UberDorkCafe

• Will be THE place for Geeks to hang out
• What is UberDorkCafe? It is the brain child and DREAM of Natali, aka @UberDorkGirlie from twitter, and it blends art + science = geek
• Place to hang, eat, have awesome kid parties (if thats your thing), or to get your gaming on
• Kickstarter site for UberDorkCafe, these places just don’t build themselves
• Woookie Coookies – a piece of UDC before there is even a physical cafe

Deals of the Week / New Releases

• Amazon Releases Rad XB360 Bundle
  • FFXIII, Faceplate, UFC Undisputed 2010, and Bioshock 2 all in 1 bundle
  • $299
  • Be warned, this is the wired version of the XB360…

• Attention Guitarists out there… Capo 2.0 let’s you reverse engineer music (JP)
  • you can load music from your library into the software and deconstruct it, slow it down, play it over and over… etc…
  • for $50 bucks it’s pretty cool. There are videos and demo’s at the link. Jump from our shownotes into a whole new world of learning

• Pocket God iPhone App Spawns Comic (udg)
  • Game where you play God over multiple Pygmies that you feed, and kill. Don’t worry though, they are immortal and keep coming back to life.
  • New chapters constantly updated to game, all for 99 cents.
  • It has gotten so big game wizard Dave Castelnuovo is branching out
  • Digital comic launched this week w/ paper version having launched at SDCC
  • What’s next for the game that makes gruesome death so adorable? Plushies

• WWII versions of Star Wars Toys
  • Best Star Wars toys EVAR
  • It get’s better, the guy has also done Samurai Star wars
  • Made by Sillof.com, custom toy maker
  • Not for sale currently… somebody needs to buy this guy out. srsly.
  • (JINKIES!! the steam punk ones are cool as hell too and the Marvel Pulp ones have some huge potential. udg)

• Captain’s Log, an iPhone app meant to promote the latest Trek feature. (JP)
  • I wondered how long it would be before someone made a nice Trek-style communicator for the iPhone. This isn’t the first, but it’s pretty, fun and makes use of the iPhone 4′s gyroscope. Here’s what I found while playing around.
  • Look and feel:
  • Turn it on and you’re greeted with familiar Star Trek sounds. I’ll let the Trekkies among you ID what you hear, but there’s communication noises, the famous “woosh” of the ship’s doors opening and closing and of course the chirp that accompanies flipping open a communicator.
  • Speaking of which, yes, you can flip it open. At first you’ll see a pulsating Starfleet logo and a window displaying a rotating 360
    • Only $.99 but now people are up in arms about it… it doesn’t mention anywhere that a user account (which monitors your location and tells others your whereabouts is required… not optional. so use at your own risk…  (that being said I don’t know anyone who’s really that afraid of Trekkies!!!) hahaha

Geek Speak

Bring on Brion Salazar

• fanboyscouts.com
  • (SM) What was the impetus behind making geeky merit badges?
  • (SM) Give us some sample requirements…
  • Believe it or not, I’m a Daisy Troop Leader- would you ever consider doing a kid’s line? (udg)
  • I noticed the only stores that currently sell them are in Illinois and Minnesota- how can we get them at a store near us? I’d love to sell them at my place when it opens! (udg)
  • Does your website have a location to list criteria to qualify for the badges? (JP) If not, let’s start one! (I didn’t see one.)
  • (SM) Won’t be in show, I will be talking with him tomorrow about that very thing a way to make troops, partition out badges, and share them on social networking sites

Tech,Gaming, and Geek News

• Batman No. 1 fetching $40k at auction (SM)
  • HOLY COW, BATMAN. No sh!t robin…
  • Original comic where batman was solo, is going for a lot of money
  • It was found in Alaska where humidity is low so its in good shape
  • A comic that old unwrapped would crumble upon touching
  • This one is in good shape, Fewer than 300 in existence

