Good Vexations

James and Pat are back and we brought a friend! We're here to share a preview episode for our new show, the Ridiculous Research Review.If you like it be sure to check out more at: www.ridiculousresearchreview.com

We're back! James would like you to know about his very big head and the problems that one size fit all thinking causes him. Links: Unraveled Sonic Episode:  https://bit.ly/3bnCy8T James with Big Hair:  https://bit.ly/2vICVf4 Animal Glue Pot:  https://amzn.to/2y9cFeZ 99% Invisible: https://99percentinvisible.org/ Cover Illustration: Alisha Wilkerson Intro/Outro Music "Everything is Awful" by The Taxpayers (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)

We got to meet people whose work we like at our conventions! Were we to wierd? Links: PAX East:  http://east.paxsite.com/  Robert Wood:  https://www.seas.harvard.edu/directory/rjwood  Pat's Panel:  http://east.paxsite.com/schedule/panel/casting-without-components-rpg-rules-that-halt-the-story  James' Presentation: https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/MAR19/Session/V64.11  Roboism:  https://www.relay.fm/roboism  Cover Illustration: Alisha Wilkerson Intro/Outro Music "Everything is Awful" by The Taxpayers (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) 

What is the value of a lifetime of service? Why isn't theatre full of campy sci fi? And what's the plot of the Cursed Child? Links: The Boat: http://www.eawardcenter.com/rb/0001038168/3en_US/8_172.htm NJ High School Production of Alien: https://www.nj.com/hudson/2019/03/alien-the-play-at-nj-high-school-to-get-encore-shows-after-scary-good-show-gains-viral-fame.html The Cursed Child: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Cursed_Child Wolf 359: https://www.wolf359.fm/ Love Death Robots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUFwunMKa4E Cover Illustration: Alisha Wilkerson Intro/Outro Music "Everything is Awful" by The Taxpayers (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) 

Into the Spider-Verse was so good! So why do some people think animated films must be for kids? Does anyone else know who Harry and the Potters are? And who put time travel in Star Wars?    Links: Harry and the Potters: http://harryandthepotters.com/ Into the Spider-Verse: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4633694/ Adventure Time: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1305826/ Ice Kings Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA2PsADo11E Steven Universe: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3061046/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Gravity Falls: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1865718/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Avatar: The Last Airbender: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417299/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Star Wars: Rebels: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2930604/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Cover Illustration: Alisha Wilkerson Intro/Outro Music "Everything is Awful" by The Taxpayers (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) 

Why don't we have Rosie the Robot to make us pancakes? Join us as we talk with our friend Alisha Wilkerson about robots, sick burns, and looms?   Links: Alisha Illustrates: https://www.alishaillustrates.net/ Status Report!: http://www.offcutgames.com/statusreport.html Laundry Folding Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsIZDwYT-As Pancake Bot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DApZgXapGr8 "Hover" Board: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwSwZ2Y0Ops Richard Browning Flight Suit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26wLK0TKqWY Cover Illustration: Alisha Wilkerson Intro/Outro Music "Everything is Awful" by The Taxpayers (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) 

 Someone is stealing James's Kale! This week's vexes include how to massage your kale, disrespecting community areas, and anarchist maker spaces.    Links: James's Garden:  https://twitter.com/GoodVexations/status/1095474107267858433  Massage Your Kale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzCwZVRoknE Joshua Tree: https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/11/us/california-joshua-trees-cut-down-during-shutdown-trnd/index.html Noisebridge Maker Space: https://www.noisebridge.net/ Noisebridge buys a vacuum Feb 8, 2011: https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2011_02_08 Cover Illustration: Alisha Wilkerson Intro/Outro Music "Everything is Awful" by The Taxpayers (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) 

