The Lesser Nerds Podcast » 420 http://www.lessernerds.com Tech, Sex and Society Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:45:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.lessernerds.com/feed/podcast/ A weekly review of technology, sex and society with news stories and feature interviews every Wednesday. the Nerds yes the Nerds webmaster@lessernerds.com webmaster@lessernerds.com (the Nerds) Because you're not a TOTAL geek. Apple, technology, sex, comedy, iPhone, Macintosh, Windows, geek, nerd, Star Wars, funny The Lesser Nerds Podcast » 420 http://www.lessernerds.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.lessernerds.com TV-MA Midtown Manhattan, NYC Weekly Who Shot Q.R.? http://www.lessernerds.com/2010/07/who-shot-q-r/ http://www.lessernerds.com/2010/07/who-shot-q-r/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:00:24 +0000 Art Carlson http://www.lessernerds.com/?p=2857 It’s a melancholy time here high atop the Flimm Building.  Art is taking off for the topless beaches of Corsica, thus leaving a void in all our lives. (at least that’s what we’re telling him.)

So this week’s season finale is jam packed with goodness.  For example, did you hear the one about the guy who guessed the exact price correctly on “The Price Is Right”  Turns out, working as a weatherman has more upsides than one would imagine.  And for those of you who think “The Price is Right” is only watched by old people, well, you might want to keep an eye on those same people on Facebook… The site still has no good way of dealing with people when they die.  And it’s bound to happen.  Especially if they heed the billboard now on display in New Jersey encouraging old people to kill themselves. (then again, they’re living in New Jersey, so it’s not a bad idea)  And speaking of old people who should think about assisted suicide, how about that Dick Cheney!

We also revisit the topic of electric cars, now that GM is making the smart decision to guarantee its electric car batteries for longer than their gas powered cousins!  So you and your cougar girlfriend can go to make out point all you want, especially now that scientists have tried to explain what makes a cougar a cougar.

All that plus, what the hell is a QR code,  how much is Marilyn Monroe’s death house going for, and one more Ask Art for the road.  All on the season finale of Lesser Nerds.

]]> It’s a melancholy time here high atop the Flimm Building.  Art is taking off for the topless beaches of Corsica, thus leaving a void in all our lives. (at least that’s what we’re telling him.)

So this week’s season finale is jam packed with goodness.  For example, did you hear the one about the guy who guessed the exact price correctly on “The Price Is Right”  Turns out, working as a weatherman has more upsides than one would imagine.  And for those of you who think “The Price is Right” is only watched by old people, well, you might want to keep an eye on those same people on Facebook… The site still has no good way of dealing with people when they die.  And it’s bound to happen.  Especially if they heed the billboard now on display in New Jersey encouraging old people to kill themselves. (then again, they’re living in New Jersey, so it’s not a bad idea)  And speaking of old people who should think about assisted suicide, how about that Dick Cheney!

We also revisit the topic of electric cars, now that GM is making the smart decision to guarantee its electric car batteries for longer than their gas powered cousins!  So you and your cougar girlfriend can go to make out point all you want, especially now that scientists have tried to explain what makes a cougar a cougar.

All that plus, what the hell is a QR code,  how much is Marilyn Monroe’s death house going for, and one more Ask Art for the road.  All on the season finale of Lesser Nerds.

