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Celebrating 30 year of Skywalkerdome

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1. Electromagnetic car seat
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Show Notes for 172

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Through a comedy of errors Kreg and I are uncoordinated this week. Show 172 will be posted shortly. Sorry for the delay.

Still another day to go before A New Hope officially turns 30, but the shmorgasborg of links is already falling into the aggregator. Only a couple of them really stand out.

Insanely detailed papercraft AT-ATs to download via Boing Boing

Just look at the pretty pictures. Do not try to build this to full scale and go rebel hunting. I’ve heard that the gas mileage is worse than a Hummer.

Darth Vader’s Psyche: What Went Wrong? via Digg

Anakin Skywalker, the Star Wars character who became Darth Vader, had borderline personality disorder, psychiatrists report.

BORDERLINE?!?!

Marv

Pac-Man’s skeleton via Digg

In case you were wondering what REALLY happens after Pac-Man disappears off the screen.

Rem Koolhaas’s Dubai Deathstar via Digg

So this is what has come to pass in the madness that calls itself Dubai architecture. A building shaped like the Death Star.

Marv

Excuse my audio (Kreg) Had an audio anomaly and had to use our fall back.

The content is just the same, and to quote Tony the Tiger…”They’re Great!”

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Scotty’s Ashes Found via /.

I thought they had launched the capsule in space to drift ’til the stars are no more. But apparently the trip is only to edge of the Earth’s atmosphere. So some people tracked down the landing site of capsule, which contained the ashes of a couple hundred other people as well as James Doohan.

Cool Space Desktop Wallpapers via Digg

Here’s gallery of extraordiary, space themed wallpapers. Most are conceptualized renderings, a few are photos, but all of them are worth a look.

I Chat, Therefore I Am… via Digg

It’s like a Turing Test that’s been taken a bit too far. Two chat-bots engage in a conversation with some interesting results.

ALICE: Who is your favorite philosopher

Jabberwacky: Can

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To continue a discussion we started on the podcast… what do YOU think would make a good name for a Geek Band? Here’s a couple to get you started thinking…

1. FTP
2. Flickr
3. Front Side Bus
4. 42

A Gasmask Becomes the Most Terrifying Showerhead Ever via Digg

This shower head looks extremely freaky, and not just because it is sure to make you think that someone is watching you shower. For some reason, I am reminded of the aliens from the 80’s War of the World’s TV series. The ones that were crammed into the radioactive barrels of toxic waste. Imagine one of those monstrosities poking its head through the shower wall and barfing on you.

The Lighthouse Skyscraper: 4000 Solar Panels, 3 Huge Wind Turbines via Digg

Another giant skyscraper is planned for Dubai, but this one has the makings of a sci-fi cityscape. The “Lighthouse” design aims to reduce energy consumption up to 65% and water consumption up to 40%.

New land speed record for couches via Boing Boing

92 mph…and did that thing say it was street legal?!? Maybe just in the U.K.

Marv

Cow with two noses via Digg

Kind of a light news day, or at least to my Technorama funny bone. This cow was born with two functional noses. Her second nose sits on top of her first and looks like a little piggy’s nose.

Marv

Homer: Ummmmm…Technorama…gurgle…

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1. A flash light you only hear about in jokes
2. Microsoft’s answer to Apple’s iPhone
3. Be careful what you eat, it may contain trace elements of geek by products

Show Notes for 171

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