Why do people keep emailing us at 3am? Get vexed with us as we are joined by our friend Ed Churchill to bemoan the loss of personal time in the internet age, throw out all our stuff, and get kidnapped by Scientologists. Links: Trogdor Board Game: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1999933720/trogdor-the-board-game Strong Bads Email: http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Strong_Bad_Email Inbox Zero: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9UjeTMb3Yk Kondo Container Surge: https://www.thecut.com/2019/01/busy-container-store-because-of-marie-kondos-netflix-show.html Cover Illustration: Alisha Wilkerson Intro/Outro Music "Everything is Awful" by The Taxpayers (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) 

James can't finish video games and it's got him vexed! Is he a poser? Join us as we ask why Valve wont make games, tell the tale of Shelob the big sexy spider, and once more let James ramble on about Celeste. Special credit to our friend John for this weeks title. Links: Games Leave Steam for Epic: http://bit.ly/2MGEE8E Valve Rates: https://www.polygon.com/2019/1/24/18196154/steam-developers-revenue-epic-games-store Bastion Soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/album/2r4a3PREYIRF2QdbcPnrEO No Man's Sky Soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/album/5nvkeEgntNSvMJn5V1Mgkp Celeste: http://www.celestegame.com/ Cover Illustration: Alisha Wilkerson Intro/Outro Music "Everything is Awful" by The Taxpayers (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) 

Why did we install all these cameras in our house? Get vexed with us as we talk about smart devices, 1st generation technology, and Yankee swaps. Cover Illustration: Alisha Wilkerson Intro/Outro Music "Everything is Awful" by The Taxpayers (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)

Cooking instructions make meal prep seam harder than it is. Get vexed with us as we talk about Food YouTube, Ikea instructions, and edible cookie dough. Links: It's Alive with Brad: http://bit.ly/alivewithbrad Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution: https://amzn.to/2FzjesF Zsolt Liber's Ikea Style Cook Book: http://bit.ly/2CsiItg Ikea Cooking Parchment: http://bit.ly/2SUq6or Facebook Study on Video Content: http://bit.ly/2Mgp43G Do: http://bit.ly/2ClPA77 Will it Sous-Vide: http://bit.ly/2FrWdZz Cover Illustration: Alisha Wilkerson Intro/Outro Music "Everything is Awful" by The Taxpayers (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)

Exercise is hard and boring. Get vexed this week as we explore television fueled motivation, catch em' all, and generally display how many more squats we should be doing. Links: Monster of the Week: https://www.evilhat.com/home/monster-of-the-week/ Arrows (Stephen Amell) Abs: https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--3QADDGfM--/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_675,q_80,w_1200/nh6lepibhzmqpi0ibcj7.gif Ingress: https://www.ingress.com/ Quiditch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quidditch_(sport) Vive: https://www.vive.com/us/ Vader Immortal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gqbubA6oqY Hover Junkers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZnZrcvvyZM Beat Saber: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rIjcRK_BNU Pop Stars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOxkGD8qRB4 Dance Dance Revolution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs4R-6D09Zk Kinect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Ep3oqicVU Cover Illustration: Alisha Wilkerson Intro/Outro Music "Everything is Awful" by The Taxpayers (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) 

Why is Gatekeeping a thing? Join us this week as struggle to stay on topic, talk about Super Smash Brothers too much, and contemplate if Mr. Mime is capable of murder. Links: Wavedash: https://www.ssbwiki.com/wavedash Sonic Poster: http://townsquare.media/site/442/files/2018/12/sonic-movie-poster-high-res.png?w=2400&h=3556&q=75 Detective Pikachu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1roy4o4tqQM Cover Illustration: Alisha Wilkerson Intro/Outro Music "Everything is Awful" by The Taxpayers (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)

Step away from the big problems in your life and get hung up on the little ones with Pat & James who are just too busy this month, reminisce on a series of bad decisions, and recall the Pinata Incident. Links: Mechatronics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechatronics Tunnel Vision: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_vision Board Games: http://www.offcutgames.com/ Cover Illustration: Alisha Wilkerson Intro/Outro Music "Everything is Awful" by The Taxpayers (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)

