East Meets West – Podcast

Welcom back desert adventurers. Appropos of nothing, I saw this on Slashdot & had to share.
North Korea to get massive hare transplant. http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,458863,00.html
Kim Jong Il loves movies, right? If he has any of those old 50s "B" movies, maybe he'll direct his atomic scientists to irradiate these bunnies until they're the size of bufallo :D
I only hope they don't find themselves in the pickle Australia did in the last centry. (I'm sure you're familiar with the tale, or you could always google Australia & rabbits)
What do you do when you live in a world that's beyond your ability to parody it?

Well i have herd the BOL episode as for DL i really haven't herd any of the podcast
East Meets West is the one i will be listening to very soon, i wished to download all episodes but at 64kpbs its really not that fast,
Anyway
Thx
Jayesh (Who thinks Japan is a part of Asia)
Mumbai,India

A few thouhgts I had after refecting on the Macworld 2007 Keynote.

1) When (another other Steve) Jobs announced the iTV back in September, he said 'iTV' was a code name and it would be changed by the time the product was released. (I think he mentioned that there was another product with the same or similar name, presumably EyeTV from Elgato)

So now, in January, we hear that the device is to be released in February (5 months after it's announcement) and will be called Apple TV.

At the the same keynote, Jobs announces another product, which he calls iPhone. It is said to be available in 5 months. Cisco sues for trademark infringement right away.

The apple phone hasn't even gotten FCC approval. Am I the only one to think it's premature for Cisco to start complaining about a product that is at the moment, a tech demo? If Jobs said 'For NOW, we're calling it iPhone', would it have kept everyone from freaking over at Cisco? I didn't see any iPhone name on the device, just the Cingular name. (don't even get me started on the AT&T - Cingular thing)

Can't Jobs call the thing the Razr, the Treo, the Ford Taurus, or Miss Piggy, as long as the thing isn't even a product yet? It's what's on the box and on the device and in the ads for it that matters, right? Why all of the bruhaha now?

2) Since the cat is out of the bag, so to speak, I don't see anything stopping Apple from releasing a video/audio only version of it, for 200 dollars less for example, as a new iPod. They already applied to the FCC, for the phone, a similar application can be used for a device with less features, right? The phone looks cool and all, but I'd rather have just a widescreen video iPod myself. I'd pay 400 for that form factor and functionality. The only question is to have an 8 gig flash version, or a 80-120 gig hard drive version thats somewhat thicker, heavier and has a lower battery life.

Assorted Comments:
1) Hey Jayesh and other newcomers to EmW, you can listen EmW's 'BTTPCASQ' episodes by going to SubBrilliant.com/blog and looking for the tags to 'East Meets West' on the right. This is where to find such gems as 'Episode 8, The Ocho', 'Episode 13, The Evil Episode', and the April 9th, 2006's entry, the legendary first official 'EMW Delayed' posting!

2) Should anyone have fits of EmW withdrawal, may I suggest you play these two OTHER podcasts back to back. DL.TV episode 129 from Jan 9th, and Buzz Out Loud (BOL) episode 389, from January 10th, 2007.

The DL.TV episode features a fantastic interpretation of the word 'key' why Europeans and (especially) Asians are really into smartphones.

The BOL episode talks about why people in Denmark are happier than in any other Western country, and also about lifesaving parachute printers.

Have fun at your day jobs Tom and Roger. Waiting patiently for your next episode.

hey people, before hearing ur podcast i was pissed off and well u ppl made me feel better anyway V.B was as usual rockin', roger was err.. cool?, anyway tom was in a nice mood haven't been a long time listener started from episode 42

jayesh
Mumbai,India

The guys are probably busy at a little thing called CES.
Door. Open door. Thru door. Close door. Life...

F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 . . .

I think you should do a very special EMW from Vegas. Regrettably, since what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, it will become the legendary MISSING EMW... the mosting amazing EMW ever. Alas, the rest of us will just have to imagine all the amazing topics, celebrity guests and astounding revelations we missed. ;)

Since I stopped using my CamelBak on my bike rides (due to my cutting back drastically on Diet Coke, and that I get funny looks when filling the 100oz container at QuickChek) I have not gotten silly requests fro directions.

I finished watching FireFly on DVD and just saw Serenity. Wow! Anyone know of some good podcasts to listen to to satistfy my Firefly withdrawal?

A friends wife spent New Years Eve in the hospital after losing 60+ lbs on a diet. She lost so much weight so fast (over 200 to under 150) her intestines got knotted up and twisted since her body fat wasn't holding everything in place as it had for the many years she was overweight. Just a warning to take any diet slowly and thoughtfully.

Oh, Tom, are you planning on updating the Boiling Point audiobook?

I've been trying to lose/maintain my weight for over a year, and my doctor says that skipping breakfast is one of the worst things you can do. I told her that I don't like breakfast foods. Her reply: "Just because it's breakfast doesn't mean you have to eat breakfast foods."

Well, you say "duh" now, but for many (including me), it was an enlightening moment. So I often eat a light salad or soup for breakfast. I found that eating "breakfast" made the biggest difference in my weight--I easily lost the pounds I wanted to lose, and I find it easier to maintain my weight.

