Autopilot S2E12 – Dragnet

Dragnet is a radio and television crime drama about the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from an actual police term, a “dragnet”, meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.

Tech News Today 679: Rdio Free Europe

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar and Sarah Lane

Office 2013 goes subscription, Acer’s Chromebooks beat their Windows PCs, Rdio launches free music service

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Running time:: 0:50:23

Tech News Today 678: His Zelda Underwear

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar and Sarah Lane

Vine gets porny, Barnes and Noble on the rocks and the next iPad release

Guest: Peter Wells

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Running time:: 0:42:09

S&L January Book Club: Old Man’s War Wrap-Up & Your Feedback!

It’s time to wrap up our January pick, John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War, check in with everyone over on GoodReads, and get momentarily excited for a new excerpt from GRRM…before remembering that its still going to be a long wait for Winds of Winter. Enjoy!

More on our January pick, Old Man’s War:
On GoodReads:http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51964.Old_Man_s_War
From John Scalzi’s Blog: http://whatever.scalzi.com/about/books-by-john-scalzi/

Discussion Links:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1163392-bored-woodless
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1163460-grrm-new-extract-of-the-winds-of-…
http://georgerrmartin.com/if-sample.html
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1160339-what-do-you-guys-think-about-brea…

“A Once Crowded Sky” Review by Aaron:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuSKLG61lbk

S&L January Book Club: Old Man’s War Wrap-Up & Your Feedback!

It’s time to wrap up our January pick, John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War, check in with everyone over on GoodReads, and get momentarily excited for a new excerpt from GRRM…before remembering that its still going to be a long wait for Winds of Winter. Enjoy!

More on our January pick, Old Man’s War:

On GoodReads:http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51964.Old_Man_s_War

From John Scalzi’s Blog: http://whatever.scalzi.com/about/books-by-john-scalzi/

Discussion Links:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1163392-bored-woodless

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1163460-grrm-new-extract-of-the-winds-of-…

http://georgerrmartin.com/if-sample.html

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1160339-what-do-you-guys-think-about-brea…

“A Once Crowded Sky” Review by Aaron:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuSKLG61lbk

Tech News Today 677: Vine Faceblocked

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar and Sarah Lane

Facebook shuts out competitiors, Lenovo wants RIM, Why the Internet is essential.

Guest: Darren Kitchen

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Running time:: 0:45:18

Tech News Today 676: Dell, You Need a Dude

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

Why Apple’s record revenue is bad news, Google’s secret wireless project, Twitter’s Instagram for video, and more.

Guest: Danny Sullivan

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Running time:: 0:48:03

Tech News Today 675: More Mobile Butter

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

Google turns it around, Nokia’s best camera yet, how Steve Jobs used patents as a weapon, and more.

Guest: Natali Morris

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Running time:: 0:41:37

S&L Podcast – #119 – Pronounce this…

We have a whole lot of award finalists to tell you about and Veronica bravely tries to pronounce their names. We also wonder how much said is too much said.

 
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
 
Tom: Car Men Air Camenere, Chile 

Veronica: Something red
 

QUICK BURNS
 
TOC: ‘The Fearsome Journeys: The New Solaris Book of Fantasy’ Edited by Jonathan Strahan
  
Harper/Voyager UK to Release SF/F Classics with Beautiful Minimalist Covers
 
Tad Williams completes latest novel 
 
Great science fiction authors tell us which novels they wish they’d written themselves
 
FINALISTS: 2012 BSFA Award 
 
FINALISTS: The 2012 Kitschies 
 
CALENDAR
 
BARE YOUR SWORD
 
Veronica’s Reddit AMA 
 
The battle against ‘sexist’ sci-fi and fantasy book covers  
 
Jim Hines Group Cover Pose
 
Living in a Fantasy world 
 
TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES
 
New GAME OF THRONES video 
 
BOOK CHECK-IN
 
Use of “said”
  
ADDENDUMS
 
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