The Drill Down

• Published:November 9th, 2008
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Andy Sorcini aka Mr. Baby Man from The Drill Down and Greg Davies aka cGt2099 from Social Blend join forces for The Round Up - a short mini podcast focusing on some entertainment news, with a preview of what’s coming up in Social Blend and The Drill Down.

In the thirty-second edition of The Round Up, Andy highlights a raw and emotionally powerful documentary called Dear Zachary. Greg dives into the world of B-grade horror flicks with My Name is Bruce. Following this, Greg plays a phenomenal violin/DJ mash up of a various hip hop, soul, and disco tracks as performed by the unbelievable Paul Dateh and DJ Inka One.

Be sure to check out The Drill Down at http://www.thedrilldown.com/ - and you can listen to Social Blend at http://www.mixxingbowl.com/

Show Links:

Dear Zachary - Official Trailer

Paul Dateh and DJ Inka One

Paul Dateh Live - November 9 - 6pm PST

• Published:November 3rd, 2008
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• Category:Show Notes, The Drill Down

We’re without Reg this week (who’s getting out the vote). Andy, Mu and Lid swoon over Sony’s LittleBigPlanet, we take a first look at Windows 7, MTV’s new all-music-video site, AT&T offers free WiFi to all iPhone users, Netflix’s “Watch Instantly” feature comes to Macs, and Rick Astley is going to the European MTV Awards!

AT&T Finally Offering Free Wifi for iPhone Users
Netflix finally brings ‘Watch Instantly’ to Macs via Silverlight
World’s first chlorophyll organic battery runs on any liquid
Terrorist ‘tweets’? US Army warns of Twitter dangers
Selling Ads on Your Twitter Background? You’ll Love Magpie
Rick Astley To Perform At EMA’s - HELL YEAH!

• Published:November 2nd, 2008
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Andy Sorcini aka Mr. Baby Man from The Drill Down and Greg Davies aka cGt2099 from Social Blend join forces for The Round Up - a short mini podcast focusing on some entertainment news, with a preview of what’s coming up in Social Blend and The Drill Down.

Download the MP3 here.

In the 31st episode of The Round Up, Greg dives into the world of B-grade horror flicks with My Name is Bruce.  Then Andy plays a track by The Go! Team called Get it Together.

Be sure to check out The Drill Down at http://www.thedrilldown.com/ - and you can listen to Social Blend at http://www.mixxingbowl.com/

Show Links:

My Name is Bruce - Official Trailer

The Go! Team: Get it Together

The History of the Phenomenon known as The Rick Roll

• Published:October 27th, 2008
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This week on the show, we discuss how McCain campaign volunteer Ashley Todd used Twitter to perpetrate an elaborate hoax, Apple’s response to Microsoft’s new ads, Australia’s total Net censorship, the biggest hacker in China (spoiler: it’s Microsoft!),  Gmail’s new canned responses and emoticons, and…zombies in GTA IV! Advertisers: advertise on The Drill Down, and send us to Cancún! Email comments@thedrilldown.com

Joe The Mugger?
‘Net filters “required” for all Australians, no opt-out
New Get a Mac Ads Fight Back Vista’s Ads

Think Firefox 3 is fast? Try Firefox Minefield
Forecast: Legal P2P uses growing 10x faster than illegal ones
Microsoft described as ‘biggest hacker in China’
Gmail’s Canned Responses
Gmail gets emoticons
GTA IV Multiplayer to bring quarantine, zombies
Apple to oppose anti-gay marriage ballot question
Under the hood: New open platforms wiring Yahoo’s social dimension

Videos we discussed on the live show, but didn’t air:

• Published:October 26th, 2008
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• Category:Show Notes, The Round Up

Andy Sorcini aka Mr. Baby Man from The Drill Down and Greg Davies aka cGt2099 from Social Blend join forces for The Round Up - a short mini podcast focusing on some entertainment news, with a preview of what’s coming up in Social Blend and The Drill Down.

In the thirtieth episode of The Round Up, Andy gives us a taste of the new film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood called Gran Torino.  Greg follows up with an amazing beat-boxing performance of Portishead’s Wandering Star as performed by Kid Beyond. 

Be sure to check out The Drill Down at http://www.thedrilldown.com/ - and you can listen to Social Blend at http://www.mixxingbowl.com/

Show Links:

Gran Torino Trailer

Wandering Star by Kid Beyond

Kid Beyond - Official Website