Episode 74 - Maker Faire! [ 39:11 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1230)

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We had a brief hiatus, but we’re back!  Recording at King Richard’s Faire didn’t work out, so this one was recorded at Maker Faire (well, just after) – apologies for the audio quality, we are recording in Joe’s car, so there is background road noise.

Guest(s): Joe, Julie, Mike, Christine

Drink of the Show:

No drink of the show, we were on the road.  Don’t drink and drive, kids!

Topic of the week: Maker Faire!

Some of the things we saw:

• Spinning wool
• Cat Hair Yarn
• 3D printers
• Katy Perry the Unicorn
• Toothpick World
• Pancake Printer
• Paper Robots
• Talks
• Mochi Mochi mini knitting
• Arduino
• Raspberry Pi

End Music:

• Harder Better Faster Stronger – Daft Punk – a capella cover by Mike Tompkins

Things have been busy, so no podcast this week – but I’m going to try and record an episode this weekend at King Richard’s Faire!

Episode 73 - Apple vs. Samsung - Patent Madness! [ 40:39 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1187)

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Guest(s): Sarah

Books

What we’ve been reading: Some-kind of Fairy-tale – A Novel, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

Tech

News:

• Samsung owes Apple ONE BILLION DOLLARS
• The Oatmeal raises cash for Tesla Museum
• FTC Internet Tax
• DEA only has 40TB of storage for evidence
• New Microsoft logo
• Shout at your TV to skip ads

End Music:

• Monopoly Song – Dr. Noise

Episode 70 - Camp-cast - Moose and Brony [ 45:34 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1335)

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Guest(s): Sarah, Snooj

Drink of the Show: Vodka and Diet Raspberry-Lime Polar Soda

Ingredients:

• Vodka
• diet raspberry-lime soda

Drink Rating (out of 5)

• Sarah: 4
• Tev: 4
• Snooj: 4

Topic of the week: Camping – technology and lack thereof

Discussed:

• cribbage
• outhouses
• we saw a moose!
• iphone as trivia-answering device

Television

Discussed:

• cutting the cord – no TV
• My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic – being a brony

Video Games

Discussed:

• DDR / In the Groove
• Dungeons of Dredmor: Conquest of the Wizardlands

Movies

What we’ve been watching:  Dark Knight Rises, The Darkest Hour, Footloose (Kevin Bacon commentary track)

End Music: Cute Song for a Cute Face – Producer Snafu

Episode 68 - Minisode - What is 3D Printing? [ 20:50 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1214)

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Just Tev on this minisode, where he answers a few questions about 3D printing.

Topic of the week: 3D Printing

• Printrbot 3D Printer (kit)
• MakerBot Replicator (assembled)
• Thingiverse (free 3D objects)

Tev’s 3D printer workbench

Raspberry Pi case

Clip-on iPad amplifier

Episode 67 - Steam Sale falls, Dark Knight Rises [ 1:09:02 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (603)

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Guest(s): Dave, Krista

Drink of the Show: Apple Pie Shooter

Ingredients:

• 2/3 oz vodka
• 2/3 oz apple juice
• dash of cinnamon
• dash of nutmeg

Drink Rating (out of 5)

• Adam: 4
• Tev: 4
• Krista: 5
• Dave: 4

Television

What we’ve been watching: Downton Abbey, Breaking Bad

News:

• Emmys Announced

Books

What we’ve been reading: Patient Zero

Tech

News:

• Tev’s 3D printer
• Windows 8 coming soon
• Christian tablet

Video Games

What we’re playing: Dear Ester, Blocks that Matter, Breath of Death VII, lots of Steam games.

Movies

What we’ve been watching: Dark Knight Rises, Chronicle

End Music:

• Theme to Batman TV show

Episode 66 - Kickstarter [ 1:08:31 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (583)

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Guest(s): Sarah, Krista

Drink of the Show: Vodka Gimlet

Ingredients:

• 3/4oz Vodka
• 1/4oz lime juice

Drink Rating (out of 5)

• Adam: 2
• Tev: 2
• Sarah: 2.3
• Krista: 1

Topic: Kickstarter

Some Kickstarters we’ve backed:

• printrbot
• G.L.O.W.
• OUYA console
• Edison vs. Tesla playing cards
• Carmageddon
• Reliquary Collection games
• Super Retro Squad

Television

News:

• Upcoming shows:
• 666 Park Avenue
• Arrow
• Revolution
• Cult
• The Following
• DC Nation
• we talk He-Man

Tech

News:

• Digg sold for $500K
• Amazon developing a smartphone
• Malware on Android App store
• $400K/month made on ads for Fruit Ninja

Video Games

News:

• Steam summer sale

Break Music:

• Jarinus Kickstarter – Jarinus

End Music:

• The Kickstarter Song – Ethan Newberry

Episode 65 - The End(ing) Revisited [ 1:15:37 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (565)

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We talk about Adam’s drunken exploits, and the updated Mass Effect 3 ending.

Guest: Sarah

Drink of the Show: Ménage À Trois

Ingredients:

• 1oz dark rum
• 1oz triple sec
• 1oz light cream

Drink Rating (out of 5)

• Adam: 3
• Sarah: 4
• Tev: 4

Television

What we’ve been watching: Green Floor, Continuum, House

News:

• Breaking Bad season 5 one week away

Books

What we’ve been reading: Red Shirts (John Scalzi), The Hangman’s Daughter (Oliver Pötzsch)

Tech

News:

• 0-calorie noodles
• Judge throws out Apple/Motorola lawsuits, says maybe they shouldn’t have patents
• Man fakes cat death
• UK judge ruled that the Galaxy Tab is not infringing on Apple’s designs because it’s “not as cool”
• Anti-fracking lawmaker presses wrong button, votes to support it
• Apple backs away from EPEAT certification
• Adam buys lots of audio receivers

Video Games

What we’re playing: Magic 2013 on iPad, Mass Effect 3 extended ending, Spelunky

News:

• Man sells giant video game collection on eBay for 1.2M

New Releases This Week

Movies

What we’ve been watching:  Battle Royale

Last Weeks Box Office

New Releases This Week

Netflix Watch Instantly:  Battle Royale

End Music:

• Take It Back by Miracle of Sound

Episode 64 - Loopy Aftermath [ 36:54 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (578)

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A short episode as we all recover from a bit too much imbibing last night.

Guest(s): Krista, Sarah

Drink of the Show: Water (also 3 Olives Loopy)

Television

What we’ve been watching: Continuum, Black Mirror

Books

What we’ve been reading:  The Bedwetter: Tales of courage, redemption, and pee

Tech

News:  

• Apple gets injunction to stop Samsung from selling the Galaxy Tab in the US
• Google announces stuff:
  • Nexus 7 tablet
  • Android OS 4.1 “Jelly Bean”
  • Nexus Q streaming device
  • Chome and Google Drive for iOS
  • Google Glass dev kit preorders

Video Games

What we’re playing: Binding of Isaac, Dungeons of Dredmore

Movies

What we’ve been watching: Nanook of the North, Brave, What Have I Done to Deserve This?

End Music:

• Bonus Room – Terry S Taylor