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The Michael’s welcome special guest Dave Kamalsky from Linden Lab to the show. We have a great section on virtual worlds including both the good, the bad, and the really ugly. Andy is traveling this week, but should be back with us next week. For those who celebrate, Happy Easter Weekend.

What’s Cool
Dave — iPad cabinet
Michael R — First Flight
Michael M — wii-tastic

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Understanding Islam through virtual worlds comic book format – michaelrowe01
Are virtual worlds over? – ranoka
Metaplace closing
Vitality
Forterra sold to SAIC
There.com shut down
Venuegen out of public beta – carolinabigblue
12 MMORPG failures – epredator

Tech-no-tronic
Welcome to our new (you get the picture) – phil_hartman
Ethical design – lx5

Mac-a-rooni
Apple vs Predator – epredator
Scott-e-vest ipad ready clothing

Social Networkin’
TV dinner
Facebook privacy changes – rickmans & andypiperuk
Facebook bigger than Google – andypiperuk

Final thoughts
Dave — no thoughts
Michael R — Snoop’s Luke Skywalker Shoes via @billhiggins on Twitter
Michael M — Hit the Big Button

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 50:06 — 17.2MB)

Thanks to ePredator, Michael R. spends a significant amount of time talking about World of Warcraft, while Michael M. wants to play MMO’s by himself. Andy reiterates that Matt needs a Mac. We are all incredibly excited by LX5′s link on molecular printing — Here comes the Star Trek replicator — way cool! Andy reminds us, if you make a website, don’t loop your midi file… it’s really really annoying. We also have started a Dogear-Nation wave on google wave, so let us know if you have a Wave account and we’ll add you to this wave.

Thanks for all the great tags this week: epredator, mattsimpson, lx5, heidigoseek, rickmans, phil_hartman, and wideawakewesley.

What’s Cool
Andy — Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 Karmic Koala on Acer Aspire One 110L
Michael R — Emotiv headset Update and Headset in pieces
Michael M — It’s Gobbledygook!

Obligatory 3-D Internet
MMORPG scaling (epredator)
Thriller in SL (MattSimpson)

Tech-no-tronic
Tea, Earl Grey, Hot — molecular printing (lx5)
Tiny living room (heidigoseek)
Why is Wave so complicated? (rickmans)
Pulp Fiction as a Google Wave – NSFW (via Twitter – wideawakewesley)
Temporary disposable email (phil_hartman)
Chronological email (wideawakewesley)
Mind to mind communication (epredator)
Dyson bladeless fan (lx5)

Win-a-rooni
Which version of Win 7 do you need

Final thoughts
Andy — Still waiting to Choose what Version of Windows I need
Michael R — Google hides the Usenet
Michael M — Google Starting Book Store

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 33:46 — 7.8MB)