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Lingo - Episode 2: Eat, Drink, And Be Geeky

Mon December 08 2008

In this weeks episode of Lingo Andrew and Doug discuss:Star Tours 2.0Ice On MarsStan Romaneckand much more!________________________Update:Lingo has go... read more

In this weeks episode of Lingo Andrew and Doug discuss:Star Tours 2.0Ice On MarsStan Romaneckand much more!________________________Update:Lingo has gone international! Thanks for all the support everyone, and tune in this week for a brand spaking new ep!Doug and Andrew________________________ Tech Talk:Urban Future: A Floating New OrleansIndividual dwellings bob, tethered with RV-type umbilical cords through which potable water, electricity, sew-age, and telephone connections continue uninterrupted.Our Universal AdoptionAstronomers are answering questions that have baffled scientists for decades and proving that our own Milky Way is consuming one of its neighbors in a dramatic display of ongoing galactic cannibalism.Ice On MarsSharp new images received from their Phoenix lander convinced scientists that the spacecraft's thrusters had uncovered a large patch of ice just below the Martian surface.________________________Conspiracy Corner:Stan Romaneck Video:Conspiracy Corner Weekly Poll:&ampamp;amp;amp;amp;ampamp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://polls.blogflux.com/poll-26830.html"&ampamp;amp;amp;amp;ampamp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Take the poll&ampamp;amp;amp;amp;ampamp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&ampamp;amp;amp;amp;ampamp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&ampamp;amp;amp;amp;ampamp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br /&ampamp;amp;amp;amp;ampamp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&ampamp;amp;amp;amp;ampamp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br /&ampamp;amp;amp;amp;ampamp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&ampamp;amp;amp;amp;ampamp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://polls.blogflux.com/"&ampamp;amp;amp;amp;ampamp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Free Poll by Blog Flux&ampamp;amp;amp;amp;ampamp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&ampamp;amp;amp;amp;ampamp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;If you have any suggestions for Conspiracy Corner please send it to us at: lingopodcast@gmail.com________________________Up Down Left Right StartConan Pushes WoW Out Of Top Sales SpotThings To Look Forward To:Fallout 3- Fall 08 (PC/PS3/360) Fable 2- Fall 08 (360) Gears Of War 2- Nov 08 (360) WoW- Lich King- Fall 08 (PC)________________________The Watercooler:Star Tours 2.0The flight information board utilized in the line area promises “forthcoming adventures to Hoth, Tatooine, and Dagobah” and displays the text “Soon Endor Won’t Be The End-All”.Rogan and the Green Hornet:Rogan's taking the lead role of Britt Reid (a bored playboy who inherits his father's crusading newspaper and spends his nights fighting crime with his sidekick, Kato) AND writing the script for The Green Hornet due in theaters in 2010.Dangerous ShinglesNew York Street, and an adjacent alley scene; Brownstone Street; Courthouse Square, where “Back to the Future” was filmed; the Dick Tracy Building, where that hit movie was made; and the set where “Ben Hur” was filmed…they are all gone.30 Sequels Nobody Wants But We're Getting Anyway"The Strangers" ReviewQuarantine Trailer: read less

Lingo - Episode 1: All Your Geek is Belong to Us

Mon December 08 2008

In this pilot episode of 'Lingo: A Geekly Podcast' your hosts Andrew and Doug discuss...Ocean vs. Space Exploration, The Impending Wii Shortage, Revie... read more

In this pilot episode of 'Lingo: A Geekly Podcast' your hosts Andrew and Doug discuss...Ocean vs. Space Exploration, The Impending Wii Shortage, Review Indiana Jones 4, The Motor City Comic Con, and much much more!______________________________Update:Hey everyone! Doug and I ran into a bit of a traffic problem on the site today. All you listeners crashed it! Thanks! To resolve the problem we have decided to take the media player off the site. You can still listen to us through the RSS feed and on iTunes. Check back soon for episode number 2!______________________________STOP UWE BOLL!:Sign the petition______________________________BONUS FEATURESTech Talk:LINK: Scientists begin releasing Mars lander's armThe Phoenix lander, which arrived on Mars on Sunday, is in excellent shape, said project manager Barry Goldstein. He said the communications glitch was only a blip in the robot's three-month exploration of the planet's northern arctic region. LINK: Robert Ballard: Exploring the ocean's hidden worlds________________________________Up Down Left Right Start:LINK: Nintendo planning to milk its Wii shortage through the holidays You know, we could understand a few months of Wii shortages, and perhaps we'd let Nintendo slip by the seven month mark with a mild slap on the wrist, but this recent announcement of shortages through the 2007 holidays is just plain annoying.________________________________ The Watercooler:LINK: Hobbit Hold-upTolkien claims his family is still owed a LOT of money from New Line Cinema, which purchased the rights in a 1978 sale and promised them 7.5% of the profits.LINK: Indiana Jones and the Defense of 450 CG Effects ShotsThe first three Indy films were gritty, sweaty and tactile affairs, largely because everything onscreen physically existed somewhere. Not so with “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” — though that was almost the case. When first approaching the latest “Indy,” director Steven Spielberg considered dusting off his old-school approach. “He thought maybe we should just go back to the way we did things before, like matte paintings on glass and things like that,” said visual effects supervisor Pablo Helman. “We entertained that idea for a little bit, but we realized we could serve the story better by using our digital tools.”___________________________________Fantasy Bazaar:___________________________________Conspiracy Corner:LINK: The Sounds of Hell (Warning...pretty damn disturbing)___________________________________This Weeks Blu-Ray Releases: Cloverfield (Paramount) Semi-Pro (New Line) Signs (Walt Disney) There Will Be Blood (Paramount)___________________________________ read less

