October 27 2:05pm - EriqX
I have returned from Japan guys! ep. 006 was great. Hope all had a great time. Thank you Jess for filling in for me. You did a damn good job. Track 3 on Love Psychedelico is called "Last Smile". It's one of my favorites too. Talk to you all soon and see everyone in ep. 007.
October 26 9:00pm - XeoMage
We've got the updated website live finally, after a lot of work. Not too terribly different, but a few new links on the left, a couple new features here and there, some visual tweaks, and a couple backend improvements. I hope you like it!
Anything you'd like to see from the site or from the podcast, let us know by sending an email or leaving a comment!
October 25 9:58pm
We took the show down to Matt Johnson's place in Chicago and despite audio and video difficulties episode 006 is here. Jessica fills in for Eriq who is in Japan for the week.
- Beer of the week: Schell Oktoberfest - This rich, smooth lager uses a perfect balance of Caramel, Pale, Cara Pilsner and Black malts to create the best Octoberfest beer of the season.
- New research eliminates need for Dark Matter - New research by University of Victoria physicists has suggested that dark matter may not be necessary to explain the gravitational behavior of the universe. Simply applying more exact relativity equations where previously only Netwonian models were used has eliminated one of the biggest reasons for the theory of dark matter.
- Procrastination hack: “(10+2)*5” - A system to help us procrastinators get things done.
- Toyota Engineers...a Shrub - Toyota has engineered a shrub that absorbs nitrous oxide, sulfer dioxide and other polutants 1.3 times as fast as regular plants. It also diminishes the urban heat islant effect at the same rate
- Stanford's Stanley wins DARPA Grand Challenge - Stanford University students were the winners of this years fully-autonomous off-road vehicle race, sponsored by the Department of Defense. Their vehicle travelled 132 miles across the desert under robot control.
- Japanese Toothbrush - New electric toothbrush that can diminish tobacco stains using a special brush that pulsates 3000 times per minute
- Quantum dot mixture takes LED lighting to a new level - Accidental invention could light up the future
- Special Effects for Camera phones - Plastic lenses create camera effects for your cell phone
- Even kids cannot stand life unless they have a drink - Kidsbeer is a Japanese soft drink designed to look like beer. It is lager-colored and foams like beer, but tastes like cola. The slogan is "Even kids cannot stand life unless they have a drink".
- The Hops Holster - Homer Simpson's dream! A fanny pack for a sixpack of beer.
- Eriq's band of the week: Love Psychedelico - This Japanese duo seemlessly blends their characteristic Japanese-English lyrics with unforgettable guitar riffs. They've given the Japanese music scene a tremendous impact. ep. 006 end credits: "Lady Madonna / Yuutsu Naru Spider" from their debut album The Greatest Hits.
Get the podcast of ep006: audio/video (Length: 42m 56s)
October 17 10:56pm
Jessica stands in for Matt J while he is away in our fifth episode.
- Beer of the week - Samual Adams Black Lager. One of the many beers from the Brewmasters Collection.
brewers description:
When one sees a beer with a darker complexion these days, more often than not it’s a Porter or Stout. However looks can be deceiving. There exists a style older than both and generally less well known; the Schwarzbier, which literally translated is “Black Beer.” Unlike its dark cousins which both hail from Britain and are highly hopped ales, Schwarzbier comes from Germany, is lightly hopped and is fermented using a bottom fermenting lager yeast. Samuel Adams® Black Lager is brewed in the tradition of the latter. A medium bodied beer brewed using several different roasts of malt to give the end product a smooth body and a depth of malt character that has to be tasted to be believed.
Carafa® is a registered trademark of Weyermann Malt, Bamburg, Germany.
- Canon's automatic smile detection - This new technology from Canon will allow cameras to take a picture only when everyone in the frame is smiling...
- Toyota RSC - Toyota unveiled its RSC "Rugged Sport Coupe" concept vehicle at a press conference at the 2001(?) Chicago Auto Show.
- Awesome ninja acrobatics - Here's a collection of clips of several kids doing some amazing jumps, flips, and kicks.
- Ex-Door Lighting Their Ire - There's a reason you never hear music by the group The Doors used in TV ads. Doors drummer John Densmore hasn't allowed any of the band's music to be used in television commercials.
- Scotty to be beamed up - James Doohan is going into space in accordance with his last wishes
- iWood for your iPod - Luxury-line wooden case made just for the iPod nano.
- Whereabout Clock - Microsoft researchers are working on a wall mounted display which will allow busy families to keep track of each other.
- How to live on 4.5 hours of sleep - This guy explains how he lives on a total of 4.5 hours of sleep a day, and has, at most 1 cup of coffee a day. there is also scientific explanations from a Harvard study to support his claims.
- iRobot Scooba - Robot mop.