• China Pushes Real Name System for Online Games (udg)
  • Starting Aug 1st, if you live in China and want to play any online game, you’re gonna have to do so using your REAL name. Incl Social Network games.
  • The Ministry of Culture issued the regulation on June 22nd claiming it’s part of a nationwide campaign to regulate the mgmt of online gaming industry and protect minors from questionable content.
  • China tops the world for net users with 420 million as of the end of June
  • Major online gaming operators in China said they began implementing the real id months ago.
  • However, it would be meaningless to promote real name registration without an effective national identification system said Li Li, deputy director of the Shanghai Information Law Association
  • He goes on to say “It should ideally include other credible information of the players, such as their bank accounts, in order to be really effective”
  • Yeah, umm…. people in China are already pissed at this because nothing has been put into place to protect the data they are being forced to fork over.
  • Based on my ever growing conspiracy theory, I see this as China recruiting. They’ll have access to the real names of people that are game savvy and could be molded into one of the members of their sneaky internet ninja army poised to take over the interwebz.
  • (JP – hahaha wonder where they got this idea??? Blizzard news? hmmm… the Americans are very against this… we should be onboard!)

• Smartphones 4 credit cards (JP)
  • AT&T and Verizon setting their sites on Visa and MasterCard?
    • three people with direct knowledge of the plan said the partnership, which also includes Deutsche Telekom AG unit T-Mobile USA, may work with Discover Financial Services and Barclays Plc to test a system at stores in Atlanta and three other U.S. cities that would let a consumer pay with the contactless wave of a smartphone, the people said.
  • Anyone want to be the first to lump on the please steal my identity train?
  • While I agree with this article that this could potentially be a “game changer” for both industries… I urge anyone who is too excited about this to look up the stats on hacking data from cell phones from say DefCon or some other Hacker convention.
  • How much money are we really talking about putting at risk though?
    • Visa and Purchase, New York-based MasterCard handled $2.45 trillion, or 82 percent, of U.S. consumer spending on general- purpose cards last year, according to the Nilson Report, an industry newsletter. That dominance has helped fuel profit growth for both companies. Visa’s annual operating income has grown sixfold since fiscal 2005 to $3.54 billion last year. MasterCard’s has surged more than fivefold to $2.27 billion.

• SCII Could Fry Your Graphics Card (SM)
  • Its not what you think, the in-game graphics are silky smooth and framerate capped
  • Its the ship-board scenes, which seem pretty static, but the initial render can be intense
  • Some systems that aren’t cleaned properly could experience extreme heat issues
  • There is a config file fix you could implement
  • AND DUST YOUR PC FOR GOODNESS SAKES
  • (SM) We all know that Macs don’t gather dust… their static forcefield just levitates the dust away
  • (Actually Steven Mac lovers just take care of their lil computer children better. )

• Nerds rise up!! HELLZ YEAH!! (udg)
  • Two masked gunmen walked into PC Gamerz in Keneohe (Connie oh hay) Hawaii last Wed round Midnight
  • They began to hit the guy behind the counter (who turned out to be the owner of the place) and demand every one’s money.
  • People started handing it over when one of the masked guys approached Dylan Hays and demanded his DS.
  • Yeah, not really a good idea mr masked guy. Dylan responded swinging. Guy hit back. Dylan started a bum rush that resulted in mayhem.
  • In the, end one of the friends of the masked maroons had to come in and help drag one of the attackers out of the store.
  • Hays had this to say “I mean we’re gamers, we’ve been immersed in that culture where like we all want to be Superman, you know we’re missing something partial in our brain that says yeah this might be dangerous. It’s Devin’s place, but it’s also ours, like this is were we come to hang out.”
  • (SM) Punch an owner, fine. Bully a kid. ok. TOUCH OUR DS?? We gots problems!

• Advertiser stalks winners w/ GPS (SM)
  • Brazilian ad agency slips GPS device into 50 boxes of detergent
  • They then follow the “winner” to everywhere, eventually catching up with them
  • What do they win for the stalking? a pocket video camera and day of outdoors
  • Plus a lifetime of looking over their shoulder

• Jailbreak your IPhone 4 from the browser (JP)
  • a security exploit has recently been used to create a very novel jailbreak for the iPhone 4 iOS. it uses an exploit in the code that allows you to access pdf’s from safari to overrun the buffer and then root the phone.
  • you literally browse from safari on your iOS 4 running device, and slide an image across the screen, and it will jailbreak your iPhone and install Cydia allowing you to install non app store apps, etc…
  • How easy is it to do? Someone in Canada visited an apple store there and did the jailbreak procedure on one of the display iPhone 4’s and no one noticed while he did it.
  • Apple says they are looking into the exploit. I expect a patch very quickly for this one. This same procedure could easily be used to put the first major virus on iPhones since the same exploit could be used against non-jailbroken devices