Lingo - Episode 3: The Jolly Geek Giant

Mon December 08 2008

In this weeks episode of Lingo, Andrew and Doug discuss...The Lingo Charity FundraiserMore Phoenix Lander NewsToilet RepairsSalt Water Fueland so much... read more

In this weeks episode of Lingo, Andrew and Doug discuss...The Lingo Charity FundraiserMore Phoenix Lander NewsToilet RepairsSalt Water Fueland so much more!_________________________________The Charity PollPlease Help Us Choose The Charity We Should Donate To! Which charity should 'Lingo' donate to? ( polls)Before you vote, here is some background information on the four charities to choose from...St. Jude Children's Hospital:Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common form of childhood cancer. When St. Jude scientists began their research in 1962, only 4 out of 100 children with ALL survived the disease. Today, the cure rate is more than 80 percent, but we want it to be even better. Our skilled doctors, scientists and staff conduct groundbreaking research every day. They work to improve the survival rates for childhood cancers and to find cures for many other devastating diseases. In addition, promising new studies are helping uncover the genetic causes of pediatric cancer. Ultimately, this research will allow us to tailor more effective treatments for each patient. St. Jude researchers focus on translating positive laboratory results into improved patient treatments. An important part of this process is the many patients who enroll in our clinical trials. These trials help us measure the effectiveness of our protocols (scientific treatment plans). Every day members of the patient’s extensive medical support team closely monitor how each child is affected by the treatment. St. Jude is the largest childhood cancer research center in the world in terms of the number of patients enrolled and successfully treated on research protocols. We know that you and your child are unique individuals. Our social workers, psychologists, child life specialists and chaplains help patients and their families cope with facing a life-threatening illness.American Film Institute: AFI is a national institute providing leadership in screen education and the recognition and celebration of excellence in the art of film, television and digital media. AFI trains the next generation of filmmakers at its world-renowned Conservatory, maintains America's film heritage through the AFI Catalog of Feature Films and explores new digital technologies in entertainment and education through the AFI Digital Content Lab and K-12 Screen Education Center. As the largest nonprofit exhibitor in the US, AFI ON SCREEN encompasses the annual AFI FEST presented by Audi: AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival-as well as year-round programming at ArcLight Hollywood and the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland, including SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival. AFI AWARDS, the annual almanac for the 21st century, honors the most outstanding motion pictures and television programs of the year, while AFI's 100 Years . . . series has ignited extraordinary public interest in classic American movies. And, during the past 34 years, AFI's Life Achievement Award has become the highest honor for a career in film. Animal Welfare Institute:Horses brutally butchered for sale abroad. Dogs and cats stolen for experimentation. Wildlife caught in brutal traps. Farm animals confined in coffin-like crates. Majestic whales slaughtered at sea. The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) works around the world and on Capitol Hill to address these issues and other forms of animal suffering. Founded in 1951, our mission is to reduce the sum total of pain and fear inflicted on animals by humans. In response to the spread of factory farms, we launched our Animal Welfare Approved husbandry standards program in 2006, prioritizing the well-being of animals and the sustainability of humane, independent family farms.Human Rights First:Human Rights First believes that building respect for human rights and the rule of law will help ensure the dignity to which every individual is entitled and will stem tyranny, extremism, intolerance, and