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Hello, and welcome to this fine episode of View From The Quad, available at www.viewfromthequad.com!

This week on View From The Quad, I have an almost half hour long show for you. It’s to make up for being two days late. Sorry about that.
Today we cover a veritable smorgasbord of newsworthy items (I haven’t used that term in a long time, right?) We have a way to use to Duel Sims within your iPhone 4 without jailbreaking, how the Peace Corps can now use technology like Skype and Facebook to stay connected to loved ones at home, where the ORIGINAL Kermit the Frog will spend the rest of his days, how a small liberal arts university in the USA requires its students to play through Valve’s Portal game and how the universe is actually two millions years older then we previously thought. Awesome!

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LINKS
http://vftq.info/cgct4B – Duel sims on the iPhone 4
http://vftq.info/chZMwA – Peace Corps use Skype to stay connected
http://vftq.info/bMIgnP – Kermit the Frog gets a new home
http://vftq.info/9Lvo5R – Portal required reading at a university
http://vftq.info/9QR72T – The universe is 2 million years older then we thought, and this changes EVERYTHING.

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Hello, and welcome to this fine episode of View From The Quad, available at www.viewfromthequad.com!

Today on the show we have another Kitchen Cast in the same vein as episode 193. It’s a lot shorter though. We cover all the happenings in the tablequiz which decided what college I will end up going too as well as which course I will end up doing (SPOILER: I now know!), how scientists seem to have solved the mystery behind the Bermuda Triangle and detailed information about my trip to the US which starts Thursday the 2nd of September with ex VFTQ cohost, Liz.

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LINKS
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/08/08/bermuda-triangle-mystery-solved/ – Bermuda Triangle Mystery Solved

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Hello, and welcome to this fine episode of View From The Quad, available at www.viewfromthequad.com!

Sadly, this week, I got very little sleep. Prepare for a mumbling bumbling Cian who is rather amazed that he is even recording this week.

Today on the show, we cover how a federal court ended up having the term ‘New Fag’ explained to it, how over $1000 worth of Eve Online play time was destroyed during a GAME, how Strippers are taking on Church Go-ers in a war for the ages, and a fair bit more.

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LINKS

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/fbi/turns-out-4chan-not-lawless-it-seems – 4Chan in Court

http://www.massively.com/2010/08/08/eve-player-destroys-over-1000-worth-of-game-time/ – OVer $1000 in Eve gametime destroyed

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0811/religion.html – Irish women calls for women to boycott mass

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/08/09/of-ire-and-brimstone.html?sid=101 – Hookers VS Pasters

I posted a blog post on Scodio.com this week, entitled ‘What don’t I like about my iPhone 4?’ and you can find it at http://www.scodio.com/?p=537

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Hello, and welcome to this fine episode of View From The Quad, available at www.viewfromthequad.com!

Today on the show, I have one David O’Donoghue, VFTQ’s new southern correspondent, bringing us all the Apple news from Kerry. This guy really likes his Apple news. We discuss his horrible experiences with the Irish phone networks, the iPhone 4, Papermaster leaving Apple, the Digital Economy bill and a fair bit more. I hope you enjoy it!

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LINKS
http://www.davidodonoghue.ie/ – David’s soon to be built website
http://twitter.com/davidod – David on twitter
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/mar/04/web-lockers-digital-economy-liberal-democrats-wrong – The Digital Economy Bill

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Hello, and welcome to this fine episode of View From The Quad, available at www.viewfromthequad.com!

Today on the show I cover the release of Starcraft 2 (I like it) how I managed to get an iPhone 4 for free (I like it) and a few tangents along the way, including some recording from the midnight launch of the iPhone 4, featuring Kieran, Alan and James (who you have never met before, here on the show). There be boothbabes and bagpipes!

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Links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7UybikElcI – iPhone 4 test shoot, uploaded from iPhone (with shitty compression)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B20kE7BQYg – iPhone 4 test shoot, uploaded from Laptop (no shitty compression)

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Hello, and welcome to this fine episode of View From The Quad, available at www.viewfromthequad.com!