• Real R2 Unit Headed for Orbit (SM)
  • a humanoid “dexterous” robot slated to land on the ISS
  • Joint venture between DARPA and GE
  • They needed a robot that could take the place of an astronaut
  • Maintenance jobs and other situations too dangerous for a human
  • Slated to go up with ST-133, which lifts off in November
  • Even tweets for your amusement @AstroRobonaut (what tech doesn’t nowadays)

Intarweb Goldmine

• Lady Calls Dell to Help with Nude Pic Retrieval
  • Can’t find her nude pics, calls tech support to find them
  • He finds, and emails them to himself while she’s watching
  • Then calls back later to blackmail her.. she caves
  • She finds her pics on a nudie site, and she goes to somebody
  • Only thing done? He no longer works for the company
  • Who knows where all those pics went.

• Atlanta Man robs Wendy’s then complains it’s too little (JP)
  • ATLANTA — Police say a man who robbed a fast-food restaurant with a gun was so mad about the amount of loot that he called back twice to complain.
  • The man walked up to the drive-through window of an Atlanta Wendy’s late Saturday night, wearing a ski mask and holding a gun.
  • He demanded the cash drawer, grabbed it and ran away.
  • But police say he later called the fast food restaurant to complain about the amount of cash.
  • Police say in one call he said that “next time there better be more than $586.”
  • He called again with a similar complaint.

• Street Fighter- Taking Protection to a New Level
  • Yeah I’m guessing not an official CapCom product
  • Shows Ryu going to town w/ Chun Li
  • Ironically, they are doing so under an array of flags- many of the countries of which don’t even have characters in the game.
  • And they say gamers don’t get laid.
  • If the Street Fighter ones don’t woo the ladies, try the Nintendo ones

• Jeremy’s Nominee for biggest balls on Earth (JP)
  • ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A Florida inmate has filed a lawsuit seeking $500,000 in damages from three men who caught him red-handed with a stolen bicycle, claiming they roughed him up, according to a newspaper report.
  • Michael Dupree is serving a 12-year sentence for burglary and cocaine possession stemming from a 2007 break-in of a van in St. Petersburg, Fla.
  • Dupree allegedly stole the bicycle locked inside and was apprehended after the owner, Anthony McKoy, saw him with the bike down the street, the St. Petersburg Times reported.
  • Dupree, who was homeless at the time, according to a police report, claimed McKoy and two others pointed a gun at him, handcuffed him and placed a knee painfully in his back.
  • In his suit, which he filed on his own without the help of an attorney, Dupree said that the take-down “resulted in permanent disabilities and psychological disorders which the Plaintiff continues to suffer.”
  • ‘What gall’
  • After being served with the suit, McKoy said: “I thought it was a joke. I’m the victim.”
  • “It’s laughable. It’s a waste of taxpayer money,” he told the St. Petersburg Times. “What gall. I guess time in prison just makes you go crazy.”

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Contact Info

• On Twitter: Steven is @DarthMolen and I am @JPuent Natali is @UberDorkGirlie
• email us: darthmolen@thepowergeeks.com and jpuent@thepowergeeks.com and uberdorkgirlie@thepowergeeks.com (yay!)
• And Become a Fan

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• Scheduled to take place Aug. 6th and they will continue playing if the donations keep coming
• Check out their website, we’ll talk more about them in the weeks to come

http://luxurylanesoap.com, @KyleeLane, GORGEOUS, IMAGINATIVE, HANDCRAFTED, GEEKY Soap

• Can I say any more superlatives? You will love her products.
• (We Do! They’re Geekalicious! but don’t eat them… they are SOAP!)

