The Mail Order Tapeworm

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Mark, Wes, and guest @besz at Bo's BBQ in Lafayette, CA .

Sites of Interest:

• We make jokes about being sick because this recording was made when the Swine Flu scare was going on.
  
  
• Apple removed the Baby Shaker iPhone app from the app store.
  
  
• History of the word "computer". Comptometer operators should have had that title.
  
  
• Were the people who wired plug boards the first programmers?
  
  
• Purse that is a cross between a Nintendo and a Commodore 64.
  
  
• History of Commodore Computers and pictures of the Pet.
  
  
• The Remington Rand Univac was the first use of a high-speed printer.
  
  
• Early-day line printers used chains and other mechanical technologies to print one entire line at a time.
  
  
• Computer music using an IBM 1403 chain printer.
  
  
• Modern video of making music with vintage personal computer equipment.
  
  
• Will people pay for custom Facebook URL's?
  
  
• Mark thinks this is all bullshit bullshit bullshit: the Tapeworm Diet.
  
  
• Wes mentioned worms that eat infected flesh, but he probably meant medical leeches.
  
  
• Get your free "chimp id". Mark has one.
  
  
• The .tel domain suffix is kind of like a chimp id, but more organized for business use and it's not free. The price for a .tel domain name varies with the registrar; the cheapest Mark found for .tel is mydomain. @justinhayward does support for the .tel concept on Twitter. Mark has one, but he doesn't do much with it.
  
  
• In October, 2005, Steve Jobs was still saying there would be no video iPod.
  
  
• How to make a hole in one, right there in your office.
  
  
• Bes' HTC TouchPro phone and Wes' Blackberry can't even do these simple things that every iPhone can do: Pimple Popper, Dart Anyone, Table, Monkey-Fart, Parent Remote, Mr. Elephant Fart.
  
  
• The Time Magazine poll for the World's Most Influential Person was rigged.
  
  
• The 2 Girls 1 Cup video.
  
  
• Mark thinks this is a stupid name for a website about things you like (as opposed to things you lick): likaholix.com
  
  

Wes' iPhone Applications of the week:

• Wolfenstein 3D Classic - You are OSA super agent B.J. Blazkowicz and you must escape from Castle Wolfenstein and defeat the twisted Nazi regime!
  
  
• Vir2L® Base Jumper - Base Jumper does more to capture the spirit of the old beloved games than anything Nintendo has released in 13 years.
  
  

Mark's iPhone Applications of the week:

• 10 Balls 7 Cups - simulation of the Skeeball game, including winning prize tickets.
  
  
• My.tel - The official free app from Telnic to manage your .tel domain.
  
  
• Party Whistle - Just blow into your microphone and enjoy the realistic sounds and animations of a party whistle.
  
  
• KFC Grillz - Hold the iPhone in front of your mouth and talk as you impress your friends with your new grill. The grilled out mouth speaks in time with your voice!
  
  
• TweetStack - Group your Twitter friends, search terms, and TwitPics into fully customizable "stacks", all of which reside on the tab bar and show you the number of unread messages.