Molly talks about how Go Pro was just the start of the star-on-your-head camera craze. Tom is introduced to Slender Man and his cousin Trender man. Plus, you won’t *need* matching luggage if you get rid one thing a day, and who’s Hadoken-ing.
Show Notes:
‘Biting Elbows’ Go Pro Video (NSFW!)
Slender Man (and its derivative, Trender Man)
Hadoken-ing
We asked author Saladin Ahmed more viewer questions. Plus he described his new book and how he became a DM for Joe Abercrombie! There was some pretty bad audio interference on this one, so when you complain, know that we already know.
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US cracks down on 3D printed gun, Amazon building phone with 3D screen? Google scraps physical Wallet card, and more.
Guest: Eric Olander
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In 1946 – The US launched its second V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground, which became the first successful launch of a large rocket on US soil. The rocket climbed straight up then pitched to the north reaching an altitude of 71 miles and impacted about 35 miles uprange.
In 1960 – The nuclear-powered USS Triton submarine, arrived in Groton, Connecticut, after completing the first completely submerged circumnavigation of Earth.
In 2011 – Google announced its Open Hardware Platform and the Google Music service which would eventually become Google Play Music.
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Mitzula of Sportsbook Today just sent along the latest line sheet that got dropped off at the offices today. Looks like folks are softening up on Vulcan and Lannisport but really starting to move money towards Gallifrey. We’ve also got the first look so far this season at opening week matchups.
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Microsoft might buy Nook, Facebook might buy Waze, a 17-year-old woman wins the Internet, and more.
Guest: Adam Christianson
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In 1893 – Thomas Alva Edison demonstrated the Kinetoscope for the first time at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences.
In 1941 – British destroyers captured a German U-110 submarine south of Iceland and recovered a naval version of the highly secret cipher machine known as Enigma. The sub was sunk to hide its capture and the machine taken to Bletchley Park where Alan Turing and other cryptographers broke the naval code.
In 1989 – Apple previewed its new System 7 operating system at its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose. It was announced users would need at least a Mac Plus to run it as well as 2 megs of RAM.
In 2006 – Nintendo announced that its next game console, previously referred to as the Nintendo Revolution, would be called the Nintendo Wii.
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Yahoo shopping for Hulu, FBI shopping for more spy powers, EA not shopping for gun licenses, and more.
Guests: Justin Robert Young and Len Peralta
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In 1790 – The French National Assembly acted on a motion from Bishop Charles Maurice de Talleyrand. to create a simple, stable, decimal system of measurement units. The earliest metre unit chosen was the length of a pendulum with a half-period of a second. The system eventually evolved into the metric system.
in 1988 – A fire broke out in the main switching room of the Hinsdale Central Office of the Illinois Bell telephone company, causing a telephone service outage for more than 40,000 local phone lines. It was considered at the time to be the ‘worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history.’
In 1995 – The New York Times announced it would join eight other newspapers in the New Century Network. The network aimed to connect local online news services into a national service on the Web.
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We hop on the old Google Hangout to chat with Adam Christopher about alternate universes, superheroes, and atomic robot armies. His new book The Age Atomic is out right now! Listen to this then go read that!
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