East Meets West – Podcast

Shoot I can't remember exactly what was used more, the Korean (huibalyu) or the loanword oil but they call gas stations oil stations in Korea. The two biggest gas station chains are Hyundai Oil Bank and S-Oil (owned by SK). If I remember right, my friends were more apt to say they needed to get some oil for their car. "Combustible" got me to thinking about it, heheh.

petrol, the word, is used heavily used in latin american countries too...the word they use is "combustible" (pronunciation: COM-BOOS-TEE-BLEH)

Found this via Wikipedia but petrol is originally French circa 1892. The close proximity of UK and continental Europe most likely led to the adoption of the loanword petrol as opposed to the American coined gas, circa 1905.

Re: gasoline -- I wonder why Americans use "gasoline" as opposed to "petrol." A few preliminary searches on Google didn't turn up any definitive answers. Curious. I remember it was one of the things I had to learn when I moved to the U.S. from Malaysia, like using Fahrenheit instead of Celsius, and the omission of the letter "u" in certain words.

all right :) Machugger II

:)

yes, i like the mac :)

Just made a flickr group for all us fans of Mr.Chang and Tom called East Meets West-podcast
http://www.flickr.com/groups/emw/
Just join them and we can also carry our discussions @ other places and Tom and Roger do care to join
Kevin.C and Bro Jon i guess you people would be second to join, obviously i joined . anyway ,its a public group
thanks
Guys

Jon so i didn't get the phrase...meaning did you like it or not !!
Sorry I like plain english
The Book is here and i downloaded your widget looks good Kevin
Bye

One more thing, I do apologize for the poor grammar from my previous "widget" post. I've been taking some flu medicine which has been making me feel all sleepy & funky :)

Guess what guys? Jon and I just made a new shiney version of the EMW Widget for Mac OS X (now with mounted frickin' laser beams!!)! Unlike its predecessor, now you can actually play all the episodes both past and current. Just our way to contribute to the EMW community ;-)

Click here to download

No comments from Rodrigo this week. Carnival is here!!!!! Wooohooo!!!!

i got dibs on the next EMW episode artwork, lol

And guys if you may wanna know the ICC Cricket World Cup'07 will be held in West Indies ands its 24 days from now !! Hope you guys ti-vo it, i wish I had one though i have a Sky DV-R
C ya
Jayesh
Mumbai
India

And boy I love it....!!

Hey Jayesh, glad you've subscribed to the podcast. You''re now a part of the C+P community!

Jonathan & Kevin C. I love ur C+P podcast just got addicted to it when V.Bel Came over
I am a subscriber

instead of the professional it should have been "that"
sorry!

Ok guys here is a contribution you might call it, the album art for EMW 58 not the professional! obviously I was using Paint ..anyway hope you guys like it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jayeshrocks/391689639/

Thanks Jonathan- i guess it will...

Today is John Frum Day in Tanna Island, Vanuatu if anyone was interested.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6363843.stm

Hey guys, another near-perfect podcast you've both conjured up. Time for some semi-random thoughts:

1. I forgot to answer a previous question you guys had made about 2 episodes ago (I think) as to whether I caught Malaria or not from my trip to Colombia. Regretfully, the answer is yes and trust me folks it was NOT a very pleasant experience. Having both diarrhea and nausea at the same time is hell, I felt like dying (no foolin', in no way am I exaggerating). I had to spend nearly half a week in the local village hospital, which was a scary experience mind you. Oh no I didn't stay at a fairly modern-looking hospital, I had to stay in a dilapidated "third world" hospital. It felt like I was on an episode of Lost. I'm glad to say that all is well right now, but it was an experience I'll never forget...and frankly I prefer to forget it :-).

2. Jon smells.

3. I could mention my top podcast list, but I'd have to narrow it down to about 5 since the list itself is very long. I will say this, my top 3 podcasts consist of EMW, BOL, and TWiT.