1. C'mon Roger be nice to the guests, specially when it's a girl...

2. I also think that Roger should gets a date this year, get married and have children :)

3. Is that sandwich diet something like those Subway comercials?!

4. Tom, Rodrigo is comming for you in Gears of War, but not yet. He's having some problems to setup the Internets on the Xbox 360 in his newly furnished living room.

5. You guys should have more guests, is Molly going to be on "this thing" soon?

CoolB's Crazy Comments
1: No killing Veronica!
2: Great to hear V on the show again.
3: Moonpies are good, I like the banana flavored ones (least I think those were moonpies, could have been something similar)
4: Mmm, bacon..
5: I enjoyed Tom's ingest in jest joke, least it was funnier than the cowboy one.. (no offense)
6: My resolution is to not make resolutions.. so technically I already broke it..
7: This should make V happy, I actually prefer BOL to TWiT and Diggnation. They're all good, but BOL is just the right length of time.
8: East Meets West vs. Veronicabelmont.com though.. eh.. that ones a toughie.
9: I got Star Trek: The Animated Series on DVD for Christmas, have only watched the special features and one episode so far, so many DVDs so little time.
10: I agree mostly with Veronica on Enterprise though, wasn't the bets Trek, though the story arcs were good (that was one of the reasons DS9 is my favorite Trek, continuing plot line)
11: Tom said Jango was half Rottweiler, half German shepherd and some other stuff.. so Jango is more than 100% dog?
12: Mythbusters is awesome.
13: No Killing Veronica!

Roger, thank you soo much for that site to mind mac prices. I've got an old G5 that needs selling and I've been having a lot of trouble with it. I'm soo happy that I feel that I should do something nice to help you! but... I can't think of anything right now, so i owe you a favor so tell em if you need anything! thankyou!
beg513@comcast.net (damn gmail)

The sandwich diet CAN be valid - it's all in what you do with it. Eat what you want anytime you want until you're full works well enough, as long as you're not eating "Two Fat Ladies" style. As for rice - 3 billion people can't be wrong.

To make it official for posterity: the Chang-Belmont Bacon Incident, also known as the Bacon Pause.

On the subject of diet, i order Domino's pizza at least three times a week and aways with a diet soda (like that's gonna offset the damage of the large pizza).

Nice to see (well hear) V' on the show. I love the smell of bacon, the look of bacon but I hate the fat on bacon - so unless its super crispy (burnt even) i don't touch the stuff.

I remember having something else to say, but i have forgotten so bye for now and have CES!

Hey guys, I really enjoyed hearing V. on the 'cast. I have to agree with Another Steve that the {almost} gasping take that V. had over Roger's bacon bigotry was amusing.

OK. Here is my diet. It's back to the basics. I did it last year and went from 232 to 185. It is the Eat Less/Walk More Diet. I simply eat smaller portions of the same food that I love. (Pretty high in veggies and fiber) and started walking about 40 minutes each evening with my dog and catching up on Podcasts. Yours was tonight and I was laughing most of the way. (Listen, could I talk you into makeing the show about 40-45 minutes long...??)

Thanks, you guys crack me up.

Clearly, my secret plan to get mentioned on EMW is working! (It really is one of my favorite podcasts).

I was wondering if you guys ever heard of the Shangri-La diet. All you need to do is either drink hot water dissolved with sugar once a day, or take a couple tablespoons of oil once a day (You do this in a 2-hour window where you're not allowed to eat/drink anything else except water). I really have no idea how it works, but apparently this simple act of consuming sugar water / oil once a day suppresses your appetite for more food. Apparently it works on the Pavlovian theory of weight control. My friend said to me that this guy essentially "hacked" the way his appetite works.

Anyway, I haven't tried it, but was curious if any of your listeners have heard of it.

With all this talk of various diets, I feel I have to pimp my own successful diet plan. It is called . . . The Twix Diet! By June of last year I had slowly crept up to an uncomfortable 212 pounds (I am 6'1"). This was too heavy, by my lights.

So I analyzed my exercise routine and my food intake and realized an easy fix to my problem: Stop eating two packages of Twix bars every day for lunch, thereby instantly reducing my caloric intake by 600 per day. It worked. Within six months I dropped 25 pounds, now weighing 187.

It's worth mentioning my exercise routine. I'm a mailman, so I walk and climb stairs five and a half hours a day. Also, I'm aware that calling it "The Twix Diet" is not strictly accurate. But it makes for fun telling the story. ("You eat only Twix?!")

This was the mostest hilariousness episode yet! Love it! Bel V was a great addition!

The uncomfortable pause when Roger disses bacon was priceless!

Thoroughly entertaining podcast to kick off the year of the fluorescent pig. Yeah the analogy was some weak sauce but I'm sticking to my phasers. Ah I loved the shai-hulud reference from the incomparable sci-fi creation of Dune. Did Lucas ever acknowledge he "borrowed" quite a few things from the OG Frank Herbert? Great to hear Belmont in the mix.

You guys called the AT-AT an "at at." It is "eh tee eh tee," folks. I'm such a nerd. Also, I dug having Veronica on the show.