As you might have heard, I have a real life project that's going to take up all my free time between now and the end of the year.  So we're going away for awhile.  I very much want the show to resume, so watch this space for details.  Thanks for all your support.

Thaed

http://www.mentalinterface.net

Here are the topics for this week.  Thanks to Kelly, Nathan, David and Ray.  The Geeknights Promo plays at the end of the show.

–What is the hardest physical labor job you’ve ever done?  Did you enjoy it?  How did you get the job?  Why did you leave?  (5:50)

–What is the nature of motivation?  Is it genetic?  Does the environment cause it?  Why do we like to do the things we like to do? Why do we like to do some things and then move away from them and on to other things?  (15:47)

–Schadefreude means taking delight in the misery of others.  Have you had this experience lately?  Tell us about it.  (23:21)

–Planes, trains and automobiles (and also bicycles, snow mobiles, etc.)  Given all the time in the world, what’s you’re favorite mode of transportation and why?  (30:08)

–Speaking of transportation, China launched it’s Sky train this week connecting Bejing to Tibet.  At some points, it is 16,000 feet above sea-level and rests on permafrost.  What great engineering projects would you like to see the U.S. government undertake?  (37:43)

–Did you see fireworks on the 4th of July?  Did you light your own fireworks?  Do you like fireworks?  What’s you’re favorite?  (44:12)

–According to O’Reilly radar People like Mark Pilgrim and Cory Doctorow are switching from OSX to Ubuntu.  Is Ubuntu the operating system to rule them all?  Will security threats to Windows drive everyone to Ubuntu?  (Co-incidentally, I’m setting up an Ubuntu box this week). (47:37)

–YouTube = star maker?  I heard on Cranky Geeks that NBC gave a consulting deal to a girl they found on YouTube that recorded herself doing the Numa Numa dance.  Is this the new reality tv?  If you want to be a star, should you just put yourself on YouTube?  Should we all shoot ourselves now?  (54:10)

–Home improvements revisited:  If you could do one thing to your house or property (or apartment) and you had a $150,000 budget, what would you do?  Why?  Would you do it yourself or hire people to do it?  (58:32)

–Poolside reading (or just summer reading in general).  What’s on your list?  How are you making time to keep up on your reading?  What have you read so far?  (1:04:20)

Thanks to Kelly, Nathan and David for being on the show!  Here are the topics we covered this week:

–Is podcasting a medium that’s here to stay? Have any shows you listen to podfaded? What do you think the future holds for it?  (7:03)

–I read an article online about a guy who went undercover as a car salesman. I’ll talk about what he found out, but what’s your personal strategy that you use in dealing with salesmen when you buy a car.  (13:59)

–Both HD DVD and Blu-Ray players are out now and the word on the street is mixed. Are you planning on buying one of these? Who do you think will win the format war?  (19:47)

–How many domain names do you have registered? When did you start doing it? Has it worked out for you?  (23:34)

–If you could meet any three celebrities alive today, who would they be? What would you say to them? How would you like to meet? Over dinner? At an event? In your living room?  (30:19)

–Who are your top 3 least favorite celebrities and why?  (34:00)

– You’ve heard old wives tales as to treatments such as chicken soup for what ailes you. What’s your favorite wives tale or old country remedy that you still use to treat what’s bothering you.  (42:06)

–What was your favorite collection? Stamps? Comic books? Beer cans? Why did you do it? Do you still do it? What made you stop?  (46:38)

Sites where you can find more information about Kelly, Nathan and Thaed:
http://hibelu.typepad.com/yoga_coffee_outlook/
http://saturn49.blogspot.com/
http://www.mentalinterface.net