violence. Human Rights First protects people at risk: refugees who flee persecution, victims of crimes against humanity or other mass human rights violations, victims of discrimination, those whose rights are eroded in the name of national security, and human rights advocates who are targeted for defending the rights of others. These groups are often the first victims of societal instability and breakdown; their treatment is a harbinger of wider-scale repression. Human Rights First works to prevent violations against these groups and to seek justice and accountability for violations against them._______________________________Now go and check out all the merchandise we're selling to raise money for the charity you just voted for! _______________________________Tech TalkLINK: iPhone 3G Info!Obviously 3G is at the forefront, but they're also making sure it's available all over internationally, works with enterprises, runs 3rd party apps... and does it all for cheaper.LINK: Meet Roadrunner - The World's Fastest ComputerTurek said the computer in a two-hour test on May 25 achieved a "petaflop" speed of sustained performance, something no other computer had ever done. A "flop" is an acronym meaning floating-point-operations per second. One petaflop is 1,000 trillion operations per second.LINK: Whiteknight 2 - Way Cooler Than KittThey are even looking into using WhiteKnightTwo as a forest fire water bomber with its payload capacity. Nonetheless, we care because the giant ship that will carry rich people to space at $200,000 a pop is going to be flying by September.LINK: Pluto Now Classified As Plutoid"Plutoids are celestial bodies in orbit around the sun at a distance greater than that of Neptune that have sufficient mass for their self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that they assume a hydrostatic equilibrium (near-spherical) shape, and that have not cleared the neighborhood around their orbit."LINK: Discovery Heads For HomeThe 37-foot lab, about the size of a bus, is the biggest room at the space station. Kibo also has a storage closet and a 33-foot robotic arm.LINK: Phoenix Lander 'Shakes' Its Way To SuccessScientists operating the spacecraft broke into song and dance Wednesday after learning that their latest effort to shake lumps of Martian soil into a tiny testing oven worked.LINK: GLAST Searching For Gamma RaysWith superior new technology and insight gained from Compton and other telescopes, Glast will be able to do in three hours, or two orbits of Earth -- survey the entire sky -- what Compton took 15 months to do._______________________________Conspiracy CornerThis week's conspiracy was suggested to us by Patrick McLeod. If you too have any conspiracies you want us to talk about, email us your suggestions at lingopodcast@gmail.com!Salt Water Fuel:LINK: HydrorunnerLINK: Hybrid Kits_________________________________Up Down Left Right Select StartLINK: Guitar Hero: On Tour, More Groundbreaking Than You Would ThinkLINK: Emergency Heroes For WiiXbox Live's Top 10 For The Week Of 6/2-6/8 1. Call of Duty 4 2. Halo 3 3. GTA IV 4. Battlefield: Bad Company Demo 5. Guitar Hero III 6. Gears of War 7. Rock Band 8. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 9. Ninja Gaiden 2 10. FIFA 08 _______________________________The Watercooler LINK: Dreamworks Dreams Of IndependanceLINK: Movies On The Mind?Our data suggest that achieving a tight control over viewers' brains during a movie requires, in most cases, intentional construction of the film's sequence through aesthetic means.An image really is worth 1,000 words..._____________________________________The Cutting Room FloorThis is a section dedicated to items that we didn't make the cut, but are still important.LINK: Funny Or Die To Go To HBO_______________ (Click The Images For The Teaser Art For The New Robocop And Terminator)LINK: A UK Review Tells Us Exactly What We Expected From M. Night...CrapLINK: 'Metal Gear Solid 4' is Out!LINK: A Walk Through The Treetops_____________________________________That's it for us this week at Lingo! Be sure to check out the Charity Merchandise, and tune in next Saturday to here the results on a brand spanking new episode of Lingo: A Geekly Podcast! read less

