View From The Quad
View From The Quad is a weekly geeky variety show covering such topics as Science Fiction, Books and Television of all kinds, Computer Games, Science news, Teenage angst and life in Dublin. Also making an appearance is some of the best music available and interviews with tech and literary luminaries. And the odd geek. Hosted by stupendous hosting duo, Cian and Liz.
Tags: [add tags]
101 Episodes of this Podcast:
VFTQ 174 - Glider
Published: 2010-02-07 16:46:14So, this week I thought that I would throw in a short story I wrote a while back, it's called Glider, and it's a sort of World War 2 story. Interesting fact: EVERYTHING that happens in this story (except the existance of the main character) actually happened. Seriously. Look it up!
Remember: This show runs on YOUR donations! If you like what you hear here and want more of the same, head over to www.ViewFromTheQuad.com and leave a donation! It can be any amount you want, or a monthly €2 subscription. Thanks!
You can contact Cian by emailing cian@viewfromthequad.com.
Follow Cian on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/cianmm and follow Scodio Studios at http://www.twitter.com/scodio
Leave a comment on the show at www.ViewFromTheQuad.com and phone the voicemail line at 001 206 203 4610
Cian's Letters to the Clubbers - F, Flange
Published: 2010-01-22 16:19:00Today's letter to the clubbers is "F", and I talk about the history and backstory of one of the most used effects in the known universe, Flange. Enjoy!
VFTQ 173 - BT Young Scientist
Published: 2010-01-17 18:24:00Hello, and welcome to this fine episode of View From The Quad, available at www.viewfromthequad.com!
Heya, and welcome to this episode of View From the Quad! For some reason, I was granted a media pass to this year's BT Young Scientist awards, and so I attended, microphone in hand, to interview some of the brightest sparks that I could find in Ireland. Get ready to feel inadequacy brought on by three minute chats with people younger then you! (Keep an ear out for a live performance of a musical saw!)
In the order of appearance:
Tommy Collison with his project entitled "Examining the attitude of secondary school students towards blogs". You can find Tommy at his blog on www.TrustTommy.com
Ben McRedmond and Patrick O'Doherty with their project entitled "Analysing social networking data to identify trends on the web." It can be found online at www.WePredictIt.com
Artyom and Kyrill Zorin with their project "Zorin OS", a version of Linux that can be downloaded for free at Zorin-OS.webs.com
Rory Hughes with his project entitled "Wireless Electricity Controller".
Ben Chapman with his project "Exploitation of routers using alternate DNS Servers" which can be found online at exploitDNS.ie
Rónán O Curráin with his project called "An Bhfuil Deochanna boga gan siúcra níos fearr d'fhiacla ná deochanna boga le siúcra", or "Are fizzy drinks without sugar better for teeth then fizzy drinks without", and I start this interview trying to speak Irish with him, but give up quite soon.
Mairín Ryan with her project on "The Physics of the musical Saw"
Remember: This show runs on YOUR donations! If you like what you hear here and want more of the same, head over to www.ViewFromTheQuad.com and leave a donation! It can be any amount you want, or a monthly €2 subscription. Thanks!
You can contact Cian by emailing cian@viewfromthequad.com.
Follow Cian on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/cianmm and follow Scodio Studios at http://www.twitter.com/scodio
Leave a comment on the show at www.ViewFromTheQuad.com and phone the voicemail line at 001 206 203 4610
VFTQ 172 - Sonic Boom's episode
Published: 2010-01-10 18:16:06Hello, and welcome to this fine episode of View From The Quad, available at www.viewfromthequad.com!
This week's episode of View From The Quad is brought to you by the Sonic Boom trust fund. More about that important cause in the episode.
Hi there, loyal listener or fresh newbie to the VFTQ universe! Today on the show, I talk about Tee Morris, who has hit a very dark part of his life, and how podcasters, podcast listeners and his friends are gathering together to try to make this point in time go as smoothly as it can go for both him and his daughter.
On the topics side of things, I talk about my time in the School that wasn't, The Institute, a failed snowball fight attempt and the first season of House. I also speak about the latest episode of Dollhouse, but at the very end of the show, so don't you worry about spoilers.
We also discuss the difference in how people in Fan culture speak and act (as opposed to "Mundains"), how new airport scanners may break child porn laws, how Atheist Ireland is tempting a new anti-blasphemy law by publishing 25 blasphemous quotations and a God Mode unearthed in Windows 7, and how it has begun a holy war.
