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Back to full strength for the start today, but we do lose Michael M. due to conflicts midway thru the show. We go back to the Future and talk about Linden Lab’s new SecondLife Viewer Version 2.0, which comes to us from many of our listeners. We also look at how European privacy and media laws are starting to impact Google and social media sites. Thanks for all the great tags this week!

What’s Cool
Andy — Flower Power Lights
Michael R — Roadie
Michael M — Lego Mindstorms robot solves Rubics cube under 12 seconds via lx5

Obligatory 3-D Internet
SL following Web Browser metaphor – mattsimpson
SL goes 2.0 with webby viewer – epredator
Sneak peek at new SL viewer
Linden hosting a registry of SL viewers – andypiper
Syntensity 3D game builder for the masses – epredator

Tech-no-tronic
Awesome Cast Wraps – uncommonman
Italian Google privacy case – billsweeney1
Facebook opens Hamburg office, now under German data privacy laws – rickmans
NASA’s Lunar Electric Rover iPhone game – allerhed
Google Buzz and Parental Controls – wideawakewesley
Google buys reMail application, removes from appstore
Mozilla Ubiquity no more (or is it?) – heidigoseek

Final thoughts
Andy — Opportunistic Development for Ubuntu
Michael R — Twitter perceptions of Google Buzz and Effie’s Designer Cakes
Michael M — IBM as a digital dancing elephant via lx5

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While we start with a full crew, we ultimately dwindle down to one Michael, due to network issues and other interruptions. A great set of listener tags all seem to be converging around Google this week. And we find out that Michael R. can actually pronounce Ubuntu.

We also go off on a rant about how badly the eWeek iPad article is designed. What is your least favorite way of presenting information on the web?

We really look forward to hearing from you… Please drop us a note, or comment, or rate us on iTunes. We are also looking to add more guests to the show, so let us know who you want to hear from.

What’s Cool
Andy — We need some nerd badges
Michael R — Great visualization – The known universe
Michael M — Intel’s serious game IT Manager III What happened to 1 and 2?

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Nooka augmented reality accessorizer – wideawakewesley
360 CNN video of Haiti – uncommonman

Tech-no-tronic
Make your reference URLs more suspicious – heidigoseek
Google Sitebricks – duckboxxer
On Demand Virtual Assistant – allerhed
Bonus Link
Siri – iPhone assistant
Google Buzz separate from Gmail – lunamoth rickmans heidigoseek (all tagged this!)
Google acquires Aardvark – lunamoth duckboxxer

Mac-a-rooni
10 things about the iPad that eWeek doesn’t want to show you – billsweeney1

Social Networkin’
ubuntu fair trade cola, so refreshing – lx5
Peeps diorama contest! – Heidigoseek
Bristol Lightsaber Flashmob – wideawakewesley

Final thoughts
Andy — Network problems
Michael R — The truth about Macworld Expo and Lotus Symphony and The Stealth Mac Podcast
Michael M — TriOut NC – Wayne Sutton

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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

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Andy and Michael M debate, um, and, um, err about immersive 3D environments; why everything has to be “social”; waves, bings, BMWs… and paint?

What’s Cool?
Andy — netbook featuring Ubuntu Netbook Remix and Moblin 2.0
Michael M — Intel ad

Obligatory 3D Internet
Web 3.0 will be 3D (lx5)
[bonus link - holodecks are described in the
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Technical Manual!]
Virtual Edge Conference (kevinaires)
Immersive Internet Business Value Study (epredator)

Social Networkin’
No Fear Collaboration (lx5)
Social Alchemy (carolinabigblue)
Getting on the Google Collaboration Wavelength (carolinabigblue)
Techcrunch article on Wave (andypiper) plus an amusing side note
Bing! [bonus link - the machine that goes bing!]

Final thoughts
Andy – drawing the New Yorker cover and Brushes app for iPhone
Michael M — new BMW Z4 and the advert and game

Other links
Neuroscience and the Ultimate Warrior (kevinaires)

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