Bad Philosophy

I know, I know… I was horribly late with the editing on this one, but I swear that two weeks ago we recorded a new BF on the first day of the new decade! This one was a pretty straightforward retrospective, but the first time we actually had an episode one year ago that we […]

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2010, 2012, Apple, AT&T, automated cars, bittorrent, cloud computing, Cory Doctorow, Dollhouse, economy, Facebook, Flickr, Ford SYNC, Foursquare, Google, Gowalla, GPS, Hulu, iGuide, iPhone, IPTV, Iraq, iRobot, iSlate, iTunes, Joss Whedon, Kevin, Korea, Large Hadron Collider, Matt, Microsoft, Mike Leach, Milk, Minority Report, MySpace, New York City, recession, RFID, Rotten Tomatoes, SkyNet, social media, Stephen, tablet, Terminator, Texas Tech University, texting, The Jetsons, The Pirate Bay, Total Recall, Twitter, underwear, VH1, Windows 7, Wolverine, Yahoo!, year

It should be no surprise to you that we here are, for the most part, poor college students doing this for a hobby. Nevertheless, in this exciting world of new media opportunities and inexplicable successes, we cannot help but hold a glimmer of hope for a future in which we roll around in big piles […]

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Adult Swim, advertising, alcohol, Apple, beer, business, CafePress, cartoons, Cory Doctorow, Digg, DiggNation, Dr. Pepper, Etsy, Firefly, Fred, Frued, Jed, Jonathan Coulton, Kevin, Leo Laporte, Makers, memetics, merchandise, Neil Stephenson, new media, Prozac, Skype, Snow Crash, Stephen, SXSW, TechTV, Texas Tech University, TV, TWiT, Twitter, Web 2.0, Wikipedia, Wired Magazine, XKCD, YouTube

It was supposed to be the wave of the future, so what happened? Why aren’t we all living in holodecks already? And where’s my virtual haircut? We’ll try to answer all this and more before the singularity hits, so strap in and have a listen!

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Apple, Cisco Telepresence, Cory Doctorow, Crysis, Dark Forces, Disney, Dolby, Dollhouse, Dungeons and Dragons, eBooks, Facebook, good and evil, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, holodeck, holophonics, home automation, Jediah, Jonathan Coulton, Kevin, Kindle, Matt, Michael Crichton, military, MMORPGs, Neal Stephenson, Nintendo, Ray Kurzweil, Second Life, simulation, singularity, Star Trek, Stephen, technology, theatre, Twitter, video games, Virtual Boy, virtual reality, Wario, Wii, Wikipedia, World of Warcraft, XKCD

Have you ever actually rubbed elbows with a celebrity? Everyone talks about doing that, but seriously, have you ever actually gone up to a star and asked “can I rub my elbow against your elbow?” Hmm… Well, in any case, we got to do something akin to that this past weekend at the Bigg Digg […]

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advertising, alcohol, Alex Albrecht, Apple, Austin, Big Digg Shindigg 2009, Blubrry, Brian Brushwood, Buzz Out Loud, categorization, celebrity, cloud computing, CNET, Digg, DiggNation, Exchange Server, Felicia Day, Gmail, Google Chrome, GoToAssist, haiku, hash tags, iPhone, Jager, Jay Adelson, Jim Louderback, Kevin Rose, Live Mesh, Matt, Microsoft, Mobile Me, New York University, Office, Office Live Workspace, PC Magazine, Revision3, Roger Chang, Sarah Lane, SkyDrive, Stephen, Stubb's BBQ, SXSW, Texas Tech University, Tom Merritt, Totally Rad Show, Twitter, Veronica Belmont, virtualization, Windows 7, Windows Azure, Wing Stop