Lingo - Episode 4: I Can Has Geekburger?

Mon December 08 2008

In this weeks late episode of Lingo, Andrew and Doug discuss...The Death of Stan WinstonBattlestar Galactica's mid-season finaleThe science behind gam... read more

In this weeks late episode of Lingo, Andrew and Doug discuss...The Death of Stan WinstonBattlestar Galactica's mid-season finaleThe science behind gamma rays and the HulkHow the brits are going to destroy the worldand a whole lot more!__________________________________________________________QuickbitsLINK: Stan Winston, dies at 62Instead of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Institute for Myeloma & Bone Cancer Research in West Hollywood, Free Arts for Abused Children in Los Angeles, or United States Fund for UNICEF in New York. LINK: Panspermia Publication on the theory of meteorites sparking life on EarthResearch on Murchison meteor, which landed in Australia in 1969, has found that the rock carried the building blocks of DNA on board (uracial and xanthine molecules).LINK: BMW's GINA concept car>The GINA replaces the traditional metal/plastic skin with a textile fabric skin that’s pulled taut around a frame of metal and carbon fiber wires. Even the shape of the car can change.LINK: Jason Vorhee's Mask Revealed>Michael Bay has so far remade the Texas Chainsaw Masacre movies, the Amityville horror, and is currently working on 'Friday the 13th' and 'Nightmare on Elm Street'. After that he's eyeing 'Rosemary's Baby', and 'The Bird's'...so which is next? Which cassic horror movie will Michael Bay butcher next? ( surveys)________________________________ Lingo Charity PollThe results are in! And the winners are...71% - The Animal Welfare Institute29% - St. Jude Children's Research HospitalWe'll be donating all the proceeds from the Lingo Charity Store to The Animal Welfare Institute November 1st, 2008. And then 6 months later...we'll be making a second donation to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.So remember to go buy some of our merch at... ...and help us raise money for some kids and animals that are in need!________________________________ Watercooler LINK: Battlestar Galactica mid-season finale (warning: spoilers!)LINK: DC Comics to release a 'Fringe' prequel mini-seriesLINK: JJ Abram's 'Fringe' leaked to the internet (click to watch!)A television drama centered around a female FBI agent who is forced to work with an institutionalized scientists in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena. ________________________________ TechTalkLINK: Gamma Rays and the Hulk... Charles Q. Choi of LiveScience.com wrote a great article talking about the reality of these misunderstood rays.LINK: Skynet is real, and it has a british accent...The British military just launched the final satelitte that completes the communication network designed to allow military computers and equipment to communicate at long range...and it's called Skynet.________________________________ Up Down Left Right Select Start LINK: Spore Creature Creator Available for download this weekLINK: Download it!LINK: Sporn! (NSFW)LINK: SporeTube.comLINK: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, and Spidey vs. Marvel Zombie NewsMUA2 will take place in Marvel Civil War. Players will take one side or the other, with over 20 characters to choose from.The game is due out for Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PSP, and DS.In addition to Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, the next next Spider-man game, after this fall’s Web of Shadows, will allegedly be entitled Spider-man vs. Marvel Zombies. The game is said to take place in a possible future, 2149, where Marvel heroes and villains have become zombies. Spidey’s mission is to defeat the zombie horde, OR join it, implying there will be multiple choices as far as gameplay goes. It will continue the open-world style of the last few Spider-man games, as wellLINK: Patapon ________________________________That's it for this weeks Lingo! Like last time, be sure to check out the Lingo Charity Merchandise Store, and help us raise money for some sick kids and animals that are in need! read less

Lingo - Episode 5: Geeks Of War

Mon December 08 2008

UpdateDue to the holiday weekend, Doug and I have decided to take a week off from Lingo. Don't Panic though, we will be back next week with an extende... read more

UpdateDue to the holiday weekend, Doug and I have decided to take a week off from Lingo. Don't Panic though, we will be back next week with an extended episode covering topics and info from the last two weeks!To all our international listeners...it's our Independence Day on Friday. For those of you who are a day ahead of us, don't spoil what happens.__________________________________________________________In this weeks episode of Lingo Doug and Andrew discuss...Bill Gates' RetirementGears Of War 2The Ironic End Of The World...and so much more!__________________________________________________________QuickbitsGeorge Carlin Dies At 71He was more than just a comic. His routines became part of the American lexicon, fellow comedian Paul Rodriguez told The Associated Press on Monday.For kicks and grins....here's his mugshot.Drunk Driving Down UnderThe officers breath-tested the 64-year-old man, who registered a blood alcohol reading of 0.301 — more than six times the legal driving limit.Sailing 4,000 Miles On Juice box Cartons The adventurer, who is the youngest person to climb the seven highest summits on each of the seven continents, plans to travel 4,000miles (6,400km) down a river on a boat made out of juice cartons.__________________________________________________________Tech TalkBill Gates aka Captain ComputerThe Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the world's largest charitable foundation, with a current asset trust endowment of $37.3 billion. Last year, it gave away $2 billion.And here is his mugshot....Firefox exceeds 14 million downloadsFirefox 3, the Web browser from Mozilla, has broken the 14 million download mark. Launched on Download Day this past Tuesday, The company hoped for 5 million downloads in a World Record attempt. The Web browser surpassed that goal, ending up with over 8 million downloads in a 24 hour window.Phoenix Lander Confirms Ice"Are you ready to celebrate? Well, get ready: We have ICE!!!!! Yes, ICE, *WATER ICE* on Mars! w00t!!! Best day ever!!" the Mars Phoenix Lander tweeted at about 5:15 pm.__________________________________________________________Conspiracy CornerThe Ironic EndBut We Could Be SafeWhen activated, it is theorized that the collider will produce the elusive Higgs boson, the observation of which could confirm the predictions and "missing links" in the Standard Model of physics and could explain how other elementary particles acquire properties such as mass. Should CERN Be Allowed To Activate The LHC? ( surveys)__________________________________________________________Up Down Left Right Select StartGears Of War 2Fable 2 __________________________________________________________The Water CoolerWho Would Win In A Fight?Who Would Win In A Fight? ( polls)That's it for this weeks Lingo! Like last time, be sure to check out the Lingo Charity Merchandise Store, and help us raise money for some sick kids and animals that are in need! read less