Step away from the big problems in your life and get hung up on the little ones with Pat & James as apps steal our data, AI run amok, and James visits the intentions of wizards. Links: Amazon Algorithms: https://goo.gl/GrRVVF Google Tracking: https://goo.gl/E8hCb2 Microsoft Twitter Bot: https://goo.gl/cMn3xz Cover Illustration: Alisha Wilkerson Intro/Outro Music "Everything is Awful" by The Taxpayers (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)

Step away from the big problems in your life and get hung up on the little ones with Pat & James as they are vexed by Milky Chance's "Stolen Dance," Sucker Punch, and Steven King. Links: Stolen Dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX-QaNzd-0Y Sucker Punch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucker_Punch_(2011_film) IT (NSFW): https://themuse.jezebel.com/about-the-gross-child-sex-scene-in-it-that-didnt-make-i-1802676064 The Dark Tower: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_(series) 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABXtWqmArUU PAX Unplugged: http://unplugged.paxsite.com/ I Think You Two Would Get Along: https://ithinkyoutwowouldgetalong.transistor.fm/9# Cover Illustration: Alisha Wilkerson Intro/Outro Music "Everything is Awful" by The Taxpayers (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)

Step away from the big problems in your life and get hung up on the little ones with Pat & James as they are vexed by people behaving socially on social media sites. Cover Illustration: Alisha Wilkerson Intro/Outro Music "Everything is Awful" by The Taxpayers (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)

Step away from the big problems in your life and get hung up on the little ones with Pat & James as they are vexed by people who aren't ready at airports, bemoan security theatre, and try to order avocado toast. Links: Mascot Video: https://goo.gl/YP91xU Half Dome Banner Stand: https://photos.app.goo.gl/8GMQVMfRQXfowmMU9 TSA Fails Test: https://goo.gl/N6XbQY TSA scanners and cancer: https://goo.gl/8GW6Xa Cover Illustration: Alisha Wilkerson Intro/Outro Music "Everything is Awful" by The Taxpayers (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)

Step away from the big problems in your life and get hung up on the little ones with Pat & James as they try to order a simple ice coffee, rotate chickens, and discuss the robots taking our jobs. Links: A Slow Cup of Coffee: https://photos.app.goo.gl/4ToKT1DtZzNz8fVH9 Starbucks Reserve Roastery: https://goo.gl/jdt4CS Creator Burger: https://goo.gl/muHhmD Shaper CNC: https://goo.gl/QGshhC Star Trek: https://goo.gl/H7khFb Cover Illustration: Alisha Wilkerson Intro/Outro Music "Everything is Awful" by The Taxpayers (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)

Step away from the big problems in your life and get hung up on the little ones with Pat & James as they trade candy, debate the finer points of candy corn, and reminisce on Reese's flavors. Links: Halloween Pretzels: https://goo.gl/DHmpz9 HuffPost: https://goo.gl/qmVKga Reese's Wiki: https://goo.gl/HwsmoA Polling Place Locator: https://goo.gl/mdBYFT Cover Illustration: Alisha Wilkerson Intro/Outro Music "Everything is Awful" by The Taxpayers (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)

Step away from the big problems in your life and get hung up on the little ones with Pat & James as they fail to agree with other people, argue about space-elevators, and wax poetical about Star Wars. Links: Opinions on toilet paper: https://goo.gl/eVuj48 Space Elevators: https://goo.gl/T6f2dY Green Milk: https://goo.gl/u8Djoc Cover Illustration: Alisha Wilkerson Intro/Outro Music "Everything is Awful" by The Taxpayers (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)

Our first episode of Good Vexations; a podcast about little grievances we'd rather air than solve. Step away from the big problems in your life and get hung up on the little ones with Pat & James as they are vexed by a lack of rear facing seats, try to build a better car, and chat about the future of autonomous vehicles. Links: "Looking Back at the Increasingly Rare Backward View" New York Times: https://goo.gl/Zdsygd Trapped Self Driving Car: https://goo.gl/CJMyWX Cover Illustration: Alisha Wilkerson Intro/Outro Music "Everything is Awful" by The Taxpayers (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)