Episode 151: With A Bat On It

10 May, 2012 (07:06) | Episodes | By: MikeTown

  • Video releases
  • Microsoft will not support DVD playback in Win 8 (link)
  • Google… guilty guilty guilty (Google, Java, and Oracle) (link)
  • Scientists think they figured out how rocks move in Ireland (link)
  • LEGO Firefly may be coming?
  • Lagunitas Brewing Company has issued a challenge, and it’s kind of cool (link)
 

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Episode 150: Let’s Throw Science At It!

4 May, 2012 (07:20) | Episodes | By: MikeTown

  • Video Releases
  • Black Dynamite sequel to start shooting by the end of the year
  • Microsoft is investing in Nooks (link)
  • UK High Court orders ISPs to block Pirate Bay (link)
  • A Weighty Subject*: The kilogram may be getting a new definition (link)
  • Melissa went to EbertFest!

Peeks:

  • Paul: Movie – The Wolves
  • Melissa: Movie – The Stone Tape

*Yeah, I know.  I couldn’t resist :)

 

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Episode 149: Half a Crew

24 April, 2012 (21:46) | Episodes | By: Rmeister0

  • Video Releases
  • Machete Kills is really happening
  • Apple does it again…and iPads sell through the roof
  • Asteroid Mining (link and link)
  • Developer posts the original 6502 assembler code for Prince of Persia (link)
  • Keylogging the taps on your Android phone (link)
  • Windows 8 Release Preview in June (link)

Peeks

 

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Episode 148: Our Co-Host is a Zombie

19 April, 2012 (15:08) | Episodes | By: MikeTown

  • Video Releases
  • James Cameron is King of the World again (link)
  • Canada mints the world’s coolest coin (link)
  • Evil alarm clock is evil (link)
  • Apple II Computer 35 years old (link)
  • LOAD “GOODBYE JACK”, 8,1Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore, RIP (article) (Wikipedia)
  • Where do you hide your guns? (link)
  • SpaceX to launch end of month (link)

Peeks

 

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Episode 147: A Conversation with Christopher Jones

12 April, 2012 (12:42) | Episodes | By: MikeTown

Heads up!  This one runs a bit longer than normal (1h 46m?  Wow!)

  • Video Releases

We have Feedback!

  • Sarah sets us straight about the ansible
  • William shows us how one dude (fictionally) resigns over an employer’s Facebook policy (link)
  • Bryon suggests a future of comics, which leads to a good conversation with Chris, Fes and everyone else.

At one point, we realize that the interview pretty much started a while back, and continue the conversation with Christopher Jones about his work in the comics industry.  Fun stories abound.

Peeks:

  • Melissa and Chris – The Cabin in the Woods
 

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Episode 146: Paul Has A Sad

5 April, 2012 (08:59) | Episodes | By: MikeTown

  • Paul’s wife got into the new Warcraft beta, but Paul has not…
  • Video Releases
  • Why is this news? Amazon Instant Video is now on Playstation 3
  • The thing about internet “journalism” (link)
    - Why is no one sourcing a link to the alleged Microsoft quote?
  • Gaming console rumors abound
  • Red Hat has its first $1 Billion year
    - And some people still say free software won’t amount to anything
  • Settlement talks have collapsed in Oracle lawsuit v Google over Java patents in Android
  • Cool crazy billionaire projects: Amazon’s Jeff Bezos wants to retrieve the F-1 engines used in the Apollo 11 launch (link)
  • Like to shoot the night sky?  The Canon EOS 60Da is out (link)
  • And you think you don’t have enough hard drive space… (link)
  • Canada stops making the pennies, eh (link)
 

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Episode 145: No, *He* is The Most Interesting Man in the World

29 March, 2012 (08:51) | Episodes | By: MikeTown

  • Video releases
  • Hunger Games does $155 million opening weekend US
  • So Hollywood’s going to do Orwell’s 1984 again?
  • Harry Potter ebooks are out (link)
  • James Cameron completes deepest solo dive in history, beats Dos Equis guy for ‘Most Interesting Man Alive’ title (link1) (link2)
  • Windows Phone news: Nokia Lumia 900 goes on sale at AT&T April 8 for $99.99
  • Should you have to allow someone access to your private accounts just to apply for a job? (link)
  • …At least one senator thinks not (link)
  • CDs soldier on (link)
There were a couple or peeks, but the only one I seem to have notes on is from Paul:
MPR Morning Show: Celine Dion + Titanic’s whistle = yeah… (link)
 

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Episode 144: I Am Pro Science Nuns

20 March, 2012 (21:00) | Episodes | By: Rmeister0

Melissa, Paul and Richard talk about:

  • Video releases
  • The iPad 3 (or the New iPad)…
  • Especially the retine display, which leads to a conversation about digital comics (link)
  • Will the Windows 8 tablets be able to keep up? Which leads to…
  • Windows 8 on PC and ARM supposedly due October (link)
  • Speaking of digital books, The Britannica ceases printing on paper (link)
  • Edge of Science: Neutrino Communications? (link)
  • Copyright Math – It’s True, I Have Excel (link)
 

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Episode 143: Richard Loses Count (Again)

15 March, 2012 (21:37) | Episodes | By: Rmeister0

At the beginning of the episode I mistakenly call it No. 144. Ignore the man behind the microphone! But we do have Richard (me), Melissa and Paul to talk about:

  • Video releases
  • Apple releases apocalyptic Safari update (link)
  • …and a configurator tool for iPads (link
  • Just to prove we don’t hate Android, Galaxy S gets Ice Cream Sandwich (link)
  • Open beats closed, except when it doesn’t (link)
  • Why is there more matter than anti-matter? Now legal in 48 states! (link)

Peeks for this week:

  • Melissa: Army of Shadows (link)
  • Richard: Bruce Springeen “Wrecking Ball” (link), Zola Jesus “Cornatus” (link and videos here)
 

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Episode 142: *This* is why we have backups!

10 March, 2012 (10:06) | Episodes | By: MikeTown

So, not only did Richard come back, but he made a backup recording!  w00t!

  • Video releases
  • Fox pulls a Fox, cancels Terra Nova
  • RIP – Ralph McQuarrie (link)
  • Nothing exceeds like excess: Warner’s is putting out a “Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection” on 31 discs
  • Apple’s doing (okay, did) something with iPads. Come back next week.
  • Lo-Fi movement comes to film (link)
  • The micro-Linux computers just keep coming (link)
  • Adobe gets agressive
  • Curious about installing and running Windows on a USB flash drive? Ars Technica tells you how (link)
  • Speaking of Windows 8…

Peeks:

  • Paul – The OREO cookie turned 100!
  • Mike – This is What A Scientist Looks Like (link)
  • Richard – Saints Row: The Third
 

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