We had a really good time chatting with Sam Sykes, author of the Aeon’s Gate series. Among other things, we learned what a flying shark is good for, why he left the Horde, what a “stealfie” is, and how Sam keeps his daily threat-making to a minimum. Plus your questions! Enjoy.
And just because….
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar, and Jason Howell
Facebook launches autoplay video ads, Amazon buying mobile payments company, best apps of 2013, and more.
Guest: Wil Harris
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In 1880 – The Edison Electric Illuminating Company of New York was incorporated to install a central generating station in New York City. New Yorkers know it now as ConEd.
In 1903 – Orville Wright successfully made a flight in a heavier-than-air machine that took off from level ground under its own power and was controlled during flight. It’s generally considered the first airplane flight.
In 1997 – John Barger coined the term ‘weblog’ to describe his list of links on his site, Robot Wisdom. Peter Merholz would later shorten it to just ‘blog’.
In 2012 – The W3C announced it had completed the definition of HTML 5.
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You want it, you’ll get it. Just remember. You asked.
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NimbleTV brings TV everywhere to New York, big plans for Chromecast in 2014, Breaking Bad spinoff coming to Netflix, and the final frame is rated.
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This video is part of our re-release of the first season of Sword and Laser videos as they exit exclusivity. This episode originally posted December 7, 2012.
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Google buys big robots, Beyonce bucks big music, Twitter senses you are near, and more.
Guest: Ken Denmead
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Running time: 46:19
Friend-of-the-podcast Scott Sigler has released a majorly creepy (and NSFW) book trailer for his Infected series finale, Pandemic! Check it out and let us know what you think in the comments!
In 1935 – A Time magazine article described the use of the pattern of capillaries in the retina as a means of identification called eye prints. Hello biometrics!
In 1947 – John Bardeen and Walter Brattain applied two closely-spaced gold contacts held in place by a plastic wedge to the surface of a small slab of high-purity germanium. It was the next step in the development of the Transistor.
In 2002 – Creative Commons formally launched, unveiling Machine-Readable Copyright Licenses and a revamped website.
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Hey everyone!
If you’re in the Bay Area, please come join me and Tom at Borderlands Books on January 20th at 5pm. We’ll be reading selections from the Anthology, discussing the current book pick (TBD), and then heading across the street for adult libations afterwards!
The event is free, but we’ll have plenty of copies of the February book pick on hand to purchase. Plus, Borderlands is awesome, and you won’t be able to leave the store empty-handed!
If you plan on attending, please RSVP on the Goodreads event page! Hope to see you there!