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This week Andy and Michael begin the show and evidently can’t count, next week is episode 144. We also try our straight blast thru format of listener tags again this week. Tell us what you think? Do you like this format, or are separate and unique sections the way we should go. We like to experiment! And don’t forget to rate us on iTunes, tell your friends, drop us an email at dogearnation@gmail.com

What’s Cool
Andy – DC Interview
Michael R – Comdex goes Virtual

Listener Tags
Mind Crime! – epredator
Do Avatar’s Change the Way we Think – epredator
Companies are using more online communities- rawnshah
Management thru collaboration – rawnshah
Stonehenge Comes Alive – lx5
BBC Domesday book – BONUS TAG
Youtube allows HTML5 – lx5
New SecondLife Viewer allows for Shared Media – MattSimpson

Quick Hits
Google Liquid Galaxy – lx5, epredator
Are virtual worlds over – uncommonman, epredator
Infectious cool – carolinabigblue
COBOL takes on Ruby on Rails, with COGS! – uncommonman

Final Thoughts
Andy – Greatest Lightsaber Fight you’ll Ever See
Michael R – Speaking about Gaming and Developer Teams

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Michael and Michael welcome Pranab Sharma from IBM’s Virtual Universe Community. We focus on Signing Avatars, Real Race cars, Cool Software and $5 Dollar Water.

Communication Section:
Tuba Hero – http://www.theonion.com/content/news/activision_reports_sluggish_sales?utm_source=digg_1
IBM Creates Signing Avatars – http://www.informationweek.com/software/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=JSFEGYFBTFRYAQSNDLQCKIKCJUNN2JVN?articleID=201806222
Mastor Speech to Speech Translation – http://domino.watson.ibm.com/comm/research.nsf/pages/r.uit.innovation.html
40 Watt Club – http://www.40watt.com/
The Man Cave – http://www.baekdal.com/design/architecture/qube-private-space/

Virtual Worlds Section:
Cisco Virtual Worlds Blog – http://blogs.cisco.com/virtualworlds/
ePredator’s real world drive – http://www.informationweek.com/software/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=JSFEGYFBTFRYAQSNDLQCKIKCJUNN2JVN?articleID=201806222
IAC Acquires Majority share of GarageGames – http://www.garagegames.com/news/13587
Only a Lad Paroday – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD7aI45cRrE

Software Section:
Notes code added to Open Office – http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=YQUYWPGKNHSQCQSNDLRCKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=201805296
Lotus Symphony – http://tahoe.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/home.jspa
Graphics for Mac – http://www.flyingmeat.com/acorn/

Environmental Section:
$5 Bottle of Water – http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/117/features-message-in-a-bottle.html
Eco Drive – http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/09/12/frankfurt-2007-fiat-and-microsoft-announce-ecodrive-datalogging/

Listener Tag -
Google Zietgeist – http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html

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