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VFTQ 209 – Podcasting while on a legal high Dec 22, 2010

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Whoa… Dude… This is like so… decongestany!

This episode of VFTQ is a 18 minute long ramble through the happenings of the past few days, in which I attempt to explain why the podcast feed, for a short while, was the Occam’s Barbershop feed, among many other things.

Remember: This show runs (mostly) on YOUR donations! If you like what you hear here and want more of the same, don’t donate to me, because I screwed up. Instead, go buy some sammiches and give them to poor people.

The TR Podcast 78: The GPUs pair up, avoiding RSIs, and a special sneak preview Dec 13, 2010

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This episode starts with two listener mail questions: KJ has a follow-up question about AMD's Zacate accelerated processing unit, and Suspenders wonders if our hours and hours of computer usage ever result in repetitive strain injuries (RSIs). After going through the mail bag, Scott and Cyril discuss what TR version 3.0 means for the design and operation of our site. Geoff is up next with a roundup of 7,200-RPM laptop drives, which addresses value for money, performance, and capacity. Finally, Scott pairs up the latest GPUs, Geoff interviews Western Digital Program Manager Kevin Kalvert, and Nvidia's GeForce GTX 570 gets a quick and to-the-point evaluation from Damage Labs.

Occam’s Barbershop 007 – Amnesty International Dec 12, 2010

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Occam's Barbershop is a weekly program on DCUfm, which is podcasted here. New episodes are broadcast live from the heart of the DCU campus online at www.DCUfm.com on Fridays from 2PM until 3PM.

This week on the show, we have the DCU rep for Amnesty International on, to discuss all things human rights. He also takes on the quiz, and fares respectably well.

It should be noted that we REALLY want YOU to take part in the weekly quiz! If you feel like giving it a shot, send us an email at TheBarbers@OccamsBarbershop.com and we will vet you for inclusion in the show! We are attempting to get our hands on a cool prize. One thing to be noted is that you will have to be free between the times of 2PM and 3PM on the Friday that we have you on the show. We look forward to hearing from you!

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NOTE - I will get the links up for the show shortly at www.OccamsBarbershop.com

VFTQ 208 – Slapped with Science Dec 06, 2010

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VFTQ should be downloaded at www.ViewFromTheQuad.com

This week on the show, we have a rather science-heavy topic load. Also, a bit of chat about TV up at the front. And I accidentally lied in the intro. Sorry about that!

Topics covered on the show include how NASA has found a new type of life (This Changes EVERYTHING!), some rather cool and scary sounding research the Chinese are doing and how Facebook are attempting to trademark the word Face. Online, at least. Also, a whole slew more!

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Remember: This show runs (mostly) on YOUR donations! If you like what you hear here and want more of the same, head over to www.ViewFromTheQuad.com and leave a donation! It can be any amount you want, or a monthly €2 subscription. Thanks!

You can contact Cian by emailing cian@viewfromthequad.com. Follow Cian on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/cianmm and follow Scodio Studios at http://www.twitter.com/scodio Leave a comment on the show at www.ViewFromTheQuad.com and phone the voicemail line at 001 206 203 4610 VFTQ’s themesong is DoubleQuick by Blue Stahli. You can find it at http://www.FixtStore.com Click ‘Read More’ to see the links related to this show!

http://www.ohgizmo.com/2010/11/29/dynamic-eye-sunglasses-block-the-suns-glare-no-matter-where-you-look/ – Magical sunglasses

http://213.251.145.96/cable/2010/02/10BEIJING263.html – Wikileaks on China’s science

http://gizmodo.com/5704158/ – NASA finds new life

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1203/snowman.html – 999 call for stolen snowman

http://www.gamepron.com/news/2010/11/30/r18-no-conclusive-link-between-games-violence/ – No conclusive link between games and violence

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11858637 – Wikileaks hacked

http://io9.com/5699170/large-hadron-collider-proves-the-universe-was-once-a-liquid – The universe was once a liquid

http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/11/26/facebook-wants-facial-protection – Facebook wants to trademark the word ‘Face’ onlince

http://www.macrumors.com/2010/11/26/next-ipad-to-add-five-new-features-including-usb-port/ – Alleged new iPad features

VFTQ 207.5 – Occam’s Barbershop 006 Dec 02, 2010

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So, I feel a little bit guilty about not giving you an episode of VFTQ this week, and that 40 second video doesn’t make me feel much better. So how about an episode of Occam’s Barbershop, my other podcast/radio show? Subscribe free at www.OccamsBarbershop.com to get every episode delivered to you free as we get them uploaded, or listen LIVE at www.DCUfm.com each Friday from 2PM to 3PM Irish time!

