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Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Acer tells Microsoft to stop, Samsung’s crisis of design, Facebook allows gambling, and more.
Guest: Lauren Goode
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Running time: 50:08
Continue Reading »In 1876 – Thomas Edison received a US patent for a mimeograph, which combined with an invention by A. B. Dick led to the first widely successful mimeograph machine.
In 1908 – For the first time in public, Wilbur Wright showed off the Wright Brothers’ flying machine at the racecourse in Le Mans, France. French doubts about the Wright Brothers’ claims to flight were put to rest for the time being.
In 2007 – Barbara Morgan became the first educator to safely reach space on the U.S. Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Continue Reading »Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Mars Curiosity landing, what if Zynga loses to EA, eBay tests same day shipping, and more.
Guest: Jonathan Strickland
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Running time: 53:28
Continue Reading »In 1944 – IBM officially presented the Mark I computer, also known as the IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator, or ASCC, to Harvard. The computer produced reliable results and ran continuously.
In 1955 – Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering released Japan’s first commercially produced transistor radio, the TR-55, sold under the company’s new name, Sony.
In 1966 – Jimmy Wales was born in Huntsville, Alabama. He grew up to co-found Wikipedia.
Continue Reading »In this episode, we learn how to control Veronica using the power of her “true name”: Nathan! Like the hot dogs! We also talk about the fine art of seducing writers.
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Veronica: Red Wine
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BOOK CHECK-IN
Dear Tom and Veronica,
First of all, I love the show and I’m excited to be a part of your book club. I’d just like to thank you for this month’s pick. I must admit I had my reservations about the novel (I’m not a huge fan of first person narration.) But I was quite surprised by how quickly the pages were turning. I was at the Half-Price bookstore and on page 13 when my brother showed me what he’d intended to buy. The Playstation version of Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. Then it occurred to me I should try to read the book using Simon Templeman’s voice as an older Fitz relating his childhood. The book went from pretty interesting to nothing short of awesome. The voice of Kain going through your head and narrating a tale of a boy’s travails as he learns the trade of killing people? What’s not to love? Anyway, I thought you’d get a kick out of that. Once again, thank you so much for the pick. I can’t wait to see how it turns out. Take care guys.
Yours truly,
Dwayne.
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Hosts: Brian Brushwood and Tom Merritt
Guest: Justin R Young
Pay TV, Amazon VS Netflix, YouTube double down, Aereo victory, and more!
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Running time:: 1:04:43
Continue Reading »In 1943 – Jon Postel was born in Altadena, California. He created the Internet’s address system, and administered it for 30 years as director of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). 20 years after his birth, Kevin Mitnick was born in Van Nuys, California.
In 1991 – Tim Berners-Lee posted a short summary of his WorldWideWeb Project to alt.hypertext and pointed to a simple browser and a Web page describing the project. Thus the WWW became a publicly available service on the Internet.
In 1997 – At MacWorld in Boston, Microsoft announced it would invest $150 million in Apple, and continue to make Microsoft Office for Mac for at least five years. The two companies also ended their lawsuit.
Continue Reading »In 1858 – The west end of the first transatlantic cable was completed when the ship Niagra anchored at the Newfoundland coast having laid 1,016 miles of telegraph cable.
In 1914 – The American Traffic Signal Co. installed their first electric traffic light at East 105th street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio.
In 1921 – The first radio broadcast of a baseball game happened on KDKA from Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field. Harold W. Arlin announced the game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Phillies.
In 2012 – The Mars Science Laboratory, known as the Curiosity Rover successfully landed on the surface of Mars in one of the most complicated automated landings ever, involving a sky crane.
Continue Reading »Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Embedding video not a crime, new broadcast network for mobile phones, no love for prepaid phones, and more.
Guest: Darren Kitchen
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Running time: 46:03
Continue Reading »Here for your viewing pleasure are the two videos that, combined, compromise Episode 9 of the Sword and Laser! We interview the fantastic Mr. John Scalzi, and in our August book kick-off discuss one of Veronica’s favorite picks, Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb!
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