• Will be THE place for Geeks to hang out
• What is UberDorkCafe? It is the brain child and DREAM of Natali, aka @UberDorkGirlie from twitter, and it blends art + science = geek
• Place to hang, eat, have awesome kid parties (if thats your thing), or to get your gaming on
• Kickstarter site for UberDorkCafe, these places just don’t build themselves

JP – Listener Rob wrote in and said he follows us on FB and wanted to know why my nickname is ‘Zoda’ most of you may know I used to not be as mild mannered as I am today (look at the hair, the goatee which had two blond streaks in it, and yes… if you look closely my fingernails are all different colors)… I am a former pro In-line Skater. here’s a picture of me from back in the day skating a 7’ deep oval bowl in Rockford IL at The PIT skatepark. and here’s the story of my Nickname.

Jeremy 'Zoda' Puent

Deals of the Week / New Releases

• AMC Cult Classics 6 Movie Set! (UDG)
  • Zombies, Pirates, Vincent Price, Dennis Hopper for under $5.00!
  • All original casts! Night of the Living Dead, House on Haunted Hill, Carnival of Souls, Night Tide, Bluebeard, Chamber of Horrors
• http://www.votebundle.com/ (JP)
  • a new Mac Bundle is in the works, this time you can vote for 10 of 20 apps, the top ten will be in the bundle.
• New out on DVD this week and JP wants to see them both
  • Cop Out the Kevin Smith flick with Bruce Willis and Tracey Morgan
  • The Losers  - After being betrayed and left for dead, members of a CIA black ops team root out those who targeted them for assassination
• One last Freebie for MAC users (JP)
  • App Wall ScreenSaver… Just Like WWDC
    • For Free!!! moving App icons, select top Paid, Top Free, etc… and sit back and enjoy!

Geek Speak

• AntennaGate, Jobs explanation
  • Every smartphone has a problem with reception
  • $100 million spent on audio testing equipment, how can something be wrong?
  • We make mistakes (but not saying this was one)
  • Free Rubber Baby Bumpers for the world
  • Money back guarantee
  • In close, not our fault. All smartphones suck.
  • RIM  Response
  • next week Jeremy will give his experiences as his iPhone 4 will arrive by Friday

• Green Lantern Hi Res Costume
  • (SM) I actually like this redesign, the glowing stuff veins that radiate out from his symbol do it justice

SDCC Preview & Survival Guide! (UDG)
Survival first! My name is Natali and I’ll be your Fairy Con Mother
#1- COMFORTABLE bag of choice (backpack, messenger) A. for the haul of freebies, B. for the stuff you’re gonna buy there 3. for your survival kit.
Survival Kit:
1. WATER (plastic bottles only) You need to stay hydrated peeps
2. Energy boosts!  You’re gonna wanna hit w00tstock or some of the late night events, sleep is for the week during this epic 4 day weekend. Whether it’s energy shots, craisins… etc.
3. CAMERA- Don’t be proud. Yes you have an iPhone. That iPhone has a battery life peeps.
4. Chargers!!!! – Be it battery for cams, phone, laptop, you need it!
5. Tiny Power Strip- For realz, you snag an open outlet, you best charge all your stuffs.
6. Sketch Pad & Pens- if you’re hoping of any autograph or artist’s work.
7. Sunscreen- Seriously. The lines for some of the halls run outside. W/ no shade
8. COMFORTABLE SHOES (no these don’t go in your bag, they go on your feet)
9. Meds, Inhaler, etc. Passing out during The Guild panel doesn’t mean Felica will give you mo 2 mo. (There goes my super plan for next year… I’m out! JP)
Superman underwear Nothing will power you through the conference like having Superman’s emblem on your junk. Note: Con vets always pack a spare pare in case they see something that gets them so excited they crap themselves. (just cuz that’s funny stuffs)
#2- A Plan
Plot out the panels you really want to see. Rule out seeing a panel right before it if it’s not in the same hall. For the biggies a 3 hour line wait is not unheard of.
Don’t forget your shuttle schedule!!
Schedules for events change daily! Make sure you pick up the flyer they have all over w/ changes on them
How are you getting your loot home??
#3 Hygiene
San Diego heat + 140,000 people = O M Stinky G (x it by hangovers = yeah…. )
SHOWER & be kind, toss a stick of travel size deodorant in your survival kit! And Febreeze, Axe and all kinds of girly sprays all come in tiny lil travel sizes #justsayin
#4 The sign
The day you check into your hotel, on the back of the door- “HEY DUMBASS DO NOT FORGET YOUR BADGE”
#5 The Realization
There are three major things you need to realize before you start this adventure to mecca:
1. There will be an INSANE amount of people (if you’re crowd phobic) and you need to stand in line for hours w/ them.
2. You will NOT, I repeat NOT see everything on your list. It’s impossible.
3. Your main mission: Snag the fun badge. That’s it.
(JP ) come up with a treasure hunt list of things for you and your friends… IE Pic with Felicia Day, Pic with Wil Weaton, Photo with @GEEKGIRL at her Panel, etc… be creative

List of exclusive Con items!

