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Show #156:

1. A look at FIRST
2. The art of toast
3. Liisa and I put together the Minty Boost
4. Kreg’s got a rant about Sweden
5. Blink and you’ll miss it

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Floppy finally flops via Digg

Those pesky coaster replacements have finally been discontinued…at Britian’s largest retailer at least. When will U.S. retailers see the light? It only took a couple of years for the Betamax to die for all practical purposes. The demise of the floppy is like watching fossilization in action.

Which Science Fiction Writer Are You? via Boing Boing

Turns out that I’m Hal Clement (Harry C Stubbs), whoever that is.

1984 Pontiac Trans Am KNIGHT RIDER replica on Ebay via Digg

Starting bid $19,000 Canadian, must pick-up car in person, seller will not ship. Still a better deal than ECTO 1, but I’m not sure if it has an authentic Turbo Boost button.

Marv

Where in the World is Chuck Tomasi?

Chuck is in traveling and isn’t on this show…but that is ok and he will be back in the regular show. So bear with me was we wade through all the email and voicemail!

Unused frequencies link from show. Radio-Locator

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Photo: Japanese Engineer invents Star Wars “AT-ST Scout Walker” via Digg

Masaaki Nagumo, an engineer at Japan’s machinery maker Sakakibara Kikai, gets into a 3.4-metre tall, two-legged robot called Land Walker for a demonstration as part of an art exhibition.

Charlie Brown Gone Anime via Digg

A cool reimagining of classic Peanuts characters. The only thing missing is Snoopy and Woodstock.

Ghostbuster’s ECTO 1 for sale via Digg

Because a $150,000 for any other ’59 Cadillac would just be crazy.

Marv

Very Short Stories. 33 writers. 5 designers. 6-word science fiction. via Wil Wheaton’s blog

Inspired by Hemingway’s 6-word story, these sci-fi writers spin their own short, short tales.

The baby

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Show #155:

1. News about the IT Crowd
2. A map of the Mellenium Falcon
3. You too can build your own antenna
4. Chuck gets to work on his Minty Boost Project
5. Do your part for the Joe Murphy get well project
6. Someone built a Wii laptop

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Top 20 scientific myths of all time. via Digg

Chicken can live without a head.
Humans use 10% of their brains.

Somehow I keep thinking there’s a connection between these two.

Boeing 777 Wing Ultimate Load Test via Digg

Engineers figured that it might support up to 150% of the max. structural load and a 24-foot deflection in the wings before failure. Compare that to a 50% – 60% of max. load expected in real operating conditions.

But what i want to know is…so who won the pool?

Marv

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KREG!
Sorry it’s a little late.

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