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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.

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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!

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Edit: This is an attempt to bypass the horrible issues currently going on with the feed. I’m looking into them, and sorry to those who are effected! (about two thirds of you, it seems.)

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

Just a(nother) quick update on how the exams are getting on.

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Just a quick blog post to say that if the View From The Quad feed stopped working for you (and I really hope it didn’t) please drop a comment here, then simply unsubscribe from the broken one and resubscribe using one of the links above. Thanks, and sorry for any inconvenience.

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George Hrab was kind enough to let me throw his ENTIRE new album, Trebuchet, into the feed. This thing is fresh off the musical press, and I (and George) hope you enjoy it!

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George Hrab:  Trebuchet

featuring Phil Plait, Peter Gregson, Slau, and The Skeptical Shoe Horns.

1. God is Not Great
2. Everything Alive Will Die Someday
3. Ms.Information
4. Fifty Stories
5. FAR
6. Remora
7. Sviatoslav Lobster
8. When I Was Your Age
9. Trebuchet
10. Atlanta
11. Death From The Skies
12. Never Knew
13. Hai Yookito ‘Ya
14. Where Have You Been?
15. One Hypnopompic Jerk
16. Small Comfort
17. Happy Birthday Baby

available at cdbaby.com/hrab6 and iTunes

all songs © 2010 Geologic Records / You Call That Music

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

Just a quick update on how the exams are getting on.

Remember: This show runs on YOUR donations! If you like what you hear here and want more of the same, head over to www.ViewFromTheQuad.com and leave a donation! It can be any amount you want, or a monthly €2 subscription. Thanks!

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VFTQ can, and should, be downloaded from ViewFromTheQuad.com, or the sheep gets it. And you know what THAT means!

Today, the most wonderful and talented Mike Bennett brings his own brand of horror to View From The Quad. The type that both makes you scream and laugh. (Don’t worry, he has a soundbyte as an example. It will all make sense.) You may know him from such wonderful novels as One Among The Sleepless and Underwood and Flinch, not to mention his short story collection, Hall of Mirrors, and his irregular audioblog, Sometimes. On this episode of View From The Quad, it would be a bit of a shame to spoil what he speaks of. But expect a wonderful reading of The Quest, by Saki.

“Mike Bennett grew up in London and Windsor and spent many years in Brighton where he wrote his first novel, ‘One Among the Sleepless.’ He published ‘One Among the Sleepless’ through his own company, Seed Publishing, in 2002.

He moved to Ireland where he podcast ‘One Among the Sleepless’ from 2006 – 2007, then his short story collection , ‘Hall of Mirrors’ from 2007 – 08.

He is currently writing his second novel, ‘Underwood and Flinch’ which he is also currently podcasting. He is married and lives in Ireland.”

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You can find out more about The Revellions!, who Mike plays on the show, at their MySpace page; http://www.myspace.com/therevellions . Garage Punk Goodness!

You can find more out about Mike Bennett himself at his site, http://www.MikeBennettPodcast.com, where you can find all his free stuff as well as much more. Shoot him an email at the Contact Page at http://mikebennettpodcast.com/?q=contact .

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