Thursday, November 4, 2010

Serial Ports on Everything!

Mark, Wes & Bob o' Rob at the California Pizza Kitchen in San Francisco, CA.

In this show, we ponder on in-flight wifi, companies do have a responsibility to make sure their web sites are accessible to people with disabilities, Palm will take over the world, Symbian OS, is the new MacBook Air any good?, FireSheep, SkyFire, and Samsung Android Phones.


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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Joe, Wes, Mark & Steak

Mark, Wes & Average Joe at the Daily Grill in San Francisco, CA.

In this show, we introduce our guest, "Average Joe" who comments on our stories and adds his own thoughts to topics like Android phones, craigslist reaches 2billion posts, now you can implant a layer of LED's under your skin, AT&T fails us again as we wait patiently for a Verison iPhone, FireSheep, Kurzweil, Justine Bieber, Atari 2600 the size of a deck of cards, and other deep and cranial stories.



Thursday, September 30, 2010

Bob & Wes without Mark

Wes & Bob o' Rob in San Francisco, CA.

In this show, Bob and Wes talk about the new AppleTV, Segway, SETI and Viking system that may have actually found life on MARS. Bob makes fun of Mark and his Crap Apps. Enjoy the show!



Thursday, July 29, 2010

Audible Pain

Mark, Wes & Bob o' Rob at the top of the WestField Mall in San Francisco, CA.

In this show, Mark, Bob and Wes talk about Drugs, The Smart Car, Mac Paint, ShamWow, William Shatner, Back to the Future, The first Drum Machine, and other ramblings.



Thursday, July 22, 2010

How many times can you fall off a cliff?

Mark & Wes at the California Pizza Kitchen in San Francisco, CA.

In this show, Mark, Bob and Wes all talk about iPad, Flip Book, Computer Shopper Magazine in 1996 and what you could buy back then, old LCD displays, how many ways the word 'meat' can be used in a joke, what is the future of Microsoft Mobile, Adobe vs Flash, Nicholas Cage is probably the worst actor ever, Tron Legacy, and 3D will not die out soon.



Thursday, June 17, 2010

Mark Has no Gas

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Mark and Wes at the Korean Bulgogi House restaurant in Concord,CA, (AGAIN).

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Wes' iPhone Application of the week:
  • Baby Decks DJ -- the world's first dual scratch turntable for the iPad, a fully portable DJ rig.
  • Mellotronics M3000 for iPad -- the most accurate and thorough digital simulation of the classic 1960s tape replay instrument.
  • StudioTrack -- Multitrack Recording songwriting tool for musicians who want to capture musical ideas and record songs on their iPad.
Mark's iPhone Application of the week:
  • Clinometer --measures the slope by all edges of the device in every direction. When the device is put flat on the table a bubble view will fade in.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Paper Airplanes!


Mark Wes, and guest Bob O'Rob in a secret conference room in San Francisco, CA munching chips and pretzels and slurping sodas.

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We apologize, but after Bob left, the mixer was set wrong so only Mark's microphone is live, and therefore Wes is a little hard to understand.



        Mark's iPhone Applications of the week:
        • BirdPie and Twitpad -- Unofficial and official apps to play the live stream for Leo Laporte's TWIT.tv network and netcast.
        • Da Vinci HD, Rembrandt HD -- High-quality scans of all of each artist's paintings for only 99 cents.
        • Space Wallpapers HD -- Over one hundred space photos in beautiful HD glory to use as iPad wallpapers.
        • Categories -- App for jailbroken iDevices only, lets you create groups of icons on your iPad or any device that doesn't have IOS4.

        Thursday, June 3, 2010

        What is wrong with AT&T


        Mark and Wes at the Korean Bulgogi House in Concord, CA.

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              Wes' iPhone Applications of the week:

              Mark's iPhone Applications of the week:
              • Angry Birds HD -- Dish out revenge on the green pigs who stole the Birds’ eggs. Use the destructive powers of the Angry Birds to lay waste to the pigs’ fortified castles.
              • Geared for iPad -- The first and only Gear-based game with absolutely no snap-grid. Geared delivers complete and total freedom to the player, bestowing every puzzle with a near infinite array of choices
              • Ndrive USA HD -- This does not seem to be in the app store at this time.

              Thursday, May 20, 2010

              More Tech Anniversaries and Computer Music History

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              Mark and Wes, and at Flippers Gourmet Hamburgers in San Francisco, CA.

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              SORRY, BUT THE BATTERY IN OUR RECORDER DIED AT THIS POINT, AND WE DIDN'T REALIZE IT, SO THE SHOW ENDS EARLY

              Thursday, April 29, 2010

              Sony Dash Chumby Slash Flash Player Subtracted by Angry Steve

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              Mark and Wes at Indian Flavors in Berkeley, CA.

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              Wes' iPhone/iPad Applications of the week:
              • Musophobia the Particle Painter -- a highly unconventional painting application, denies the single brush painting convention, and delivers a novel interface for drawing by up to 999 particle-brushes at once. And instead of using the brushes, you can merely interact with them: set them in motion on different trajectories.
              • Gas Tycoon 2 HD -- a development of the genre where you have to lay a pipeline from sources to consumers of ready-made elements by their rotation in opposite directions. 
              • Men's Health Magazine -- each month, get the same world-class workouts, tips, and in-depth feature stories that appear in the print edition, with enhancements.
              • TN3270 -- emulates an IBM 3278 terminal for easy access to IBM Mainframes.
              • GoDaddy.com Mobile -- Manage your domain names and other services from godaddy.com, view Bob Parson's videos and commercials.
              • GoAruna Files -- Manage, share and have access to all your files at home, at work and on the go.

