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While we may be back at full physical speed, our minds stay in the idiot corner.  We talk about conferences we aren’t presenting at, we look at shows we haven’t seen, and ultimately make a total mess out of our own what’s cools and final thoughts.  Luckily we have a great set of listener tags to talk about.  Don’t forget only 8 more shows until episode 200!  So, sit back, adjust your lanyrd, and enjoy the show.

What’s cool?
Andy P —  Littlecosm – massively multiplayer Twitter (review) (faq)

Michael R — Cirque de Soleil KA (based on the Ford motor vehicle)
Michael M — Lanyrd – social conference networkin’ (and more importantly, read Andy’s review)

 

Interactive fabrication – epredator how is this 3D INTERNET?  stuff transmitted over the internet transformed into 3D objects.

Tech-no-tronic
Lego Infographics — now that’s data visualization for fun! — andypiper
Free James Brown!  Free Kindle too! — lx5
Four candles? 

Mac-a-rooni
Engadget Editorial

Social Networkin’
Group messaging — for shizzle! — billsweeney1’s 200th tag
They tag your pictures! — lx5 

Final thoughts
MM — A day made of glass
AP — Hoth, Norway and Tron: Uprising
MR — Today Are National Grammar day! and Cats and Kittens

bonus links
cartagr.am popular instagram photos arranged on a map – andypiper
8bit me
scott pilgrim vs the world (two dogear-nation tomatoes)
How to become a Twitter guru like @michaelrowe01

The Michael’s are out of control without Andy to keep us sane.  We decide to record the show at our favorite coffee shop this week – Bean Traders, and have a blast with an incredibly mutated set of links.  Thank you Professor Kliq for our musical interlude the song – My Advice (Introduction), and licensed under creative commons. Come check us out!

What’s cool?
Michael R — Vader loves Guiness
Michael M – GPS checkin woes

Obligatory 3-D Internet
(hyper)Augmented (hyper)Reality — Is this our future?  – epredator
AugTronmented Reality — epredator
Visualization helmet or if you don’t want a Mac Classic aquarium — billsweeney1

Tech-no-tronic
edible, scanable QR code — duckboxxer
e-readers “too easy” to read — billsweeney1

Potential tag replacement strategies
trunk.ly — lxs
pinboard.in — lx5

seriously microbiotic games — epredator

Mac-a-rooni
10 leading candidates to replace Steve Jobs — billsweeney1

Final thoughts
MM — analyticscamp 2011 @ UNC
MR — iDOS is back, and rockin’

bonus links
dogear-nation with Veronica Belmont
Gary Numan remix contest
disfluency — richfowler
ugly fonts — bonus link
old software translates Chinese characters into, um, potty words (tag via uncommonman)
Father of Genetics – It was Mendel
catlab – Kids can manipulate genetics
pokemon mutation – the video
Super Germ – michaelrowe01

We end the year with some bitter news, and we need your help to move into 2011.  Delicious, our site of choice for getting your tags, is being shut down by Yahoo!  How do you want us to get your input for the show?  Please drop us an email at dogearnation@gmail.com or comment on the blog.  Should we use an open Google Doc?  Should we use Twitter Hashtags? Should we use the Facebook? Should we use Google Buzz? Or do you have an idea?  We hope everyone has a great year end, and we will be back with a new episode Recorded January 7th, 2011.

What’s cool?
Andy — Santa’s Google Voice number (unclear if this is available outside the US!) and hack your car, a reason for an Android phone?
Michael R — Taking time off and More Star Wars Posters
Michael M – GetGlue TV checkins and Sportacular from Yahoo! Sports

BIG NEWS
Yahoo are idiots – so 2011 likely to be a different format! What options are there? mag.nol.ia went away. xmarks nearly died this year. curated.by is a new contender.  Google Bookmarks? billsweeney1 contributed the xmarks and techcrunch tags
RIP delicious

