Episode 23

The White House responded to that online petition we talked about way back in Episode 13! The Galactic Empire’s response, too!

The White House’s We The People website raised the threshold for responding to online petitions. You’re welcome, America!

Don’t shed any tears over this. Especially not in space.

In other news, cars apparently have to sound like cars.

Spoiler Alert:
Not A Thing! Podcast is still seeking a logo! Send us one!

Alan and Brendan are unconscionably remiss with AVN Award Nominees. (google it. you don’t need our help).

Episode 22

We had to quickly talk about a few books we liked from 2012: Redshirts, A Drive Into The Gap, and Cold Days.

The comic brief filed by the lawyer.

A decent amount of CES coverage.

The book about Psychopaths that sounded interesting.

Alan’s missing booze on his Whole30 Challenge.

Brendan’s enjoys his Bulleit Bourbon in one of these Glencairns. (Sponsor us!)

Spoiler Alert:
Not A Thing! Podcast is still seeking a logo!

We are not psychopaths… according to this amazingly hard to decode test.

Bonus! According to this Game of Thrones (ahem, Myers-Briggs) personality test Alan is Tyrion Lannister (ESFP) and Brendan is Jon Snow (INFP).

Episode 21

A baktun in review of sorts, however Clip Shows are Not A Thing.

A great (if a bit late) writeup that meshed really well with our thoughts on the Hobbit in High Frame Rate.

We’re looking for a logo!
Budding artists or established ones, let us know. Show us what you can do!

Spoiler Alert:
Not A Thing! Podcast is still A Thing!

Nazis never stop being good badguys.

Julie’s not always a spy.

Episode 20

Special guest Thom Watson joined us for the podcast tonight!

We talked extensively about the Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

Namechecked the Boxcar Theater in San Francisco

Mentioned briefly rock musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson.

Hungrily eyed the lineup of SF Sketchfest.

Spoiler Alert:
The Hobbit (duh!)

Episode 019

Hobbits and Dwarves shot out of cannons play games and ride segways in midair while watching movie trailers. Or something.

The triumphant return (if just for this week) to live, in each others faces podcasting. Brendan and Alan riffing together in San Jose.

The Hobbit opens this week and despite being the shortest book is released in 3 parts with a higher frame rate!

Random Segway Segue.

Drug smugglers upgrade from catapults to cannons.

The Steam Console is coming and may shake up the console industry. At least for a little while.

Spoiler Alert:
Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan is the best Star Trek movie.

Many trailers were consumed and quickly commented upon including
Star Trek Into Darkness
Superman (2013 reboot)
Iron Man 3
The Iceman
Fast 6
After Earth
Oblivion

Episode 018

Syria- not enough internet. America- we have a lot of internet.

Brendan’s broadcast location: Mountain Fortress

Spoiler Alerts:
Battlestar Galactica survived the Cylons because they were on dial-up.

Show Notes:
Iran captures a drone. Maybe.

The AR Parrot Drone for civilian purchasing!

Syria’s internet situation.

3d printing a firearm doesn’t always work.

The website for petitions, including some *interesting* ones.

The map for the augmented reality zombie apocalypse game.

Episode 017

Only use your powers for good.

Spoiler Alerts:

Brendan reports from his Bond Villain Underwater Habitat

Show Notes:
The “one for the history books” story about Mars Rover Curiosity… Ends up not being a thing after all.

Another followup regarding the ethics of self driving cars and computers in general.

The seminar and workshop Alan attended from the College of Lockpicking.

The Speed Reading article from Tim Ferriss; we dare you to read it really fast.

The favorites feed from @StealthMountain.

Bonus! Quick review of Redshirts which Alan namechecked during a tangent.

Episode 016

Curiosity: Killer of Cats and Discoverer of Life on Mars?

Spoiler Alerts:

Red Dawn

Show Notes:
The “one for the history books” story about Mars Rover Curiosity… that isn’t a real thing. Yet.

Still time to get excited about NaNoWriMo, though maybe not the best time to start it. Get a jump on next year!

SFGate’s list of reasons why Red Dawn isn’t a thing.

A webcomic from Penny Arcade about Black Friday Thursday Night. (warning, some unsavory language)

Episode 015

The Most Dangerous Game

Spoiler Alerts:

Skyfall

Show Notes:
Tesla’s Model S won car of the year from a few places, most notably Motor Trend (careful link contains noisy video that autoplays).

The Browncoats Unite Firefly special