Best Buy executive Brian Dunn didn’t seem so smart this week…. He said iPads were stealing over 50% of the laptop market. Then he said they weren’t.  Then he said he misspoke.  (It’s kinda complicated.)  Have you heard of this “Face Book”?  It’s all the rage with the kids apparently, and there seems to be a movie about it coming out next week.  But there WON’T be a Facebook phone it appears, a development that brings no tears to the cheeks of the nerds.  Crashboy shines a light on the fact that HIV has been around for thousands of years, and Art takes the editors of the New York Times to task for an egregious headline error.  Just imagine how he’ll be when he gets older and doesn’t give a damn what he says anymore!

All this plus… Borat as Freddie Mercury, listener feedback, some helpful tips on what to do when a part of your body falls off, and just who is that wearing the Lesser Nerds shirt?!  All on the official podcast of the autumnal equinox, Lesser Nerds.

The Roomba however is most definitely a robot… a robot that needs to watch its back, now that it’s getting some high tech competition.

What happens when you die in space?  More specifically, what happens to your body?  Mary Roach tells us the process is sort of a cross between freeze drying coffee and shaking up brown sugar to get rid of the lumps.

Also this week, Art tells us why having “antidisestablishmentarianism” as your super mega password might not help you after all, and Crashboy shows us the real numbers behind women in technology.

Facebook and Apple seem to be having a falling out over Apple’s new “Ping” service, and surprisingly enough, it’s not because of its unbelievably stupid name.

All that plus, live tweeting a heart attack, naked people on iPhones, and what exactly is a “plushie.”  All on the commemorative Sept 8, 2010 edition of Lesser Nerds

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.

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!