Mobile Phone Experiments in 1913

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

Sites of Interest:

• Mr. Edison's Kindle -- article about 15 modern products that, believe it or not, had their beginnings in Edison's time.
  
  
• 8 Bit Weapon Chiptune Sound Library.
  
  
• How to fake DNA tests.
  
  
• What iPad Apps Are Going to Feel Like.
  
  
• Dumb terminals connecting to mainframe computers.
  
  
• This is the notebook Mark just bought.
  
  
• Clear Classic USB Joystick lets you enjoy old school gaming on a Mac or PC.
  
  
• How unique -- and trackable -- is your web browser?
  
  
• How 8-track tapes work.
  
  
• Exidy Sorcerer: The 8-Track Computer.
  
  
• Concrete5 is a free open source content management system.
  
  
• The Apache web server.
  
  
• Don't buy an Android phone Windows Mobile, or Blackberry, only buy an iPhone so you can run these essential apps:  iTeether, massage chair controlled by iPhone, Got Smell, Cupcake Tic Tac Toe, Voodoo Doll, and Hologram Building.
  
  
• Website with good quality free technical ebooks.

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,
  

Touchtone or rotary dialing, which costs more?

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

Sites of Interest:

• MadTV made this video about the iPad before it was announced.
• History of the Apple Newton.
• Apple hired back one of the developers of the Newton.
• Details of the new Apple iPad.
• Haiti Earthquake Survivor Calls iPhone a Life Saver.
• Haiti Earthquake Relief: How You Can Help.
• AT&T Seeks to Phase Out Landline service.
• Spike Jonze video about robots in love.
• Online fan club for the other Spike Jones.
• NEC’s “Battery-Less” Remote Control Could Be The Future Of Gadget Power.
• The famous Dan Brown novel that Mark couldn't think of was The DaVinci Code.
• The Plastic Logic QUE ebook reader.
• YouTube Redesigned With Films, User Uploads in Mind.
• YouTube's Next Venture: Movie Rentals.
• Home page for the legitimate uses of BitTorrent.
• The Texas Instruments watch we discussed in a previous show is being used to unlock doors.
• ATM Card Skimmers Are Getting Frighteningly Sophisticated.
• Speaker system for pregnant women.
• Watch Any Vimeo Video in Freaky ASCII-O-Vision.
• Interview with the father of videogames, Ralph Baer.
• You should buy an iPhone instead of any other platform so you can run essential applications like these: SafeCab, Voice Band (video of it), Anti-Aging, Boobs and Sneezes, and Werewolf Me.

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!

CES, VES, and Laptop TV

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

Sites of Interest:

• New Google "near me now" features for iPhone and Android.
  
  
• Google takes a new approach with China.
  
  
• China is now the largest importer of cars
  
  
• 2010 Will Be the Year of 3D TV
  
  
• How different types of 3D glasses work.
  
  
• 3D without glasses, works very much like the 3D postcards you see in souvenir shops.
  
  
• Nvidia 3D vision card and glasses for 3D on your home PC. Mark was wrong in being skeptical about this. He was assuming 3D would need polarization on the display screen and forgot the technology where the glasses have electronic filters that turn each eye's lens transparent and opaque in sequence to match the left and right pictures blinking alternatively on the display.
  
  
• TV goggles exist, but never seem to be good enough.
  
  
• The director of Avatar and Titanic made a 3D IMAX documentary called Ghosts of the Abyss about finding the wreck of the Titanic and exploring it with mini submarines containing IMAX cameras.
  
  
• Interview with James Cameron about the technology used to film Avatar.
  
  
• Good video of the Sony Aibo robot dog in action, including interaction with a cat.
  
  
• Video of Bigdog, a Military robot that look like a double-sided dog.
  
  
• Video of the Manoi Go break-dancing robot.
  
  
• Digital Mobile TV meant for portable devices.
  
  
• Sugar-powered phone, pour coca cola into it.
  
  
• Free Photoshop Online.
  
  
• The Sony Dash can run Chumby applications as well as other multimedia functions.
  
  
• SBSettings for jailbroken iPhones Offers Faster Method to Manage iPhone Settings
  
  
• Article critical of the Sound Exchange website.
  
  
• Touch the Future with Light Blue Optics.
  
• New Sony eBook readers have touchscreens and free cellular network access for downloading books and periodicals.
  
  
• Philip K. Dick Estate Sends Google Cease And Desist Over Nexus One Name.
  
  
• Pacman re-written for the 1976 Fairchild VES/Channel F/System II
  
  
• "Demo apps" people used to write to show off their programming skill
  
  
• The jailbreak ProSwitcher does multitasking on the iPhone looking just like the Palm Pre.
  
  
• Please don't make the mistake of buying an Androd phone, Blackberry, or Windows Mobile. Only the iPhone can run amazing and essential applications like these: Mr. Dumb - Toilet, Marco Popo, iThong, Pet Snap, Nude-it, and Drunk Dialer.
  

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.