Episode 48 – Windows 8 Preview

What this episode covers

SHOW NOTES Guest(s): Krista Rancourt, Sarah Bodah, Dave Brossa Drink of the Show: Russian Boilermaker (U-Boot) Food Etiquette (consumerist) Ingredients: VODKA! BEER! DRINK AND STFU! Drink Rating (out of 5) Adam: 3 Krista: 5 Sarah: 5 Tev: 4 Windows 8 Adam gives his impressions of Windows 8. Television What we’ve been watching: Castle, American Idle, Shark Tank News: New Pac Man show on the way Netflix is no longer full of Starz Books What we’ve been reading: The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicle Day One) Patrick Rothfuss Tech News: http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/29/tech/mobile/microsoft-windows8/index.html http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/02/google-offers-up-to-1-million-in-rewards-for-chrome-hacks.ars CDC says kids are eating a lot of sugar Judge allows search of cellphone without a warrant Envia creates battery that’s 2x as good and 1/2 as expensive Study shows correlation between wealth and lack of ethics Video Games What we’re playing: Deus Ex, Sly Cooper News: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/03/four-years-in-the-making-bioshock-infinite-hits-october-16.ars http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/02/how-nasa-topography-data-brought-a-dose-of-reality-to-ssxs-snowboarding-courses.ars http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/02/syndicate-game-files-hide-recruitment-message-aimed-at-pirates.ars Nintendo rejects Binding of Isaac from 3DS Steve Kordek, pinball innovator, dies at age 100 New SimCity coming Movies What we’ve been watching: Being Elmo, The Juniper Tree, Eric the Viking News: The Oscars happened. The audio was bad. http://www.slashfilm.com/votd-steven-spielberg-watches-oscar-nominations-1976-jaws/ Netflix Watch Instantly: The Man Who Fell to Earth, Adventures of Tin Tin, Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club, Pi Break Music: Game of Thrones Violin Cover (Jason Yang) End Music: 1 or 2 Player Game (pornophonique)