The Geek Group, for all the newbies who wonder.

["Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>]

Original poster: "Christopher Boden by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>

I keep getting all these questions from people on the Pupman list asking who 
we are and all that. They find references to us in the archives and don't 
even know we have a WEBSITE! :)

The Geek Group is a non-profit science and technology education organization 
headquartered in Kalamazoo Michigan with members all over not only America, 
but the world.

The Geek Group is very active in the Tesla Coil community and are constantly 
striving to make coiling safer and more accessable to the amateur coiler. 
We're not one of the Big Guys (TTR, kVA, or LOD), though we're bigger than 
most. We are the bridge between the Pro Coilers and the Hobbyists. We exist 
to help you make your coil safer, and more affordable, and because of our 
proven dedication many of the Pupman subscribers are also members of the 
Group, even Terry, the list's Fearless Moderator and always an innovator, 
has been a member since our early days on the Pupman List. We also have a 
Geek Group mailing list for people who are interested. It's NOT coiling 
specific, it's rated PG-13 (Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch’entrate) and if 
you'd like to subscribe send a blank email to

TheGeekGroup-subscribe-at-yahoogroups-dot-com

We hold a biannual Teslathon, open to everyone, at out Sigma-6 Labs in 
Kalamazoo. This is done every 6 months and is the only Winter Teslathon that 
we know of.

We are the largest source for MMC specific caps on Earth, period. While you 
*can* get the CD caps at 3 other places, they go for about twice what you 
can get them from the Group for because we don't have the 80% markup. We're 
not in this to get rich, we're in this because we're coilers ourselves and 
we have the resources that the average Joe doesn't. That's the fundamental 
idea behind the Group, to make the subjects of Science and Technology 
accessible to people.

We also sell a LOT of other HV and electronic related gear, including X-ray 
transformers, parts, and other goodies. All of this is sold to raise money 
for Group projects and demonstrations.

The Group has been around for about 7 years now, and has an incredible 
reputation of safety (we have a PERFECT safety record, despite the fact that 
we do some VERY dangerous things here), customer satisfaction, great 
demonstrations, and amazing projects.

Where else on Earth can you, as an high-school student take an active role 
in the construction and operation of a Megavolt Marx bank? Our Project Harpo 
is just that.

Know anywhere where you can play with an actual, operating, full size 9 ton 
AS-400 IBM mainframe? These are computers that are locked in glass rooms and 
only touched by members of "The Priesthood", guys in white coats that can 
code machine language in their sleep. Here you can, we have 3 of them :) and 
2 more on the way in the next couple weeks.

Ever wanna parallel 80 450VDC 2000uF electrolytic caps and fire them through 
a pair of 500MCM cable, just to see what happens? We're doing it with the 
Thumper Project, and when it's done it will use 216 caps! We already have 
them in stock.

Ever get to experiment with BIG pulse caps? Quarter crushers? There are only 
a handful of people who own one in the world. Thanks to an INCREDIBLE 
donation, we have a MASSIVE quarter crusher in the works right now! We 
should have it operational within the next few months at our labs.

We run the largest Urban Exploration team in the US (and one of the 2 
biggest on Earth, the Aussies have us beat currently, lol). and have taken 
being in interesting places that no one else ever sees to an art form.

We market the abilities of our collective membership to build resumes for 
our members, and make them a couple bucks here and there. We've been called 
on to perform such diverse activities as:

Break into an Armored Car as a security test (it took is 2 minutes btw).
LOTS of software development, mainly for industrial applications.
Computer security (ever been PAID to Crack a system?)
More websites than I can count, lol

We are the only place East of the mississippi that designs and sells Street 
Luges. We are the first company on Earth to mount electronics on a street 
luge, the first to mount lights on a street luge, and soon, the first to 
mount a JET ENGINE on a street luge. We will be making a WORLD SPEED RECORD 
attempt next summer on a street luge designed for 150 MILES AN HOUR! The 
current record is under 100Mph with rocket power.
We have JUST (in the past week) launched a national marketing campaign for 
our Luges and estimate sales of 20,000 luges in the next 3 years 
conservatively.

We are in the design stage of our own brand of high-end home theatre 
amplifier (the GeekAmp Project) being headed by another Pupman listee, Mark 
Broker, the Group's chief engineer.

The Group is incredibly diverse, and has a phenomenal number of INCREDIBLY 
talented people, all over the world. We have members aged 10 to 70, from 
fields in Physics to Biology, to Theatre and Business Law. We're always 
looking for new members, and membership always has been, and always will be 
free.

Check us out at www.thegeekgroup-dot-org and see for yourself what the Group is 
doing for you. If you're a subscriber to this list, you're a Geek, just 
accept it, it's ok. It's good to be Geek.

Because the Geek shall inherit the Earth!

duck




Christopher A. Boden Geek#1
President / C.E.O. / Alpha Geek
The Geek Group
www.thegeekgroup-dot-org
Because the Geek shall inherit the Earth!



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