Archive for January, 2009

Geek Actually Episode 23 – Masturbation Is Good For You

January 31, 2009

Hosts: David McVay and Mirren Lee David flies solo in this episode for the first half. During this time he runs through some film and tech related stories such as: Australia’s “Clean Feed” is delayed (yay!), MP3 players (complete with government secrets), Stallone wants to make more Rambo movies and Harry Potter’s stunt double hospitalised. [...]

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Geek Actually Episode 22 – The Really Hot Episode

January 24, 2009

Hosts: David McVay, Mirren Lee and Nicholas McVay Geek Actually is brought to you by listeners, just like you. Thanks for your donations. If you wish to make a donation, go to geekactually.com. As Sydney is gripped by a minor heat wave David and Mirren push through and sweat up a storm in the very [...]

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Test Shoots Start for Deathly Hallows

January 22, 2009

Here is one for all the Harry Potter fans out there… “Harry Potter” franchise star Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) posted the following message on her official website on Monday, January 19th. Source: comingsoon.net Go to Source

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Belkin apologises for paid online reviews

January 22, 2009

An electronics company says it is investigating one of its employees for offering to pay for positive online reviews of its products. Source: Sydney Morning Herald Go to Source

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A Sequel to The Phantom in the Works

January 22, 2009

This should get dropped in that huge box (the movie Australia also belongs in it) labled “Bad Ideas”. Once again sorry this is a little late, we were offline for a couple of weeks. An Australian production company on Monday announced it had secured the rights to The Phantom Legacy , a follow-up to the [...]

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Internet filter may spark ‘adult-shop explosion’

January 22, 2009

This is a little late but I have been offline Just a little follow up to the Clean Feed issue that we have talked about on the podcast. Sex shops will inundate the country if the Federal Government filters internet pornography, an industry expert has warned. Source: Sydney Morning Herald Go to Source

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The Judd Apatow Family – I Am Seeing a Trend

January 22, 2009

This post is purely food for thought. When I watched ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ last year I turned to Mirren Lee (Geek Actually co-host and my mom) and I proposed a thought to her. Judd Apatow (Producer of Forgetting Sarah Marshall) seems to take whoever is co-starring in his current film and cultivate that person into [...]

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Geek Actually Release Day Change

January 21, 2009

Hi everyone, just a quick note to let everyone know that the podcast, “Geek, Actually” is changing day. We have been trying to get it up on Tuesdays since we started and we are always late because of schedule conflicts etc. So After a little thought, I have moved the release day to Fridays. So [...]

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