The talking bulldog at a policeman’s feet turns out to be his late partner.
Tech News Today 685: Laplet or Tabtop?
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
What’s the Surface Pro good for? Next Xbox might kill used games, giant ISP to conquer Europe, and more.
Hosts: Jason Hiner
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Running time:: 0:50:47
Tech History Today – Feb. 6
In 1957 – MIT introduced the cryotron, the first practical demonstration of superconductivity, invented by Dudley Allen Buck. The Cryotron paved the way for the integrated circuit which used semiconductivity.
In 1959 – Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments filed a patent for miniaturized electronic circuits, the first patent for what we now call integrated circuits.
In 1971 – Apollo 14’s Lunar Module lifted off from the moon returning astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell to the Command Module. Shepard had made extra history by becoming the first human to hit a golf ball on the moon.
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S&L Podcast – #120 – Book Blind Dates
We get the message and beef up the book discusiion. But the news is full of trailers and the feedback is full of awesome. But will Veronica Hughart the book? And if she did, what would that mean?
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Tom: 2009 Toscana IGT “1967”
Veronica: Glenmorangie
QUICK BURNS
Book Trailer: “Etiquette & Espionage” by Gail Carriger
TOC: ‘Dangerous Women’ Edited by Gardner Dozois and George R.R. Martin
Amazing Stories returns, as a social network for fandom (with stories)
Animated Fiction: Neil Gaiman Reads His Zombie Story “Down Among the Dead Men”
Locus 2012 Recommended Reading List
Book Trailer: “The Daylight War” by Peter V. Brett
CALENDAR
BARE YOUR SWORD
Welcome new forum mod, Josh!
Memoirs Found in a Bathtub $1.99 today
Violent character names
Book Blind Date
TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES
Behind-the-Scenes Game of Thrones Video Explores Iceland as Setting for ‘Beyond the Wall’
BOOK CHECK-IN
The Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart
EMAIL
Hi Tom & Veronica.
I love your show(s) and the GoodReads group. On the podcast I listened to today, Tom said that he would like to pick a science fiction novel by a female author. Ursula K. LeGuin was mentioned, but I’d like to see something more contemporary. May I suggest God’s War by Kameron Hurley? I’ve started reading it and it’s something really different. It’s kind of like Joe Abercrombie writing SF taking place on a planet with a female dominated society. The primary SF elements are genetic engineering and colonization of other planets. It’s not an easy read and it’s very dark, but it seems pretty good. I’ve paused it because it’s so intense, so I need an incentive to finish.
Keep up the great work!
Sandi
***
I saw this and immediately thought it would make a great news piece for your show!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/354009039/beyond-words-a-year-of-daydreams-fantasy-author-ca
I am behind on my youtube episodes so if you have already covered this, please FORGIVE ME! I just saw it (I think Brandon Sanderson linked to it on his twitter) and thought it was AWESOME! Anyway, love your show and the podcast,
Sincerely
Jeane Ess
ADDENDUMS
This podcast is brought to you by Audible.com the internet’s leading provider of audiobooks with more than 100,000 downloadable titles across all types of literature and featuring audio versions of many New York Times Best Sellers. For listeners of this podcast, Audible is offering a free audiobook, to give you a chance to try out their service. For a free audiobook of your choice go to audiblepodcast.com/sword.
Download the MP3 below!
S&L Podcast – #120 – Book Blind Dates
We get the message and beef up the book discusiion. But the news is full of trailers and the feedback is full of awesome. But will Veronica Hughart the book? And if she did, what would that mean?
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Tom: 2009 Toscana IGT “1967”
Veronica: Glenmorangie
QUICK BURNS
Book Trailer: “Etiquette & Espionage” by Gail Carriger
TOC: ‘Dangerous Women’ Edited by Gardner Dozois and George R.R. Martin
Amazing Stories returns, as a social network for fandom (with stories)
Animated Fiction: Neil Gaiman Reads His Zombie Story “Down Among the Dead Men”
Locus 2012 Recommended Reading List
Book Trailer: “The Daylight War” by Peter V. Brett
CALENDAR
BARE YOUR SWORD
Welcome new forum mod, Josh!
Memoirs Found in a Bathtub $1.99 today
Violent character names
Book Blind Date
TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES
Behind-the-Scenes Game of Thrones Video Explores Iceland as Setting for ‘Beyond the Wall’
BOOK CHECK-IN
The Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart
EMAIL
Hi Tom & Veronica.
I love your show(s) and the GoodReads group. On the podcast I listened to today, Tom said that he would like to pick a science fiction novel by a female author. Ursula K. LeGuin was mentioned, but I’d like to see something more contemporary. May I suggest God’s War by Kameron Hurley? I’ve started reading it and it’s something really different. It’s kind of like Joe Abercrombie writing SF taking place on a planet with a female dominated society. The primary SF elements are genetic engineering and colonization of other planets. It’s not an easy read and it’s very dark, but it seems pretty good. I’ve paused it because it’s so intense, so I need an incentive to finish.
Keep up the great work!
Sandi
***
I saw this and immediately thought it would make a great news piece for your show!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/354009039/beyond-words-a-year-of-daydreams-fantasy-author-ca
I am behind on my youtube episodes so if you have already covered this, please FORGIVE ME! I just saw it (I think Brandon Sanderson linked to it on his twitter) and thought it was AWESOME! Anyway, love your show and the podcast,
Sincerely
Jeane Ess
ADDENDUMS
This podcast is brought to you by Audible.com the internet’s leading provider of audiobooks with more than 100,000 downloadable titles across all types of literature and featuring audio versions of many New York Times Best Sellers. For listeners of this podcast, Audible is offering a free audiobook, to give you a chance to try out their service. For a free audiobook of your choice go to audiblepodcast.com/sword.
Download the MP3 below!
S&L Podcast – #120 – Book Blind Dates
Tech News Today 684: Ultra Everything
Hosts: Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Dell goes private, OUYA lands impressive distribution, Ultrapixels over Megapixels, and more.
Hosts: Simon Dingle
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Running time:: 0:50:31
Tech History Today – Feb. 5
In 1850 – The first U.S. patent for push-key operation of a calculating machine was issued to Dubois D. Parmelee of New Paltz, N.Y.
In 1974 – The U.S. space probe Mariner 10 returned the first close-up images of Venus and became the first spacecraft to use a gravity assist from one planet to help it reach another.
In 1999 – The first Victoria’s Secret online fashion show became the first major webcast, attracting an estimated 1.5 million viewers worldwide. Proving even back then the Internet is for shopping.
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Frame Rate 111: What Station is That on?
Hosts: Brian Brushwood and Tom Merritt
House of Cards success, more Netflix Original contents, Amazon Downton Abbey exclusive, Apple TV HBO app coming soon, and more
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Running time:: 1:04:30
Tech News Today 683: Wacom if Ya Bought Em
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Twitter gets hacked and also wins Super Bowl, ChromeBooks taking over? Run Windows on Android, and more.
Hosts: Sean Hollister
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Running time:: 0:49:30
Tech History Today – Feb. 4
In 1890 – Thomas Edison received a patent for the first quadruplex telegraph, which could send two messages simultaneously in each direction. One message consisted of an electric signal of varying strength, while the second was a signal of varying polarity.
In 1998 – Noël Godin, a Belgian who made a practice of pieing rich and famous people struck a pie against the face of Bill Gates. Gates did not press charges.
In 2004 – Mark Zuckerberg and a few other guys at Harvard launch TheFacebook so Harvard students can look up and hook up with each other. They would eventually expand the service to the world. And drop the “the”.