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Mental Nomad Podcast 143: Celebrity Crush Edition:
There's about a 50-50 chance this is the last M4A-format episode for
a couple of months, anyway; at least one longtime supporter is having
trouble with non-MP3 tracks. The long-term plan is to switch to
BlueHost next year and set up separate feeds for MP3 and M4A.Today's episode (right-click to download or open in a new tab or window) features these music tracks:
Dragonette: "I Get Around"E-Zel: "Libertas"Heather Edwards: "Escape"Dragonette: "Pick Up the Phone"Bethany & Rufus: "St. James Infirmary"The Apples in Stereo: "Go"Beth Bombara and the Robotic Foundation: "Conversation"Alex Cuba: "Amor Infinito"Heather Edwards: "Song About Nothing"The Apples in Stereo: "High Tide"Beth Bombara: "Abandon Ship"
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And I offer up a few words about no fewer than a dozen of my celebrity
crushes, with embedded links to Internet Movie Database entries, fan
pages, official Web sites, even the MySpace profile of one actress. I'm
not sure if these links work for iPod Touch and iPhone users, but I do
know they work in Quicktime if you listen to/watch the episode in a
browser window.
(Total play time: 1:05:29)
Tracks 1, 4, 6 and 10 are courtesy of the IODA Promonet and may be downloaded at the Blogger site for as long as their promotions remain in effect; tracks 2, 3, 7, 9 and 11 are courtesy of Ariel Publicity; track 5 is courtesy of Music Alley; and track 8 is featured by arrangement with Rock Paper Scissors.
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again, I hope to get a double feed going in the next few months,
because I think there are potentially very cool uses and abuses for
this sort of enhanced file format. Pod Across America would be a
logical place to do things like this -- linking to travel and news
sites from a given state, or to YouTube feeds from someone who
regularly does outdoor video entries in a given state, for example.
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Alex Rider's Geiger Counter Game Console: contest preview and book giveaway!:
On November 17th, we'll be launching the Alex Rider Dream Gadget Contest, to coincide with the release of the next chapter in Alex's adventures, Crocodile Tears . The book comes out the same day that MAKE, Volume 20 (the kid-themed issue) hits newsstands! In case you're unaware, Alex Rider is a young spy whose exploits are chronicled in a popular series of teen spy/adventure books. Alex uses all sorts of crazy high tech contraptions, made from things in his school backpack, to get out of sticky situations.
Attention all adventure-seekers, gadget lovers, and closet inventors. You are invited to join in the fun! If you were Alex Rider, what gadget would you want in the upcoming adventure Crocodile Tears? Design your Alex Rider dream gadget, inspired by an everyday object (i.e. an iPod, a toothpaste tube, a pen). The winning gadget will be built here at MAKE Labs. Send us a schematic, tell us what your gadget is made from, and how it works. Your entry can be a schematic, sketches, and/or an explanation by you. Remember that the winning gadget should be inspired by an everyday object that one could realistically build (as much as we wish we could create a pair of scissors that fly us to the moon)!
Book Giveaway Time!
For the next three weeks, we'll be offering excerpts from the Alex Rider books, highlighting the fantastic, clever (and entirely fictional) gadgets used by Alex. Up this week is the Geiger Counter Game Console from Skeleton Key. We're giving away two copies of the book! Just leave a comment in this post and tell us why you or your kid(s) needs one of these books. Please make sure you include your email address in the comment form field (it won't be published). All eligible comments will be closed by Noon PST on Sunday, November 1st. The winners will be announced next week on the site. Good luck! Congrats to Heather, Jenny, Kelly, and Special Agent Chris for winning last week's giveaway!
Geiger Counter Games Console [CIA Issue]
The CIA gave Alex a games console when he went to work for them in Cuba - but what they didn't tell him was that it contained a Geiger counter to help them find a nuclear bomb. Alex discovered its secret function when it picked up the radiation produced by the luminous face on his hotel alarm clock.
Inside this handheld games console is a Geiger-Müller tube, which detects and measures levels of radioactivity. The tube contains a mixture of two gases - neon with a very small amount of halogen - which does not conduct electricity unless it is ionized by a radioactive particle passing through it. When this happens, a current passes between two electrodes inside the tube, and the device turns this into sound. The more radiation that is picked up, the louder and more high-pitched the noise. The screens display the amount of radioactivity detected as green or white flashes.
If the sound produced becomes a constant, high-pitched buzzing, and the screen is entirely white, the user is advised to leave the area immediately, as levels are dangerously high.
You can download the high-res schematic for the console, and download a sample chapter from Skeleton Key to see how Alex uses it to get out of trouble.
Disclaimer: Excerpts from Alex Rider: The Gadgets by Anthony Horowitz are fictional and for inspiration only. Readers should not attempt to recreate these gadgets.
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DogWatch Cigar Radio #245 October 23, 2009:
The Cigar of the Week is the HC Series Criollo Lonsdale. One of the more talked about introductions this summer, Xikar brought out their HC Series Cigar Collection in three different blends. The HC Series is blended in partnership with Jesus Fuego. This month we feature the Criollo blend in the 6 x 46 Lonsdale format. Both the wrapper & binder are shade grown Criollo leaf from Nicaragua, with the wrapper having 4 years of aging. The filler blend is Nicaraguan & Honduran tobaccos. Together they deliver a medium bodied smoke with some leather & tea flavors, complimented by some caramel sweetness.
A little follow-up on the UPC conversation started last week identifies some manufacturers making it easier on the retailers.
Craig Rich joins us from the chat room to ask the hard questions! He interviews us on our own show!
Discussion on "body" in a cigar. We try to separate myth from truth!
On the Dark Side - Marque - Bolivar, Frontmark - Petite Belicosos Edicion Limitada 2009, Vitola - Petit Pyramid, 52 x 125 mm (4.9") This cigar has the Special Release Bolivar band (the word Cuba underneath the word Habana in the center) as well as the second gold & black Edicion Limitada band. The are packaged in dress boxes of 25 cigars. Also, the passing of of the former director of Cubatabaco, Fransisco Padron.
What Else have the DWCR guys been smokin'? Avalon 38, Oliva Series O Torpedo, Gurkha Centenary Blend Liga C-10 Micro Batch, J Sanchez y Gomez Herencia, Padron 1964, Cu Avana Intenso.
Congratulations to Tony Matsura, this week's winner of a one year subscription to European Cigar Cult Journal!
What's My Band? Bob smokes an Arganese Nicaragua Corona, Dale smokes a Gran Habanos 3 Siglos.
Opening theme music provided by 25 Smokin' Figurados from their album Divine Spirits, Holy Smoke.
Closing theme Longboard Cowboy provided by The Surfonics.
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