Intel’s face more than anything (only appoximately 1 per 9 billion divisions would be affected), was nonetheless a humorous bit of related geeky history.

Comment on Feb 07, 1979 (017) Pluto Makes His Move by Wesley

Wesley — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:57:39 +0000

Haha! We tricked you!

But don’t be surprised if when we cover that one too!