Show Date June 4th, 2008

Alternate Titles

Art can't catch a break

The Bad Bush Joke

Didn't we already use that for a title?

Art's Lamentations

Blow By

I meant to hit Mute

Exert some self control

Those numbers are a little skewed

Hooked in there

She's probably getting sick of it

I wish they would call me

Somebody that matters

Chit Chat

We made a reference to the wonderful show "Car Talk" on NPR. Give it a listen if you have the time, the hosts are very funny.

Big fire in a Texas Data Center drops 9000 servers, reports Texas Startup Blog, and Slashdot.

Mike liked Fantastic Four, rise of the Silver Surfer.

Microsoft Urges Windows Users to Shun Safari

Mike was wrong about the backdoor in the Compiler. What actually happened was that Ken Thompson demonstrated how it could be done. You can read a little about it here, and Ken Thompson talks about it in his Turing Award Lecture. Mike is going to have to find some examples of Unix / Linux Vulnerabilities.

Track Mania Nations is free on Steam!

LEGO Indiana Jones comes out on June 3rd. So by the time you see this, you should have already bought it. If it's half as good as the Lego StarWars then it's gonna be worth it.

New Civilization game coming out. Official Site, it will be available for the Playstation 3, Nintendo DS, and XBox 360 on July 8.

Mike's topic was a bit lame, but he wanted to give a resounding recommendation for the TWIT podcast Network. Mike's favorite shows are This Week in Tech, and Security Now with Steve Gibson, Windows Weekly with Paul Thurrott, and now you can watch the shows recorded live on Twit Live.