And we end our Facebook discussion with the news that Lady Gaga now has more Facebook fans than any one else in the history of social media.  ( number two?…. John Lithgow’s Friendster account…. interesting fact)

Which came first, the hit or the ad?  We look at the Apple effect, and why artists constantly jockey to be the featured song on Apple’s new ads.  Then we delve into the nebulous world of ambiguous sexuality with a look at the recent tribulations of Justin Bieber, and how they pale in comparison to the tribulations of women with large feet.

All that, plus sex in space, listeners reviews and calls, and why Prince thinks the internet is finished.

iPad’s love to be held too, and this week finds Crashboy enamored of a new magical iPad app that has the nerds pondering where books end and video games begin.

Iceland has had it’s fair share of face time this year, and it looks like they’re going to get a little more, seeing as how they just elected a TV comedian who was a joke candidate.  (His first order of business…. build a Disneyworld at the airport)

And this week we also look at artificial body parts: firstly on Oscar the cat who became the world’s first bionic cat by undergoing successful intraosseous transcutaneous amputation prosthetics surgery. (say that three times fast)  And secondly on Sarah Palin who seems to have decided there’s a direct correlation between her chances in 2012 and her cup size.

All that, plus, (hopefully)… the death of vajazzling.

Fortunately it’s not all about the battle of the sexes this week.  For example, it seems the display models of iPads are rife with bacteria.  You might not want to touch one.  Lord knows Crashboy doesn’t want to, ever since Art suggested he start playing Angry Birds.  We finally get his review of the game this week, replete with profanity.

Wondered why we had no mention of Star Wars in the last few weeks?  Yeah, neither were we.  But still, we decide to remedy, at least in part, that unfortunate imbalance, by giving props to an amazing video showing what Star Wars would look like if it had been made in 1950.  Then the nerds go bravely into new territory by presenting a dramatic reading from one of the hilarious chats on chitchatwithdave.com

All that, plus the legendary Dr. Demento drops by to talk to the lads, and gives a lesson in what it means to be graceful in the face of a changing world.

Yeah, so did we…. So let’s just begin this week with the fine folks at Yahoo.  Seems they want to revamp their site, so they’ve hitched their trailer onto the Facebook wagon.  Will it work?  It probably has the same chance of success as The Gore’s marriage.  (Perhaps Al finally figured out that he was married to someone named “Tipper”)  Hey, speaking of Al, how about that electric car thingy.  Seems you might have a few more places to charge your new Chevy Volt now that charging stations are finally arriving.

Not that the folks over at the Mars project will care… they’re now locked in with each other for the next 520 days.  Let’s hope someone brought a good mix tape.  When they finally get around to going to Mars, perhaps the man behind PayPal will be the one taking them there, now that he has his own pet rocket.

This week we also look to the future, much as unheralded genius Robert Boyle did 200 years ago.  Although we probably won’t be quite as accurate as he was.  Good thing we have tech guru Cory Doctrow around to sit down for a chat, and tell us his opinions of the 12 events that will change everything.

All that, plus Apple vs Android, the psychology of fanboyism, and what exactly an intrepid reporter found in a SoCal junkyard. (hint… “You’re gonna need a bigger tow truck.”)

Oh yeah, and there was some sort of iPhone thing this week…?

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.

Then, it’s time to scratch our heads at the continuing bad behavior by one of our heretofore fave companies, Apple.  It seems the cops who busted down the door of the lost iPhone blogger were working at Apple’s behest. (In related news, cigarettes cause cancer, and Ricky Martin is gay.)

Following up on last week’s discussion, the nerds look at a site that playfully tells you how crappy your Facebook privacy setting are, and take the social network to task over their pathetic new security features.

And if that wasn’t enough, Art rails yet again about our culture of fear, as Crashboy brings us up to date on how people could actually hack your car. (and why they would even want to)  All that, plus our Geek Dad book winners,  why ICBMs have to fly so damned high, and in a listener suggested vajazzling update, the nerds scale the heights of awkwardness with a discussion of kagel.  All on this week’s edition of Lesser Nerds.

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.

If that tomato is a bunter and not a gasser, you’d be a Harvey not to make it Endsville, Charley

Chances are, you have no idea what the hell that sentence means — Lord knows, we didn’t. Well it’s a good thing you tuned in this week, so you can get up to speed on your Sinatra-speak.  And in honour of the Chairman himself, it’s bad-ass week here high atop the Flimm Building.  Not being particularly bad ass ourselves, we are happy to bask in the glow of others’ bad assery. First, we take a look at a Cambodian man with perhaps the worst job in the world… poking land mines with a stick.  Tell that to the pilots who have to be the first to fly through the Icelandic volcano cloud.

Of course, we all know these are things Chuck Norris does each day before breakfast, right?  Which got the nerds thinking: where exactly did all these Chuck Norris jokes come from?  Was there a starting point for all this craziness?  Well, a few emails and Skype calls later, we got our answer.

( His name is Ian.)

