The Somewhat Ambitious

Hello children! Yes, as you may have noticed, Nerds of a Feather got a wee bit of a rename under the auspices of Tom and Alex*. Today was the second episode of the new Nerds show, and I covered the following topics:

- I talked about the Book Book, a pretty sweet piece of gear for concealing and carrying your laptop about.

- We chatted about internet meme’s, and I endeavoured to present a contender for toppling Keyboard Cat. I failed.

- In Pokemon news, a real-life Pokemon index is being compiled, for real animals! I know, I know. It sounds awesome. But you can’t ‘deploy’ a marmoset without it trying to fuck your mobile phone. So… not really the same thing.

- The military has (sort of) invented a real-life Iron Man suit. I proposed that Tom and Alex join me in stomping on a shrunken Tokyo cityscape. Now to wait for the torrents of film offers to come rolling in.

- In gaming News, I gave my pre-release impressions of Star Trek Online beta, which incidentally finishes tomorrow! In case you’re wondering, I love it. Partly because a friend bought me a pre-order digital deluxe version for my birthday, but mostly because downing three cloaked warbirds with a photon spread before beaming down to a hidden Klingon outpost and blowing the shit out of it is totally boss.

- And finally, I talked about some new research which shows which passwords are most frequently picked and hacked by hackers. I also tried to trick Alex into divulging his ABC network password… no dice.

Be sure to stay tuned for the podcast link, which should be up soon! Also, as usual, any feedback or thoughts on the segment can be posted on this blog entry. And I’d also like to add that it’s good to be back on The Somewhat Ambitious. Thanks for being so patient; you’re all terrific.

/Paul

*I’ve not used the word ‘auspices’ before. How did it sound? Was it out of context? I’m aware I could just google it, but I’m a lazy man. A sexy, lazy man.