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Jim and Shawn talk about the Amazon Echo, how we communicate and left handed guitarists!
Links for this episode: - Cosmic 1st: European spacecraft lands on comet
"Hundreds of millions of miles from Earth, a European spacecraft made history Wednesday by successfully landing on the icy, dusty surface of a speeding comet — an audacious cosmic first designed to answer big questions about the origin of the universe."
- The McRib Returns This Week In 75% Of U.S. McDonald’s
"Now that McDonald’s has reassured everyone that the McRib does, in fact, contain real meat, it’s time for the annual sandwich to return to the menu."
- Amazon Echo, a Siri for the home
"Amazon has announced, but not yet released, a Siri-like device for your living room or kitchen. It’s called Amazon Echo."
- The Zone of Interest: A novel
"Once upon a time there was a king, and the king commissioned his favorite wizard to create a magic mirror. This mirror didn’t show you your reflection. It showed you your soul—it showed you who you really were."
- Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
"Stiff is an oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem."
- Words without meaning & the reality of networked communication
"It seems like I am constantly typing something. A small note to someone. A memo to someone else. A blog post. A Facebook post. A conversation on Whatsapp. A text message. Tweet. Tap tap tap. I doesn’t matter whether it is my phone, my computer or my iPad. Tap tap tap!
The more I type, the more words lose meaning."
- Norman Jeffrey "Jeff" Healey
Norman Jeffrey "Jeff" Healey (March 25, 1966 – March 2, 2008) was a blind Canadian jazz and blues-rock vocalist and guitarist who attained musical and personal popularity, particularly in the 1980s and 1990s.
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