Don’t you just hate blogfade? You know – just when you start to depend on a Web site, come to look forward to the writers’ razor-sharp wit and keen insight, and then all of the sudden new content evaporates like a summer shower, leaving you nothing but an archive of things past to ponder.

Yeah, we hate that, too. Good thing that’s not what’s happening here. No sir! The Geek Beat is still here, and we got plenty up our sleeves for you. (more…)

There are many things I like about this time of year, and not just all the cool stuff left under The Geek Beat tree (although that is a pretty big part of it.) In a life filled to the bursting with stuff to do and never enough time to do it, the Holiday break is always a good time to catch-up, take stock and plan for the year to come.

This time of year is special for another reason: Almost as if the holiday itself simply can’t contain all the gadgety goodness of an entire season, we get CES and Macworld Expo, all in one week, to sate our techie greed. (more…)

Jason here, reflecting on my recent pilgrimage to the land of rare non-album tracks tacked onto the end of CDs and Ebi Filets at McDonalds. I’m talking about Japan, of course; the land that birthed otaku (otaku is Japanese for geek.)

My reasons for making the trip were many: My wife and I were taking our belated honeymoon, now that we’ve moved into our new house. We’ve both been yearning for some exotic travel while we’re still childless and relatively free to go and do as we please. I’ve always wanted to explore Japan – blame it on everything from too many hours watching Battle of the Planets to a more recent obsession with Maschinen Krieger, a hobby virtually unknown outside of Japan (more on Maschinen Krieger in Part 3.) (more…)

Hard to believe it’s only been three weeks since we officially launched The Geek Beat. In that time we’ve had over 75,000 visitors and apparently some of you found enough of interest to keep you coming back. Go figure.

During those 21 days we published a new review or analysis story just about every day – even on the weekends. And while we may not always be able to maintain that pace, we’ll be working every spare moment to bring you the latest from the Geekdom. And hopefully what stories there are will always inform, entertain and surprise. (more…)