His name is Sammy

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Mark, Wes & Sammy, in Lafayette, California at Swad Indian Restaurant.
The group talks a bit about (bullshit) Energy Drinks, Microencapsulated Drugs, Scratch n' Sniff, Smell-o-Vision, Cut a steak with a MacBook Air, Netflix Player by Roku, "Do you know who I am?", Linux on your cell phone, Astound Me, Billboards that gather stats about who's looking at them, Mark's feedback on the new iPhone, Mark gives out the answer to the first challenge, The Perverted Captain Crunch Dream, Subvert and Profit,

Second contest is still open. How does Sly Dial work? Listen to previous show (2008_06_05) to win. Answer given out in next show.

Sites of Interest:

• http://www.retrofuture.com/smell-o-vision.html - Scratch-and-sniff cards once used in movie theatres.
  


• http://www.willitblend.com/videos.aspx?type=unsafe&video=iphone - What happens if you stick an iPhone in a blender?
  
  
• http://www.roku.com/netflixplayer/ - Play Netflix on-demand videos on your TV set.
  
  
• http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/motorola-slashing-20-of-its-research-division/ - Motorola cutting back it's research division.


• http://www.astound.net -Bay Area alternate cable TV/Internet provider.
  


• http://thegadgetsite.blogspot.com/2008/06/gigabyte-m528-mid-750-due-out-in-late.html - Interesting new UMPC.
  
  
• http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/04/billboards-with-facial-recognition-software-trickling-out - Billboards with cameras watching you watching them.
  


• http://reviews.cnet.com/keyboards/celluon-laserkey-cl800bt/4505-3134_7-31645178.html - Laserkey draws a virtual keyboard on a table.
  
  
• http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/glass-keyboard-concept-opts-for-cameras-instead-of-keys/ - Experimental keyboard design made of glass.
  
  
• http://www.apple.com/iphone/ - iPhone 3G.
  
  
• http://www.gimp.org/ - Like Photoshop, but free!
  
  
• http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/ - Like Visio, but free!
  


• http://www.innovative-sol.com/drivermax/ - Freeware to make sure all your Windows device drivers are up to date.
  
  
• http://www.shavlik.com/ - Software to manage Windows security updates, mainly for corporations.
  
  
• http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-9965215-12.html - Universal printer driver for travelers.
  
  
• http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/06/09/handlink_wi_fi/ - Coin-operated Wi-Fi base-station.
  


• http://www.subvertandprofit.com/ - Make the big bucks by helping websites cheat.