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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…

Welcome to Technorama!

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

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Why Mathematicians Now Care About Their Hat Color via Digg

This is a twist on the Prisoner’s Puzzle where a group of people will get a large prize if they can guess the color of the hat (red or blue) they are wearing by only looking at the hats everyone else is wearing. Colors are randomly assigned. Victory is when nobody guesses incorrectly and at least one person guesses correctly.

The kicker is that there is a strategy where victory can be achieved as a group 15 out of 16 times, even though the individual chances are still 50/50.

Geekiest Bowl Ever (pic) via Digg

More like a Pi pan. The odd thing is, even though the picture is hosted on whatonearthcatalog.com, I can’t find a link to buy the actual product.

Marv

Once again, another quality broadcast brought to you by a couple of bumbling geeks…This must be some kind of record.

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The Answer is NOT always C via Digg

He lowered the class average by 8 points with his score of 0 / 100 because he apparently did not read a single question.

BSG Season 4 to have 22 episodes via /.

David Eick, exec. producer along w/ Ronald Moore, said that the show will run 22 episodes rather than the previously announced 13.

Marv

I was going to release this as an audio short between shows, and I still may, but since I’m not in the studio at the moment and I really want to get rid of this piece of paper with notes scribbled on it here goes…

Sunday as I was sitting in Church, my friend Bob had his digital camera case sitting next to him in the pew in front of me. I glanced down and immediately recognized the hardware. A Nikon D80 and D200. Oooo! Say it with me. OOOOO!!

On the D200 he had a 50mm lens (f1.4) and on the D80 he had a 70-200mm zoom with image stabilization. Say it with me again… OOOOO!

As I started to drool on his cameras I said “I don’t see anything in the Bible about coveting thy neighbor’s gadgets.” Which got me to thinking… should we come up with a 10 commandments for geeks? Think about it, some people already treat Apple like a religion.

1. Though shall have no other operating systems other than the Apple
2. Though shall not steal copyrighted materials
3. Though shall not covet thy neighbor’s gadgets

What else can you come up with?

The plan is to post more often to the blog. Let me know what you think.