Coming up in tonight’s show…

1. Fighting robots
2. The REAL USB co-inventor
3. Wedding vows and EULAs

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Follow Up

• Technews Radio Contest

Dear Chuck and Kreg,

I was curious if you guys would consider mentioning the following
to your listeners in an upcoming podcast during the month of October 2009.  

I am giving away a Tom Bihn Check Point Flyer laptop carrying case (valued
at $225) to a lucky TechNewsRadio.com listener to celebrate starting my 5th
year of podcasting, and I would like to open up this opportunity to anyone
who listens to a FriendsInTech.com show.

This is a pretty simple give-a-way.  During the month of October 2009 I am
collecting emails from those that want to be in the random drawing.  To enter
one needs to send an email to technewsradio@gmail.com with the subject line
entitled "Tom Bihn Giveaway" before the end of October.  One entry per email
address.  I don't have any plans to keep the addresses collected or to send
out any unrequested emails.

This is just a way of saying thank you for everything that I have gotten out
of podcasting over the last 5 years.

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{kreg} I want to thank Jason Schwanz for the Google Wave Invite!

News

• News of the Weird: Based on models of rampant infectious diseases, say researchers, civilization would be doomed if we were ever attacked by zombies. – Yahoo! News
• Chuck: The girls got cell phones

Hacks & Strange Stories

• Fighting Robots – Thanks Encaf
• Make: Online : World’s smallest R2?
• Make: Online : Bullet impacts at 1,000,000 frames per second
• CONFLAGRATE! CONFLAGRATE! Matchstick Dalek | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

Remember When

• Four Old Gadgets We Love (and Four We Hate) – Retromodo – Gizmodo

Don’t Remember Yet

• Not A Plane: Nissan’s Futuristic Land Glider – Geekologie

Media Corner

• Conan Interviews Co-Inventor of USB, Does Convincing Nerd-Speak – Conan usb – Gizmodo

What the Chuck!

• This past week Donna and celebrated our 21st wedding anniversary.
  • I think the person who wrote the vows was a computer nerd
  • I think they also wrote EULAs
  • To have AND to hold, to love AND cherish, in sickness AND in health
  • for richer OR poorer? <> Happiness

Geek Library

• People of WalMart – Thanks Marti
• Gallery – The world’s smallest art prize – Image 1 – New Scientist
• Gears Of War: A Steampunk Wedding Cake – Geekologie

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