You know someone is destined to be part of the geek ethos when part of their childhood history involves building electronics in their garage. Like Gates and Jobs, Robert Scoble, one of our Mediabistro Circus speakers, was bitten by the tech bug at an early age, soldering motherboards with his dad, and helping to build Apple IIs with mom. Talk about your typical American family.

Scoble has certainly graduated from the garage, becoming one of the most recognizable names on the web, and something of a geek celebrity, complete with public spats with old flames. He's considered one the foremost authorities on blogging, and his own blog, Scobleizer, is a must read for any fellow technophile. He recently joined Fast Company to spearhead their online video operations, aptly named Fast Company TV.

If you're a fan of The Scobe, you've no doubt noticed one or two pictures of him around the blogosphere, sans shirt. Obviously, a physique such as his demands our attention. Lucky for us, he'll be at Mediabistro Circus talking about online video and his efforts launching Fast Company TV. Whether it's shirtless will be entirely up to him.