Show 096 - Happy Birthday Mr. Insomnia!

March 31st, 2010



Hi, I'm Mike "Mr. Dremel" Scott, and with me tonight are Bryan "The Printer survived the crash" Hineser and Art "Meat Dealer" Hollingsworth.



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No segmentish type thing this week.



What's Going on?

Art -

•     Acquired a new server.
•     Solved my Skype audio problems on Linux.

Bryan -

•  Re-posting all podcast on Amateur Skeptics
•  The Printer still survived crashed
•  The Car is getting totaled
  

Mike S. -

- Worked on the Pinewood Derby Cars today

- I think a Wii purchase is imminent

- Planning a Double Brew Weekend next weekend.



Computer History

April 2 1980 - Microsoft Announces "SoftCard"

April 4 1994 - Marc Andreesen Founds Netscape with Jim Clark

April 6 1992 - Microsoft Releases Windows 3.1



The computer history segment is brought to you by The Computer history Museum, where computing history lives. Visit them at  computerhistory.org .



Fake Commercial

- Shady's Supercenter - Thanks to SciFi Surplus.com!



New and Interesting

- Pay to play Halo with a Girl? - Gamecrush - Playdates start at $6.60 for 10 minutes! - Mike S

http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/107/1079073p1.html

- Sigler started "The Starter"! - Mike S.

- Nexus One isn't selling? - Mike S.

- Apple exhausts supply of iPads for pre-order - Bryan

- Zeus malware takes aim at tax season - Bryan



Podcast or Podcast Novel Promo

- Lost and Not Found - Podiobooks - Author's Website

- Republic: A Novel of America's Future - Podiobooks

Computer History
May 27th, 1959 MIT Shuts Down "Whirlwind" Computer
May 28th, 1959 Committee Forms to Develop New Language
May 30, 1996 AT&T Announces Video Phone Call System
May 31, 1926 BASIC Language Co-Inventor is Born
June 1, 1995 Maxis Goes Public
June 2, 1996 Netscape Creates Navio to Compete with Microsoft

The computer history segment is brought to you by The Computer history Museum, where computing history lives. Visit them at  computerhistory.org .

Fake Commercial
Ultimate Space Fighting from our friends at Sci-Fi Surplus

New and Interesting
- Microsoft Confirms IIS Bug - Computerworld
- Art - Pirated Windows 7 RC Builds Botnet - cNet
- Palm Pre, Broadband issues and how media is distributed & consumed.

Sorry I get it now. We'll move those to next week.
- High School graduates class who may have up to 26 certifications. Certmag
- "V" Returns to ABC this fall. ABC

Podcast or Podcast Novel Promo
Anatomy of Fear
Murder at Avedon Hill

The Segmentish Type Thing
- Interview / chat with Paul Schreiber - Co-Host of the Dorkcast Podcast, you can also find him at 1000 Monkeys.
- Tell us about your podcast
- Lessons from podcasting
- Background with computers