Gweek 052: Mystery in Space

Mark Frauenfelder 5:37 pm Thu May 17, 2012

Click here to play this episode. Gweek is Boing Boing's podcast about comic books, science fiction and fantasy, video games, board games, tools, gadgets, apps, and other neat stuff. My co-hosts for episode 52 are:

Maggie Koerth-Baker: BoingBoing’s science editor, journalist, and author of Before the Lights Go Out, a new book about electric infrastructure and the future of energy.

Michael Pusateri, a lifelong tinkerer and former television tech executive for Disney who blogs at cruftbox.com

and our special guest Andy Ihnatko, technology journalist for the Chicago Sun-Times, and host of The Ihnatko Almanac podcast on the 5by5 network.

In this episode:

Screen Shot 2012 05 17 at 4 34 43 PM 645 Pro, a camera app for iPhone.

Screen Shot 2012 05 17 at 4 39 35 PM Orbital, a one-thumb game for iPhone.

Screen Shot 2012 05 17 at 4 41 25 PM Hipmunk, a great comparative airline pricing site.

60032695 Battle of the X-Planes: Nova

Screen Shot 2012 05 17 at 4 47 41 PM Rachele Gilmore’s 100 MPH fastball

51+yv gkqtL SL500 AA300 Coloraturas – Opera Arias

Ymcm hd cov v3 225x225 75 Young Men of a Certain Mind, a graphic novel ebook by Lars Martinson

Screen Shot 2012 05 17 at 4 54 52 PM Avengers: West Coast Avengers: Lost in Space and Time

Screen Shot 2012 05 17 at 4 56 22 PM Berkeley Science Review

Screen Shot 2012 05 17 at 5 00 06 PM Performing Flea, by P.G. Wodehouse

Nerd Nite magazine

Mystery in Space, science fiction comic book.

Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker, by Kevin Mitnick

Sound of My Voice

Character Model

"Let's Never Talk About This Again" is a touching memoir about birth, death, and dad's amateur erotica career

In 2012, I was given the privilege of performing my high school ska-punk hit song "Adam Wants A Blowjob" during a performance of Mortified in Brookline, Massachusetts. Mortified is a gloriously hilarious… READ THE REST
Please don't microwave your library books

The Kent District Library in Grand Rapids, Michigan is imploring its patrons to please not attempt to disinfect borrowed books by putting them in the microwave. The books contain metal… READ THE REST
The "Into the Wild Bus" is gone

Every year, adventurous (and oft-unprepared) hikers who are fans of Jon Krakauer's book "Into the Wild" (1996) or the move based upon it have attempted the treacherous 20 mile trek… READ THE REST
Short Post, just one paragraph

Dessert cheesecake wafer bear claw fruitcake. Fruitcake chupa chups donut candy canes marzipan. Apple pie sweet roll tart chocolate cake macaroon marshmallow carrot cake gummi bears sweet. Pastry sugar plum… READ THE REST
Save 50% on a 1-year subscription to Dashlane's premium password manager

We all know vital information about ourselves and our private digital accounts can be compromised by cybercriminals. However, many would be frightened to know just how compromised they and their… READ THE REST
The Bite Helper removes the itch of a mosquito bite in seconds

While mosquitoes have certainly earned their title as the deadliest animal on earth, their impact on most of our lives is usually a lot less consequential. But even though they… READ THE REST