Tech,Gaming, and Geek News

• Android’s IPad Killer? ICD Gemini (SM)
  • The features alone blow away the IPad
  • Widescreen, true 1080P
  • 2MP/5MP camera
  • Cell Service / SMS / MMS / 3G
  • SD Card Slot, USB Peripherals
  • Dual Speakers / Dual ambient mics
  • Micro USB for charging / FM Radio
  • Catch? August 2010
    • (JP) – that’s next month… since we saw and read about the Boxee Box and it still isn’t on the market yet, I doubt we’ll be seeing this in August of this year… maybe August of 2011!!! hahahah
  • http://www.alternatives2ipad.com/

• XBox 360 Gets New SKU’s, Kinect Priced at $150 (UDG)
  • Release set for Nov 4th, will come w/ Kinect Adventures
  • New version of Xbox will hit the stores on Aug 3 – $200
  • 4GB of flash storage  Slim’s styling with a matte finish.
  • Ability to store and save games on USB sticks most able entry-level 360 ever released and has WiFi
  • $300 bundle for both is great for newbs, but already hardcore XBoxers not likely to fork out $150 for a peripheral (personally I’d rather drop that on the 250gb slim)
  • 250gb version of matte finish? Bundle?

• PS3 Netflix going Discless (JP)
  • The rumor was that M$ had the lock with live on discless Netflix
  • Both Wii and PS3 both require discs to boot up the Netflix streaming
  • October will be new XMB discless update, will include seamless UI updates
  • Joins Hulu Plus as yet another streaming service competing for money
  • Netflix in Canada

• Starcraft cost $100 million dollars to make (SM)
  • Might seem like a lot but it’s guaranteed to make at least that.
  • Starcraft 1 is a national pasttime in Korea
  • Activision has 7 pillars of money making games, guess what they are?
  • Each pillar is expected to make half a billion to a billion in its lifetime
  • July 27th will be interesting. can they make $100 mill in a week

• Warrant withdrawn in Gawker, IPhone 4 case (UDG)
  • Jason Chen, reporter who “bought” IPhone 4 prototype, apt was searched and comps seized
  • Felony charges were / and still are / being pursued over the “stolen” IPhone
  • Gizmodo “cooperating” with DA, The warrant was withdrawn and comps / cameras returned
  • Still no charges filed but the info off computers could be subpoenaed
  • (SM) It’s still fishy to me how Apple is a member of the task force that asked for the warrant in the first place

• Zune Pass coming to U.K. (JP)
  • Finally brought forward because of Win Phone 7
  • All you can eat for essentially $14.99
  • Brought up to discuss when Apple will come w/ competition
  • Apple rumor of paid streaming service

• Military researches Soldier Exo-Skeleton (SM)
  • Here we thought Aliens and Avatar were far fetched…
  • Military developing computer driven exo-skeleton to help with heavy payloads for individual soldier, HULC
  • Jeremy, from experience, how heavy is a full load-out? (talk about whatever, WTF am I doing telling a professional soldier what to say ) (USMC handbook suggests approx 30% of your Body weight – usually a bit more 70 – 100lbs  on average which can severely hamper movement and agility)
  • Skeleton comes in 2 parts, upper and lower body, with a built in microcomputer to aid in the movement of the associated hydraulics built into skeleton
  • Allows soldier to carry up to 200lb with little exertion yet remain nimble enough to perform “deep squats, crawls, and upper body lifting”
    • JP – other thoughts. We’ve read about this type of suit or enhancement since we were kids. I have heard of experiments of prototypes for years… when the Segway came out I figured we were really close to something actually functional, because of the gyroscopes that would be needed to assist with a fully capable suit of this type. lifting and running jumping, the types of movements required on the battlefield and still be strong enough to withstand blasts and rounds shot at it, and add strength to lift, jump, etc… very cool. would love to try one out, see how steep the learning curve is.

