Tonight on GeekNights, we consider tech debt. Where it comes from, what it means, and what you can do about it. Rym's made a career of owning and addressing the tech debt of legacy systems, and there aren't really "correct" answers here. In the news, Microsoft is offering an Edge VPN, Ukrainian drones are shockingly effective against the Russian Navy, and you should check your home to see if it has any of these strange old holes. Also don't forget that the GeekNights Book Club is a thing! Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Tech DebtThings of the DayRym - How Electricity Actually WorksScott - Sweet, Garlicky & Crunchy Doritos Furikake

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the concept of handwriting. In the news, idiots are in trouble with the FAA, another unrelated idiot is in trouble with the FAA (weirdly echoing an episode of Bob's Burgers), and the Stanley Cup Playoffs are imminent.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Thursday - HandwritingThings of the DayRym - San Francisco 1906Scott - Star Wars Fonts

Tonight on GeekNights, we review Tatsuki Fujimoto's one-shot manga Goodbye, Eri. It's 200 pages long, and it's absolutely worth reading. Especially starting at page 18. In the news, the YAOI Paddle resurrection was thankfully short-lived, AnimeNEXT has to cancel for a very good reason, Anime Expo's twitter was hacked by NFT scammers, Delicious in Dungeon is getting an anime, and The Orbital Children is a fantastic hard sci-fi.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Wednesday - Goodbye, EriThings of the DayRym - astonishing to think he did all of this in the darkroomScott - 35mm cinema film and digital audio

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about display cables. The standards can be confusing, S-Video was not that common, VGA was king for a long long time, and we grew up in the days of RF. In the news, web scraping is perfectly legal, the bad man is trying (and failing) to buy Twitter, and Rym got a 3080Ti.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Video CablesThings of the DayRym - You can only BORROW this gameScott - 2022 /r/place Atlas

Tonight on the GeekNights Book Club, we review and discuss N.K. Jemisin's fantastic The City We Became. It's a book about New York. And about cities. The City We Became is a 2020 urban fantasy novel by N. K. Jemisin. Taking place in New York City (a setting in which we are heavily invested), the City itself is in peril in a world where great cities become sentient through human avatars. After the avatar of New York falls into a supernatural coma and vanishes, a group of five new avatars representing the five boroughs come together to fight their common Enemy. It's the first book in her ongoing The Great Cities series, but it is self-contained and well worth reading alone. We've discussed her work before in the book club with The Fifth Season (also 1000% worth reading)!Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Book Club - GeekNights Book Club: The City We Became

Tonight on GeekNights, we revisit the topic of hosting we last covered in 2006. From simple web hosting to SaaS (Software as a Service), PaaS (Platform as a Service) and even Iaas (Infrastructure as a Service), a lot has changed. Amazon EC2 didn't even exist when we did that first episode. In the news, Vimeo moves further into B2B, Twitch pauses its "porn on the front page" feature, Amazon is reportedly censoring interesting words like "union" in its new internal app.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - Hosting in 2022Things of the DayRym - Drop Mario into BlenderScott - Infinite Mac

Tonight on GeekNights, we consider James Bond (in cinema). In the news, Rym is back from London, and New York has a lot of good options for connecting LGA to the rest of the city. Your regularly scheduled GeekNights should resume from this point forward!Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Thursday - James BondThings of the DayRym - Did Dua Lipa ACTUALLY Plagiarize Levitating? (No)Scott - Ice-America : UGA Hockey Rink

Tonight on GeekNights, we review Saint Patrick's Day (the holiday). We have a fraught history with it, frankly. In the news, Scott is trying out Obsidian, Daylight Saving Time is likely going to be permanent in the US (for the second time) much to the surprise of some of the senators who made it happen, and New York governor Hochul continues to be a mixed bag.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Thursday - Saint Patrick's DayThings of the DayRym - Crack That Tank!Scott - Opening a dam gate after years of it being closed

Tonight on GeekNights, we review Offworld Trading Company. An RTS with a M.U.L.E. lineage, we're having fun with it and even playing some multiplayer. In the news, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are coming, and the Playdate has a nice dev kit. In much more somber and tragic news, since the last episode we made, Russia has invaded Ukraine in what can only be described as a naked act of imperial aggression.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Tuesday - Offworld Trading Company (2016)Things of the DayRym - 1100 meter piste slide with no skisScott - Fortune Telling from Super Mario Bros. DX

Tonight on GeekNights, we review Mamoru Hosoda's Belle. A beautiful film that deals with the disconnect (or the lack thereof) between the online and the real, we have previously reviewed Hosoda's Mirai, The Boy and the Beast, Wolf Children, Summer Wars, and One Piece 6: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island. In the news, Amazon has ruined Comixology, Hayao Miyazaki's Shuna's Journey is being released in the US, and legendary mecha sesigner Kazutaka Miyatake needs help after suffering a tragic loss. In breaking and dire news, the governor of Texas has criminalized Trans children in a move that can be described as nothing less than openly fascist.Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Wednesday - Belle (2021)Things of the DayRym - Dropping Go Pro Down A Deep Mystery PipeScott - Yadollah Gholami: Parkour Athlete who is Disabled