We just did that to blow out your pun sensors. It’s Tom’s next-to-last show, and we have a big announcement: Rafe Needleman will be taking over his co-host duties! Listen for more, and also, hear about the escalation of the global thermonuclear patent wars, Adobe’s passive-aggressive attack on Apple, and why Tom and Molly are …
BOL 1226: BP summons the old ones
In the Soviet Union oil leaks get nuked. That’s not a Yakov Smirnoff joke, it’s apparently history. So we discuss whether we should do that in the Gulf of Mexico. But Steve in the chat room points out it might summon Cthullu. We also discuss the impending release of Office 2010, and the appearance of …
BOL 1225: Drunk on Facebook and email
We hear some pretty bad scare stories about Facebook in this episode. Yes, we know, how could they top the ones you’ve already heard? trust us they do. or maybe one of our emailers was drunk. You decide. We also finally have a decision (maybe) on the great Natali Project Natal bet. You can’t miss …
BOL 1224: Regulation vibrations
There’s all kinds of vibrating on today’s episode. from the server farm I imagine sits in Rafe’s bedroom, to the oscillations of molecular computing, to the vibrations of sound from our rant about Drive Safe.ly. And Molly’s rant on Net Neutrality last Friday also caused some vibrations, and we get to chatting about how much …
FlASHBACK! BOL 1223: We’ll be watching you
(This flashback was selected simply because of the song.) Our theme for today’s show? Somebody’s watching you, and it ain’t just the Police. It’s also Facebook and Google, and apparently some people think Net neutrality means the government will be watching you, too. Watch for the Net neutrality 101 rant at the end of the …
Read the full post →“FlASHBACK! BOL 1223: We’ll be watching you”
BOL 1223: We’ll be watching you
Our theme for today’s show? Somebody’s watching you, and it ain’t just the Police. It’s also Facebook and Google, and apparently some people think Net neutrality means the government will be watching you, too. Watch for the Net neutrality 101 rant at the end of the show plus a lot of singing of the I’ll …
BOL 1222: Nobody backs the FCC into a corner
When backed into a corner, the FCC acts less like a bear and more like a kitten … which is probably a good thing for the Internet overall. Facebook takes another lump, the HTC Evo shows up for pre-order at The Shack at all places, and Google Chrome is faster than a potato. Well, French …
Read the full post →“BOL 1222: Nobody backs the FCC into a corner”
BOL 1221: Unbumble the Internet
Phrases are coined left and right on today’s show, from our plans to unbumble the Internet to the chat-room created phrase gestApple, to describe the behavior of everybody’s favorite door-busting-down, Ellen-berating iPhone-maker. Plus, three-day-old tuna. It’s a fun one. Also, six things you need to know about Facebook Connections (it violates your privacy six ways …
BOL 1220: There’s no place like 127.0.0.1
On today’s show, we discuss the coming of the IPv4 black market, throwing more nanodots at the solid-state storage market, and we’ve got two tech industry shockers: First, Sirius posted a profit, and second: AT&T did a nice thing for a listener. Plus, file-sharers are either the content industry’s biggest customers or way worse than …
Read the full post →“BOL 1220: There’s no place like 127.0.0.1”
BOL 1219: DARPA requests transformer flying cars. So do we.
The folks who built the Internet are thinking it could be a great idea if flying cars were available in military zones to help extract soldiers quickly from sensitive locations. And they should transform. So, awesome future on our way. Plus, Apple sells 1 million iPads, we try to untangle the h.264 codec mess, and …
Read the full post →“BOL 1219: DARPA requests transformer flying cars. So do we.”