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There are more instances of i before e AFTER C than the old rhyme would let us believe (i before e except after c) i.e "science"
In this show
* Stewart Allen
* Tim Haak
* Barry Reid
Guests
* Quintin van Rooyen
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Topics
* IRC Topics
o rockpapershotgun.com/2011/01/05/crush-your-gnomes-pvz-garden-ornaments/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RockPaperShotgun+%28Rock%2C+Paper%2C+Shotgun%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
o fukung.net/v/36221/7f229a6b8597c0808b9691f26f94e9f2.jpg
o urbansketchers.org/2011/01/we-keep-in-touch.html
o referencelibrary.blogspot.com/2011/01/via-olivia-locher.html
o theanimalblog.tumblr.com/post/2657521084/telegraph-readers-pictures-of-the-year-2010
o boingboing.net/2011/01/07/zombie-stationery.html
o salon.com/entertainment/comics/this_modern_world/2011/01/10/this_modern_world/index.html
o google.com/images?q=241543903&biw=1920&bih=968
o spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-software/holiday-season-robot-videos
o lifehacker.com/5729625/a-beginners-guide-to-setting-up-a-treadmill-desk
o google.com/images?q=241543903
* Going for an interview wear glasses
o gawker.com/5723703/wearing-glasses-will-get-you-a-better-job
* Update all your mac apps from one place
o lifehacker.com/5729602/appfresh-updates-all-your-mac-apps-from-one-unified-place
* Angry Birds
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o Stats
+ Angry Birds has been downloaded over 50 million times.
+ 80% of people who download Angry Birds keep the app installed.
+ Over the holidays, Angry Birds was being downloaded more than a million times a day.
+ There are 200 million minutes played a day on a global scale.
+ The free, ad supported version of Angry Birds on Android has been downloaded over 15 million times.
+ Rovio spent about $100,000 on the original Angry Birds.
+ The average mobile-game player is 45 years old and nearly as likely to be female as male, according to a survey last year of more than 1,100 customers of AT&T's wireless service. (source)
o engadget.com/2011/01/03/angry-birds-gets-real-corporeal-in-china-at-least/
o joystiq.com/2011/01/07/angry-birds-board-game-coming-this-may-from-mattel/
* Cool console concept from razor
o engadget.com/2011/01/06/razer-switchblade-7-inch-pocket-gaming-concept-blows-our-minds/
* 12c Per KM on toll
o businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=130921
* Putting work off more painfull than actually doing it
o lesswrong.com/lw/3kv/working_hurts_less_than_procrastinating_we_fear/
o lifehacker.com/5729838/leave-your-tasks-unfinished-for-greater-productivity
* Vaccine for cocaine addiction
o io9.com/5725864/cocaine-vaccine-could-make-drug-addiction-a-distant-memory
* Finally chargers and data cables to be standerdised
o digitaltrends.com/mobile/eu-adopts-microusb-cell-phone-charger-standard/
* Twitter fights the good fight
o wired.com/threatlevel/2011/01/twitter/
* Android 3.0 looks cool
o googlemobile.blogspot.com/2011/01/sneak-peak-of-android-30-honeycomb.html
* Stuck on sudoku why not use google gogles
o lifehacker.com/5730003/remains-of-the-day-google-goggles-solves-sudoku
* Can I have crickets with that
o idle.slashdot.org/story/11/01/10/0412238/Scientists-Advocate-Replacing-Cattle-With-Insects
* Conterfeit software will delete your facebook account
o mybroadband.co.za/news/software/17679-Beware-Counterfeit-software-will-delete-your-Facebook-account-Microsoft.html
Pick of the week
Preferred doomsday event?
* Cecilia
o Asteroid impact
* Stew
o Close gamma ray burst(Then he turns into the hulk and smashed a crater to the core ending life as we know it )
* Quintin
o Massive solar flare wiping out all electronic technology.
* Barry
o Zombie apocalypse
* Tim
o There isn't one :p
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