Now that many of us carry the Internet in our pockets, it seems interactions have changed somewhat, no?  We have a look at 10 things the Internet has killed (and five things it hasn’t), as well as the list of acceptable ways to whip out your smart phone in public.  Besides, what exactly are iPhones good for?  After all, people are dropping prototype 4G versions in bars.  Fortunately, Steve Jobs may not be paying too much attention, seeing as how he’s now trying to worm his way in to the concert ticket business.  We look at Apple’s latest move, as well as the questionable reasons CNN decided this week to report on “friends with benefits.”

Plus, defining “erotic capital,” why it’s fashionable to stick wax up your nose, and what John Cleese spent $5000 on this week (it wasn’t a dead parrot).  All that and more, on “Betty White’s favorite podcast” — Lesser Nerds.

This week, the nerds are concerned about your health.

First, we go to Australia to look at the world’s first bionic eye.  Then, back stateside, where a rather killjoy group of scientists tells us what exactly what is causing us to see our lives flash before our eyes when we die (turns out it’s gas… who knew?). So even though we can’t know what comes after death, we can at least know what’s in iPhone OS 4: ads. And more addictive games.

Plus, how Visa can predict whether you’ll get a divorce,  why one British man should have considered getting one from his somewhat, er, healthy girlfriend, and Art falls in love a girl on the interweb, despite thinking she’s a potential fraud.
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All that and more, on the special St. Drogo’s Day edition of Lesser Nerds.

And if iPads aren’t up your alley, maybe you’d like to know what former employees of super secretive Area 51 are saying, now that their 50 years of secrecy are up.  Or perhaps you’d like to know the latest disturbing trend in suicide bombing? Hint — if Pamela Anderson is sitting beside you on a plane… be very afraid.

Art was right — it turns out the 3D revolution might just be driven by porn after all.  We look at that, as well as the teenager who got a very public and jaw-dropping revenge on his sister for ratting-out his secret stash of beer.

Plus, Lesser Nerds updates on vajazzling, California’s pot law, and the winners of our Kill Shakespeare contest.  All on this week’s jam packed St. Leocadia edition of Lesser Nerds.Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

Speaking of greasy salesmen, it turns out companies are bidding on advertising to YOU,.. in real time on the interweb!  Welcome to the brave new world of instant ads…  not quite like it was back in Mad Men times.  Good thing you can now get yourself a genuine limited edition Mad Men doll (Christina Hendricks actual measurements not included)

The Nerds wonder what Google thinks of Apple’s 120,000 iPad preorders. And remember a few weeks back when the nerds had a good chuckle at Amazon’s expense for suggesting Astro Glide lube to shoppers buying bulk communion wafers?  Turns out, that was just the tip of the iceberg!

Plus, Ask Art this week poses the age old question,… what’s better – real Star Wars, or Family Guy Star Wars?  The answer might surprise you.  And we give full props to the fine folks at edgypodcastreviews.com, who apparently thought we were kinda keen.  Plus why James Brown’s body is missing… all on the special St. Swithun’s Day edition of Lesser Nerds.

We have a look at some revealing statistics from our old friends at IJustMadeLove.com, telling us that Valentine’s Day is a largely North American phenomenon (using a condom however… not so much).

We also travel back in time to the Victorian era to have a look at the steam powered vibrator! No, we’re not making that up.

Art discovers that “chatroulette” is not in fact a French dish, but rather a place where you can go to “play” with friends online, while Crashboy fills us in on how many oranges it takes to power an Apple.

If you’re singing karaoke in the Philippines, the nerds advise you to stay away from Sinatra.  But if you’re pushing 50 and have an impossibly small waist, the nerds advise you to pursue a career in IT.

And if that wasn’t enough, we get a visit from the founders and brains behind textsfromlastnight.com who drop by the Lesser Nerds studio high atop the Flimm building, despite being hungover from a Valentine’s Day filled with bowling.

All that, plus what Yakov Smirnnoff is up to these days… on our Valentine’s day edition of Lesser Nerds.

There are other more important things to talk about however.

For example, if you had sex in an MRI machine (good luck with that one), what would the scan look like?  You might not want to know.

We also look at the detritus created by 50 years of the space race, and what countries actually have a working satellite pointed at Crashboy’s pants.  (which you can be sure are not on the ground)   Plus, how the Swiss might very well be thieving swine, and why Amazon had kind of a bad week.

Meanwhile, the wussification of chemistry sets is lamented, while we examine exactly why a high school prank caused the bomb squad to descend on a San Diego high school.

We salute the golden anniversary of the laser, which probably wouldn’t have even been invented, if a British politician had any say.

Plus… Crashboy’s keen eye sees what customers who bought bulk communion wafers on Amazon also bought, and Art speculates on the genealogy of Nevada’s first male prostitute.  And a Star Wars and sex update… all on the special St. Abernathy’s Day edition of Lesser Nerds.

For the first, we go to Austria to speak with Gordo and Walter the creators of the Web 2.0 Suicide machine, who give us an update on when and how they’ll break through Facebook’s attempt to block them.

Then Art has a few words for the haters who think it’s pointless telling everyone you’re wearing a leopard skin bra as a way to raise awareness of breast cancer.

