Gawker: valleywag, getv

Teentrepreneur Jessica Mah big fan of dating site Valleywag

Jackson West — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:00:00 EDT

The latest episode of Geek Entertainment TV has ebullient host Irina Slutsky asking SXSW attendees, "What has the Internet done for you lately?" Ambitious, underage entrepreneur Jessica Mah tells Slutsky that an appearance on Valleywag helped net inquiries from fifteen suitors — purely to discuss investment opportunities, people.

Richard Stallman attracts air-humping hackers

Nick Douglas — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 15:10:47 EDT

I'm as confused as you'll be about this video found on YouTube (with the title "Naaasty Footage!"). As far as I can tell, the action goes as follows:

Geek Entertainment TV video bloggers Irina Slutsky and Eddie Codel just finished interviewing Richard Stallman, founder of the GNU project and the Free Software Foundation. (That's a huge coup for GETV.)

Hacker "Grandmaster Ratte" (founder of the famed hacker group Cult of the Dead Cow) humps the air behind Stallman.

Next to the Grandmaster is phone phreaker (and alleged, um, child-botherer) Captain Crunch (real name John Draper), an old friend of Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.

Naaasty Footage! [YouTube]

Adaptive Path: "I think it might be a beverage."

ndouglas — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 16:33:58 EST

Okay, Adaptive Path (yes, yes, the people in the tub of lust, everyone keeps bringing it up) is one of the few unmockable San Francisco Internet startups. It puts out an actual service, has actual offices (with REAL DESKS. Really), and it's been up and running for five years. Now it's selling bits of itself to Google and hooking up hook-up artists at anniversary parties.

But it still can't get no respect. At the latest AP party, Irina Slutsky of Geek Entertainment TV quizzed notables like HOT or NOT's James Hong and 43 Folders blogger Merlin Mann. The question: "What is Adaptive Path?" The answers: guerillas, life choices, navigating water, and maybe a beverage.

What is Adaptive Path? [GETV]

Cohen brothers split at Bittorrent

ndouglas — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 16:09:16 EST

Om Malik scoops a rift between the Cohen brothers (not the cool Big Lebowski ones. That's the Coen brothers. The Cohens are the ones who let you steal The Big Lebowski).

BitTorrent founder Bram Cohen reportedly helped nudge his brother Ross out of his CTO spot. Om connects Bram's move to the p2p tool's recent VC round, which might call for some legitimization of BitTorrent.

Is BitTorrent quietly Napsterizing itself by purging the old staff? That would explain why Bram got so touchy with GETV correspondent Irina Slutsky at his convention, CodeCon. Said Bram to Irina: "Can you ask me about something other than BitTorrent? I actually do other stuff other than BitTorrent."

Cohen vs. Cohen at BitTorrent [Om Malik]
Don't ask Bram Cohen about BitTorrent [GETV]