Memorial Interview with Dan Kottke, Steve Jobs Best Friend

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For KSCO’s Saturday Special we interviewed Dan Kottke, one of Steve Jobs oldest and dearest friends.  They met in college, took classes, explored the nature of reality in many ways, went to India together, and then worked on building Apple Computer, and later, the Macintosh.  At one point they had a falling out which was finally reconciled before Steve passed.  In this interview, Dan candidly shares with us some of his most significant times and moments with Steve, including their final encounter..

 

Daniel also revealed the other name they seriously considered besides “Apple.” Any guesses?  Clue- it’s not a fruit and, like Apple, the name has become a cyber legend..

What did you feel and think when Steve died?

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It was a profound moment for us when Steve Jobs passed, though not without it’s humor.  Sun (Mrs. Future) and I were visiting our dear friends, Mark and Rachael Hager, when the news of Steve’s demise came in over a push notification on my iPhone.. huh.. Mark used to direct many of Steve’s video shoots of Apple products, Sun’s career skyrocketed when she got a Mac, and I have been touched by Apple too, in so many strange ways. This clip was made when the news was fresh, as non-stop images of Steve were all over the news channels..I think you’ll enjoy our reflections.. Please share with us your thoughts and feelings..

Mad Like Tesla - Interview with journalist Tyler Hamilton on his new book about alt energy mavericks and their 'mad' projects.

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Energy tech reporter for Canada’s largest newspaper, the Toronto Star, Tyler takes us on a wild ride through the alternative energy world of innovative mavericks- interesting people with plans and companies to harness the power of tornados, hot fusion, warm algae, solar energy from space, strange hydrino particles, and more..all chronicled in his new book, “Mad Like Tesla.”   (Interview by Al Lundell aka ‘Dr. Future’)

A Dr. Future Movie Review - LIMITLESS

 

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One of our “regular irregulars” on the Dr. Future Show, quantum physicist Nick Herbert, and his best friend, retired San Jose cop and current weight lifting coach, Reno DeCaro, love to watch movies together a couple of times a week in Reno’s state-of-the-art home theater.  

Not short of opinions and very discerning on what they watch, they recently viewed the SciFi thriller, “Limitless,” about a down on his luck writer who tries NZT, a revolutionary new pharmaceutical that allows him to tap his full potential. Starring Bradley Cooper and Robert DeNiro, this is the first Hollywood film that explores the topic of smart drugs, one of our show’s favorite topics.  I think you’ll enjoy Nick and Reno’s fast-paced, if somewhat scathing review of the film, and Nick’s desire for “quantum pharmaceuticals.”

The Futures go mobile, visiting media wizard Mark Hager after a serious auto accident and physicist Nick Herbert on the faster than light "CERN Neutrino Speculator."

Dr. Future Show 9.28.11 Special Edition

A strange thing happened after the live Dr. Future Show at KSCO this week- the station auto-logger did not record the show!  Sadly, we have no record of all the cool things we talked about this week.  Our links page does give you a good idea of the topics discussed, just not our opinions and perspectives or the questions and comments from our beloved listeners.  

So, after being bummed about this for a day, Sun (Mrs. Future) and I visited the most interesting call-in to  the non-recorded show, Mark Hager.  A tech wizard of the highest caliber, Mark has been responsible for setting up and operating the media at some of the biggest venues and shows in the Bay Area- i.e. the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, the Mountain Winery in Saratoga, the TED conferences in Monterey, the HP Pavilion in San Jose. 

A couple of weeks ago he was in a head-on collision on Highway 9 North of Boulder Creek, and was airlifted to Stanford Hospital for a 9-hour surgical operation.  Among other things he had to have the femur replaced in one leg with a titanium rod, had his knee caps repaired as well as some major lacerations.

Wheelchair bound, we made him breakfast, and he shared with us some good info on how he has turned this ‘disaster’ into some invaluable insights about our medical system and ways to make it better, should you ever find yourself in such a situation.  He also takes us on a little journey into our species’ relationship with canines, as his golden lab, Sparky, is playing a key role in his recovery. 

Next up is Nick Herbert, a quantum physicist who shares with Dr. Future his understanding of this latest bewildering faster than light neutrino experiment at CERN in Switzerland.   He points out that measurement and timing errors only account for about 20% of the time difference between the speed of light and the speed of neutrinos.  (The CERN neutrinos are faster by 20 meters over a distance of 750 km). My favorite part of this conversation was when we were speculating on how ftl neutrinos may be useful to the stock market, and could be a great way to fund big physics experiments!  Gotta love the muse! Enjoy..