I’m calling this episode of VFTQ the Spoiler Episode, so you have been warned. On this episode of VFTQ you will find spoilers for Dexter Season 4, Season 2 of Fringe, Caprica and all of Battlestar Galactica. You have been warned. I also have a spoiler filled review of Toy Story Three, from VFTQ’s youngest ever guests! It’s all pretty awesome. And I must say, I know it’s not really new, but I totally love the latest VFTQ intro theme. I’m sitting on a three and a half minute version here that I might drop into the next episode if I remember. It’s awesome.

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Links
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUbCMbW-BRE – Dexter Season 5 trailer
http://io9.com/5595659/what-to-expect-from-fringe-season-three-two-universes-worth-of-wtf – What to expect from Season 3 of Fringe
http://io9.com/5595051/we-ask-ron-moore-what-happened-to-starbuck-at-the-end-of-bsg – What happened to Starbuck?
http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2010/07/22/syfy-sets-return-for-caprica/ – Caprica return
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/07/22/2010-07-22_darth_vader_robber_and_thats_no_lightsaber_hes_wielding_at_li_bank.html#ixzz0uTBhUb7p – Darth Vader robs a bank

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Today, VFTQ has an unknown time-limit. I must record all I can in the space of time it takes my visitors to visit their friend for about half an hour. So at some point, some story I am telling will get cut short. Exciting, eh?

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Links:

http://gizmodo.com/5588219/god-hates-nerds – God Hates Nerds

New blog post from Cian:

http://www.scodio.com/?p=529 – Science Fiction tech is here, and it’s being used to get people drunk.

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Hello, and welcome to this fine episode of View From The Quad, available at www.viewfromthequad.com!

Today on the show, I talk about a group of smugglers who built a 11kg replica of the World Cup trophy out of cocaine AND a submarine in which to transport it. I also chat about the current state of my gaming life, getting out of my O2 contract, how I’m learning to program and the awesome Oxegen iPhone app that makes me realise I am living in the future.

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<b>Links</b>
http://www.vbs.tv/newsroom/colombian-narcosubs–4 – Documentary about the DIY submarine built by the drug smugglers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/latin_america/10500390.stm – BBC article on the drug smugglers

http://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/o2-customers-face-massive-hike-in-cost-of-calls-and-texts-2244765.html – News on the O2 Price Hike

http://www.scodio.com/?p=521 – Scodio article about getting out of your O2 contract

http://www.scodio.com/?p=529 – Scodio article on the Oxegen iPhone app, with links to download it. (It’s free)

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Hi all! Firstly, thanks for all the wonderfull support throughout the Leaving Cert. Know that every email you sent me pushed me along a tiny tiny bit more. Let’s just hope it was enough!

Now, down to work. This episode of View From The Quad is a special event. I bring you, the Dublin Pride Festival 2010! Join me in the parade as I chat to a few flaming homosexuals (such as the wonderful Alan Costello), watch some prancing drag queens (such as Panti) and am utterly befubbled by some very VERY strange dance routines! This episode comes in a very long one, so sit back and enjoy, possibly in several sections.

Now, as I mentioned, a lot of the audio I recoreded (I would imagine well over half) was not usable, as there wasn’t really anything to hear other then loud thumpy music. However, on listening to my hellish attempts to describe what madness was going on before me, I have decided that I can not allow this stuff go to waste. Seriously, you will never hear me as confused again. So, I have uploaded all 130mb of it, the ENTIRE concert, and you can download it at the link below. Enjoy my commentary!

If you enjoy this episode of View From The Quad, please consider donating some money to your local GLBT support group. They deal with a lot of crap, and seriously need the support. This episode of View From The Quad is my little way of helping out some people I have gotten very friendly with over the years, and they do NOT deserve the crap that they have to deal with on a daily basis. But if you listen to View From The Quad, you already know my views on that.

Links

http://www.OutHouse.ie – The “Reception” of gay and lesbian activity in Ireland, as described by Larry who I interviewed

http://www.gcn.ie/ – Gay Community News; a website filled with exactly what you would think

http://www.glen.ie/ – The Gay and Lesbian Equality Network

http://vftq.info/bUqxrO – Download the full concert audio (130 MB, and that’s in questionable quality)

http://www.360vr.ie/360-panoramas/Dublin_Pride_2010.html – 360 degree photo of the parade in action. This is pretty awesome.

You can contact Cian by emailing cian@viewfromthequad.com.

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Update on the feed issues: Some of you may have noticed that the feed has gone all wonkey. Yup. I’m still working on that. Sorry!