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Braindead TechCast EP 135: Who?

Steven Hodson — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:29:54 +0000

Did you hear?

Apparently Apple had a live streaming event today to announce a bunch of stuff. Something about a new iPod and all it’s offspring, something called Ping which appears to be a social music network.

Oh and ya something about some type of iTV deal.

Enjoy the show.

EP 135: Who?

Braindead TechCast EP 134: Moronic Monday with a bullet to the head

Steven Hodson — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:19:00 +0000

Ah Monday’s. They have to be our favorite day of the week, well at least it is for me because we get to do our Moronic Monday edition of the Braindead TechCast. It is so much fun being able to share all the wonderful things we find on the web with everyone.

Well, maybe not for Sean. He always seems to end up in the corner weeping about the decline of mankind into a morass of moronic mindlessness.

Here’s the list of posts that led to Sean’s emergency call to the sanatorium.

Hair Dryer Made by Ferrari Engineers – Neatorama
Cell Phones for Babies – Random Good Stuff
Twournal: Turn your Twitter stream into a printed journal – The Next Web Apps
Tapi, So You Don’t Have To Drink From The Faucet Like A Cat – CrunchGear
Nose Flute – Random Good Stuff
SnazzyNapper: Use It While Driving To Clear Out the Gene Pool! – CrunchGear
Flamethrower Trombone – Neatorama
Dog Yoga – Neatorama

And a special bonus:

GIF: Iz on a Roomba, Ur Argument iz Invalid – I Can Has Cheezburger

Enjoy the show.

EP 134: Moronic Monday with a bullet to the head

Braindead TechCast EP 133: Techmeme Friday stretching it for the funny

Steven Hodson — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:33:32 +0000

Wow what a desperately boring end of the week on Techmeme. I mean when the high point is the story from Associated Press because you wonder when Techmeme will be getting a bill for over quoting you know it’s boring.

Headlines from Techmeme mentioned in tonight’s show.

Paul Allen Sues Apple, Others Over Patents – Wall Street Journal
Google buys Angstro and hires founder to help build social networking service – L.A. Times Tech Blog
Find out what’s hot on search with the Google Beat – Official Google Blog
Condé Nast, I’m publicly offering to buy Reddit. – Ben Huh
In protest, Reddit rolls its own pot ads – CNET News
Fennec Alpha Released for Android and Nokia N900 – Mozilla Blog
Six Things Google’s Free Phone Service Can’t Do (and One It Does Very Well) – Gadgetwise
Digg Responds to User Outrage: Upcoming Stories Will Return – ReadWriteWeb
Einstein Would Have Used a Mac. John Lennon, Too. – Digital Daily
Patent Suit Day Continues: Microsoft Takes Fight With i4i Over XML To The Supreme Court – TechCrunch
Clearwire Confirms New ‘Pay As You Go’ Service Is Coming – mocoNews
Are Wikileaks Activists Finally Realizing Their Founder Is a Megalomaniac? – Gawker

Enjoy the show

EP 133: Techmeme Friday stretching it for the funny

Braindead TechCast EP 132: Smokin’ the double rainbow

Steven Hodson — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:49:51 +0000

You know it’s going to be an interesting show when the first thing Sean and I do is break into a Cheech and Chong routine; but it doesn’t get any better than talking about the trademarking of the word ‘Face’ and the interesting implications if that happens.

Posts referred to in the show:

Social media for pot smokers – Jason Kottke
Yahoo Sells Hotjobs To Monster, Protects Their Users – gHacks
Guess Who Is Trying To Trademark The Word “Face”? (And Guess Who Is Trying To Stop It?) – TechCrunch

Enjoy the show

EP 132: Smokin’ the double rainbow

Braindead TechCast EP 131: Yes we’re still alive

Steven Hodson — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:16:35 +0000

After missing two night Sean and I are back to disprove the rumors of our demise even though one of us is sick as a dog.

This is kind of a mish-mash show given that it should be our night of cool stuff we tossed a few items of news just to balance things out after missing a couple of days.

Posts referred to in tonight’s show.

Video: Meet Hexapedal Running Robot Phasma – CrunchGear
Incredible race simulator makes all others look like toys – DVICE
Digg Version 4 – Digg Blog
Call phones from Gmail – Gmail Blog
Is this Microsoft’s new Internet Explorer 9 interface? – Mary Jo Foley
Nice IE9 image but is this what we’ll see come Sept. 15? – WinExtra

Enjoy the show

EP 131: Yes we’re still alive

Braindead TechCast EP 130: Techmeme Friday with no help from Techmeme

Steven Hodson — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 02:16:04 +0000

As always on the last day of the week we faithfully bring you the fabulous Techmeme Friday edition of the show. However tonight Techeme must have known we were coming because not only was it boring but they keep showing Sean a different line-up of headlines which left me refreshing and chasing all over the page.

