Hosts: Brian Brushwood and Tom Merritt
Neilsen ratings including online, Apple TV teardown, new Dr. Horrible, Prometheus trailer, and more.
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Running time: 1:04:38
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Apple giving out cash, a hotspot with free data, OMGPOP unseats Zynga, and more.
Guests: Ken Denmead and Erica Ogg
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Running time: 51:27
We’re all giddy about our new video show at Geek and Sundry, but we promise there’s more to the episode than just that. Though if you have questions about what the video show means, hopefully loads of them are answered right off the top of the show. We also dig into Lies of Locke Lamora (though we don’t wrap it up quite yet) and help save SciFi. Literally.
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Tom: 2008 Ravenswood Cabernet Sauvignon Vintners Blend
Veronica: 2005 Phenom Merlot
QUICK BURNS
That online book club you like is adding a YouTube show to it’s lineup
Sword & Laser coming to video!
The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi has a free Kindle preview up
Have you seen this Direwolf? Arya Stark’s Lost Dog Poster
Singularity & Co. – Save the SciFI!
BARE YOUR SWORD
“The Magicians” discussion leader?
Yes we know what the next book will be – and yes we know it’s not a laser, but the book after that will be and we need your help picking it!
If made into a movie, who would you cast?
TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES
Finally a real Prometheus trailer and not just a teaser!
BOOK CHECK-IN
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1) by Scott Lynch
SF Signal is doing Lies of Locke Lamora too!
The Lies of Locke Lamora > A Protagonist in Need of a Want?
The Lies of Locke Lamora > Why isn’t there a map?
I had the honor of getting to see Tom and Veronica at the WonderCon signing this Saturday. Tom gave me a shirt and I thought it was just an XL when he gave it to me, but was elated to see it was an XXXL when I checked it later. I’m so used to free giveaways being so small on me and most people overlook us big boys. I’m a big fan of all that you and I can’t thank you enough.
Literally a Big Fan,
Mike P.
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Tom and Veronica,
I’m very excited about your video podcast, and all teh geek and sundry goodness coming. But I have one concern: Is there a ‘what we’re drinking’ section? If there is no drinking to begin the show, it can’t really be an S&L podcast, can it?
Keep up the good work.
JOE
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ADDENDUMS
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In 1800 – Alessandro Volta dated a letter announcing his invention of the voltaic pile to Sir Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society, London. We’ve been dealing with battery life ever since.
In 1886 – The first alternating current power plant in the United States began providing power to Main Street in Great Barrington, Mass.
1916 – The Annalen der Physik received a paper titled ‘Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie’ by Albert Einstein. “The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity” changed physics and technology dramatically.
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In 1474, the Venetian Senate issued a Statute on Industrial Brevets that is widely considered the first patent law. Patents had been issued before, often at the whims of monarchs, but this statute codified the practice and set out a standard 10-year term.
In 1932 – The Sydney Harbour Bridge was opened. It is the world’s largest (but not the longest) steel arch bridge with the top of the bridge standing 134 metres above the harbour.
In 1991 – U.S. patent No. 5,000,000 was issued for a process turning garbage into fuel to microbiologist Lonnie. O. Ingram of the University of Florida. His method depended on the creation of a new species of bacterium genetically formed from two other bacteria.
In 1931 – Jacob Schick began marketing his second electric razor. His first hadn’t caught on because of the bulky motor. This time the more practical design became a hit.
1965 – The Voskhod 2 launched and on the second orbit Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov left the capsule (on purpose) for 12 minutes, becoming the first person to walk in space.
In 1987 – Thousands of physicists crowd a ballroom at the New York Hilton at the meeting of the American Physical society to hear speakers talk on high-temperature superconductivity. The session started in the evening and ran until 3:15 AM earning the nickname “Woodstock of Physics.”
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
New sneak peek at Office 15, how NPR lied to you about FoxConn, what’s good for NSA is not good for Google, and more.
Guests: Darren Kitchen
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Running time: 47:10
Big announcement! We’re joining Felicia Day’s Geek & Sundry YouTube channel as an all-new video show!
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The audio podcast is NOT going away! In fact, it will be even more book club and discussion focused. The show will focus more on Quick Burns and interviews, etc. The video version will be every other week, audio show rotating with that.
We’re very excited to finally get to share this with you!
In 1948 – William Gibson was born in Conway, South Carolina. His stories are credited with launching cyberpunk literature, named after the phrase he used in the story “Burning Chrome”.
In 1953 – Australian researcher David Warren came up with the idea for a device to record cockpit noise and instruments during flight. His ARL Flight Memory Unit would eventually be known as the Black Box.
In 1958 – The United States launched the Vanguard 1 satellite, achieving the highest altitude of any man-made vehicle to that time.