What is that sexy, beautiful piece of hardware up there? I’m pleased to say that this is the newest member of our Horrible family — the Blue Snowball microphone. Lovingly crafted in the deepest valleys of auditory wizardry, this is our first episode with Commissioner Gordon’s new mic, and we think both think he sounds better than ever.

But sound don’t mean nothing if we can’t give you the warm, gooey content you expect. What’s on tap this week?

• Me and Anand are doing the Queen Wave, and try to make sense of Google’s newest web service
• LISTEN as Anand gushes over his newest tech toy! MARVEL at the perfectly-tuned treble and bass!
• A moment of silence for Joss Whedon’s latest network television tombstone
• We debate the finer points of couch syrup remedies –  chloroform and ammonium chlorate come along for the ride!
• ChromeOS source code lands on PC’s everywhere, and I take it for a visualized spin
• And, in a new weekly feature, me and Anand tell YOU what WE did this WEEK!

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll want to take it to lunch. It’s the new and improved Not So Horrible Podcast.

Length: 37:03
Close: Everything You Do Is A Balloon – Boards of Canada
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Thirteen is, in a traditional sense, know for its particularly unlucky qualities. In other cases, it refers to a balding Swedish hockey player. But in this case, it’s simply our thirteenth episode — but a special one indeed. This is the episode that we welcome our first special guest, resident pessimist and long-time dungeon master Matthew Demers — a fellow who is actually fairly lucky, and not quite balding. Yet.

The jury is still out on his Swedish roots, however.

Demers is another one of them journalistic-types, so expect a similar level of nerdishness and all-around geekery. He might even make a joke or two. But most importantly, he brings some pretty good points to the virtual round-table this week, despite all of his chronic Skype-related issues.

This week’s big topic – and one we sadly missed during our last taping – was the Bell/Telus HSPA announcement. More specifically, the two cell carriers are trading in the ‘ol clunker for a brand-spanking new HSPA-infused ride. Not only does it mean we all get the iPhone, but lots of other, cooler phones as well.

But that’s not all, folks. There’s some Wave tidbits thrown in too, along with our own Streetview musings, and even a few gaming-related tidbits from Master Demers to cap things off. Oh, and a dirty, shameless plug for the boy’s website. Which we advise you to never visit, under any circumstances. Who craves thought nowadays, anyhow?

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Have you heard of the new web app that’s taking the world by…storm? You might say that it will be making waves any day now! Or, as they say in Spain, puns are clearly the lowest form of comedy, which probably means that I’m crossing into millipede territory right about now.

On today’s long-distance episode of the Not So Horrible podcast, myself and Davy Jones battle the sleepless creatures of the deep, with the hopes of restoring our own ailing circadian rhthyms in the process. Not only do we get a face full of the salty sea, but Anand may have some Wave invites on the horizon. Meanwhile, we talk more about What’s Next for News, while Adobe talks about What’s Next for Flash — which, if you haven’t heard yet, is everything apparently. It was just a matter of time before the flash videos of your youth were unleashed to the mobile masses.

Listen here, or at the Not So Much News!

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