Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Britannica quietly wins the digital transition, AT&T tries to silence small claims winner, why Google has become too ‘corporate’, and more.
Guests: Randall Bennett
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Running time: 45:54
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
New ARM design has years of battery life, is the Apple TV set in production? Most backwards digital upgrade scheme ever, and more.
Guests: Loyd Case
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Running time: 39:59
In 1813 – John Snow was born to a labourer’s family in York. He would go on to develop a ‘germ theory’ that helped combat cholera, and made great advances in anesthesiology.
In 1959 – The first atomic reactor built in the US for medical research, achieved criticality at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, N.Y.
In 1985 – Symbolics, a Massachusetts computer company, registered the Internet’s first domain name, symbolics.com. The domain is now owned by an investment company who uses it as a marketing device. The remains of the original Symbolics company survives in altered form at symbolics-dks.com.
Hosts: Brian Brushwood and Tom Merritt
Kony2012 gets big, Hulu gets original, Barry Diller gets bold, and more.
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Running time: 1:01:04
Matthew Flannery co-founder of Kiva.org an organization that allows people to lend money via the Internet to microfinance institutions in developing countries around the world.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Tom Merritt
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Running time: 46:24
Current Geek Episode 195: TNG season 8 on twitter!
In 1839 – Sir John Herschel presented his ‘Note on the Art of Photography, or the application of the Chemical Rays of Light to the purposes of Pictorial Representation’ to the Royal Society, likely the first use of the word ‘photography’.
In 1879 – Albert Einstein was born in Ulm in Württemberg, Germany. He would grow up to work in the Swiss patent office. And reinvent physics.
In 1994 – Linus Toirvalds posted to comp.os.linux.announce that Linux kernel release 1.0. had arrived.
Hosts: Tom Merritt and Scott Johnson
Your heads up display won’t let you get lost, but you’re rewired brain may not like where you go.
Guests: Shannon Morse and Evan Brown
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Running time: 52:30
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Twitter buys Posterous, CNN may buy Mashable, homeless people as hotspots anger SXSW attendees, and more.
Guests: Tim Stevens
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Running time: 44:49
We talk about some cool SciFi maps from the US to Westeros tonight. Plus, the Syrah may get to our hosts, but they think they know both why we like heroes, and when it’s OK to hate an author’s politics but like his story. we also are continually impressed with Terry Pratchett.
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Tom: 2010 La Granja Syrah
Veronica: Pasa Robles Syrah from a Zeppelin!
QUICK BURNS
The most complete ASoIaF World Map yet
A map of the United States, drawn in the style of Lord of the Rings
Info on Guy Gavriel Kay’s new novel
The Worst Science Fiction Novel of the 19th Century
BARE YOUR SWORD
Are Generation X scifi/fantasy fans fixated on the Chosen One?
TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES
GAME OF THRONES Season 2 episode title update
Yet another GAME OF THRONES trailer
Pottermore departing beta from platform nine (and three quarters) in April
Mass Effect as good science fiction
BOOK CHECK-IN
“The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1) by Scott Lynch”
Hey guys,
I’m very pleased you’re currently reading The Lies of Locke Lamora. I read it about a year ago and immediately followed up with the awesome sequel “”Red Seas Under Red Skies””. It was that book that got me more into the Fantasy genre and as I explored online I found your podcast. I saw this recent post on Scott Lynch’s blog regarding some of his early development of the Gentlemen Bastard series and thought it would be interesting to mention on the show:
http://scott-lynch.livejournal.com/271036.html
I found this post particularly interesting as I will be taking part in this years NaNoWriMo, inspired by your attempts last year, and I plan on making extensive notes beforehand.
Keep up the good work.
Matt
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Hi, this is Chris from Poland again. I wanted to mention that the Discworld Reading Order Guide that I maintain and which you mentioned once on the podcast has been updated to version 2.1 and is available on the Discworld Fanatics website. Since you sometimes mention Pratchett, your listeners might want to take a look at the new Guide.
Cheers,
Chris.
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ADDENDUMS
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