Instead of donating to me this week, I'm asking you to donate to Sonic Boom's trust fund, set up after her mother, and the wife of one podcasting legend Tee Morris, died suddenly. Give all that you can spare and read more about the tragedy and how the money will be spent at http://bit.ly/6U9kvC. Thanks. Tee, although he has gone dark online after the death, really appriciates your help.
http://www.atheist.ie/2010/01/25-blasphemous-quotations/ - Atheist Ireland post 25 blasphemous quotations
http://www.fantasymaps.com/stuff/fanspeak.html - Fanspeak
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/jan/04/new-scanners-child-porn-laws - New airport scanners break child porn laws
http://gizmodo.com/5440159/understanding-windows-7s-godmode - Understanding Windows 7's Godmode
http://www.ViewFromTheQuad.com/letters/ - the special section of the site for Cian's Letters to the Clubbers
We also play Blue Stahli's Anti You in this episode of View From the Quad. You can pick up your own copy of the song at http://www.fixtstore.com or on iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/anti-you/id347771422 and I encourage you too! It's a great song.
Remember, you can contact me by emailing cian@viewfromthequad.com or leave a voice message to be played on the show at (001) 206-203-4610 and get them played on the show!
Visit www.ViewFromTheQuad.com for more tech news and to subscribe to the newsletter and be informed early about all the new happenings in View From The Quad.
VFTQ 171 - NASA crashing things
Published: 2009-12-27 10:50:00Hello, and welcome to this fine episode of View From The Quad, available at www.viewfromthequad.com!
Heya there, and welcome to the shownotes of this week's episode of View From The Quad! We are dealing with a problem or two at the backend of the site and fancy ass hosting service, but hopefully this won't affect you in downloading this tasty episode.
Today on the show we cover NASA crashing a really REALLY expensive helicopter from 35 feet, my recent addiction to Steam (I'm cianmm! Add me!), Microsoft losing a patent on XML in Office, the new Dreamliner and a lot more!
Remember: This show runs on YOUR donations! If you like what you hear here and want more of the same, head over to www.ViewFromTheQuad.com and leave a donation! It can be any amount you want, or a monthly €2 subscription. Thanks!
Books mentioned in the show
http://bit.ly/5HuIcR - Freakonomics
http://bit.ly/7fxWcE - Logicomix
http://bit.ly/6WGVKp - The Wire Primers
http://bit.ly/6M2QpY - Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures: Another Drawer from the Cabinet of Curiosities
http://bit.ly/6ssahh - Anathem
Links
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/12/boeing-787-dreamliner-interior/ - The Boeing 787
http://www.zopag.com/news/nasa-crashes-helicopter-to-test-new-shield-for-cars/11850.html - NASA crashes helicopters
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2009-12/23/microsoft-loses-word-and-office-patent-appeal.aspx - Microsoft in Patent trouble
Remember, you can contact me by emailing cian@viewfromthequad.com or leave a voice message to be played on the show at (001) 206-203-4610 and get them played on the show!
Visit www.ViewFromTheQuad.com for more tech news and to subscribe to the newsletter and be informed early about all the new happenings in View From The Quad.
VFTQ 170.5 - New To VFTQ Video: Things, What Look Like Other Things
Published: 2009-12-21 13:38:00A while back, I was pissed off by a group of religious nutbags who decided to see the virgin Mary in a treestump in county Limerick. So I started thinking for a while. What would it be like if this sort of behavior was normal?
Sure, I know that we get our odd "ELVIS ON A SLICE OF TOAST" eBay posts, but what if this "Things, what look like other things"-mania swept the nation, and started getting 24/7 coverage?
I give you "Things, What Look Like Other Things".
Remember: This show runs on YOUR donations! If you like what you hear here and want more of the same, head over to www.ViewFromTheQuad.com and leave a donation! It can be any amount you want, or a monthly €2 subscription. Thanks!
You can contact Cian by emailing cian@viewfromthequad.com.
Follow Cian on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/cianmm and follow Scodio Studios at http://www.twitter.com/scodio
Leave a comment on the show at www.ViewFromTheQuad.com and phone the voicemail line at 001 206 203 4610
VFTQ 170 - Things he saw on de TV, 'e won't see agaaaain
Published: 2009-12-13 13:36:00Hello, and welcome to this fine episode of View From The Quad, available at www.viewfromthequad.com!This week on View From The Quad, we talk about that UFO hovering over Norway (or not), the Oscar 1 satellite, another possible Apple Tablet video, people wanting to be Irish, and Dollhouse. Don't worry! There are spoiler-warnings!Linkshttp://www.universetoday.com/2009/12/09/weird-giant-spiral-seen-in-sky-over-norway/ - Norway Spiralhttp://gizmodo.com/5422792/this-is-how-the-mysterious-giant-spiral-happened - How the Spiral happenedhttp://collections.nasm.si.edu/code/emuseum.asp?profile=objects&newstyle=single&quicksearch=A19640011000 - Oscar 1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHRSDWZC_m4 - New Apple Tablet videoRemember, you can contact me by emailing cian@viewfromthequad.com or leave a voice message to be played on the show at (001) 206-203-4610 and get them played on the show!Visit www.ViewFromTheQuad.com for more tech news and to subscribe to the newsletter and be informed early about all the new happenings in View From The Quad.
