In case you’re wondering, I discuss:

• Computer generated footage
  A part of the opening ceremony was CGI.
• Michael Phelps and his dozen gold medals
  At the time of recording, he had won 6 gold medals at the Beijing Olympics. Some say it has to do with swimsuits and the Water Cube.
• Medal rankings
  News gets outdated fast. But China’s still in first place, the U.S. is in second, and Canada won its first three medals shortly after the recording of this episode.
• Possible elections in the fall for Canadians
  Harper says Parliament was becoming “dysfunctional”.
• The world’s most efficient supercomputer
  The University of Toronto will use it for climate change models.
• The conflict in South Ossetia
  Gorbachev says it’s all lies. The U.S. keeps meddling and demands Russia pull out its troops.
• iPhone killer? BlackBerry Thunder

This episode covers the past two weeks (sorry for not doing an episode last week), but is only 9 minutes.

Thanks to George Wood for the opening music.

Download and links:

• Regular MP3 podcast file (128 kbps, 8.2 MB)
• Delicious links where you can read more

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In case you’re wondering, I discuss:

• Ice discovered and confirmed on Mars!
  There’s definitely ice on Mars.
• 20 square kilometres of ice broke off
  The Canadian Arctic is breaking up.
• A bizarre beheading on a bus
  A 40-year-old man is being held responsible.
• Bandwidth control by Bell and Comcast
  Bell imposing limits on customers of smaller ISP’s, and the FCC ruled against Comcast.
• Facebook and Scrabulous/Wordscraper
  A rant on Facebook. And I support intellectual property.
• Any electronic devices can be seized at border
  Discs, portable music players, cell phones, etc. And they can be held indefinitely and decrypted.

This episode is once again the customary 10 minutes of my talking.

Thanks to George Wood for the opening music.

Downloads & links:

• Regular MP3 podcast file (128 kbps, 9.2 MB)
• Del.icio.us links where you can read more

This podcast is on the Blubrry podcast network.

In case you’re wondering, I discuss:

• Randy Pausch has passed away
  An inspirational lecturer.
• Child Online Protection Act overturned
  What does it mean?
• 12 days to the Olympics
  Everyone’s preparing. I talk about the bus explosion.
• Housing bill passed
  More taxpayer money going to private enterprises.
• Obama travels the world
  Rock star popularity in places like Berlin.

This episode was very rushed, and I had little time to cover all the important news that occurred or make specific comments.

Thanks to George Wood for the opening music.

Downloads & links:

• Regular MP3 podcast file (128 kbps, 6.5 MB)
• Del.icio.us links where you can read more

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In case you’re wondering, I discuss:

• Decreasing gas prices
  Gasoline is now 10 cents cheaper than it was a few days ago.
• Pelosi calls Bush “a total failure”
  And what she wants when it comes to oil.
• Crime rates have dropped in Canada
  For the third year, crime is decreasing in Canada.
• Khadr interrogation video
  It sparks controversy and fuels anger. Watch and vote on it.
• Yahoo! will face Carl Icahn
  But not alone; a major shareholder has announced support for the current board of directors.
• Computer engineer locks out government
  He changed some password on FiberWAN; he’s now in jail but seems to be willing to cooperate.
• Other headlines like NebuAd grilled in Congress, gene responsible for ovulation isolated.

Thanks to George Wood and Lee Maddeford.

This episode covered a great deal of news, but I’ve decided to change the way I “discuss” headlines; instead of going through every excruciating detail, many subjects are simply explained within 40 seconds.

Downloads & links:

• Regular MP3 podcast file (128 kbps, 9.2 MB)
• Del.icio.us links where you can read more
  

This podcast is on the Blubrry podcast network.

