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Ipad, when you care enough, to giggle the very best

The perfect product is hard to make. It can be even harder to find a catchy name. I spent countless hours trying to decide what to name my show, and Mike Thinks what just the best I could do. In retrospect, maybe theres a reason I don’t work for a promotions company. [...]

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Anticipation, its making me wait…morons

Has it really been that long, have we really learned that little in the past 5 years or so that the movie industry once again has to show just how out of touch they are?  I stand before you today, once again in utter disbelief at what is happening yet again.  Now the world isn’t [...]

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The system worked my butt, or Janet Napolitano tries to cover her @#^%

There’s a time when you have to say enough is enough, and we are well past that point with the complete and total lack of effective leadership in the TSA, and/or the department of Homeland Security.  The United States of America deserves, and as a citizen I DEMAND that the government get a clue, and [...]

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Merry Christmas from Mike Thinks News

Wow, its been a long and rough year hasn’t it?  First I’d like to take a moment to thank everyone for listening, and all your emails, voicemails, twitters etc.  The podcasting community has grown, but is still one of the most gracious and giving groups that exists.  When looking back over the year, I can’t [...]

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Huge early termination fees, theres a map for that

The new Verizon Wireless commercials “There’s a Map for That” campaign have gotten a little more attention than they may have wanted over the cell phone carriers doubling of early termination fees from $175 to $350.  Not only is the FCC looking into this move, several representative on Capital Hill have taken notice as well [...]

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Water on the Moon, Droid Phone Focus and much more news

The finding of “significant” amounts of water on our Moon, not only brings the hope of a permanent base stations closer to a reality, it also lends a real opportunity to using the Moon as a place to launch interplanetary missions from.  After NASA finished its initial review of the date from the LACROSS space probes impact on the [...]

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News on your Amazon Kindle being sucky, and your story telling narcissism

The news this week is about how some schools seem to think that the Amazon Kindle is a bad tech device because its not able to be setup to read aloud to you if you are blind because that initial setup requires navigating through onscreen menues that do not initially read themselved to you. As oppossed to all those other tech devices they think are just fine, like all the computers (which do not come pre-set to be accessable to the blind) and of course the standard paper books, which have a ...

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News Story authors should not take readers for granted

When reading a news story, it is very important to consider the source.  Many times in our busy online lives, we start to take a site for granted, and believe that the content put forth is done so in good faith and with the readers best interest and the truth all rolled up into one [...]

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Hold me closer Tiny Elvis, Blogworld Expo New Media Expo survivor

I’m back from Vegas and the BWE/NME…with less MonEy…what are the odds!  Had a great time and really enjoyed the party put on by our friends over at Blubrry.  Theres just something about Vegas that makes you want to go back, plus, this year they didn’t have the show in August, but rather mid October.  [...]

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Give it away give it away now…unless its Philidelphia Eagles tickets

There are a few things I think of when I want think about a new cell phone.  The 1st is, when the heck is the iPhone coming to a real cell phone carrier in the US?  Many other countries have the darn thing on multiple carriers and we here in the US are still hosed [...]

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The worst podcat listening device since the 8 Track…The Zune HD

I know what your thinking…come on Mike, that headline is just a tad on the other side fo hyperboly isnt it…no, its not.  After 28 hours with the Zune HD, I can honestly say that it is the absolute worst device I have ever tried to use to listen to a podcast on.  Not that [...]

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A confidential matter of most urgent importancy

If your country becomes known throughout the world as the hub for scams, schemes, and all matter of money stealing, laundering, thievery….is it any wonder that you get portrayed in a bad light in the movies or that a commercial pokes fun at these activities?  No…its not . Sponsor: Try GotoMeeting free for 30 days! For [...]

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Expressed verbal permission given to rebraodcast, redistributes and otherwise spead the news

There comes a time when you just have to laugh at the complete lunacy of  some of the things we have to deal with on an every day basis.  Hot dogs come in 10’s but the buns come in 8’s,  Turn signals make it harder to change lanes, and of course, you cant talk about [...]

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Rock and Roll all night, hose over your fans who voted, every day

There is a definite disconect  between the music industry and many of its fans, and this is not big news.  What is news is the amazingly inept ways in which old bands and old media try to become hip and cool, come up with a pretty good idea…yet still manage to find the songle most [...]

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I for one welcome our new robot overlords

So you can’t teach an old dog new tricks…at least not very easily, but according to a new report, you can teach new robots some darn scary tricks.  Now a few months ago, the news came out of a robot powered by organic waste.  You know, was like old vegetation…incapacitated people, those kinds of things.  [...]

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Open Mouth, insert foot…but please, wash it 1st

So there you are…it may be what feels like the most important moment in your life, at least for this week.  Your a little nervous, and rightly so…this is big.  You concentrate, you know you only have one chance to make that good first impression.  The last thing you want to do is blurt out [...]

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Holy Plane

If you havn’t heard yet, theres one good reason to keep those seat belts fassened on a comercial airliner.  This week we find out about a gaping hole that opened up 45 minutes into a domestic flight here in the United States, and while no one was hurt, rumours abound about a sudden and dramatic [...]

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The best podcast ever envisioned in the knows universe* (your enjoyment may vary, void where prohibited)

Advertising…we are surounded by it every day, and lets be very clear that there is nothing inhearently bad with advertising.  What happens when your promotional department gets a little over zealous?  When you go from being a great choice and a great product to the NEST choice and the ONLY way to go if your [...]

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iPod fall down, go BOOOOOOM

It happens…not very often when you consider there are hundreds of millions of them out there, but it is a real fact that lithium batteries can go bad.  I don’t mean they start pushing over cows, robbing liquor stores and writing bad checks, but they can go bad, and especially if damages (lets say by [...]

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Its not about the law, its about the citizens the law protects…or it should be

Everyone has a run in with the law at some point.  Maybe its you being naughty, maybe its your neighbor being loud, or just possibly you need some help, and the person that comes to your aid, is a public servant who far too often gets associates with being the harbinger of doom…ok maybe not [...]

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