]]> http://www.lessernerds.com/2010/07/who-shot-q-r/feed/ 0 420,Antennagate,Ask Art,assisted suicide,Calvin Klein,Chevrolet,Chevy Volt,cougars,Darwinism,death,dentures,Dick Cheney It's a melancholy time here high atop the Flimm Building.  Art is taking off for the topless beaches of Corsica, thus leaving a void in all our lives. (at least that's what we're telling him.) - So this week's season finale is jam packed with goodness. It's a melancholy time here high atop the Flimm Building.  Art is taking off for the topless beaches of Corsica, thus leaving a void in all our lives. (at least that's what we're telling him.) So this week's season finale is jam packed with goodness.  For example, did you hear the one about the guy who guessed the exact price correctly on "The Price Is Right (http://www.esquire.com/features/impossible/price-is-right-perfect-bid-0810)"  Turns out, working as a weatherman has more upsides than one would imagine.  And for those of you who think "The Price is Right" is only watched by old people, well, you might want to keep an eye on those same people on Facebook... The site still has no good way of dealing with people when they die (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/technology/18death.html?_r=1&src=twt&twt=nytimes).  And it's bound to happen.  Especially if they heed the billboard now on display in New Jersey (http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/07/national_campaign_guiding_ill.html) encouraging old people to kill themselves. (then again, they're living in New Jersey, so it's not a bad idea)  And speaking of old people who should think about assisted suicide, how about that Dick Cheney (http://www.wcbs880.com/pages/7706221.php)! We also revisit the topic of electric cars, now that GM is making the smart decision to guarantee its electric car batteries (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/15/business/15auto.html) for longer than their gas powered cousins!  So you and your cougar girlfriend can go to make out point all you want, especially now that scientists have tried to explain what makes a cougar a cougar (http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2002838,00.html). All that plus, what the hell is a QR code (http://mashable.com/2010/07/13/calvin-klein-qr-code-billboard/),  how much is Marilyn Monroe's death house (http://www.bornrich.org/entry/brentwood-house-where-marilyn-monroe-goes-on-sale-for-36-million/) going for, and one more Ask Art for the road.  All on the season finale of Lesser Nerds. the Nerds yes 46:33 Kevin Keller Loves Triscuits! http://www.lessernerds.com/2010/04/kevin-keller-loves-triscuits/ http://www.lessernerds.com/2010/04/kevin-keller-loves-triscuits/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 04:01:43 +0000 Art Carlson http://www.lessernerds.com/?p=2180 The nerds love themselves some retro.  In that vein, we start this week’s show with a trip back in time 100 years and look at some postcards that predicted exactly how we’d be living in the year 2000.  Turns out they got a few things right. (although we don’t use quite as many balloons as they imagined.)
Speaking of 100 years ago, that’s when Virginia Campbell was born… she of the now viral video showing her rapt in the throws of her new iPad.
In more recent retro, Art reveals a long lost survey that asked librarians to give their opinions about sex… and got the surveyor fired in the process!  We also learn that doing it “in the stacks” isn’t quite as dirty as it sounds.  Perhaps our minds are being perverted by reading too many Archie comics, where this month we are being introduced to Riverdale’s first gay character.  No, it’s not Jughead,… it’s Kevin, and it turns out, he’s fabulous!
Crashboy then shows us a few children’s toys that might make you scratch your head.  After all, who actually green lit the coat rack that enables little Johnny to hang his coat on a bear’s erection? (we couldn’t make this stuff up)
We close out the show with a trip back to geekville, and look at the future of cellphones.  Will Crashboy get one implanted in his head?  Will Art heed the warning of Stephen Hawking and not talk to aliens?  Will either of the nerds laugh at the first video ever uploded on Youtube? (elephant penis joke?… really?)  And just what the hell is Stephen Baldwin doing begging for money on the interweb?
Plus… why you probably can’t buy halal Triscuits, where “4/20” actually comes from, and in a stunning turn of events, “South Park” offends people.  All that and more, on Iceland’s 34th most popular podcast… Lesser Nerds.

