Episode 20, so fresh… its so clean. On the Tech Top Three, Carl and I discuss KFC’s attempt to entice television watchers not to skip its commercials, Microsoft’s 6 (or so) versions of Vista, and a Google-Earthlink partnership to bring citywide wifi to San Francisco. On the Gaming Table, Carl reminisces about his twenty year affair with the NES, I discuss connecting a Mac to an Xbox 360, and the final nail is in the coffin for the Phantom Gaming Console…err Service. On Boston In Brief, restaurant week, MBTA rate hikes, and Kirk does the Pops.
Episode 20 (30.7 MB , 01:07:09)
Show Notes:
- Secret KFC Commercials Coming to a DVR Near You (CNN)
- The Six Flavors of Vista (BBC)
- Google and Earthlink Partner… to Take Over the World (The Wireless Report)
- Octavia E. Butler Passes (Wikipedia)
- NES Turns 20 (GameSpot – also watch the video)
- Connect360
- Phantom… What an Appropriate Name (GameSpot)
- Restaurant Week Boston, March 5-10
- MBTA to Raise Fares (Boston.com)
- Shatner to Conduct the Pops
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Uh, i was…umm, listening, uh, to uh, your podcast, uh. Please stop using meaningless hesitation sounds. They’re killing you. It renders an otherwise good effort unlistenable.
This isn’t a flame, just some constructive criticism. Thanks for holding down Boston in the tech scene!
Its a hard habit to…umm… break… umm… Thankee, sai.
Umm…That is how Colin speaks in real life.
Plus if they left out all of those sounds, the podcast would only be a minute long.
Zinger!
Well, Sean has also offered to teach you how to properly play Texas Hold ‘Em. He said he won’t take too much of your money.
Okay, so what’s up with the little intro-to-the-intro?
Carl is a paedophile.
Beg, beg, beg for that exposure!
Carl’s right, Dvorak’s a hack. He’ll say whatever he thinks will get him attention.
Ahh, hippy left-wing pc nutjob Carl strikes again! Colin is so totally racist.
You should see his collection of watermelon-eating negro statues in his back room.
We had Popeyes a while back, but then they went away. Now they’re back.
We still don’t have Chick-fil-a, though.
(yes, I’m listening at work. tape adapter for my rokr is flaking out on me, and i won’t get to best buy to snag an fm transmitter until tomorrow)
I don’t know if you’ve seen the article (I think it was on Ars) talking about the live upgrades you’ll be able to do on your Vista install. Basically, they really did trim it down to one version of the OS. The different flavors will all be on the same CD. It will just install/not install certain components depending on what kind of license key you give it.
On top of that, you’ll be able to pay to upgrade your copy of Vista, get a new license key, and have Vista upgrade itself on the fly to that new flavor by installing the new functionality.
Okay, found the Ars article.
I do wonder why you were reading off a BBC breakdown, though, rather than the one Microsoft put out. Surprisingly, while Ars agreed with your list of 6 versions, MS only lists 5.
I actually like the idea of the “Anytime Upgrade”. Although, how exactly the pricing will be handled (for say, someone who starts with the most basic version, upgrades to the professional, and then to the ultimate) is a mystery to me.
Yeah, they’ve been uncomfortably vague on that.
Mmm…fios. Melrose is supposedly negotiating with Verizon now for the TV franchise.
google video interface is total shit, which was their first misstep, methinks. it all went downhill from there.
colin is picturing the personalized hologram ads from minority report.
the gub’mint already can do that with your cell records, iirc.
good lord, carl is the voice of reason now? madness.
“disturbance frosting”?
although, how is trackability not a civil liberties issue?
dude, there are gold zelda cartridges with functioning batteries left in them?
yeah, the trick with punch-out was learning the patterns for the bosses.
all the sunday fliers listed the 360. “at least 12 per store”.
also, mad props on giving carl this huge inferiority complex on having bought his “little girl with pigtails” version of the 360.
Carl: Blah blah teh Windoze is so leet. You can pick things to power down in power saving mode. Doesn’t the max suxxor?
Colin: Um, you can do the same thing on a mac. It just defaults to sleeping.
Carl: Dur?
Nice use of dur. Bravo.
Carl likes to talk out of his ass… which is why the ‘cast is so entertaining.
True dat.
the charlie_Ticket_ is cardboard, the charlie_card_ is plastic. the ticket is supposed to replace regular tokens. the card is what replaces the monthly pass.
it means that these are the end times. prepare yourselves for the rapture.
i recommend hookers. a good half-dozen or so.
and some scotch.
Ahh. Thanks for clearing that up. So, are either of them refillable?
okay, the maudlin music in the background while carl was ranting, hard harry style, on just making podcasts even if nobody listens to it, nearly made me piss myself.
both should be, iirc.
Hard to tell on the website… but, looks like the Ticket is def. refillable. Not sure about the monthly pass/card.
Looks like they were both CharlieTickets. The CharlieCards are going to be smartcards, available to the public in 2007. Right now only blind folk get ‘em.