Water To the Desert

Mark & Wes at Pizza Antica in Lafayette, California.
Today we learn that Microsoft is dropping the Spot Watch product, but continuing the spot watch signal via FM sub carriers, Tom Leykus is YOUR father, Microsoft Mesh, Twitter Earth Apps, the door keeps slamming behind us, iMac speed bumps, Skype adds fixed price plan for skype-to-phone international calls, Mark misses his BART stop due to his ear buds and has to pay $30 for a cab, GPS' will soon tell you that you are in a bad neighborhood.

Sites of Interest:

• http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/spot-watches-r-i-p-2004-2008/
  
• http://www.pizzaantica.com/ - Pizza Antica Web Site
  
• http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/22/microsofts-mesh-revealed%E2%80%94sync-all-apps-and-all-files-to-all-devices-as-long-as-theyre-windows/
  
• http://twittervision.com/maps/show_3d - Twitter Vision
  
• http://twittearth.com/ - Twitt Earth
  
• http://crave.cnet.co.uk/digitalmusic/0,39029432,49296659,00.htm - iRiver E150

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Social Engineering

Mark & Wes at La Piazza in Orinda, California.
Today we share home appliance stories, memory stick adventures, women chocolate & computer passwords?, iPod Touch VOIP extension, what is the best internet dating service?, Tom Leykus, the Q-Cat, Home Scan, and my Dad's #%$@ gifts.

Sites of Interest:

• http://hightechjunkie.mypressonline.com/?p=63 - iTouch VOIP Hack
  
• http://www.blowmeuptom.com/ - Tom Leykus. Every Single Man's Friend
  
• http://cuecat.com/ - What's left of the original CueCat Site
  
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CueCat - WikiPedia's info on the CueCat
  
• https://www.homescan.com/homescan/US/EN/Login.htm - Home Scan

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Bo's BBQ

Mark & Wes at Bo's BBQ in Lafayette, California.
Today, Mark gives us a run down on Twitter commands and new software that uses the Twitter API, Elephants that paint and problems with non-spicy links.

Sites of Interest:

• http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/meat/bo/index.html - Bo's BBQ
• http://www.oqo.com/ - Smallest Computer
• http://www.davidsterry.com/2007/09/howto-get-started-with-twitter.html
• http://consumerismlives.com/2008/04/14/mgs4-playstation-3/ - Gun Metal PS3
• http://www.steves-digicams.com/hardware_reviews.html - Steve's Digicam Site

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Punch Cards

Mark & Wes at Europa in Orinda, CA. We ran out of 9 volt batteries for the EQ that the lapel microphones use. So, we used the wider stereo Sony mic that picks up background noise a lot. Fortunately for us, Europa has a somewhat quiet atmosphere. The food was very good, and Mark and I discovered a special podcasting section of the restaurant that we'll have to take advantage of next time. Enjoy this weeks show!

Sites of Interest:

• Hand Sorted PunchCards
  
• http://www.jstor.org/pss/2983662 - Card Sorting
  
• 9Volt Battery Hack
  
• Windows Mobile 6.1
  
• http://www.spearit.com/about_MoveMe.html - Move Me Software
  
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider - Super Collider
  
• http://www.amazon.com/Thrice-Upon-Time-James-Hogan/dp/0671319485

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