Welcome to Episode Twenty-Three, with guest host Sid Pazol, in which our heroes discuss Jeff's daughter, TMBG audiences, Old Dogs, Caprica, Kevin Smith too fat to fly, ebook price hikes, Microsoft out-Appleing Apple, the iPhone Bump, no skin in the App Store, 13 Guys Named Ed, and BPotW: Bacon Potato Chips; with music by Sondre Lerche, Sunny Day Real Estate and Southern Culture on the Skids.
Old Dogs Roger Ebert: "Old Dogs" is stupefyingly dimwitted. What were John Travolta and Robin Williams thinking of? Apparently their agents weren't perceptive enough to smell the screenplay in its advanced state of decomposition, but wasn't there a loyal young intern in the office to catch them at the elevator and whisper, "You've paid too many dues to get involved with such crap at this stage in your careers."
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'Caprica' has marvelous acting amid a creaky slowness Mary McNamara: Using a mythology that both mirrors and mocks American culture, Moore gives us a planet too drunk on technology to notice that the digital revolution has done nothing to solve the cultural divides that can lead to actual revolution. At the center of the storm is Daniel Graystone (Eric Stoltz), inventor of the holo-band, a system that takes virtual technology to a whole new empty level -- and Graystone has the sprawling lakeside compound to prove it. So it seems only right that his teenage daughter Zoe (Alessandra Torresani) would be a member of the resistance, longing to flee the spiritually dead world of Caprica for another one that believes in the one true God.
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Kevin Smith Isn't The First Person Southwest Deemed "Too Fat To Fly" Kevin Smith via Twitter: So, @SouthwestAir, go fuck yourself. I broke no regulation, offered no "safety risk" (what, was I gonna roll on a fellow passenger?). I was wrongly ejected from the flight (even Suzanne eventually agreed). And fuck your apologetic $100 voucher, @SouthwestAir. Thank God I don't embarrass easily (bless you, JERSEY GIRL training). But I don't sulk off either: so everyday, some new fuck-you Tweets for @SouthwestAir.
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Publisher: "If You Can Afford An Ebook Device, You Can Pay More For Ebooks" Chris Walters: Imagine trying to buy a book from Big Generic Bookstore and watching the cashier add $5 to the sticker price. "What are you doing?!" you cry out, waving a fist menacingly at him. "You look like you can afford it," he says back to you with a hint of entitltement. That's basically what a publishing industry expert said in a piece he wrote last week about ebook pricing.
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Windows Phone 7 Interface: Microsoft Has Out-Appled Apple Jesus Diaz: Instinctively, I like Microsoft's approach to organizing the core of our digital lives—people+social+multimedia+communication all merged into the hubs. I like it better than the "it's a phone, it's a mail program, it's a browser, it's an iPod" Apple approach. It's less rigid than the iPhone or Android's model, offering a richer experience, inviting to explore, and offering data from many points of view in a quick, clearly organized way. It also seems more human, and that's certainly something Apple—or their followers—have to worry about.
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The New App Store Rules: No Swimsuits, No Skin, And No Innuendo Jason Kincaid: Over the last few days we’ve been tracking Apple’s recent decision to remove all sexual content from the App Store. It’s an alarming move on Apple’s part, if only because it shows that the company is willing to throw developers (and their livelihoods) under the bus without any notice at all. Now developers are left wondering: just what exactly is allowed on the App Store? As it turns out, the new policy may be even more restrictive than it first appeared.
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BPotW: Who's Your Daddy: Real Bacon Handmade Potato Chips Who’s Your Daddy set out to combine two of the world’s favorite foods: bacon and potato chips. We start with the best quality potatoes and add a proprietary blend of some extra-bacony goodness. They will put a grin on your face and promise to test your limits of self-control.
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Episode Twenty-Two: Exploding Lesbians On Humvees In Space In 3D
February 19th, 2010
Welcome to Episode Twenty-Two, with guest hosts Tim Toerber and Richard Rosenthal, in which our heroes discuss The Invention of Lying, The Book of Eli, Under The Dome, Daemon, Apple's iPad, Australia outlaws small breasts, Chromium, HeinekenBot, Project Titan, and BPotW: Bacon Jerky; with music by Hardknox, Jonathan Coulton and Nerf Herder.
