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Michael, Michael and Andy embark upon a wide ranging series of listener tags this week, and contemplate deep thoughts such as

• How big should a Cadbury’s Creme Egg be, and should we have a snack section of the podcast?
• How big does a Mini need to get to be considered a Max Mini?
• Can you really say “floo-flam” on the internet and maintain a clean tag?
• Can we successfully compete with our 2011 star-studded South by Southeast extravaganza?
• Will our heroes escape the piranha fish, the boiling oil, and the dreaded chalkboard screech in time to save the Internet?

OK, maybe not the last one, still, there are deep questions that our listeners brought forward by their tags, and the hosts take them by the horns.  Following the moon could be a very sustainable strategy indeed…  Sit back, turn your volume up to 11 and enjoy the show.

What’s Cool
Andy — Sleepingtime via alexbfree
Michael R — you got to glove the one you’re with
Michael M — Freshness Bar Code via heidigoseek
coffee pot sized cadbury’s creme egg

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Playstation Home GAME Moonbase Trailer epredator
hello racer! epredator
clever ad for Mini and maxi Mini (Mini Countryman)
unity 3D to support android, ipad, PS3 epredator

Tech-no-tronic
Microsoft & Open Source lx5
quick messaging phones and cloud services billsweeney1
Google’s chillerless data center — follow the moon enabler lx5

Social Networkin’
Current State of Twitter infographic bluebus
social media marketing observations from SXSW via @jaybaer

Final thoughts
Michael R — the Hobbit
The Mikado

Andy — a teacher’s passing

Michael M — NCSSM Food Drive and
continuing basketball final thought

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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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Andy and Michael M hold down the fort on a wide range of listener tags — starting (and arcing back at the end) with Google Buzz. Mobile Social Networking, Gamification of business (hmm… where have we heard that before?), and that innovation really takes place in the social area between corporations. Michael shares a couple of interesting visualizations and Andy gives some pointers to creating an out-of-the-box Boxee setup.

We’re holding off on a full MacWorld report pending Michael R’s return.

What’s Cool

Andy — Google Buzz
Michael R — going to hear Leo, Photoshop classes and more at MacWorld 2K10, MacWorld not quite the same w/o Apple
Michael M — Animator vs Animation

Obligatory 3-D Internet

Flicker founder’s new game: Glitch lx5
Game Neverending

Lego 3 year deal with Unity Technologies epredator

Tech-no-tronic
chrome canopy fractal visualization z303

vanity barcodes heidigoseek

#Musicblogocide2k10
rickmans

Social Networkin’

cloud, multi-touch, mobile, agile to have big impacts in 2010 allerhed

IBM Global Innovation Outlook

“gamification”, mobile social networking, more predictions from Global Human Capital Journal epredator

Final thoughts

Andy — out of the box boxee
Michael M — inudge via Phil Hartman

Announcements
http://oggcamp.org
OggCamp is a free software / free culture unconference organised by the presenters of the Ubuntu UK Podcast and Linux Outlaws. This year’s OggCamp will take place at The Black-E in Liverpool on the 1st and 2nd of May.

UNC’s Institute for Arts and Humanities is organizing the inaugural Collaborations: Humanities, Arts and Technology (C.H.A.T.) Festival (http://www.chatfestival2010.com ) next week from February 16-20 on UNC’s campus. The festival will seek to explore the impact of technology on the arts and humanities, including the evolution of “how we learn, think, know, teach and express ourselves both as individuals and as communities”.

Mac-a-rooni
while we didn’t get to these during the show, we found them intriguing…
iPhone as IE6 wideawakewesley

make your own iPad out of paper heidigoseek

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Michael and Michael welcome special guest Ian Hughes (AKA – ePredator). Ian is IBM’s metaverse Evangelist from the Hursley Lab. We spend time reviewing a bunch of open source and open platform virtual worlds. We also look at cross world integration with IBM and Linden Lab’s Open Grid Beta. Both Ian and Michael R. welcome listeners to come visit us at the Virtual Worlds’ Conference in LA and join Michael R. at GDC Austin. This week’s show was streamed live on Kyte.tv.

emetaverse 101
eightbar team
Unity 3D
Real Xtend
Open Croquet
Electric Sheep’s Webflock
Exit reality
Google’s Lively

emetaverse 201
Open Grid / ugotrade
Virtual Worlds LA 2008
Game Developer’s Conference – Austin

(duckboxxer) – Spherical Display

this week in spam
UK lottery – We Won!

final thought
Michael M – iphones in Japan
Ian – Rooparture in lego minifig style!
Michael R – Up to 5.57 by keeping vista off – rock solid!

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