• Cyberwarriors wanted, Apply within (UDG)
  • No country move vulnerable on the planet than the US
  • U.S. security officials say the country’s cyberdefenses are not up to the challenge
  • Huge shortage of computer security specialists & engineers up to doing battle against would-be adversaries.
  • there are now only 1,000 people in US skilled in handling most demanding cyberdefense tasks.
  • U.S. gov agencies and large corporations needs a force of 20,000 to 30,000
  • Nonprofit SANS (SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security) Institute outside Washington, D.C. provides traiing, but the demand for qualified cybersecurity specialists far exceeds supply.
  • And there’s China- the training of computer experts is a top national priority.
  • Most recent round of the International Collegiate Programming Contest, Chinese universities took four of the top 10 places. No U.S. university made the list.
  • One of the Chinese youths who won that competition had earlier been caught hacking into a Japanese computer, according to Paller, only to be rewarded with extra training.
  • U.S. Cyber Challenge, a national talent search at the high school level. The aim is to find up to 10,000 potential cyberwarriors, ready to play both offense and defense.
  • Starting with game cheats
  • the best way to defend a computer system from attack is to figure out how an adversary would be able to hack into it.

(JP – Funny this should be brought up this week with DEFCON next week in Vegas. A friend contacted me saying it was a bummer he was under an NDA and could not discuss how vulnerable major things in this country were and how surprised I might be if I found out….  me being me, I thought what could scare me… SCADA the system that controls nuclear power plants and Electric company interfaces, etc… so I Googled SCADA and Hacking, guess what, I AM Afraid.)

• Nexus One Discontinued (JP)
  • Ailing first party google phone officially nixed following disappointing sales (200k)
  • Unlocked phone, without subsidies, wasn’t being picked up by the general public
  • Android phone banner still waving with Droid X and HTC Evo, etc.
  • What ppl don’t wanna hear about IPhone vs. Android Sales (android higher)
  • 2.2 really makes for some interesting stuff, including wifi hot spot
  • (SM) What about unlocked phones WITH Subsidies?

• Amazon Sells more Ebooks that Hardcovers Q2 2010 (SM)
  • Amazon claims that digital books are outselling their physical counterparts
  • Q2 – 143 ebooks to 100 hard covers, Last month 180 – 100
  • Don’t toot your horn so fast 2009 projected numbers
    • hardback: $4.4 billion, paperbacks, $5.1 billion in revenue, audiobooks $218 million, and e-books just $81 million
  • Tripled sales of Kindle since pricecut ($260 – 190) Not hard numbers still

Intarweb Goldmine

• Guy smuggles 18 monkeys in girdle
  • Guy in Mexico City get stopped at airport for mysterious bulge
  • Authorities found EIGHTEEN tiny endangered monkeys in a girdle
  • 2 of the poor tiki’s were dead
  • His excuse? He didn’t want them to be harmed in his suitcase!!!! WTF
• Teacher who claims student tormented her with bunnies loses case (UDG)
  • German court tossed out the case of teacher against 14 yo pupil
  • Has a “paralysing fear of rabbits” claims girl purposely drew rabbits on blackboard
  • Two years ago (dif school) the teacher took a pupil to court and won- student had to agree to never again to claim that the plaintiff “freaked out” when she saw a rabbit or heard the word.
• I’ll let that happen when Donkeys Fly!!! ooops (JP)
  • Authorities in Russia investigate Animal cruelty regarding parasailing Donkey….. Yup… you heard me right.
  • Video from Southern Russia shows donkey braying in fear while forced to parasail for over an hour. WTF?!?!?!? Video at link.
• Which came First? The Chicken or The Egg??? we’ve got the answer and scientific proof!!! (JP)
  • Scientists in Britain claim to have proven that the Chicken came first, discovering an protein found only in a chickens ovaries necessary for the formation of the egg… so the egg could not exist before the Chicken!??!?!?