Occam’s Barbershop is a weekly program on DCUfm, which is podcasted here. New episodes are broadcast live from the heart of the DCU campus online at www.DCUfm.com on Fridays from 2PM until 3PM.

This week on the show, we talk to co-founder of Irish Skeptics in the Pub, Rebecca O’Neill, about the Pub-attending atheists, among many other deathly important matters, such as what sort of funeral she would like and whether she thinks Irish Education is out of place with it’s religion studies. She then foolishly agrees to take part in the now world-famous Occam’s Quiz, and makes a heroic effort to win the grand prize.

Visit Irish Skeptics in the Pub at http://skepticireland.com/sitp

http://www.religiongonecrazy.com/crazy-appointment-with-death-cards-shocking-for-elderly/ – Crazy Appointment with Death Cards Shocking for Elderly

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/1113/1224283236782.html – Priest banned from writing

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No VFTQ this week, instead have this Snowpocolypse video report. [Take 2] Nov 29, 2010

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If you are having issues with the video downloading slowly in the flash player, please be aware that I am working on this with my content distribution network. It should download like the clappers if you simply download the file though.

Edit 2 – I have replaced the flash player with a HD YouTube player instead, until we get this sorted out.

No episode of View From the Quad this week because I’m tired out. Instead, have some front-of-the-line reporting on the snowpocolypse 2.0 from DCU! Filmed in iPhone 4 HD, a little bit shaky, but fun none-the-less.

Interesting fact: Every single thing about this video, other then the uploading, was done on the iPhone. Recording, editing, all done in iMovie on the iPhone. I’m rather impressed, myself!

The TR Podcast 77: iPhone Rage, special edition GPUs, and discrete audio Nov 28, 2010

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We kick off this episode of the TR Podcast by discussing Netflix's internet-streaming-only plan, Scott's desire for an Ã la carte> TV world, and Jordan's record-breaking single DVD Netflix plan. We also look at the arrival of Rage on the iPhone, months before an actual console or PC release. We then delve into some good old-fashioned hardware discussion. Geoff and Cyril play tag-team with our next story: Nvidia has released the GeForce GTX 460 SE into the wild, and Cyril has the card's specs, while Geoff has the skinny on the benchmarking results. Speaking of benchmarks, Cyril goes on to bring us performance numbers from his excursion to Austin, where he got to test AMD's next-gen Brazos mobile platform and Zacate accelerated processing unit. We also take the time to explore AMD's mobile roadmap, detailing who will manufacture Zacate's successor. Later, Geoff gives us an in-depth look at two new Xonar sound cards from Asus. He details the hardware, our testing methods, the results, and declares a surprising (and very budget-friendly) favorite. Finally, Cyril gives us the low-down on BitFenix's new Survivor enclosure, explaining what excited and disappointed him in this this compact, LAN-party-friendly case.

Occam’s Barbershop 006 – Would you want a funeral? Nov 26, 2010

Show notes

Occam's Barbershop is a weekly program on DCUfm, which is podcasted here. New episodes are broadcast live from the heart of the DCU campus online at www.DCUfm.com on Fridays from 2PM until 3PM.

This week on the show, we talk to co-founder of Irish Skeptics in the Pub, Rebecca O'Neill, about the Pub-attending atheists, among many other deathly important matters, such as what sort of funeral she would like and whether she thinks Irish Education is out of place with it's religion studies. She then foolishly agrees to take part in the now world-famous Occam's Quiz, and makes a heroic effort to win the grand prize.