Thanks Techmeme.

Headlines mentioned in the show

It’s Official: Google Acquires Like.com – TechCrunch
Facebook is the new Google – MSNBC
Facebook Places: The Real Target Is Yelp – GigaOM
Jobs: Software Update to Address iOS 4 Performance Issues on iPhone 3G ‘Coming Soon’ – MacRumors
We’ve Moved to Facebook – Hot Potato
Google TV demo shows off Dish Network integration, universal search (video) – Engadget
Tweet Button Bookmarklet: Share links from any page – Twitter Blog
The Future of Internet Search – Esther Dyson
Digg’s Founder Kevin Rose Says New CEO, Website Are Both About a Week Away – Bloomberg
Creep Executive Officer – Daring Fireball
The Fading Glory of the Television and Telephone – Pew
Textbooks Up Their Game – Wall Street Journal

Enjoy the show.

EP 130: Techmeme Friday with no help from Techmeme

Braindead TechCast EP 129: Facebook – the Bang A Gong version

Steven Hodson — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 02:40:50 +0000

While we don’t cover a lot of topics tonight the one’s that we do cover are all mind-boggling, each in their own silly way. I mean what can you say when the high points of a Facebook press conference is the banging of a gong and the public punking of what was once a competitor.

Not to mention the fact that as much as I really, really, dislike McAfee products I sure wish I had been a shareholder because today was Christmas.

Posts referred to in the show.

That pretty Chatroulette girl taking her clothes off — She’s a wild one – The Inquisitr
For Intel, is there wisdom in buying software companies? – VentureBeat
Gather Round Facebook Places: The First 48 Hours. – SiliconAngle
Groupon Launches National Deal With Gap, Selling 10 Groupons A Second – TechCrunch

Enjoy the show

EP 129: Facebook – the Bang A Gong version

Post title reference for yucks

Braindead TechCast EP 128: Please pick up your jaw

Steven Hodson — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:53:01 +0000

Most of our listeners will already know of our two theme nights, Moronic Monday and Techmeme Friday, but tonight we are starting the third of our theme nights. On this, and future Wednesday Sean and I will be bringing you some of the coolest things we have found in tech for the previous week and sharing them with you.

We are really looking forward to doing these shows because as much fun as picking on people and stupid tech news might be, we wanted to also celebrate the good stuff out there.

Posts referred to in tonight’s show.

Childless British couple builds a robot child companion – DVICE
Nanofiber Tea Bag Makes Water Safe to Drink for Less Than a Cent – Geek O System
You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out! And Your Arm Off!: Custom-Built Airsoft Minigun – Great White Snark
Video: Giant Snake Robot ACM-R5 – CrunchGear

And the coolest item of the week:

Video: amazing touchscreen DJ mixing board – DVICE

Video of one of the cool items:

Enjoy the show

EP 128: Please pick up your jaw

Braindead TechCast EP 127: But Steve, it’s Apple

Steven Hodson — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:01:55 +0000

In some ways this could have been a Moronic Monday show given that we ended up talking about some really stupid things that everyone is getting all excited about even though we’re not sure why. A bonus for Sean was that he could tell me that it’s all because it’s Apple – which seems to becoming his favorite saying.

Oh and we have a bonus for you tonight.

Post that are referred to in the show.

The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet - Wired.com
WIRED’S LAST SCHTICK IS DEAD. LONG LIVE…. – Broadstuff
RIM moves just 150,000 BlackBerry Torch phones on launch – electronista
What Happened to the Grooveshark iPhone App? – Grooveshark
Apple Granted Design Patents for “Slide to Unlock” and “Keyboard Letter Pop” – Redmond Pie
RIAA wants you to have an FM radio in your phone – even if you don’t – The Inquisitr

Enjoy the show

EP 127: But Steven, it’s Apple

And the bonus is (via Geek O System):

Braindead TechCast EP 126: Moronic Monday’s has a brush with cool stuff

Steven Hodson — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:43:28 +0000

Sean may hate Moronic Monday’s because of the damage he says it does to what remains of his brain but I think he’s lying. In fact I think he lives for Moronic Monday’s, just like our faithful listeners do but we’ll let him keep believing that if it makes him feel like he is in a safe place.

Posts that made it to this week’s show.

Thanko’s “USB Necktie Cooler 3″ – CrunchGear
Ferrari espresso machine is one fast way to spend lots of money – DVICE
The mouse / calculator combo – gHacks
Transformer Jacket, More Than Meets the Eye – Neatorama
Twitter Friend Mug – Neatorama
Python Garden Sculpture – Random Good Stuff
Paintball-equipped robot leaves its victims terrified and messy – DVICE
Brilliant Slink-O-Matic lets you enjoy a Slinky, no stairs required – DVICE
Pee Aim Ball – Random Good Stuff

Enjoy the show.

EP 126: Moronic Monday’s has a brush with cool stuff