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While Andy continues his hunt for our one Chinese listener, Kelly continues to fill his seat with witty banter. The Michaels continue to look for the best of our listeners’ tags, and our listeners wonder, what have our hosts gotten themselves into. With a major Technotronic section this week, we have an exciting, exciting show. So tag, rate, and subscribe with a big cup of your favorite beverage, and enjoy the show.

What’s cool?
Kelly — How I almost saved the earth – From Go to Woe
Michael R. — UV statues
Michael M — Augmented reality rock band

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Intel / Nokia research on 3DI – MeeGo rickmans

Tech-no-tronic
Seeing computing in action using 1980s computers lx5
LEGO MOMA heidigoseek
Call phones from Gmail allerhed
Google acquisitions ginormous visualization andypiper
Now that’s a jam gypsychk
Free Hugs, now available over long distance via SMS lx5

Mac-a-rooni
Patent to block jailbroken phones? heidigoseek
Police Officer sues for Overtime based on cell Phone
iPad of the tiger

Social Networkin’
Do not go past Go, also do not collect £200 lx5
Do not click next for these installs gypsychk
No blockin’ Mark heidigoseek

Final thoughts
Kelly — Wii fit baby robotics
Michael M — Is that a Movie theatre in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?
Michael R — Buzz just a waste of time?

bonus links
Lego Dali
More Lego Artists
Drum Shirt
Hooked on a Feeling – the Ooga Chaka Song

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 56:46 — 19.5MB)

While Andy begins his quest to find our one Chinese listener, we welcome Kelly Yeoh (@kelisha on twitter) on to the show to talk give us the southern hemisphere’s perspective of our listener tags. And boy do we have a bunch of great tags this week: glue, snow, web, games, and books are all on the menu today. So stick around and enjoy the show!

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What’s cool?
Kelly — Goosing the search engine game and Geek Girl Dinners
Michael R. — Indie Game Challenge
Michael M — Mary Poppins Principle

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Australia’s 2010 election andypiper
Augmented reality object glue: junaio glue epredator
Sketchup to SL — sketchy? jtonline
Project Snowstorm epredator

Tech-no-tronic
Higher IQ = < Zzzzs (at least on weekdays) gypsychk
Design is history bradicle
Apps are suburbia, the web is downtown duckboxxer

Mac-a-rooni
Comic books from your video games mobthink

Social Networkin’
just look at all the colors! Is the web dead? bluebus
Read Ayn Rand heidigoseek
Twifficiency heidigoseek
Twournal — book it Lion-o

Final thoughts
Kelly — Andy, I hope I did you proud!
Michael M — I need to shower and shave!
Michael R — Great to have the different perspective on the show

bonus links

Outliers
GeoCities
Comic Strip Aggregator

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 43:25 — 14.9MB)

Michael, Andy, and Michael come together this week to a plethora of user tags, and somehow we get very morbid with our discussion. Is Second Life dead (again), can hero’s come back to life if they are played by Cats, and why do we keep hearing tweets from the dead? All these questions will be answered… So sit back, grab a beersicle from the freezer and enjoy the show.

What’s cool?
Andy — Reenactment (with cats): Princess Bride
Michael R — Backpack with frickin’ lasers in it
Michael M — Star Trek iPad – 23 years ago

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Collada mesh networks and Hypergrid – Is SL dying?
End of the (virtual) world as we know it epredator
Eight BILLION dollars 
Disney CEO: Social Gaming epredator
Yakuza game reviewed by yakuza bluebus

Tech-no-tronic
Wake up! (based on bed movement) lx5
On a hot day, what you need is a beer popsicle gypsychk
Rather put the kettle on 17.5 times, or email 4 pictures? gypsychk

Mac-a-rooni 
Camera plus easter egg gypsychk
iPhone data trail gypsychk

Social Networkin’
Twitter deceased user policy established heidigoseek
You’ve been accused of seriously dumbing down the internet lx5
twitter/foursquare/qik marriage proposal wideawakewesely

Final thoughts
Andy – Traveling – follow on personal blog
Michael M — Pop Goes the Weasle 
Michael R — Cows & Fish

bonus links
Princess bride board game
IT Crowd Series 4
Red Dead Redemption 
Civilization iPhone game

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While Andy and Michael Rowe are away from their respective recording studios, Michael Martine along with special guest Ryan Boyles hold down the show, spanning Google Earth to bring you the constant variety of listener tags, the thrill of the Old Spice Guy’s advertising success to the agony of the BSoD showing up at inopportune moments.  It’s indeed Back to the Future with some older links resurfacing, but during the summer repeat season, if you haven’t seen ‘em yet, well, they’re “new to you!”.  Here’s hoping that as Marty McFly and Doc Brown drive into the past and return to the future, that they still do so in a gull wing DeLorean — not a Tesla or MB…  Enjoy the show!

What’s cool?
Andy –  Facadeprinter
Michael R — “The Magic White Machine” by ThinkingMachine and Fairlight CMI
Ryan B –  Scott Pilgrim vs the World game trailer
Michael M — 25 years later, Back to the Future again in theaters in the US, UK, cast reunion video

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Old Navy augmented reality booty
biology lesson disguised as a game epredator
sneak preview Project: MyWorld epredator

Tech-no-tronic
Google Earth with realtime weather heidigoseek
ginormous buses straddling roadways wideawakewesley

Social Networkin’
Social Networking advertisements in the style of the 1960‘s newsprint lx5
Old Spice ad agency success with stats to prover it heidigoseek
socialfresh interview
NPR Old Spice Guy story

wave waving goodbye! lx5
Techcrunch wave goodbye duckboxxer
Google’s fickleness heidigoseek

coolest bar in the world! lx5

Final thoughts
Ryan — long hot summer – plan to get out
Michael M – funny blue screen of death pictures

bonus links
Amateur Surgeon
Little Big Planet
Monopoly City Streets
Waze

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 37:49 — 17.3MB)

The guys are excited to have our master tagger ePredator (or as some may know him – Ian Hughes) on the show this week. And while ePred is best known for his work within the 3D Internet, our tags this week focus on cool tech and social networking capabilities, with a slight diversion to legal action be brought against Apple. We also indulge in our inner geek with the new Thor trailer, even if some of us weren’t able to view it during the show – Michael R. assures us all that the link is still good (having tested it during the editing of the show). So sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.

What’s cool?
Ian / epred — Manchester Fablab and New Chairman of British Computing Society group for Animation and Game Development
Andy — Presentation about Social Software Adoption in the Workplace
Michael R — IT Crowd Series 4 Coming to the US
Michael M — Burningman visualzation

Obligatory 3-D Internet
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Tech-no-tronic
AR drone (not the vuvuzela kind) – allerhed
Forget the OLPC — how about a $35 tablet – gypsychk
London Zipbike Locations – bluebus

Mac-a-rooni
iPad doesn’t work like a book? – heidigoseek
iPad owners are selfish elites – billsweeney1
Users now free to break out of jail, on the iPhone – heidigoseek

Social Networkin’
HRH Flickerstream – gypsychk
Life, don’t talk to me about life – epredator

Final thoughts
Michael M — Michael Loves the Loved Game
Ian — Really irritated by Bejeweled Blitz and Michael Jackson Zombie removed from PvZ
Andy — MS Street Slide and Microsoft can still Innovate
Michael R — THOR! – we hope the link still works

bonus links
Gamestorming
Star Wars trench run
#wookieleaks meme
Experts question the $35 tablet

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:21 — 18.4MB)