I recently came across one of my favorite webpeople, Cali Lewis from GeekBriefTV, on a site called ChickiPedia.. which is an obvious takeoff on WikiPedia, but it's about.. uh.. chicks.  Not the little peeping kind that run around all fuzzy and stuff, but the sexy human kind.  And although Cali certainly is all that, the profile someone posted about her doesn't do her justice.  When I pointed it out to Cali and her husband Neal, they not only hadn't known about it, but went on to say that most of the info was wrong.  It doesn't do her justice because she's smart, informative and she has a great personality - but basically the site is all about her curvy nature.

So, since it's like Wikipedia.. I offered to edit it for them, and put some more relevant stuff on there, like WHERE you can get her fabulous PODCAST and BLOG.

But, alas!  The tacky info, like what her freakin' measurements are, is mandatory!  I'm not crazy about posting (or being a part of posting) my friend Cali's measurements online, so I had to go back on my offer to edit it, and just leave it as is.  I'd certainly be adverse to anyone doing that with coffeesister, especially if they didn't even get it right.  Please note my refusal to link to it also, and act accordingly by not giving them the traffic, k?

As a "make it up to Cali and Neal" gesture, I'm reposting a review I did of Geekbrief from last year, only it's touched up a bit to drag it into 2008..




What’s better than watching an attractive, vibrant young woman deliver pertinent tech news in a snappy, savvy manner while being goofy and giggly, but at the same time smart enough so as not to shake your faith in her credibility?

Nothing, that’s what.

Okay, I can think of a a few things that are better, but when it comes to the everyday "sit down at your computer and peruse your daily perusals" sort of thing, nothing beats the podcast provided by Cali Lewis and husband Neal Campbell at Geekbrief TV. These two play it smart – Cali does her thing in front of the camera while Neal stays behind it, shooting the video and making the occasional persnickity comment. They both know that we want to see her and, although I’m sure he’s a fine fellow and I’d definitely borrow his lawnmower if they lived next door, Cali is the spice that tops off a recipe for delicious tech news, served piping hot and on time or your money back. By the way, it’s free, so don’t get too excited about that last part.

I get it downloaded daily at iTunes in the podcast section, but you could just visit their website and check it out. If you’re like me, and by that I don’t mean you live in Palm Springs and your back hurts, but I do mean that your experience with home grown podcasts has not exactly been rewarding and you’d venture into this with a degree of trepidation, then I don’t blame you. But trust ME, your old pal RhodesTer, when I say that in spite of the fact that these two had no prior experience in doing a show of any kind and they just decided one day to purchase the necessary equipment and start podcasting tech news from their living room, it’s really very entertaining. During the early days of it, I kind of felt like they had to move the coffee table out of the way and put the cat out before each taping, which added to the charm of the whole thing.  They've progressed to a state of absolute professionalism though, with just a bit of bumbling still thrown in for good measure.

Cali is nice to look at, which I’ve already mentioned, but it doesn’t mean that the tech news isn’t just as informative. She can really sell something if she likes it enough, so I’m often tempted to rush out and purchase whatever gizmo she just trumpeted the merits of, then treat her to a lunch of fish tacos to show my appreciation. I don’t know who edits the outtakes that get tacked onto the end of each podcast – either she or that Neal guy, or both – but they’re darned funny. She’s a natural comic, and I’d say to her “you oughta be on TV!” but she’s on my PC, so that’s a step in the right direction. Hopefully, some day soon, some bigshot Producer will put her in a similar show on a network and we can all Tivo her.

OOPS!  My bad, GeekbriefTV is ALREADY available on TIVO, as a download!  Go Cali!

By the way, do you TWITTER?  You can actually FOLLOW CALI and not get arrested!  Go to http://twitter.com/calilewis