This week, Dave and Nikole talk to one of our favorite actors, Greg Grunberg. He’s appeared in Heroes, Lost, Hawaii Five-O, and Star Trek, and he talks about growing up with JJ Abrams, what it was like to whisper in Felicity, making his new film Big Ass Spider, drumming in Band From TV, and how he came to create the location-aware couponing app Yowzaa!!That's a lot of stuff, but we pack it all into one podcast.
Greg also takes the Geek Trivia Quiz and amps up the stakes by throwing a signed script from Heroes into the prize pot.
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Also in the show: We talk about gaming news -- Titanfall is the first next-gen shooter for the Xbox One, and it arrives this week. And Nikole shares her favorite apps for taking control of your chores – just in time for spring cleaning season.
This week on the eHow Tech Podcast, Dave and Nikole tell you about burrito vending machines. They’re real, and they might be coming to your hometown. If you’d rather nom something healthier from an automated food dispensery, they’ve got the line on salad vending machines as well. Made, in fact, from actual barn wood – or, as Dave puts it, his “hipster nightmare.”
Want to experience more of your favorite TV shows? They also talk about how to get into the Second Screen craze. There are apps you can install on your phone or tablet that extend your favorite TV shows with additional details in real time, as you watch TV.
Our guests this week: Cracked.com’s Dan O’Brien and Soren Bowie. They talk about how they came to be at Cracked, what makes the site distinctively funny, and they explain in detail what’s wrong with fellow Cracked editor Michael Swaim.
Be sure to listen to them take the Geek Trivia Quiz. Spoiler alert: It kind of flies off the rails.
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The eHow Tech Podcast says "Happy Valentine's Week!" To celebrate, Dave and Nikole talk about dating apps like Tinder and How About We.
In tech news, they discuss some interesting developments in the world of wearable tech -- especially the news that Google is now offering a "Titanium Collection" of prescription frames for Google Glass.
The big news this week, though, is that we chat with Bethany Keeley-Jonker, founder and editor of the "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks. We talk all about everyone's favorite site that catalogs the way people misuse quotation marks on "signs." She also takes the Geek Trivia Quiz for Dean Travers, of Austin Texas. Will Dean win the $25 gift certificate to Society 6? The only way to find out is to listen to the show.
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Valentine’s Day is coming, so Dave and Nikole talk about the oh-so-sexy merger of Google and artificial intelligence company DeepMind. They also discuss the Kickstarter campaign for Flag, a service that would let you get free prints from your iPhone photos. There’s still about a week to go, so go here to back it yourself:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1306413684/flag-the-app-that-prints-and-mails-your-photos-for
Friend of the show and CNET Cheapskate Rick Broida joins us for his monthly visit, this time making recommendations for techy gifts for your sweetheart. One of his suggestions is quite contentious.
This week’s main event: We talk to Mike Bender, best known for his fabulous gift to the Internet, Awkward Family Photos. This blogatory celebration of embarrassing photos from your childhood is one of the best spots on the Internet, and Mike talks about how the site got started, why it’s popular, and how to avoid making your own awkward photos.
He also takes this week’s Geek Trivia Quiz for listener Shelby Purvis, from Dorchester MA. Shelby stands to win a set of ThinkGeek Geeky Scented Candles.
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The holiday shopping season is about to start, and so this week we’ve got you covered with tips and tricks for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Not only do we recommend some smartphone apps to help you shop, but we’ve got Rick Broida, the official Cheapskate at CNET dispensing holiday buying advice as well.
Some of the apps and sites we mentioned in the podcast this week:
Black Friday
http://blackfriday.com/
Amazon
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/amazon-mobile/id297606951
Red Laser
http://redlaser.com/
Speaking of spending money, Nikole and I talk about Coin, the electronic universal credit card that contains all of your other credit cards (and gift cards). Should you invest $50 to take your wallet fully digital? Listen and find out.
Rick plays this week’s Geek Trivia Quiz for eHow Tech podcast listener Len Udes, from Huntington Beach, CA, with a copy of Corel Paintshop Pro X6 hanging in the balance. You can enter to have a guest play the Quiz for you during a future episode by completing the entry form:
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We interview Steve and Jay Novella from The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe podcast. Steve and Jay talk about their favorite examples of magical thinking and how ordinary people can discern science from fiction.
Steve and Jay also play the Tech Trivia Quiz in an effort to earn a copy of Corel Paint Shop Pro X6 for an eHow listener. (You can enter to have a guest play the Quiz for you during a future episode by completing the entry form.)
Dave and Nikole talk about the Lit Motors C1 electric motorcycle, tactile touchscreens, and how to detect online hoaxes and how to train your mom to stop sending you email forwards about Nigerian princes.