Crashboy tells us how to win a fistfight, drive a stick, and a few more of the 50 things everyone should know how to do.

Fortunately “Fight off an attacking shark” is no longer one of them since scientists are now getting sharks to text them when they come too close to shore.

We also discuss the quick appearance and disappearance of the trailer for The A-Team, and why Crashboy spent most of his summers in a rural hippie love cult.  And if you think we made it through an entire episode without linking sex and Star Wars… think again.

Plus, Ask Art, Uncle Leo, and a preview or our upcoming special Live on Location episode!

But in looking for something to live for, we come across the charms of Texas native Kayla Kromer, who drops by the Lesser Nerds studio to discuss exactly what compelled her to build a hamburger bed, a Millennium Falcon bed, and why she may be the only person in North America with a passion for Jar Jar Binks (but Crashboy is too shy to ask her what SHE thinks of the man who does Star Wars body paint – NSFW).

Crashboy tells us why kids today expected more technological advancements by now, while Art tells us why the senior circuit is quite fine with tech today, thank you very much.  Too bad they probably won’t be around to experience the advent of light emitting walls.

And we speculate on exactly what kind of coffin would be suitable for the late great Curtis Allina, inventor of the modern Pez dispenser (and yes, you’ll be able to see the punchline coming down Broadway).

Meanwhile, Crashboy continues to prove himself the brains of the operation by filling us in of what exactly gerontology is, while Art waxes poetic about the new German study declaring staring at breasts is good for you!  Too bad he’s too clueless to know what vaporware is.  The nerds bid adieu to Duke Nukem, who finally bit the dust this year, but declare 2010 the year of the tablet!  We preen at the rather unusual fact that if you google “C3PO fleshlight“, Lessernerds will figure prominently, and in discussing the potential dangers of sex toys, we learn the difference between a “doo doo” and a “hoo haw”.

Finally, the nerds go into the etymological differences between the words “geek” and “nerd”, and in doing so, discover why a psych professor at Bennington is probably both.

The answer was stunningly simple… a clip show!

After all, when people as disparate as Cyprian of IJustMadeLove.com or Tony Dyson, the creator of R2 D2 have dropped by the studio, it’s only right to share them at the end of the year.  2009 also found us talking to twitter sensation Roof Coffee Cup guy, (who almost got arrested for talking to us)  and Professor Jeff Eely who filled us in on the death of pinball.

As if that wasn’t enough, Paul Milo, author of “Your Flying Car Awaits” stopped in to tell us about being a space trucker.

What more could a person ask for this festive holiday season?!

We look at the “Twoddler”, a stunning and promising new technology that will be obsolete by the time you read this. If so, it will join the list of everyday things that have become extinct over the last decade.

Art Carlson confesses his desire to get an ultraviolet tattoo, while Crashboy reciprocates by confessing his crush on the girl who builds Millennium Falcon beds (the show’s not called “Lesser Nerds” for nothing).

We also look at rhinos, cougars and swine flu. Just in time for the holidays!

Crash Boy explains to a very bewildered Art how Apple will use it’s upcoming Tablet to bring back the 70s – vinyl album art and all.

Future humans: we discuss four ways we may – or may not evolve – or devolve: and continue to take potshots at Japanese culture by examining the marriage of a Japanese nerd to his virtual girlfriend.

Crash Boy fills us in on why his Call Of Duty disc is now making a lovely coaster.  And, in an early Christmas act of kindness, we show you why this podcast is your first source for new internet sex fads.

Plus: we find out if driving around with a cuppa joe on your roof is a chick magnet. Roof coffee cup guy pulls over during his morning commute to talk to The Nerds.

This week’s episode finds the nerds marveling over British artist, Stephen Wiltshire, who absorbed more information in 20 minutes than Art has in 20 years.

We find out what happened to a pair of Crashboy’s childhood crushes. Perhaps he should have given ‘em the mashmallow test, which would have made everyone’s future much clearer.  Art makes an ass out of himself (again), by struggling with the pronunciation of “bona fides“, while Crash Boy tangentially explains Van Halen’s brown M&Ms fetish.  (Listen to this as well, trust us).  We get a valuable inside look at the psyche of the nerds, when Art’s fragile little ego is crushed under the heavy foot of a listener who takes him to task for his brazen offensiveness, and Crash Boy continues to display his Pravda like editing skills on his own offenses).

We also sadly discover fruitbats get more action than the nerds.

Hey, Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the web… if you could go back and do anything differently, what would you change?   (plus while you’re at it, if you could tell Art what the hell a backslash is, that’s be great)

We review “Zombieland.”  Our review goes into depth on the Darwinian nature of mankind with a partial focus on Cartesian Dualism, as well as an overall Keynesian approach to the marketing techniques necessary in a post recession economic entertainment model. Or not.

Your testicles… Are they weighing you down?  Our Ask Art segment answers a few questions that should perhaps have remained unasked.  Plus, the nerds give all worthy praise to George Carlin, who wanted you to know your children are overrated.