Tech News Today 591: Miffed to be IFTTT

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

iPhone launch day lunacy, Facebook causing friction, music download business saved, and more.

Guest: Darren Kitchen

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Running time: 55:49

Tech News Today 590: Tire People are on Sarah’s Side

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

Apple maps lose whole towns, new MakerBot takes Manhattan, why Google thinks Android is only a third done, and more.

Guest: Nicole Lee

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Running time: 51:59

Tech News Today 589: The Rubber Hose Effect

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

HTC’s new Windows Phone gambit, iPhone’s glowing reviews, Sony dominates Tokyo Game Show, and more.

Guest: Russ Pitts

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Running time: 51:51

Tech News Today 588: Glasses on a Steady Chicken

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

Intel and Motorola shack up, Twitter messes with itself, Microsoft pushing subscriptions, and more.

Guest: Tim Stevens

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Running time: 54:08

S&L Podcast – #110 – Interview with Anton Strout!

It’s a virtual bachelorette party of SciFi and Fantasy discussion today, with a chat about how SciFi can be interesting if it follows the laws of physics, and an interview with author Anton Strout.

WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Tom: Kona Big Wave Golden Ale
Veronica: Fruity vodka drink with Passion Fruit and stuff

QUICK BURNS
The full story of the Targaryen Conquest in A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE
Sneak peek at graphic novel of Wrinkle in Time
William Gibson on Twitter, Antique Watches and Internet Obsessions
William Gibson on Why Sci-Fi Writers Are (Thankfully) Almost Always Wrong
William Gibson on Punk Rock, Internet Memes, and ‘Gangnam Style’
William Gibson on the io9 show
Neal Stephenson on the Hieroglyph Project
Neal Stephenson on Predictions and Surprises 
How to Write a Killer Space Adventure Without Breaking the Speed of Light 

CALENDAR

Interview with Anton Strout

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Tech News Today 587: Assume Everyone is a Shill

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

Hot new cameras from Photokina, Samsung leaks new phone release, Yahoo snubs RIM, and more.

Guests: Raj Deut

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Running time: 52:41

Origins of the Sport

Sports all of many kinds has existed across timelines and realities in many forms from the simple to the unfathomably complex.

The Portllflliaxx of the Transitive Continua play an extremely complicated sport, roughly described as a combination of the board game Go, Cricket, Team Handball and Synchronised Aerial Acrobatics. Its combination of automatic scoring and adjudicated results make it difficult for outsiders to understand. A typical test match can last several lifetimes and cross multiple realities and universes.

On the other end of the scale is the game of Po, played by the residents of the one-dimensional Pointillist Plane. The first player to place a slice of one-dimensional space in front of itself wins. While multiple players can compete, the most popular version among pointillions is the solitaire version.

However in an attempt to create a unified sport, the Ecumenical Sporting Council was created to reconcile all variants of sport into one unified set of rules. The rules were set by the council and approved by the founders at a trans-dimensional polygon the cut through most universes at a more or less convenient angle. Because we know where the rules were set it is, unfortunately, impossible to know when.

However these rules are followed by all organizations governed by the FSL.

Tech News Today 586: You’re All Pretty

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

iPhones 5 and simultaneous data and calls, how to make a phone, Intel blows your mind, and more.

Guests: Andy Ihnatko and Brian Cooley

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Running time: 53:07

S&L Video – #12 – Interview with LeVar Burton!

Take a look, he’s not in a book, he’s on Sword & Laser! LeVar Burton joins us to discuss his favorite novels, the future of Reading Rainbow, and what one line he’d strike from our memory of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

More about our guest, LeVar Burton!

Webpage: http://levarburton.com/
On Twitter: https://twitter.com/levarburton
Reading Rainbow App: http://www.rrkidz.com/

Show Notes: 

http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/09/03/the-hugo-winners-2012/
http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/09/patrick-rothfuss-will-write-more-fantasy-aft…
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/third-hobbit-film-sets-release-367258
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-3126_7-57507546/amazons-new-kindles-everything-y…
http://scifisongs.blogspot.com/2012/08/new-album-due-september-18th.html

“Kitty Norville” Whiteboard Review by Aaron: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjk9ecE5sv0