Archive for June, 2010

“One small step for man, one giant DRINK for mankind”

“Get a masters in Future Prediction!”

Just launched a new show today on Revision 3 called Tom’s Top 5. For the first episode we partnered up with GDGT.com to count down the top 5 most wanted gadgets.

Take a look!

Ayleen Gaspar from Toy Break once again joins Roger to talk about the wonders of bacon ice cream, pork buns and E3.

Get the episode at this link: http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest212SweetMeetsSavory/eastmeetswest212.mp3

“Twain has stuff to say”

We talk molecularly replicated food, as well as Patrick predicting skulljacking and Kristin running away to her off the grid home to eat local food.


Get the episode at this link.

I’m headed to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada for the Podcasters Across Borders conference this weekend to speak on a panel about podcasting in your off time, and hopefully drink whiskey with Canadians.

The conference is happening at the National Arts Centre. My panel is on Saturday June 19 at 11 AM. I’ll be on with Dave Brodbeck (AKA Dave the psychologist) Ken Hernden and Scarborough Dude.

If you’re in Ottawa and can register for the conference come on by. And who knows, we may have an impromptu meetup or something too. Check Twitter for details.

“I need a bigger fix!”

A brief episode this week just to gush about the new Game of Thrones trailer on HBO and get us all squared away on reading World War Z, plus a few alternates if you just don’t think you like zombies.  But come on, all we are saying is give zombies a chance.

QUICK BURNS – unrelated news of the week
   
Haven  promo gives us a glimpse of new Stephen King on TV   
   
Interactive guide to Larry Niven’s Ringworld is the next best thing to going there   
   
   
BARE YOUR SWORD – feedback from the audience   
   
Game of Thrones Teaser   
   
The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss has a pub date!   
   
Zombies They Are a Changin’   
   
Book Kickoff   
   
World War Z by Max Brooks   
        
Emails:

I have just started listening to S&L (had to get a Tom fix after he left BOL). I am a bit late on this discussion but, on the topic of books where Earth is destroyed, in the Death Gate Cycle novels the Earth is “”sundered”" and used to make four new worlds (plus a small gateway world and a living prison world) each based on one of the four elements. That’s about as destroyed as you can get.

I was also wondering whether either of you have read Neal Stephenson’s first novel “”The Big U”" which has fantastical elements (although it would be more accurately described as satire than fantasy or scifi). This is actually my favorite of his novels because it does not take itself at all seriously.
I do love your show.

-Leif from Oakland

   
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“Let’s build a imperial cruiser!”