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

Heya there, and welcome to the shownotes of this week’s episode of View From The Quad! We are dealing with a problem or two at the backend of the site and fancy ass hosting service, but hopefully this won’t affect you in downloading this tasty episode.

Today on the show we cover NASA crashing a really REALLY expensive helicopter from 35 feet, my recent addiction to Steam (I’m cianmm! Add me!), Microsoft losing a patent on XML in Office, the new Dreamliner and a lot more!

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Books mentioned in the show
http://bit.ly/5HuIcR – Freakonomics
http://bit.ly/7fxWcE – Logicomix
http://bit.ly/6WGVKp – The Wire Primers
http://bit.ly/6M2QpY – Professor Stewart’s Hoard of Mathematical Treasures: Another Drawer from the Cabinet of Curiosities
http://bit.ly/6ssahh – Anathem

Links
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/12/boeing-787-dreamliner-interior/ – The Boeing 787
http://www.zopag.com/news/nasa-crashes-helicopter-to-test-new-shield-for-cars/11850.html – NASA crashes helicopters
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2009-12/23/microsoft-loses-word-and-office-patent-appeal.aspx – Microsoft in Patent trouble

http://www.scodio.com/blog – My blog, with mentioned blog posts

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Yup. I’m aware of the issue with the feed, and am sorting that out with the kindly Libsyn and Wizzard.tv people.

A while back, I was pissed off by a group of religious nutbags who decided to see the virgin Mary in a treestump in county Limerick. So I started thinking for a while. What would it be like if this sort of behavior was normal?
Sure, I know that we get our odd “ELVIS ON A SLICE OF TOAST” eBay posts, but what if this “Things, what look like other things”-mania swept the nation, and started getting 24/7 coverage?

I give you “Things, What Look Like Other Things”.

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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, we talk about that UFO hovering over Norway (or not), the Oscar 1 satellite, another possible Apple Tablet video, people wanting to be Irish, and Dollhouse. Don’t worry! There are spoiler-warnings!

Links
http://www.universetoday.com/2009/12/09/weird-giant-spiral-seen-in-sky-over-norway/ – Norway Spiral
http://gizmodo.com/5422792/this-is-how-the-mysterious-giant-spiral-happened – How the Spiral happened
http://collections.nasm.si.edu/code/emuseum.asp?profile=objects&newstyle=single&quicksearch=A19640011000 – Oscar 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHRSDWZC_m4 – New Apple Tablet video

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So. You may have, at this point, realized that there has been no episode of View From The Quad so far this week. This is because of many reasons, and will be something that will start to happen more and more often as this school year continues on. Happily, I have some prerecorded material I can just chuck into the feed for when things get really bad, but not this week. If you simply HAVE to listen to my wonderful voice, how about watching this video of me unboxing a Secret Santa gift I got in the mail?

Anyways, if you were mentioned as winning a copy of 7th Son last week on the show, chances are that you should now be holding it in your grimey hands. Let me know what you think, and if you have got it!

Laters,
Cian

Not sure what to get that geek in your life? Worry not! I have selected some of my favorite books, DVDs, Games and other stuff and compiled it all together in a nicely laid out Amazon store! Take a browse around the place, and if you see anything somebody you love (or you!) would like, click “buy” in the knowledge that your money is going through Amazon, and a percentage is going to your favorite podcaster!

To get to the store, click Here

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

This week on the show I finally announce the winners of VFTQ’s competition to win a copy of JC Hutchins’s new book, 7th Son: Descent. Take a listen to find out if you won!

We also discuss how to make any gloves work with an iPhone or iPod Touch (This is something that has been bothering me for ages. I never quite understood the use of fingerless gloves. What’s the point of gloves if you can’t warm your fingers?), how some mad scientists plan to make life everlasting within 10 years time, a Wired writer who tried to take a new identiy for a month (and why he failed), a new study technique that I have discovered as well as news of the new iPhone entering testing phases. And, as usual, a whole lot more!

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!

Links

http://hackaday.com/2009/11/25/make-any-gloves-work-with-a-touch-screen/ – Make any gloves work with Touch Screens

http://io9.com/5414151/near+immortality-within-the-next-20-years-life+extension-scientists-hope-so Near immortality within the next 20 years? Life extention scientists hope so! (But are they really just madmen?)

http://www.wired.com/vanish/2009/11/ff_vanish2/8/ – Wired author attempts to take up a new identity

http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/ – The Pomodoro Technique for study. It rocks.

http://www.macrumors.com/2009/11/28/apple-starts-field-testing-next-generation-iphone-31/ Apple starts field testing next generation iPhone 3,1

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

Remember to enter the 7th Son competition! This is the last week!

This week I play a feedback episode of Cian’s Letters to the Clubbers. Enjoy!

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VFTQ should be obtained in an orderly fashion from www.ViewFromTheQuad.com

Heya, and welcome to this week’s shownotes for View From The Quad! Don’t you love shownotes? I know that I sure do.

Today on the show, we talk about how NASA plan to get their Spirit rover out of it’s pickle, how careless jailbreakers have to face up too Rick Astly if they are not careful, and how Coca Cola are going to make the demand for indoor scarves shoot through the roof. Also on the agenda is Modern Warfare 2 and I remind you about the competition to win one of five copies of JC Hutchins’s book. 7th Son: Descent.

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!

Links

http://hackaday.com/2009/11/09/careless-with-your-jailbreak-youll-get-rickrolled/ – Careless with your Jailbreak? You’ll get Rickrolled!

http://www.directdaily.com/?p=5834 – Coca Cola Velcro Posters

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/news/mer20091112.html – NASA to begin attempts to free Spirit

Thanks for listening!

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

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And remember what makes 9 year old children kill you! THIS!

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Another cop-out episode of VFTQ this week. The main feature is the letter D in Cian’s Letters To The Clubbers, but before that, I remind you of the competition to win JC Hutchins’s new novel: 7th Son: Descent, I give my views on the Jedward contraversy, I complain a bit about Richard Dawkins (WHAT?!?) and a few other things. I honestly can’t remember. Typical.

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

Today on View From The Quad I go on a Halloween themed jaunt through the webernet to find four of the scariest websites out there. First on the list is the last will and testement of the founder of PETA. This crazy lady wants to send her body parts around the world. To people she likes AND dislikes. Next, we have What’s The Harm, a website about the problems that uncritical thinking can cause. The stories on this site could cause suicidal tendencies and make you loose faith in humanity. Then we have news of a serial groin-kicker, and top off the show with a look at the latest fashion accessery to be sweeping late-night informertials, Bum Pits!

We also kick off a competition to win one of five copies of JC Hutchins’s new book, 7th Son: Descent. It’s a great book, and I want to give YOU a copy! Listen to the end of the show to find out how to win.

Links

http://www.peta.org/feat/newkirk/will.html – The last will and testement of the founder of PETA

http://whatstheharm.net/index.html – What’s The Harm – tales of uncritical thinking

http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=2155193 – Serial groin-kicker

https://www.bumpits.com – Bumpits. *Sigh*

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