Well, guess what? Just the luck of the draw, but I wound up with the 1,000th Episode today! I’m John P. and it would be my honor and privilege to welcome you to Geek Beat Episode 1,000. I’m not gonna lie. I wrote today’s show three times before I decided I couldn’t possibly do it justice. In the first version I went through and picked out just a boatload of amazing stuff we’ve done over the years. Skydiving with the US Army Golden Knights, our trips to Japan, Germany, the UK, all over the US, crawling around an American Airlines plane to see how WiFi gets installed, taking a trip through GM’s wind tunnel, and so many more. In fact, the first version of this show was just a walk down memory lane! But when I was done with it, somehow it just lacked emotion. I was relying on the fact I wrote it for Cali and I to co-host to make it special. But it just wasn’t gonna be genuine. And I wasn’t gonna do that – not for Episode 1,000. My second attempt was worse. And so you get my third. It’s different. And I hope you’ll be able to bear with me. Here’s why. Today you’re gonna get the real me. Not John P. Just John. I have the most amazing co-host, partner, and best friend in the world. Her name is Luria Petrucci, but you know her as Cali. She’s smart, she’s talented, and she makes everyone around her happy. And she’s always telling me to be myself. So let me tell you what Geek Beat really means to me. First of all, 1,000 is a really big number. And I can’t believe it came so fast! Of course, it’s not the only thing we’ve produced. Because we’ve done over 150 episodes of our Live show, we produced over 150 episodes of WebBeat with Pelpina Trip back in the day, we’ve also produced other shows, and I’m not even counting the hundreds of hours of live broadcasting we’ve done from events. But if I just focus on the 1,000 a bit. It’s actually bigger than it seems. 1,000 episodes. If they average just 6 minutes each, it means 6,000 minutes of curated content. 100 hours of actual show to watch. Which made me wonder. How does that compare to other shows? So I googled it. The first show that came to mind was Seinfeld. That was a great show. It ran for 9 seasons and 180 episodes. But those were only a half hour each. So that would be a total of only 90 hours of content. Of course, the actual show was only 22 minutes because of commercials. And 22 x 180 is really only 66 hours of content. At the same time, 1,000 episodes, 100 hours… it’s also smaller than it seems. Because on average each episode takes 2-3 hours to write. So if we spent 2,500 hours just writing the shows, that means we spent 62.5 40 hour work weeks doing nothing but writing. That’s about 15 months worth of solid work, mostly divided between Cali and I on just writing the daily shows. And that doesn’t include the 30-45 minutes we spend on average actually shooting every episode of the show. And it certainly doesn’t include the 5-6 hours of editing that goes into polishing them up every day, thanks mainly to Dave Curlee. Basically tag another 6,000 hours in there at a minimum to bring you those 1,000 episodes. But that’s not all. Because for every episode there’s a blog post. And show notes. And social promotion. And for the most part we owe all of that to Dave Peterson. Hours per episode. So I see episode 1,000 roll through, and I know it’s 100 hours of content, which is more than Seinfeld put out, but I’m also keenly aware of the 10,000 hours of work that went into creating it. And sometimes I do think, wow – the world only sees 1%. Is it worth it? I know that’s a bunch of math. And John P’s the guy who lights shit on fire! But John does math. I’m a human calculator. I’m always computing everything, weighing the odds, worrying about stuff. And keeping it all to myself. So lets ignore the math, and lets talk about Love. When Cali and I, and the team, started all of this I was just… well, I don’t know. I was just doing it. It was something to do with your best friend. And the calculation engine in me thought we could build something cool. I was having fun, but I really didn’t understand what was going on around me. It took a while, and it took a lot of feedback and support from YOU before I began to understand what Geek Beat really meant. WE are a real community! If you’re sitting through this horrible monologue, I’m guessing you’re one of the people who just knows Geek Beat is a product of Love. In the very truest sense of the word. Those of us on this end of the camera Love what we’re doing. We love who we’re doing it with. And we love YOU for watching and supporting us for all these years. What we do is hard. It’s been harder than… harder than you think. But it’s been worth it. Geek Beat has quite literally altered the course of my life, changed how I view myself and others, enabled me to do and see things I’ve only ever dreamed of, and most importantly helped me make new friends all over this beautiful world. I wish everyone could be part of our community. So here’s to 1,000 episodes! And 1,000 more. And to YOU, from all of us – for making this possible. I can’t tell you how much it would mean to all of us here if you’d share your thoughts in the comments. I told you what Geek Beat means to me. So it’s your turn… I’m John. Thanks for watching.