...MORE
VFTQ episode 169 - Tomatoes, Mad Scientists and Gloves
Published: 2009-11-29 17:06:00Hello, and welcome to this fine episode of View From The Quad, available at www.viewfromthequad.com!This week on the show I finally announce the winners of VFTQ's competition to win a copy of JC Hutchins's new book, 7th Son: Descent. Take a listen to find out if you won!We also discuss how to make any gloves work with an iPhone or iPod Touch (This is something that has been bothering me for ages. I never quite understood the use of fingerless gloves. What's the point of gloves if you can't warm your fingers?), how some mad scientists plan to make life everlasting within 10 years time, a Wired writer who tried to take a new identiy for a month (and why he failed), a new study technique that I have discovered as well as news of the new iPhone entering testing phases. And, as usual, a whole lot more!Remember: This show runs on YOUR donations! If you like what you hear here and want more of the same, head over to www.ViewFromTheQuad.com and leave a donation! It can be any amount you want, or a monthly â2 subscription. Thanks! Linkshttp://hackaday.com/2009/11/25/make-any-gloves-work-with-a-touch-screen/ - Make any gloves work with Touch Screenshttp://io9.com/5414151/near+immortality-within-the-next-20-years-life+extension-scientists-hope-so Near immortality within the next 20 years? Life extention scientists hope so! (But are they really just madmen?)http://www.wired.com/vanish/2009/11/ff_vanish2/8/ - Wired author attempts to take up a new identityhttp://www.pomodorotechnique.com/ - The Pomodoro Technique for study. It rocks.http://www.macrumors.com/2009/11/28/apple-starts-field-testing-next-generation-iphone-31/ Apple starts field testing next generation iPhone 3,1Remember, you can contact me by emailing cian@viewfromthequad.com or leave a voice message to be played on the show at (001) 206-203-4610 and get them played on the show!Visit www.ViewFromTheQuad.com for more tech news and to subscribe to the newsletter and be informed early about all the new happenings in View From The Quad.
...MORE
VFTQ episode 168 - CLttC Feedback
Published: 2009-11-24 14:43:00Hello, and welcome to this fine episode of View From The Quad, available at www.viewfromthequad.com!Remember to enter the 7th Son competition! This is the last week! This week I play a feedback episode of Cian's Letters to the Clubbers. Enjoy!Remember, you can contact me by emailing cian@viewfromthequad.com or leave a voice message to be played on the show at (001) 206-203-4610 and get them played on the show!Visit www.ViewFromTheQuad.com for more tech news and to subscribe to the newsletter and be informed early about all the new happenings in View From The Quad.
...MORE
VFTQ episode 167 - McGarrett Invalidates Your Arguments
Published: 2009-11-15 13:42:00VFTQ should be obtained in an orderly fashion from www.ViewFromTheQuad.com Heya, and welcome to this week's shownotes for View From The Quad! Don't you love shownotes? I know that I sure do. Today on the show, we talk about how NASA plan to get their Spirit rover out of it's pickle, how careless jailbreakers have to face up too Rick Astly if they are not careful, and how Coca Cola are going to make the demand for indoor scarves shoot through the roof. Also on the agenda is Modern Warfare 2 and I remind you about the competition to win one of five copies of JC Hutchins's book. 7th Son: Descent. Remember: This show runs on YOUR donations! If you like what you hear here and want more of the same, head over to www.ViewFromTheQuad.com and leave a donation! It can be any amount you want, or a monthly â2 subscription. Thanks! Links http://hackaday.com/2009/11/09/careless-with-your-jailbreak-youll-get-rickrolled/ - Careless with your Jailbreak? You'll get Rickrolled! http://www.directdaily.com/?p=5834 - Coca Cola Velcro Posters http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/news/mer20091112.html - NASA to begin attempts to free Spirit Thanks for listening! You can contact Cian by emailing cian@viewfromthequad.com, and you can contact Liz by emailing liz@viewfromthequad.com .Follow Cian on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/cianmm, follow Liz at http://www.twitter.com/blondeleftie and follow Scodio Studios at http://www.twitter.com/scodioLeave a comment on the show at www.ViewFromTheQuad.com and phone the voicemail line at 001 206 203 4610 You can contact Cian by emailing cian@viewfromthequad.com. Follow Cian on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/cianmm and follow Scodio Studios at http://www.twitter.com/scodio Leave a comment on the show at www.ViewFromTheQuad.com and phone the voicemail line at 001 206 203 4610
...MORE
Copyright info: Cian Mac Mahon
All syndicated content presented here is property of the original publisher
Now Playing: VFTQ 174 - Glider
This Feed Exists in These User(s) Folders