]]> The nerds love themselves some retro.  In that vein, we start this week’s show with a trip back in time 100 years and look at some postcards that predicted exactly how we’d be living in the year 2000.  Turns out they got a few things right. (although we don’t use quite as many balloons as they imagined.)
Speaking of 100 years ago, that’s when Virginia Campbell was born… she of the now viral video showing her rapt in the throws of her new iPad.
In more recent retro, Art reveals a long lost survey that asked librarians to give their opinions about sex… and got the surveyor fired in the process!  We also learn that doing it “in the stacks” isn’t quite as dirty as it sounds.  Perhaps our minds are being perverted by reading too many Archie comics, where this month we are being introduced to Riverdale’s first gay character.  No, it’s not Jughead,… it’s Kevin, and it turns out, he’s fabulous!
Crashboy then shows us a few children’s toys that might make you scratch your head.  After all, who actually green lit the coat rack that enables little Johnny to hang his coat on a bear’s erection? (we couldn’t make this stuff up)
We close out the show with a trip back to geekville, and look at the future of cellphones.  Will Crashboy get one implanted in his head?  Will Art heed the warning of Stephen Hawking and not talk to aliens?  Will either of the nerds laugh at the first video ever uploded on Youtube? (elephant penis joke?… really?)  And just what the hell is Stephen Baldwin doing begging for money on the interweb?
Plus… why you probably can’t buy halal Triscuits, where “4/20” actually comes from, and in a stunning turn of events, “South Park” offends people.  All that and more, on Iceland’s 34th most popular podcast… Lesser Nerds.

]]> http://www.lessernerds.com/2010/04/kevin-keller-loves-triscuits/feed/ 0 420,aliens,Archie Comics,Barbie,Batman,cellphone,Cracked.com,enema,first contact,gay,Huffingtonpost.com,indigo.ca The nerds love themselves some retro.  In that vein, we start this week's show with a trip back in time 100 years and look at some postcards that predicted exactly how we'd be living in the year 2000.  Turns out they got a few things right. The nerds love themselves some retro.  In that vein, we start this week's show with a trip back in time 100 years and look at some postcards that predicted exactly how we'd be living in the year 2000 (http://www.paleofuture.com/blog/2007/4/24/postcards-show-the-year-2000-circa-1900.html).  Turns out they got a few things right. (although we don't use quite as many balloons as they imagined.) Speaking of 100 years ago, that's when Virginia Campbell was born... she of the now viral video (http://www.oregonlive.com/lake-oswego/index.ssf/2010/04/video_of_99-year-old_lake_oswego_woman_with_ipad_goes_viral.html) showing her rapt in the throws of her new iPad. In more recent retro, Art reveals a long lost survey that asked librarians to give their opinions about sex (http://willmanley.com/2010/04/11/will-unwound-78-the-1992-librarians-and-sex-survey-results-by-will-manley/)... and got the surveyor fired in the process!  We also learn that doing it "in the stacks" isn't quite as dirty as it sounds.  Perhaps our minds are being perverted by reading too many Archie comics, where this month we are being introduced to Riverdale's first gay character (http://www.newsarama.com/comics/Archie-Gay-Character-100422.html).  No, it's not Jughead,... it's Kevin, and it turns out, he's fabulous! Crashboy then shows us a few children's toys (http://www.cracked.com/article_18494_15-unintentionally-perverted-toys-children.html) that might make you scratch your head.  After all, who actually green lit the coat rack that enables little Johnny to hang his coat on a bear's erection? (we couldn't make this stuff up) We close out the show with a trip back to geekville, and look at the future of cellphones (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/8639590.stm).  Will Crashboy get one implanted in his head?  Will Art heed the warning of Stephen Hawking (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/space/article7107207.ece) and not talk to aliens?  Will either of the nerds laugh at the first video ever uploded on Youtube? (http://gizmodo.com/5523416/its-been-five-years-since-the-first-youtube-video-was-uploaded) (elephant penis joke?... really?)  And just what the hell is Stephen Baldwin doing begging for money (http://www.restorestephenbaldwin.org/) on the interweb? Plus... why you probably can't buy halal Triscuits (http://gawker.com/5523210/why-do-the-islamic-extremists-who-hate-south-park-also-hate-triscuits), where "4/20 (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/20/420-meaning-the-true-stor_n_543854.html)" actually comes from, and in a stunning turn of events, "South Park" offends people (http://www.newsweek.com/id/236828).  All that and more, on Iceland's 34th most popular podcast... Lesser Nerds. the Nerds yes 37:24