Visit Irish Skeptics in the Pub at http://skepticireland.com/sitp

http://www.religiongonecrazy.com/crazy-appointment-with-death-cards-shocking-for-elderly/ - Crazy Appointment with Death Cards Shocking for Elderly

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/1113/1224283236782.html - Priest banned from writing

Find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Occams-Barbershop/137851646263291

Find us on Twitter at http://www.Twitter.com/occamsbarbers

Find us on the web at http://www.OccamsBarbershop.com

Send us an email at thebarbers@occamsbarbershop.com

VFTQ 207 – Nothing political at all, except cheese Nov 22, 2010

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View From The Quad should be downloaded from www.ViewFromTheQuad.com and nowhere else, you scoundrel!

This week on View From The Quad, we have a rather packed show for you, including something that hasn’t been on the show in a fair while, rambling and story telling! (Not fiction, but still, we are getting there!)

In news stories, we cover how Facebook can trigger asthma attacks, how Richard Branson will serve as an air hostess (note ‘hostess’. I explain in the show.), I tell you how mad the TSA searchings are getting (in the show, I’m not quite sure what TSA stands for. Turns out TSA is a Polish hard rock and heavy metal band.), the single biggest threat to net neutrality, why you just can’t stop at a single slice of cheese, whether 4Chan may have finally met their match, and much more!

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You can contact Cian by emailing cian@viewfromthequad.com.

Follow Cian on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/cianmm and follow Scodio Studios at http://www.twitter.com/scodio

Leave a comment on the show at www.ViewFromTheQuad.com and phone the voicemail line at 001 206 203 4610

VFTQ’s themesong is DoubleQuick by Blue Stahli. You can find it at http://www.FixtStore.com

Click ‘More’ to check out the links related to this show!

http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-facebook-induced-asthma-attacks-20101118,0,3964165.story?track=rss – How Facbook can create asthma attacks

http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/australia/4350721/Branson-to-serve-as-air-hostess – Richard Branson to serve as an air hostess

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/11/18/another-tsa-outrage/ – TSA outrage

http://www.tuaw.com/2010/11/16/net-neutrality-expert-calls-apple-the-number-one-threat-to-inter/ – Apple is the #1 threat to net nutrality

http://stritar.net/Post/Apple-Has-Enough-Money-To-Buy-Slovenias-Entire-Yearly-Production.aspx – Apple can buy Slovenia

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/VhYb3vFgF5Q/cheese-addiction-exp.html – Cheese addiction

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-11/15/4chan-vs-tumblr – 4Chan vs Tumblr

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11711228 – LHC creates mini big-bang

VFTQ 206 – All the Cattle had to be Taken Off Nov 15, 2010

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Download View From The Quad at www.ViewFromTheQuad.com

Right so, I’m writing these shownotes in a kitchen filled with smoke, possibly from burnt sausages or something, and my eyes are starting to sting, so let’s get this over with nice and fast. This week, I tell you how Dublin Zoo are making a monkey’s of stoping bullying, how Hasbro’s new 3D iPhone gizmo is going to fail horribly, the next biggest world ending disaster that will strike the world in about 30 years and how you can’t keep a good file sharing network down.

Sponsor: Visit gotomeeting.com, click the try it free button and use promo code: Podcast.

You can contact Cian by emailing cian@viewfromthequad.com. Follow Cian on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/cianmm and follow Scodio Studios at http://www.twitter.com/scodio Leave a comment on the show at www.ViewFromTheQuad.com and phone the voicemail line at 001 206 203 4610 VFTQ’s themesong is DoubleQuick by Blue Stahli. You can find it at http://www.FixtStore.com Click ‘More’ to see the links associated with this episode, and talk to you next week! p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica}

Links

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/8119947/Hasbro-launch-iPhone-binoculars.html – iPhone Binoculars

http://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/e4kvd/dublin_zoo_offering_free_entry_to_ginger_children/ – Dublin Zoo offering free entry to ginger children

http://www.geek.com/articles/news/limewire-is-back-as-limewire-pirate-edition-2010119/ – Limewire rises from the dead

http://www.tuaw.com/2010/11/09/apple-changes-policy-on-liquid-damage-to-ipods/ – Apple changing policy on so called liquid damaged iPods

http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/hacker-makes-the-fifth-of-november-one-to-remember/28076?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en – A 5th of November to Remember

http://gizmodo.com/5685499/were-running-out-of-chocolate – We are running out of chocolate!

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2010/03/09/waterboarding_for_dummies – Waterboarding for Dummies