Tech-no-tronic

Virtualise your phone OS – Safety Dance — the OS two step on your phone
Translate text in signs via a new iPhone app – WOWSER (andypiperuk)
Ninja Unboxing – From Effie via her GTalk Status
I’ve got the power! Or maybe not, for 0.07 seconds, and then look what happens… petemarshall77
Spirit of Indiana (Jones) heidigoseek
I need something (Google Maps) in 3D allerhed
Google Body map – michaelrowe01
Robots gotta Run Run Run allerhed

Social networkin’
I’m just a love machine / And I won’t work for nobody but you — epredator
Mark Zuckerberg – Time Person of the Year 2010 — lx5
You – Time Person of the Year 2006

Final thoughts
Andy P — the Drink that keeps the Dark Side going on those long Rebel nights
Michael M — Ghost in the machine — Augmented reality marketing — examples:  Moo Vision , World Lens (via @notasausage) & BMW Z4 “expression of joy”
Michael R — MacWorld Expo & TRON

bonus links
DRM-free europe (or, a pirate’s life for me!) via @sogrady
TRON as Digital Galapagos from billsweeney1

Love Machine – by the Miracles

As we get closer to Festivus, the guys continue to drive thru a hodgepodge of new tags, and welcome a few new taggers this week.  We thank MikeTheBee for his nice shout outs this week, while Andy gets excited about the upcoming Home Camp 3 in London next week.  Don’t forget to keep the suggestions coming for episode 200.  So sit back, pour yourself a glass of eggnog and enjoy the show.  (Do people still drink eggnog?)

What’s cool?
Andy — http://www.qrappingpaper.com/ and TRON custom – Make your own (and massively-expensive but undeniably cool TRON gadgets)
Michael R — 24 Cool Logos with Hidden Symbols – via John Moore
Michael M — I want my Twitter TVObligatory 3-D Internet
netfabb mobile epredator

Tech-no-tronic
Food, traveling through a series of tubes petemarshall77 (NEW TAGGER)
DYI Star Trek doors wooo-ooooh-oooh allerhed
smart holiday home lx5
sustainable alcohol consumption gypsychk and (NEW TAGGER) knowledgemobilizationworks

Kinecting the dots
what the Kinect actually does wideawakewesley
I believe it can fly! allerhed
I believe it can drive! allerhed (new link from today)

Social networkin’
have I got a (Facebook) deal for you… billsweeney1

Final thoughts
AP — the disposability of Chrome laptops
MR — Swagger Wagon
MM — a few app tips for our friend Matt Simpson — Plants vs Zombies, Flight Control, Siri, Soundhound / Shazam , Angry Birds, Cut the Rope, Wasted Time, Hello Kitty Camera, Instagram – all for @sweettt

Bonus links
glad to be of service Heart of Gold doors
Tron Lightcycle apparently can be yours for a neon-cool $55k

Short Circuit Robot

While we change a bit of the show behind the scenes, we continue to have a great set of listener tags this week.  We have American Express getting into virtual goods, we get into recursion with 3D printers that can replicate themselves (almost), we talk about ludicrous legal precedent with the word Face ™, and we think about the upcoming release of the movie TRON.  So sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.

What’s cool?
Andy — A World of Tweets (also via Mikael Haglund)… heatmapping global tweets
Michael R — President Bill Clinton at  Greensboro Coliseum
Michael M –AmEx points for virtual goods via @rickmans tweet

Obligatory 3-D Internet
web-based SL & OpenSim viewer announced epredator
3D printing lx5

Tech-no-tronic
Robotic car racing uncommonman
brainpower for pattern recognition via casual game phylo epredator
The DeLorean – Mr Fusion & 500gig storage heidigoseek (this is super-way-cool!)
data driven journalism software uncommonman

Final thoughts
Andy —  we had a bunch of Kinect links in which we didn’t get time for this week. Please keep tagging, we love to hear about this stuff, and remember you can check out ALL the links on Delicious.
Michael M — automated sports journalism and TRON!
Michael R — The Cataclysm is coming!!

bonus links
Sametime 3D has been renamed Virtual Collaboration for Sametime and is on Lotus Greenhouse Labs
DUEL the movie
narrative science Mikael Haglund
Tron (1982)
All the Kinect links we had to miss…