In case you’re wondering, I discuss:

• Khadr is still detained and Harper won’t do anything
  Lawyers and professors say the Canadian government is aiding and abetting torture.
• One American war resistor is released, another is jailed
  The controversial issue surrounding what to do with Americans in Canada.
• Google files a complaint against Bell for bandwidth throttling
  No idea why they’re getting into the act.
• A new spying law was passed
  Barack Obama voted for it, and it will grant the NSA the legitimate authority to wiretap Americans’ e-mail and phone conversations.
• I discuss other things like the $2,176 you need to pay for an iPhone on Rogers’ network, Ubuntu will be sold at Best Buy, and water was apparently found in a lunar sample.

Thanks to George Wood and Lee Maddeford.

Downloads & links:

• Regular MP3 podcast file (128 kbps, 11.5 MB)
• Del.icio.us links where you can read more
  

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In case you’re wondering, I discuss:

• High (record) oil prices
  High crude oil prices has affected everyone.
• U.S. advised Iraq ministers on oilfield development
  It’s possible that the Iraq war was focused on dominating Iraq’s oil.
• Canadians are outraged at Rogers’ iPhone plans
  Bad limitations, 3-year term… everyone is angry. Meanwhile, Bell Canada comes out with competitive pricing for unlimited plans for the Samsung Instinct.
• Viacom will know what YouTube videos you’ve watched
  Is privacy dead? Your username and IP address along with videos you’ve watched will be given to Viacom in accordance with a judge’s ruling.

Thanks to George Wood and Virtualsoundtracks.com.

Significantly less prepared (but perhaps it doesn’t sound that way), this episode went way over the “customary” 10 minute limit, but you might find these 13 minutes enjoyable.

Downloads & links:

• Regular MP3 podcast file (128 kbps, 11.9 MB)
• High quality MP3 file (320 kbps, 29.8 MB)
• Del.icio.us links where you can read more
  

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In case you’re wondering, I discuss:

• The U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding the D.C. gun ban
  The individual’s right to a handgun (for self-defence) is affirmed, and the ban is repealed.
• Improved diplomatic relations in Asia, and North Korea begins dismantlement
  China and Japan are improving relations; meanwhile, North Korea was removed from the U.S. blacklist.
• Jean Chrétien is absolved of responsibility
  Justice Gomery is criticized for bias, and Chrétien’s reputation is restored.
• ICANN opens up new domain possibilities
  Now there can be web sites with “search.google” as a domain name.
• Proposed copyright law amendments

Thanks to George Wood.

This time, I have recorded the episode on a different computer, reduced the amount of editing and music involved, and gotten it out on the same day that I recorded. I also decided that the transcript would be too much of an inconvenience to produce.

Downloads & links:

• Regular MP3 podcast file (128 kbps, 9.19 MB)
• High quality MP3 file (320 kbps, 22.9 MB)
• Del.icio.us links from which I derived the news

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In case you’re wondering, I discuss:

• Obama’s refusal of public campaign funding
  The general election won’t be as fair as one might expect; and his supporters seem blind to what he’s doing for his own gain. Discuss it!
• Hezbollah’s alleged operations in North America
  An international terror expert rebukes the claims that Hezbollah is planning to attack Jewish targets somewhere in Canada.
• Gun control in Toronto
  I think outlawing handguns in Toronto might actually be a good idea. Please discuss in the comments section.
• OpenSuSE Linux 11

Thanks to George Wood and Kevin Macleod for their podcast-safe music.

The episode was actually recorded on Friday, June 20, but I spent a lot of time editing, selecting music, transcribing the content, etc. Not to mention that I was experimenting with MP3 format settings for the better part of today.

Downloads & links:

• Regular MP3 podcast file (128 kbps, 9.19 MB)
• High quality MP3 file (320 kbps, 22.8 MB)
• Episode Transcription (PDF, 181 KB)
• Del.icio.us links from which I derived the news
• OpenSuSE’s download site

I think the next episode won’t take so long to get out; I’m researching already! (And if you have the time, please comment below, bookmark this post with Digg, StumbleUpon, etc, and/or subscribe to the podcast feed!)

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