An overflow crowd gathered for today’s Nashville Geek Breakfast. Here are a few things I didn’t know before I darkened the door at Noshville this morning:

• Lizzie Keiper is homeschooling her senior year of high school, working at the Apple Store in Green Hills and going to see the first screening of Twilight tonight. (I’m tired just reading that.) She’s a big fan of Entourage (me, too).
• Anne rallies well despite not being a morning person and loves hot tea. She may or may not be in Kate’s doghouse. Anne runs her own business and loves Californication (me, too).
• David now works with Dave Delaney at Griffin Technology and used to work at Best Buy with Lizzie.
• Paul and David are pretty sure every season of 24 involves a nuclear bomb. (Sounds about right.)
• Most of us watch way too much TV, thanks primarily to our DVRs.
• Mitch found out what happens when you arrive late at a Geek Breakfast, and it involves a shoe horn and close proximity to lots of attendees. (As the parent of a newborn, at least Mitch has a really good excuse.)

It was good to see everyone as usual. See you next time!

Yesterday’s installment of the Nashville Geek Breakfast was another fun morning of tech talk. Though ringleader Dave Delaney was absent while caring for a sick child, the large and rowdy group carried on and made the best of it. (We missed you, Dave. Hope the Delaney family gets well soon.) Here are a few things I didn’t know before I darkened the door at Noshville 24 hours ago:

• Paul Van Hoesen has spent a lot of time in distant lands, such as Germany, Holland and rural Tennessee. Regarding the last of those locales, Paul’s company is dedicated to extending broadband access beyond urban areas to help reduce the digital divide.
• If you’re ready to dismiss that divide as insignificant, don’t. Would you believe that none of the students in a high school class Paul addressed recently in a rural Tennessee county knew what a podcast was? No one. Only four of them owned an iPod. Considering that we’re talking about a group of teenagers here, that’s startling.
• Dolphini Networks is the reason why Barcamp Nashville was able to use the Sommet Center for its site location last weekend. As a Preds sponsor (thanks, guys!), Dolphini is free to use the team’s logo and colors in its promotions, but not the faces of its players. Thank the NHLPA for that last part.
• Based on the location of her hometown in Pennsylvania, Julie Moore is practically Amish. Considering that she drove to Noshville for yesterday’s breakfast and that she works for Dolphini, though, she probably isn’t.
• Kate O’Neill can go to sleep at 2 a.m. and still attend a breakfast meeting at 7:30 the same morning. That’s impressive.
• Bill Seaver did not drive to Noshville in a car covered in its entirety with Post-It notes. But if he had, he knows what company would take credit for the idea.

It was good to see everyone as usual. See you next time!

Another fourth Thursday, another fun Nashville Geek Breakfast. Here are a few things I didn’t know before I darkened the door at Noshville this morning:

• Marcus owns what appeared to be a vintage “Yo! MTV Raps” T-shirt. (Wow.)
• Mitch is a new dad. (Congrats!)
• Jackson’s Statzen made TechCrunch’s top 150 out of 1,000 competing startups. (Nice work.)
• Chuck and I run in the same online circles, but not in the same direction, until now.
• Paul’s resume is better suited for a Twitter update than a resume, or so he claims.
• One way to make the trip from Alabama to Tennessee is via Arkansas, Ireland and Los Angeles. (Welcome, Ben.)
• BarCamp Nashville’s Web site is up and running. (Go register.)

Check out the photos from today’s breakfast. It was good to see everyone. See y’all next time.

I can’t find a Web site for Karl Dean, a candidate to be Nashville’s mayor in 2007. Dean announced his candidacy on December 19, nearly a month ago, and appears to be the only major mayoral candidate who does not have a campaign presence on the Web.

According to many, Dean’s base is young and/or wealthy progressives in West Nashville. I think Dean may be a very strong candidate for mayor, and I know that his base spends a lot of time on the Internet. Where are you, Karl?

I promise I’m not looking for podcasts and streaming video, just a basic Web site with background information, platform details and a photo or two. While we’re on the subject, David Briley, who is likely Dean’s biggest challenger for the progressive vote, has an innovative and attractive Web site. I won’t vote for him merely because of a Web site, but at least I know where to find him when I need him. Here’s where you can find the other candidates on the net:

• Bob Clement
• Buck Dozier
• Howard Gentry
• Dave Pelton
• Kenneth Eaton

Dave Pelton, who just announced his creative and engaging plans to run through 36 of Nashville’s neighborhoods beginning tomorrow morning, isn’t quite as creative and engaging on the Web. Dave, please give us some new content and post your news releases.

If I’ve missed anyone, including you, Karl, please let me know.