                 
              Mark's iPhone Application of the week:
              • Pocket Weather World  -- Good app to display weather in any city, and their server sends push notifications on a schedule that update the icon for the app to show the current temperature without needing to open the app.
              • Scan for all -- take a picture of a barcode on a product or ad.  Supports 1D and 2D barcodes to give you access to multiple formats.

              Thursday, April 1, 2010

              How Much Fiber do you Need to be Healthy?

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              Mark and Wes, and guest Kyle at the Out the Door Vietnamese Restaurant in San Francisco, CA.

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                    Wes' iPhone Application of the week:
                    • If Found, + -- provides a valuable service of having a message placed on your background wallpaper, so if a good person finds your phone, they can find you, even if it is locked.
                    • Age Calculator -- will take a birthday as input and calculate exactly how long you've been alive, not just in years, but in months, weeks, days, hours, and minutes?
                    • iSeismometer -- just leave your iPhone on a hard surface with the app fired up, then tap somewhere nearby and watch what happens

                    Mark's iPhone Application of the week:
                    • MapQuest 4 Mobile --brings over a decade of digital mapping experience to your iPhone with unique features to help you get where you’re going. LikeVoice-Guidance, our latest addition to Driving Directions, for a more hands-free experience.
                    • Navigon MyRegion US West, Central, East --One of the original high-priced turn-by turn navigation apps, now available for rhe third of the US you need, at a much lower price.
                    • Reeder --RSS reader that syncs with Google Reader and has a good set of features.


                    Kyle's iPhoneApplication of the week:
                    • Sleep Cycle alarm clock -- An alarm clock that analyzes your sleep patterns and wakes you in the lightest sleep phase - a natural way to wake up where you feel rested and relaxed.

                    Thursday, March 25, 2010

                    Do you want your PC inside a keyboard or monitor?

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                    Mark and Wes at Saigon Bistro in Concord, CA.

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                    Wes' iPhone Applications of the week
                    • gFlashPro Flashcards & Tests -- Learn anything from chemistry to ancient history, study for a professional certification, or take a minute to relax and enjoy some trivia, anywhere and anytime.

                    • Study Cards  -- a series of apps on to help you study different subjects
                    Mark's iPhone Applications of the week:
                    • Wi-Fi Finder --  The largest offline directory available of paid and free Wi-Fi Internet access - over 280,000 locations in 140 countries worldwide!
                    • slate.com -- Access to the latest Slate.com articles blogs, and videos.

                      Thursday, March 4, 2010

                      Nobody has Jobs!

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                      Mark and Wes at the Szechwan Chinese Restaurant in Orinda, CA.

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                      Wes' iPhone Application of the week:
                      • Trillian --  organize and stay in touch with your IM and social friends while on-the-go.

                      • DailyFinance -- only free app with real-time quotes, tracking for multiple portfolios, customizable news from 3,000+ sources and professional-grade charting.
                      Mark's iPhone Application of the week:
                      • 3D Sun -- not useful to the average person, but Mark was blown away that mankind has reached the point that such a thing is possible for the average person to carry around.

                      • DirecTV-- TV Guide for the DirecTV system, and you can easily set your home DVR to record shows remotely from your iPhone.

                      Thursday, February 4, 2010

                      Mobile Phone Experiments in 1913

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                      Mark and Wes at the Monsoon Masala Indian restaurant in Pleasant Hill,CA.

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                      Wes' iPhone Application of the week:
                      •  Teavana Perfect Tea Touch -- features everything you need to blend and steep your favorite teas including a musical tea timer.
                      Mark's iPhone Application of the week:
                      •  MobileRSS -- feature-rich Google Reader client for your iPhone and iPod touch,

                      Thursday, January 21, 2010

                      Touchtone or rotary dialing, which costs more?

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                      Mark and Wes at Chef Chao's restaurant in Rheem, CA.

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                      Mark's iPhone Application of the week:

                      • PetSnap -- With 32 different sounds and useful features, PetSnap could easily attract your pet’s attention and assist you creating wonderful pets’ photos!

                      Thursday, January 14, 2010

                      CES, VES, and Laptop TV

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                      Mark and Wes at Bo's BBQ in Lafayette,CA.

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                      Wes' iPhone Applications of the week:
                      • Labyrinth 2 --The creators of the original iPhone Labyrinth game bring you Labyrinth 2 - the groundbreaking game taken to the next level.

                      • GoodReader -- Read huge PDF, or TXT files, flawless performance with files over 1 gig in size, and re-flows the text to fit the iPhone screen.
                      Mark's iPhone Applications of the week:
                      • HuffingtonPost.com -- Take the Huffington Post with you, and get the latest news and opinion --even when you are on the go.

                      • Dragon Dictation -- Voice recognition application powered by Dragon NaturallySpeaking that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text.

                      • Mailme Voice -- The quickest way to get all those things that you need to remember straight to your e-mail inbox.