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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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