Comments on: HN 163 – Outrageous yawn – (805)725-5085

By: Dave Calderbank

Dave Calderbank — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:54:20 +0000

That’s very true David, it is too crowded here. That’s also the reason why there are no speed limits on streets surrounding care homes for the elderly. Nobody serves kroketten anymore, everybody pulls ‘em out of a wall now. Except for the elderly, the walls are on the other side of their street.

By: David van Sunder

David van Sunder — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:20:18 +0000

Dave, that’s not the only reason for that practice. The Netherlands is crowded. You have to thin the herd somehow. You can’t wait to see how smart people are because by the time you know, you’ll be too attached. Besides, someone has to make and serve kroketten and patate frite.

By: Dave Calderbank

Dave Calderbank — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:31:52 +0000

I only have acces to the Tweeter through a computer so I often don’t feel like checking it, I spent too much time behind a screen as it is. So I didn’t see that comment. But I can assure you that that there are no unattractive people in the Netherlands. That’s not because the Dutch are all attractive, we just shoot the ugly ones at birth. I know that sounds a bit harsh, but you gotta draw the line somewhere. You don’t want a country full of Barbra Streisands.

MP3 has been send, so check yer mails

By: Shawno

Shawno — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:57:03 +0000

I think I have heard that song before, Daves. But plz do send it in.

And I made a comment last week on Twitter about how I was pretty sure that, based on your Flickr stream, there are actually no unattractive people in the Netherlands. Please don’t shatter my illusions of reality and tell me otherwise.

By: Dave Calderbank

Dave Calderbank — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:44:01 +0000

The audio levels on this show have always been a bit low. You could compress it, but that would make you sound too Z100. It’s fine as it is.

In case you can’t sell the G4, did ya try downgrading the flashplayer to version 9? The current version is not optimized for PPC and slow. The netbooks are kinda cool, but I can’t imagine working with the Windows for fun. And compared to high-end PC laptops like a Sony Vaio a Macbook costs about the same. But it would be nice if Apple made a $500 model.

My slam question answer would have to be the way someone makes me feel. Of course that’s not a one-way street, I tend to find cops more intimidating than your average waitress. And sometimes it turns out that I was wrong in my judgement once I get to know someone better. If you turn the question around and ask what kind of people I notice first, just look at my Flickr page and you’ll see that I’m pretty shallow.

Oh, for some reason the next track that always pops up on my playlist right after HN is My shit’s fucked up by Warren Zevon. Makes me smile, ’cause your shit’s always fucked up too in one way or another. If you don’t know the song lemme know and I’ll send it to you

By: David van Sunder

David van Sunder — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:29:30 +0000

Hey, glad to hear that you two finally hit the big time! So, this means you’ll be earning what? Seven figures? Pretty sweet. Don’t forget all us little people now that you caught your big break.

Slam question: Personality – Meaning I see the demeanor and body language and quickly assess what kind of person they are. This is for people I meet. If we’re talking about people from far off, it’s probably posture. That’s Talli’s fault since she’s a physical therapist. But I do notice boobs when guys have them. It’s hard not to notice those first. Just got to the Castro in San Francisco. You’ll see what I mean if you walk around long enough…

Now as for the netbook, we’ve been contemplating eventually getting one to replace Talli’s Gateway laptop. It’s almost 4 years old and it’s slowly dying. She prefers the macs by far though, so I’m thinking of going the hackintosh route and installing OS X on one. No time for that now though, so hopefully this laptop will last a bit longer.

By: Paul Roberts

Paul Roberts — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:39:27 +0000

I also have a netbook an MSI Wind I haven’t found anything it can’t do yet, and you can boot from a USB stick to install the OS, so it’s not a problem, that’s how i got Windows 7 RC on mine, which runs fine and is a vast improvement on vista.

I agree with Erk on the audio.

Congrats on QYDJ

By: Erk @ the Erk Pod

Erk @ the Erk Pod — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:35:11 +0000

Slam question: boobs.

Quitting your day job: You haz email

Audio: heaps better. More usual levels.

eee: Woo hoo! Glad I could help. Is that Mac that I used still there at Best Buy?

Light: I could imagine Shawno saying: “Hey Jen, hold my Pepsi and watch this”