Under The Dome Under the Dome is a science fiction novel by Stephen King, published in November 2009. It is a rewrite of a novel King attempted writing twice in the late 1970s and early 1980s, under the titles The Cannibals and Under the Dome. As King stated on his official site, these two unfinished works "were two very different attempts to utilize the same idea, which concerns itself with how people behave when they are cut off from the society they've always belonged to. Also, my memory of The Cannibals is that it, like Needful Things, was a kind of social comedy. The new Under the Dome is played dead straight." From the material originally written, only the first chapter is included in the new novel. There are also talks of the novel becoming a cable series.
Daemon ... Daniel Suarez’s Daemon not only revivifies the basic cyberpunk combination of high tech in low places, but brings the genre to the next level. The advance of technology since 1984 allows Suarez to take a much more realistic bent in his novel. Daemon is set in the present day, and relies on current or plausibly current technology. Yet the end result envisioned is more chilling—no doubt as a result of that very plausibility—than what you will find in far more extravagant fictions.
iPad In the first days after the iPad's announcement, some media and many online commenters criticized the name iPad, noting its similarity to "pad", the common name for a sanitary napkin. Wired News said some women said this would make them less likely to buy the product. Shortly after the launch announcement, the hashtag "iTampon" became the number-two trending topic on the social networking site Twitter. Others noted that "iPad" sounds like "iPod" in various regional accents, including Bostonian and the Irish accent.
Small Boobs Outlawed in Australia The ban (RC) on small breasted women in adult publications has been made by the Australian Classification Board allegedly on the grounds that such images could be construed as child pornography, even where those publications comply with American law and keep certification that performers are over 18.
Chromium The un-Google Chrome. Now with 100% less uselessness.
Heineken Bot does what it says on the keg, soon to be man's new best friend If you ask us, our theory is that the Daleks are rather huggable by nature, but they probably partied a tad too hard with these beer-toting fellas before trashing the world. One such "Heineken Bot" -- crafted by the geniuses at Middlesex University -- turned up at Kinetica Art Fair in London. Daring humans can stop this drifting bot by hovering their hands above its sonar-sensing head, and then place a cup in its holder for some bevvy spat out of its keg. When you're served, the lonewolf continues to wander along its pre-programmed path, probably waiting for the assassination signal from Skynet. See for yourself after the break while you're still alive.
Facebook's Project Titan: A Full Featured Webmail Product Facebook is completely rewriting their messaging product and is preparing to launch a fully featured webmail product in its place, according to a source with knowledge of the product. Internally it’s known as Project Titan. Or, unofficially and perhaps over-enthusiastically, the Gmail killer.
Bacon Jerky Bacon fans of the world, Boss Hog is delighted to introduce the world's first ever bacon jerky. That's right, I didn't say beef jerky, I said Bacon Jerky! No longer are you limited to eating bacon at home! Take our pouches with you and eat bacon at work, school or simply as a great snack no matter where you are, anytime throughout your day. Boss Hog's Bacon Jerky is made from hickory smoked, dry cured hand rubbed country bacon. Our special recipe slowly removes the water from the meat, drying it to perfection while preserving its savory goodness. Check out our variety of flavors to sink your teeth into.
Six Snacks That Are Good For You Did you know there are more than 15 types of saturated fat? And despite the fact that they've been damned as a whole by nutrition experts for decades, some of them are actually heart healthy. That's good news, since high-fat foods are often the tastiest. But a bad reputation is hard to shake. And though saturated fat is the most obvious example of a bad food gone good, it's not the only one. I've run the numbers and scoured the research to determine which vilified foods have been unjustly convicted. The result: six snacks and drinks that deserve an immediate pardon.
Episode Twenty-One: Better Than A Good Hooker Story
February 19th, 2010
Welcome to Episode Twenty-One, with guest host Keith Karlson, in which our heroes discuss Gamer, Enter the Magical Mystery Chamber, I'm Here, Chad Vader, Steven Seagal Lawman, $5 Hulu subscriptions, AT&T sucks, free books on the kindle, Apple's announcement, British bed pre-warmers, prostitution news, BPotW: Bacon Lance & Porkgasm, Conan's $1.5 million segment; with music by MonoPuff, Beastie Boys vs. The Dandy Warhols and Pinky Tuscadero's WhiteKnuckle AssFuck.
Old Dogs
Roger Ebert: "Old Dogs" is stupefyingly dimwitted. What were John Travolta and Robin Williams thinking of? Apparently their agents weren't perceptive enough to smell the screenplay in its advanced state of decomposition, but wasn't there a loyal young intern in the office to catch them at the elevator and whisper, "You've paid too many dues to get involved with such crap at this stage in your careers."
