LN-QRM #87: Just look in the South East Sky

Recorded: 24 March 2013

Hosts: Jash, Barry J & Michael

Topics

Even we are sick of snow now 20+ feet since January 15th. (It does compress, sublimate)
Maple weekend in New England
Facebook Shows Off New Home Page Design, Including Bigger Pictures
Skype scores an iOS update
How did the microphone not pick that up?
Michael putting in his FireFighter application (something to do in his spare time…)
An odd radiation shield for Mars mission
Grocery store review
Google’s Eric Schmidt says Google Now for iOS approval is in Apple’s court
Apple says Google Now for iOS has not been submitted to the App Store
Apple’s Podcasts app updated
Once again, iPhone ranks highest in J.D. Power smartphone customer satisfaction survey
Mac Mini works much better with OS X
HBO considers U-turn on cable-free access to HBO Go
Got to view pan-STARRS at +0.2 mag (not what I planned, but really cool)
Must have been a hell of a night
A man’s sink
Damn!, Ice, or is that Ice Dam (I hope)
Mardi Gra in Da Keweenaw this weekend &
Change in plans for Sunday work…
My tractor is not a John Deere, it’s my neighbors…

Musical Guest: Gaia with “Settlin For This”

 Theme Song: Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band “Hit the Ground Running”

 

LN-QRM #86: Is Google Doing Harm?

Recorded: 17 March 2013

Hosts: Jash, Barry J & Barty

Topics

2 stories of snow!
Mac Vs PC again
Pope Francis elected as 266th Roman Catholic pontiff
US to reinforce missile defences to counter North Korea ‘provocations’
Google kills Reader
Samsung Galaxy 4 released
Dropbox to buy Mailbox and retain 13 employees, will keep service as stand-alone app
Star Wars trio to reprise roles

Musical Guest: Texarillo with “Stone Cold Heart Breaker”

 Theme Song: Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band “Hit the Ground Running”