Archive for August, 2012

The Bloke and a Bird Show Episode 37

Just a quick post for the show this week…  Not a lot of stories to talk about and there were computer issues this weekend too.

One of the things we do talk about this week are the Sifteo Cubes…

 

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The Bloke and a Bird Show Episode 36

After two weeks off and quite a bit of travel we’re back – and figured that meant we needed to spend the week talking about our travel…

First up – one of us got to spend some time on the Queen Mary followed by a trip to Niagara Falls

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Guess the Breed

Ok, the most common question asked is “What is she?” We say, “She’s what is commonly known as a ‘Dog’”

Can you do any better? She’s 10 weeks in this photo and about 12.5 pounds. If that helps.

We will do a DNA test for Christmas…so guessing continues.

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The Bloke and a Bird Show Episode 35

It’s a good thing that we are off next week – because F1 is kicking off their summer break…

The complaining about NBC’s horrible Olympic coverage continues, maybe NBC will figure it out in time for the next Winter Olympics in Sochi Russia.  Want to watch the BBC’s coverage instead?  Check out this article from Lifehacker.  BTW it’s similar techniques that get us our F1 coverage from the BBC.

Turns out wireless bandwidth is becoming an issue at the Olympics – and folks are being asked to cut back on the Tweets and texts that they send from their mobile phones.

As we mentioned, last week was the last F1 race of the first half of the 2012 season and Lewis Hamilton won the Grand Prix of Hungary at the Hungaroring.

McLaren has their own animation studio and has been producing a series of animated shorts called Tooned. Check out the first of the three that have been released below:

THen we talk about history. What formerly current events should be covered in an US History class, and what should be cut in order to accommodate them?

While it’s a shame the folks are loosing their jobs – we’re not heartbroken by Delta’s decision to kill off Regional Carrier Comair.

Could Retail Trucks be the next big thing?

We wrap up with a review of the latest item to come out of The Bloke and a Bird Test Labs, the Breville One Touch Tea Maker.

 

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