The nerds are getting down to business this week.  For example, just how much time and money was lost this week when Google turned it’s homepage into a Pac-Man emulator? More importantly, does anyone care?  If anyone does, it might well be a go getter like Alec Brownstein… the young whippersnapper who landed himself a job by appealing to the hubris of his potential employers.  How did it turn out?  We ask him ourselves!

Business is booming for the info ladies of Bangladesh – those two wheeled mavens of  modern tech who pedal their way through the townships doling out advice on anything from crop diseases to contraception. (two topics related only through alliteration)

Bill Gates used to be in the business of seeing the future (before HE started ridding the world of crop diseases).  So, ten years ago when he made some bold predictions about the future of computers, how well did he do?  The nerds have a look.  For example, did he predict the end of instant messaging?

Plus, the best phony Twitter accounts, William Shatner gives Art a touch of Tourette Syndrome, and how we might be able to tell which space pioneer pleased the ladies more.  Oh, and if you thought vajazzling was gone… think again.

And that’s when things start to get a bit creepy… Crashboy introduces us to the Florida airport security worker who took a riot baton to his co workers after they made fun of his … riot baton.  Then Art takes us into the depths of the interweb to view the dubious offerings at “Crabrevenge“.  And if that wasn’t enough, both the nerds get the willies at the latest offering on ThinkGeek, the “Tell Me Your Secrets” Bear.

To make up for the creepiness, we look at Cupidtino, the new dating site for Mac heads, and marvel at the creator of a YouTube baby announcement video, who somehow managed to sneak away from his video editing software just long enough to create a few kids.

Plus, why you should quit Facebook, real life porn parodies, why Gilligan’s Island may not be as shallow as you thought, and what exactly is the beef train? (no, it’s not that).  All that and more on the official podcast of ROFLCon, Lesser Nerds.

Who the hell is buying floppy disks these days?  Apparently enough to keep them thriving… in spite of the fact the nerds now use them as sassy coasters.

Is social networking making our kids anti social?  We pose that question to Wired Magazine’s Ken Denmead, who feels that (in the words of The Who), the kids are alright.

Does Facebook big cheese Mark Zuckerberg believe in privacy? Well, according to one of his colleagues in the Twitterverse… not so much.

Why does Roger Ebert hate 3D so much?  Turns out the Nerds’ favorite film critic thinks two dimensions is fine, thank you very much.

Did homosapiens and neanderthals ever get… busy?  The answer may surprise you (and kinda gross you out)

What would a REAL first person shooter POV look like?  Some obliging Dutch soldiers give us the answer by storming a hijacked ship with HD camcorders strapped to their heads.

Plus, what are the craziest things you can buy on the internet?  Wherefore CNN?  And we answer the question left hanging from last week’s show.. “Who won the damned Chuck Norris books!?”  All  that and more, on the only podcast allowed in Vatican City…. Lesser Nerds.