- Satellite Kettle - Scientists have invented a kettle that can be turned on by text message.
- Eriq's band of the week: The Faders - Eriq turns to the UK once again for this weeks recommendation. Check out pop/punk teen girl trio The Faders. ep. 005 end credits: "No Sleep Tonight" from the album Plug in and Play.
Get the podcast of ep005: audio/video (Length: 44m 56s)
October 9 3:56pm
Back in Mike's living room, the couch is still at an angle, and we're throwing together our fourth episode. It's a little bit longer, but we cover a ton of topics.
- Erdinger Weissbrau: Oktoberfest Weizen - Erdinger's seasonal Octoberfest. The difference is that it is a wheat beer.
- Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel without a Pulse - Tired of being attacked by zombies? Now you can be the zombie in this video game for Windows and Mac, available October 17th.
- Kingdom of Loathing - An Adventurer is You!
- New Car Smell is bad for You - Great, so now the air outside the car is actually better for you than the air inside the car.
- Toyota may own GM one day? - Although hybrids are currently less than one percent of total auto sales, two investment gurus believe that sales of gas-electric vehicles will enable Toyota to pass GM and become the world's biggest vehicle manufacturer.
- Peter Jackson to produce Halo movie - Peter Jackson and Weta have signed on to make the upcoming Halo movie. Will this be a video game movie that doesn't suck, or is this a quick buck for Jackson?
- Traffic Hackers Hit Red Light - If you've ever been stuck in traffic longing for a magic box that could turn all your red lights to green, beware: Acting on that fantasy became a federal crime this week.
- X-Men 3's growing potential to suck - Rumors have Brett Ratner tinkering with the script, and he's invented a new mutant — a mutant HOOKER. Her superpower? Seducing men, of course. This ain't good.
- Apple special media event - Apple is planning a special media event on October 12, which may see the introduction of the video enabled iPod.
Video iPod: What's the point? or I order a dozen!
- Unlock an Starfox Ship in Zelda Game - Looks like Nintendo game developers had some fun while developing Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Turns out there is a hack to fight a Star Fox Arwing with Link.
- Python vs Gator - Burmese python which had apparently swallowed an American alligator. I say apparently because the tail and hind limbs of the dead alligator were protruding from a hole in the mid-body of the dead python.
- Polk Audio releases TCP/IP Speakers - The first speakers for in-wall installation that use IP cabling for digital transmission of tjhe audio signal directly to the speaker.
- Eriq's band of the week: Goldfrapp - This week Eriq recommends British Tech-Pop rockers Goldfrapp. Front woman Alison Goldfrapp's voice is as enticing as PJ Harvey, and she looks as dangerous as Kylie Minogue. Her haunting vocals are appropriately seductive on both their slow and upbeat tracks. ep. 004 end credits: "Twist" from the album Black Cherry.
Get the podcast of ep004: audio/video (Length: 47m 32s)
October 5 5:18am
In our third installment we look at life, death, and beer. Some regular miscellany round things out to a rather lengthy episode. Here's what we cover:
- Grimbergen Double - The beer this week is a dark Belgian Ale.
- Beer Mat - Two German students have created a device that will stop beer lovers having to get out of their seats for a refill.
- Teen's camcorder records his death - Wisconsin - Seth Hammes was filming in the woods when his camcorder recorded the crack of gunshots, the 17-year-old's screams and the voice of the alleged shooter, promising help that never came.
- Sony Pulls Jesus advert for PlayStation - Sony has apologized for an advertising campaign for its PlayStation game console which featured a young man wearing a crown of thorns with the slogan "Ten years of passion."
- Senator: God judging U.S. with disasterous hurricanes. - This insane senator from Alabama says that the reason the South is getting anihlated by hurricanes is because God is judging Americans. The funny part is what the bishop of the region has to say about it.
- God vs Science - I'm tired of creationist trying to overturn the Supreme Court, on the separation of church and state. Science is science, design is not science.
- Nissan Egg Concept Car - For drivers who find backing out of tight parking spots a hassle, Nissan has an answer: An egg-shaped car whose body pivots 360 degrees so that its rear end becomes the front.
- Serenity: See it now! - Firefly is back. Joss Whedon's amazing Western SciFi is on the big screen and it kicks ass.
- Arnie Signs Anti-paparazzi Law - Schwarzenegger signed a law on Friday tripling damages celebrities can win from paparazzi if they are assaulted during a shoot and denying the photographers profits from any pictures taken during an altercation.
- An Angle - This week's band recommendation by Eriq.
Get the podcast of ep003: audio/video (Length: 42m 20s)
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EriqX - October 28 8:33am
I'll be there. Mo too.
XeoMage - October 28 7:16am
Welcome back, mang. Are you coming to the Halloween party at Mike's tonight?