Tech News Today 272: My Possessed Hand Did It

Shows / June 28th, 2011

Supreme Court strikes down anti-game law, e-readers leaving tablets in the dust, AntiSec in a post-LulzSec era, and more.

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43:47

Tech News Today 271: Relic From The Future

Shows / June 25th, 2011

Lulzsec identities revealed? Apple says iWeb’s out so deal with it, microtransactions coming to Xbox, and more.

Guest: Wil Harris

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45:45

Tech News Today 269: Dagnabit Tabbit

Shows / June 23rd, 2011

Is Hulu jacking up it’s price? An amazing new camera, Apple patent hullabaloo, and more.

Guest: Lance Ulanoff

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39:41

Tech News Today 268: Not Everything Is A Phone

Shows / June 22nd, 2011

Is Hulu for sale, LulzSec, Nokia’s awesome collector edition phone, and more.

Guest: Nate Lanxon

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47:01

S&L Podcast – #66 – The Hunger Games Wrap-up

Shows / June 20th, 2011

Well we’ve seen ol’ Katniss, Peeta and Gale through to the end, and we wrap up all three books in The Hunger Games series. We also have some good book picks to get you through until July 12 when we start our next book, and book-bingers of the world unite!

QUICK BURNS

Congrats to Brandon Sanderson

Jeff VanderMeer’s public fiction project: The Journals of Doctor Mormeck

Who should be cast as the leads in the American Gods miniseries?

The Song of Ice and Fire So Far: Part 1 – Ancient History

CALENDAR 

6/28/2011 Dragon’s Time: Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey and Todd McCaffrey
6/29/2011 Naamah’s Blessing, Jacqueline Carey (Tor)
7/5/2011 Heaven’s Shadow by David S. Goyer and Michael Cassutt
7/5/2011 The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection
7/12/2011 A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin

Audiobook pic Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi

BARE YOUR SWORD

The Hunger Games > WAIT A MINUTE

Are you a book-binger?

books I dislike” by good authors.

BOOK CHECK-IN 

Hunger Games series
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

NEW MEMBER HELLOS 

Hello to Blindman (came to us from Major Nelsons podcast), Dani, Robert (what is this, the cast of Game of Thrones?), Jason and Vladimir!

ADDENDUMS

Help us with sound effects! T-shirt contest! Send your .wav files of VERY SHORT segment sound effects to theswordandlaser@gmail.com by July 12 to win a Sword and Laser t-shirt!

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