Episode 48 – Windows 8 Preview

The Untitled Geek Podcast

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)