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Andy is leading a team at Hackday 8, but takes time out of his busy schedule to join the Michaels to talk about your tags. We have loads of fun with a full set of new and interesting visualizations, as well as a bit of gaming between Lego and the iPad…So sit back, plug in, and listen to this week’s “Dogear-Nation!”.

What’s cool?
Andy — Stop Running and Shift
Michael R. — The Concert that Wasn’t
Michael M — Best pizza in the world! and Pez fireworks

Tech-no-tronic
Solar mindstorm – allerhed
Data visualization goodies! – UncommonMan
Google’s interesting things – billsweeney1
– referenced visualization…
Set phasers for “cool” — evolution of the geek visualization – heidigoseek / epredator via @flowtown
Gangsta lorem ipsum – rickmans

Mac-a-rooni
iPhone as a controller – lbenitez3000

Social Networkin’
Data from stolen laptop returned, by the thief! – rickmans
Conversation prism – epredator
Zuckerberg on the social network – billsweeney1

Final thoughts
Andy — Flavors of Andy
Michael M — Hallow Tech
Michael R — Robot overlords will entertain us to death

Bonus links
Fill in the Text
Andy’s Analysis on The Social Network

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While Andy jet sets back home from a week long conference, the Michaels take the opportunity to record a show at our favorite coffee shop Bean Traders. With a bit of cool jazz in the background, we talk about a great set of tech-no-tronic tags and ponder how much longer Facebook can survive with all the privacy issues which keep surfacing.

What’s cool?
Michael M — Shameless IBM gaming promotion
Michael R — Cool gaming Beta on the iPad

Obligatory 3-D Internet
3d printing replacement parts epredator

Tecn-no-tronic
Apartment Mech lx5
Google joining the ebook par-tay heidigoseek
Airspace reboot post ashpocolypse uncommonman
Expo Shanghai lx5
Happy geekmas and merry nerd year heidigoseek
Upcoming Google I/O allerhed

Mac-a-roonie
AT&T gets 6 more months of iPhone exclusivity billsweeney1
Why Apple Hates Flash

Social Networkin’
Social Marketing – so bad, it’s good! bluebus
Facebook 2010 lx5
Eroding Privacy Policy lx5
Bosses should embrace Facebook gamesfanum

Final thoughts
Michael R – great to do a live show every once in a while
Michael M – He Love’s PowerPoint

Bonus Links
Saturday Night Live – National Public Radio Reference

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The Michaels wish Andy a happy birthday and hope that he’s off enjoying himself. We also get a listener tag for a bit of birthday music. We also decide that this week’s show will honor South by SouthWest, which we are competing with this week by talking about Music, Movies, and Entertainment. Enjoy the show!

Show Tags

What’s Cool
For Andy — Happy Birthday via @gypsychk
Michael R — DiggNation Raleigh? and Leo’s Meme this week
Michael M — 8-Bit New York City (via heidigoseek)

SExSE
Geek Music epredator
it’s 2010 and my jetpack is here billsweeney
Irish Fireside (Bonus Link)
Engineer barbie lx5
Ada Lovelace Day and Shift-Run-Stop Episode (Bonus Link)
Death on a Pale Horse (Bonus Link)
Tron trailer
Bruce Boxleitner – Babylon 5 (Bonus Link)
A-team trailer

Final thoughts
Michael R — Hoodie to laptop bag via tweets
Michael M — Curtis Blow — They’re playing bas-ket-ball

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The Michael’s end the year, while Andy is off partying (Happy Festivus, Andy!). The Obligatory 3-D Internet section is back, thanks to listener ePredator! There’s a great list of virtual worlds, with video samples, that we recommend anyone interested in getting into the 3D Internet check out. Andy provides us with a great link (perhaps this is his gift to all of us!) on playing Guitar Hero on your garage. For our old school listeners, check out the link on playing Dungeon and Dragons on a Microsoft Surface. Phil_hartman gives us a great visualization of the Browser Market! The Mac-A-Rooni section is back too…And as delusional iPhone users we thank Rickmans for a great tag.

What’s Cool
Michael M — Lame Government Encryption!
Michael R — Holiday Props to the Bell Ringers

Obligatory 3-D Internet
There’s a world for that – epredator
A view into virtual universes – epredator

Tech-no-tronic
Bright lights, Big City – lx5
Guitar Hero Garage – andypiper
Surface Dungeons and Dragons – wideawakewesley
sho.rt – billsweeney1
Browser marketshare – phil_hartman
Parallax effect – wideawakewesley

Mac-a-rooni
iPhone users are delusional – rickmans
Gesture based security or thumper for your iPhone – lx5

Social Networkin’
Unbelievable 10 #FB stories of the year rickmans

Final Thoughts
Michael R – BMW Makes PCs – Badly
Michael M – Geek Holiday Gifts Guide

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 37:28 — 8.7MB)

Andy and Michael soldier on without Michael Martine this week, but Michael, ever the professional, drops us a few inserts to make sure that he’s cool enough. This week’s tags are a great collection of technology and geekiness including – Spheres, spiral galaxies, and assassins. Thanks to all of you who tag, and come meet us on October 23rd if you are in the RTP area of North Carolina as we do our Windows House Party.

What’s Cool
Andy — Magic Wand
Michael R — MythHackers
Michael M — Red Shirt Cologne And Star Wars at National Mall in Washington, DC

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Spherical Virtual World (epredator)
Augmented Reality showing Twin Towers (wideawakewesley)
Augmented Reality apps to buy now! (kevinaires)
Unlock content by snapping a picture of a logo (epredator)

Tech-no-tronic
MS-Mouse on multitouch (wideawakewesley)
Netflix Prize awarded (lxs)
3-D Stellar wiki (Philip Hartman)

Social Networkin’
GPS Assassins (Philip Hartman)
(Bonus)Halting State by Charles
Top collaboration tools that aren’t Google Wave (Rick Mans)
Analysis of leaked/weak passwords (wideawakewesley)

Final thoughts
Andy — Micro Men on BBC4
Michael R — Emotiv Headset – Developers Kit!!
Michael M — Everything’s L$10 and here’s a voucher

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 39:59 — 9.2MB)