Episode 3.13: Dribbles of Disappointment

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We’re not about to let a little bit of tiredness keep us from our mics.

Special Guest Star

Ben Gracewood (from the internet), talking about Microsoft’s newly announced Windows 8-running Surface tablets.

• Microsoft Surface: Remarkable (Ben.geek.nz)
• Microsoft Surface event 2012: everything you need to know (The Verge)

Show notes

• Scottish town council shuts down 9-y-o girl’s wildly popular school lunch blog, then changes their mind following internet outcry (Boing Boing)
• John Key’s “ghost followers”(Labour.org.nz)
  • Derived Statistics (Boolean.co.nz)
• Quake victim loses $20,000 to fraudster (Stuff)
• The Oatmeal v. FunnyJunk, Part IV: Charles Carreon Sues Everybody(Popehat)
  • Can I Sue You People? Troll Lawyer Sues The Charities The Oatmeal Supports (TechCrunch)
• Kiwi arrested in Bali for chocolate theft (3 News)
• Bucketlist sends couple broke (NZ Herald)
• Apple Store Buying Psychology (Business Insider)
• Cult report
  • Vibram Five Fingers KSO Trek Review (Birthday Shoes)
  • Standing desk (Wikipedia)

What’s your aunty been talking about?

• Longmire (IMDb)
• Siege (TVNZ OnDemand)
• Prometheus (IMDb)
  • Prometheus Unbound: What The Movie Was Actually About (LiveJournal)

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