We haven't taken viewers around the Geek House since our opening, and there are a few things you guys haven't seen yet. So join us as we take a stroll and show you a few of our newest treasures... Transporter Room When people first arrive at the GeekHouse, they're in the transporter room - of course. How else would you arrive? It's right inside the front doors. We've also got starship diagrams on the walls (thanks to Darth Stormaggedon and Frank Redman) and will be getting a big Federation decal for the glass door. Our Lobby Plant Dan Pidgeon from StarPower gave us a plant for our lobby and I'm keeping it watered. I'm the ONLY one keeping it watered. Geeks don't seem to be very good at that kind of thing. Geek House Wall of Fame The Geek House Wall of Fame is still in work, not yet in it's final state, but it will be a thing of beauty when finished, with the final artistic plaques. http://geekbeat.tv/product/geek-house-plaque/ The Patron Wall We also love the Patron Wall because it allows us to see your smiling faces everyday and get to know you better. http://www.patreon.com/geekbeat Break Room The Break Room is almost done - Kien is pulling Ethernet through the walls so we can have a TV in the room. Keeping Cool with Dyson Fans Gio's office is a little warm, so he's got one of our Dyson Air Multiplier bladeless fans to keep things cool, in a very cool way! http://geekbeat.tv/dysonfan UpDesk Central One of the features of our big central room are the RoboReels in the ceiling to supply power to each desk location. Those still aren't completely finalized (we want to use different grommets in the ceiling tiles) but the RoboReels are in place and people are using them. On the wall is our Epic Frequency print of Albert Einstein discussing relativity. http://geekbeat.tv/roboreel https://epicfrequency.com/ https://www.myupdesk.com Quiet Rooms Carter has set up his editing shop in one of the quiet rooms, where he's working on the HP Z1 G2 - which is an awesome computer! And right next to him is the Matter and Form 3D Scanner that we're just starting to play around with. Then we can print what we scan on the Monoprice Dual Extrusion 3D printer - it prints in two colors! http://geekbeat.tv/HP-Z1-G2 https://matterandform.net/ http://geekbeat.tv/monoprice-3dprinter CEABots The CEABots let our remote staff be in the middle of the Geek House action, but on this particular morning when we came in, they were all facing the wall. I guess they got in trouble. http://doublerobotics.com Offices In my office, I've finally got the Rebel Desk Treadmill setup again, so I can use it regularly. And Kreepy Kitty seems to be waiting patiently in Scott Ellis' office. Dave Curlee's office is just a huge mass of monitors. Screens everywhere! http://geekbeat.tv/rebeldesktreadmill Control Room This area was neat and tidy a while back… now, not so much. This where we keep the TriCasters and the Dish Hopper. http://newtek.com/ http://www.dish.com/ The Live Set People keep saying we should do something more interesting with our set than the plain white walls we've got now… really? :) Yes, we plan to… it's on the to-do list! The Cyclorama Wall The wall itself is finished, but we're still working on the overhead truss system that we'll be able to use to hang lights and cameras for shooting. Storage Room John is VERY proud of the storage room. And I guess I can kind of see why… it's very well organized and we can find stuff when we need it easier than ever before.

Visit our sponsor at http://dollarshaveclub.com/geekbeat What is IFA? IFA is a huge European consumer technology show. It's similar to CES, but in a lot more buildings - not necessarily bigger than CES, because the buildings are smaller, but it's very maze-like, and it's open to the public. http://b2b.ifa-berlin.com/ And while we were in Berlin, we visited Schloss Charlottenburg, an enormous palace built in the 17th century. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlottenburg_Palace Big Things at IFA 2014 A couple of themes kept showing up at IFA. The first was wearables, the second was UltraHD TV. Wearables at IFA 2014 There were a lot of wearables and smartwatches being announced, with products such as the Garmin Vivosmart, the Acer Liquid Leap, LG G Watch, MyKronoz, VFit, and several from Sony - SmartBand, Smartband Talk, and Smartwatch 3. Wearables also includes stuff like Google Glass, SiMe Goggles, and Mota SmartGlass. http://sites.garmin.com/vivo/vivosmart/ http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/press/2014/78451 LG G Watch on Amazon - http://gkbt.co/1q8NPA9 http://www.mykronoz.com/ Smartband on Amazon - http://gkbt.co/1rTU7VT http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/smartwear/smartband-talk-swr30/ http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/smartwear/smartwatch-3-swr50/ https://www.mota.com/smartglass/ UltraHD TV at IFA 2014 The other hot product family at IFA was UltraHD TVs. Curved ones in particular. We saw cool UHD TVs from big names like Samsung, LG, and TCL, and not so big ones like Grundig, Changhong and Seiki. http://www.samsung.com/ http://www.lg.com/ http://www.tcl.com/ http://www.grundig.de/en/ http://www.changhong.com/ http://www.seiki.com/ Our Favorite Things from IFA 2014 How awesome would it be to have stainless steel headphones like the RHA T10i? Pretty awesome indeed. We were also very impressed by the Shoulderpod S1 smartphone rig - a cool tool for people who shoot video and photos with their phones. The Toshiba TransferJet allows you to move digital content quickly and easily between devices by holding them near each other. The Elgato Smart Power Battery puts a cool new twist on the well-worn concept of batteries. Hyper showed us a microSD card adapter called the HyperDrive that fits flush into your MacBook, allowing you to expand your storage capacity. We were also very impressed by the Sony concept bike, the Robomow, Star Wars Galactic Empire Headphones, the Mobee Magic Hub, ArtWizz Privacy Screen protectors, and the AeroSkull HD from Jean Michel Jarre. http://geekbeat.tv/ifa-2014-rha-t10i-stainless-steel-headphones/ http://www.shoulderpod.com/shoulderpod-s1/ http://www.toshiba-components.com/transferjet/ https://www.elgato.com/ja/smart/smart-power HyperDrive - https://plus.google.com/u/0/+JohnP/posts/cEQFnuMjE5W http://www.robomow.com/ Star Wars Galactic Empire Headphones on Amazon - http://gkbt.co/1BnZzRI http://geekbeat.tv/mobee-gives-your-imac-4-two-amp-usb3-ports-with-magic-hub/ http://www.artwizz.com/ http://www.jarre.com/aeroskull-hd