Party on, Cringely

Robert X. Cringely's launch of his internet-only, PBS-affiliated geek interview show has been somewhat overshadowed by the tragedy that has been what happened to New Orleans. (Sorry for the difficult diction, I gave up half-way through a sentence that would have somehow thrown blame at the government, but then we know about that already don't we).

Those not familiar with his blog may find it here

The Nerd TV site can be found here

The first episode is a very good interview with Macintosh software pioneer Andy Hertzfeld. For the higher quality QuickTime(320 x 240 mp4), expect about a 90 MB download - also available as a torrent.

Is also available as an audio download, and the site says shortly to be available in podcast form.

Of interest - Andy Hertzfeld's book is called Revolution in the Valley and you can find it here. This book comes from his contribution to the neat history of Silicon Valley blog folklore.org.