4. Wow I remember back in the days when Xuxa (or "shoo-shaa") was as popular as canned bread, she had her own TV show, toys, clothing, everything! I'm surprised she's still popular even until this day. Kudos to her!

5. I wonder if biscuits are considered allowable in the Roger Chang Diet..hmmm

ladies, gentlemen, and jango, after weeks of inactivity, bug fixes, release candidates, and public betas, i've returned for some more random comments of an random and error-free nature:

- i'd like to think that cloverleaf+period could be like EMW for the east coast given that it's about 2 dudes talking about random things on a weekly basis...except that we lack the obvious fanbase EMW is most famous for. I'd like to think of myself as the "tom" and kevin as the questionably-existant "roger". I know i'm probably talking crazy but it's 12:30am and my head's half-awake.

- timothy, ive finagled with juice for vista...works a little janky but it gets the job done better than other podcast-catcher-uppers

- Jayesh, congrats on getting the MB pro! food will taste better, the air will smell richer, etc...

- finally, for my list of top podcasts, TWiT used to be #1, but now it's been replaced by a tie btween BOL and EMW...there, i said it :-)

Stargate: You know, looking back at the episode list, the first couple of seasons had as many filler episodes as the later seasons. I think the problem with the show is, as Roger says, the reuse of plot from other science fiction.

I think the show had a peak at around Season 5-6, and the worse was Season 8. Season 9 and 10 have had big improvements with the Ori story. The two seasons had a more tight storyline, with few throwaway episodes.

Atlantis: I thought season 1 was great, season 2 was a disappointment, and season 3 was a great improvement. If you haven't already, you should give it a chance.

And Guys for the longer podcast i think you should make Eileen sit in the middle and why don't you do a show with her, like you Did V.Bel
My Top 12 List of The Best Podcast
1. BOL
2. EMW
3. TwiT
4. Real Deal
5. Mp3 Insider
6. Mac Cast
7. Engadget
8. Diggination
9. Crave -CNET
10. Extra Life Radio
11. Mac Observers Mac Geek Gab
12. The Wizrad of Technology


Bye Guys

Jayesh
Mumbai,India

Hi guys, great show, no Tom you didn't mispronounce anything, obviously but a nice try keep it up!
And guys i will be getting My Mac Book Pro 17"inch beauty soon!!! And also my dad just got Vista on a PC with 4 GB RAM and 260 GB Hard Disk, guess what? they are advertising Vista here like
This Program is brought to you by Microsoft Windows Vista
And then that bubbly logo of windows appears, dad likes OS X better.. he has the Black Mac Book he uses that at home
My dad just herd the first podcast which is not truly realted to Technology, your podcast liked it very much

Bye Guys
Jayesh
Mumbai(Bombay)
India...

nooooope, no street cleaners here. concord, NC, about the size of Charloitte or larger but no cleaners

trusut me

blaze

I personally love it when they branch off in Stargate and show some more of the outside life of the team. I do agree that the whole Ori thing is kind of odd though it is weird that I now watch it because the new doctor is from Andromeda, Ben BRowder and Cladia Black are from Farscape, and the daughter "chosen" is the Companion from Firefly.

But, reguardless I do like that the current plot line nad the back explaining of things that are going. Also, if you watch the behind the scenes or specials they do own up to some of the mistakes that they make.

And...Atlantis sucking? I am sorry but I am liking Atlantis more and more as they delve into the unknown parts of the Wraith. Esp that they know nothing about how the Wraith works and are constantly getting bit in the butt for that.

Anyone have any suggestions for a podcatcher? I upgraded to Vista last week so iTunes is highly unstable to say the least. I've tried Sage, Juice, jPodder, and Doppler so far. I didn't like Sage, Juice, or jPodder and I couldn't get Doppler to work. Thinking about trying Podnova next but I really don't want to create another online account. I'll download EMW by way of the right click for now.