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Tech History Today 4: October 4
Host: Tom Merritt
Three of the most important events in tech history that happened on October 4th.
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Running time: 1:06
S&L Podcast – #77 – Ready Player One and Reamde Kick-off
It’s an episode chock full of twists and turns with an incredible ending you won’t see coming. Unless you’ve listened before. We end with the email address. But HOW do we get there? Well for one, we talk about video games as storytelling. For another we kick off Ready Player One and Reamde as our new books. And finally….. well that would be a spoiler.
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FLOWCHART: Navigating NPR’s Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books
Ursula K. Le Guin has a brand new reason to be scared of immortality
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10/4/2011
10/7/2011
10/11/2011
10/18/2011
10/20/2011
10/25/2011
PS The calendar is now available on the website.
BARE YOUR SWORD
Most accessible Stephenson book?
Games as Storytelling
Jason from Bethesda comments
TV and Movies
The Enders Game movie puts out casting calls for 10 characters — including Ender!
GAME OF THRONES Season 2 promo
BOOK Kick-Off
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
EMAILS
Hey Veronica and Tom,
The reason I’m writing is because after 2 years, I finished my 3rd book, first fiction, a novella titled Trapped in My Zombie Body. The cover is being designed now, and I will have it going out digitally in mid-October, paperback in November. Moreover, I’m donating 50% of royalties to Child’s Play Charity.
Synopsis:
Imagine your body no longer listened to you. You were trapped, experiencing the world in a new way: without any control over your actions. It’s a world filled with sleep deprivation, mind games, and unthinkable acts. Welcome to my world.
By the way, I publish under my legal first name, Mario, rather than my nickname, Andy, just FYI. I look forward to hearing from you guys!
Cheers,
Mario Lurig, aka Andy in Colorado
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Tech History Today 3: October 3
Host: Tom Merritt
Three of the most important events in tech history that happened on October 3rd.
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Running time: 1:06
Tech History Today 2: October 2
Host: Tom Merritt
Three of the most important events in tech history that happened on October 2nd.
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Running time: 1:10
Tech News Today 340: Will Amazon 1-click Palm?
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Amazon to buy Palm, possible peace between Samsung and Apple, mysterious Apple store closures, and more.
Guest: Randall Bennett
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Running time: 33:50
Presenting “Tech History Today”
I know. I really didn’t need to add *another* show, but this one is short. It’s called “Tech History Today” and it gives you, in a less than a minute, three interesting things from tech history that happened on this day in the past. I wanted to add the future but the whole time’s arrow thing proved too much. It’s only a minute, and it will make you appear so much smarter at cocktail parties, so why not subscribe?
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Tech History Today 1: October 1
Host: Tom Merritt
Three of the most important events in tech history that happened on October 1st.
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Running time: 1:10
Tech News Today 339: Amazon’s Silk Road
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Samsung and Google’s hot announcement, Amazon Silk browser for more than just Kindle, Facebook may show up at Apple announcement, and more.
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Running time: 44:06
RIM BlackBerry PlayBook review
They just dropped the price of the BlackBerry PlayBook to $299. The Amazon Kindle Fire is the same hardware. So who is the PlayBook good for?