Show 039: The Blog Post Heard Around the World

Posted Wed, 01/14/2009 - 05:05 by Art
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What's Going On?
- Mike's listening to the Black Star Passes
- Have you had a bunch of new Twitter Followers?
- Two Guys Tech's Appearance on CS Tech Cast - We told you that we were going to be at the recording, well, as it turns out, they needed an interview, and we were happy to oblige. The Episode should be available on their site since about Monday.

This Day in Computer History
- January 15, 1986 - The National Science Foundation Opens the National Center for Supercomputer Applications (NCSA)
- January 16, 1956 - SAGE is Disclosed to the Public
- January 17, 1996 - Computer is Used in the Discovery of New Planets
- January 18, 1938 - J.W. Bryce outlines the Harvard Mark I
- January 19, 1983 - Apple Introduces Lisa Computer
- January 20, 1988 - IBM's PS/2 Technology to be Cloned

News / Topics
- The Post Heard around the world - Installing Windows 7 Beta on Sun's Virtual Box.
- Contagious makes the New York Times Best Seller List! Yes! Read more about it on Scott Sigler.com
- A report from a Mac switcher - The saving graces for Mac is that lots of stuff is on the web, and Macs can run Windows.
- Apple announces new pricing structure (Mashable ). They raised prices, the songs are only compatible with iPods, and I have to pay to remove DRM (Mashable )? I'll just keep getting the music from Amazon.
- Desktop Tower Defense http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/Game.asp
- There's going to be a "Land of the Lost" movie! Wil Ferrel is starring. IMDB, Reelzchannel

Segmentish thing
- Windows 7 thoughts and experiences.
- Teckh has some Windows 7 Beta Impressions

- Mike Reviews "The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead" by Max Brooks http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Survival-Guide-Complete-Protection/dp/14000...

It was pretty good, but it was almost too instructional. The best part is the "Recorded Attacks" section at the end. I hope to have a full review of it up by the end of the week.

DVD New Releases

- My Bloody Valentine - I believe that J.C. Hutchins pitched the idea for one of the death scenes in it. I wanted to see it in 3-D
- Mirrors with Keifer Sutherland?
- Tokyo Gore Police looks, well, um, interesting.
- Stargate - The Ark of Truth -
- Ghost in the Shell Vol 2: Innocence

Extra stuff, time permitting
- Giving out too much information.

Comments

Thanks for the Mention!

by Scott Farquhar (not verified) - 01/21/2009 - 14:40

Thanks for mentioning Black Star Passes! I'm glad Mike is enjoying it. I should get the last episode posted within the next week.

Cheers!

--Scott

Mike's picture

Thanks for stopping by!

by Mike - 01/21/2009 - 16:35

No problem, thanks for recording it! It's really neat to look back on that era's science fiction. I'm still working my way through it, so don't let me hurry you :-)