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Contact Info

• On Twitter: Steven is @DarthMolen and I am @JPuent Natali is @UberDorkGirlie
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• Plans to play non-stop to level 40 and raise $10,000 for cancer
• Scheduled to take place Aug. 6th and they will continue playing if the donations keep coming
• Check out their website, we’ll talk more about them in the weeks to come

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• Can I say any more superlatives? You will love her products.
• (We Do! They’re Geekalicious! but don’t eat them… they are SOAP!)

• Geek Girls Tweetup at SDCC

How much does it cost a geek girl to puke in Chicago? or How I almost became a zombie. – a heartfelt story of vomit and friendship told by iKDR

If we could have dinner with any famous geek, who would it be, what would you have? and what would you ask them…???

Lets find some absolutely useless IPad apps…

• Pedometer for the IPad
• GPS 4 The IPad
• 30 Day Sex Coach (better than the bouncing boob app?)
• 5 useless Ipad apps
  • Paper Football HD (because paper football needs to be in High Def???)
  • • What’s worse is that it’s free, but has an available Premium upgrade??? WTF?
  • Bubble Wrap Fun (99 cents to pop virtual Bubble wrap and annoy your friends)
  • iBeerkeg (3 bucks…) Why????
  • Lose Weight Now Hypnosis HD Video App by Glenn Harrold (I think anyone who buys this should have all electronics taken away from them!)
  • Spin the Bottle HD (yup… get to second base without having to face the hangover!)
• You guys can make fun… I have actually found another really cool use for the iPad…
  • installed in a kitchen cabinet door. plays music, watch videos, and use food/ cooking apps…
  • Very simple and slick. (I believe I even mentioned this as what I thought would be a good possible use for the iPad a while back!)

• Apple Anti-Trust?
  • Initial Reports
  • Reminder of the HTC lawsuit
  • Android was reluctant to even join in the
  • could change the SDK terms to avoid the investigation

• Sequel to Level 26 coming out… available for pre order
  • This was a book I talked about a couple of times back in the day with Cole (who has since read it and really enjoyed it!!!)
  • Interactive book with online video and an iPhone app… This is a sequel featuring the star Steve Dark.
  • I can’t freakin wait!!! John and I went rounds on Twitter about our interpretations of the first… I look forward to further clarification or debates with him and Cole after this one hits!

• Here we’ll add to your problem…
• GameStop: Exclusive ship: The classic USS Enterprise
• Best Buy: Pet Tribble or Targ (based on faction)
• Amazon: “Liberated Borg” Bridge Officer with “unique nanotechnology augmentations”
• Direct2Drive: Multi-Spatial Personal Shield (regenerates itself and player health)
• Wal-mart: Bonus Skill Points (bestows additional skill points)
• Target: TR-116 ground weapon (micro-transporter beams projectiles to target, no line of sight required)
• Steam: Chromodynamic Armor, improves critical hits and damage of energy weapons

Deal of the Week

• Tiger has been caught with another mistress and you have help him maneuver his escalade through obstacles to escape his golf club wielding wife

• a new free online adventure into the world of the Dark Tower Series!!!
• Super excited to get started on this… if only I could squeeze about 15 more hours into each day…

Cole- I’ve been playing…..dress up

Cole, the "cute" bunny rabbit

Who really cares about the food?

( I take back everything I said about how Cole needs to dress for the ZombieApocolypse… Less is more… Less IS more!!! – JP)

Geek-Speak

Intarweb Goldmine

• Kick your WoW habit with ReSTART
  • Washington State based, rehab clinic geared at helping ppl kick their WoW addiction
  • catch? only $14,000 for their service
  • Oh, they have outpatient programs
    • Collection announcement – JP
• 2 guys walk intoa Philly area hospital and walk out 2 minutes later…
  • With an 800 pound ATM and 96,000 bucks in cash.
  • Video after the jump, great explanation of how they were able to do it.
    • Mitnick wrote about this type of thing in his book “The Art of Deception”
    • how if you look the part and act like you belong, few will question it.
    • My company gets hired to do security audits all the time, and you would be amazed at how often something like this will work… and the places it will work.

Contact Info

• On Twitter: Steven is @DarthMolen and I am @JPuent and @FueltheFighter
• email us: darthmolen@thepowergeeks.com and jpuent@thepowergeeks.com prcole@fuelthefighter.com

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