I want the Woot BOC

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Mark & Wes, in Walnut Creek, CA at the Plearn Thai Restaurant.

What's that Mark? Did you say Bag o' Crap? You still couldn't get one? Mark describes something called a woot-off, and tells all about what happens near the end of one of them. What does "MUD" stand for? Hmm.. Mark's friend has a hard disk issue that SpinRite fixed. The Android phone was released to a crowd of people in SF, but the experience was less than its competitor's waiting line. Mark and Wes discuss potential software for Android, and the T-Mobile plan for the G1 phone, which doesn't seem that much different than the iPhone AT&T plan.

Sites of Interest:

• Woot, and their occasional Bag of Crap.
  
  
• WNO's Listener Pull for the week: Sparrow, who is a developer of the popular Nirvana MUD internet adventure game.
  
  
• What does "M.U.D." stand for?  Wikipedia claims that Wes and Mark are both right.
  
  
• ChaCha.com: where any question gets answered, and YOU can make money helping to answer them.
  
  
• SpinRite is probably the best hard drive data recover software solution available.
  
  
• The first Android phone was released by T-Mobile.  See the rate plans as part of this FAQ.
  
  
• Android has an app store kind of like the iPhone, but more open.
  
  
•  Android has a "kill switch" so google can remotely remove an app from your phone. 
  
  
• AT&T has a data-only iPhone plan, but only for people who have a hearing or speaking disability.
  
  
• Scotch Tape can generate X-Rays; watch the detailed video.
  
  
• Do you remember Word Perfect?
  
  
• Mark changed his mind and now remembers Wordtech Systems of Orinda California began by making keyboard stickers for WordStar, not Word Perfect.
  
  
• Call Wes' cell from an unblocked land line, and MetroPCS will show your name as well as your number.
  
  
• Joost will now run within your web browser, and legally streams TV Shows and Video.
  
  
• Hulu is another legal service for streaming commercial video.
  
  
• Mark owns one of these Curta Calculators.  It was widely used in car rallies, and here are detailed instructions from 1979.

Wes' iTouch Application of the week:

• Theriminator - An emulator of one of the first electronic synthesizers, the Theremin.
  
  
• Mark mentioned that synthesizer pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre designed these speakers for the iPod.

Mark's iPhone Applications of the week:

• The Brightkite web service now has an iPhone app.
  
  
• WinterBoard - Theme your jail-broken iTouch/iPhone. 
  
  
• Crazy Skeleton - the ultimate Halloween costume accessory!
  
  
• Debugger - Peer into the circuitry of your iPhone and get rid of any bugs.