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This week, David & Matt sit down to discuss the first story from the sixth series of Classic Doctor Who - 'The Dominators'. Doctor Who theme by Ron Grainer, arranged by Alexander Erben. Talk to us! Email: timenorspacepod@gmail.com Twitter:@timenorspacepod
Estos son los libros que finalicé en mayo:- El Erador I - Los huesos, Celia Corral-Vázquez (Droids and Druids) https://droidsanddruids.sumupstore.com/product/huesos- Los habitantes de la casa deshabitada, Enrique Jardiel Poncela (Uvedebe) https://www.todostuslibros.com/libros/los-habitantes-de-la-casa-deshabitada_978-84-15510-03-1- El podenco de la muerte, Agatha Christie (Espasa): https://www.planetadelibros.com/libro-el-podenco-de-la-muerte/434029- Nacer bajo tierra, Sol Díaz (Catalonia) en BP Digital: https://www.catalonia.cl/libros/nacer-bajo-tierra/- La casa Hueca, Jesús Relinque (Maniac): https://www.maniacediciones.com/producto/la-casa-hueca-preventa/- La madre de Frankenstein, Almudena Grandes (Tusquets): https://www.planetadelibros.com/libro-la-madre-de-frankenstein/309772- Bailar, Leonor Leal ilustrado por Guridi (Avenauta) en eBiblio: https://www.avenauta.com/catalogo/bailar/Por cierto, abandoné un libro más o menos al 40%: “Mañana y mañana y mañana”, de Grabielle Zevin (AdN) https://www.adnovelas.com/libro/manana-y-manana-y-manana/Dime qué te ha parecido este capítulo y deja un comentario en ivoox o Spotify.Si lo prefieres, envíame un correo electrónico a la dirección de Gmail almadailypodcast. En redes soy @almajefi y me encuentras en X / Twitter, Bluesky, Threads, Instagram y Telegram. También puedes seguirme en Substack: https://substack.com/@almajefiTodos los enlaces, aquí: https://aldailypodcast.podview.com
An in-depth exploration of Emperor Palpatine's evolution across Star Wars canon, analyzing his powers, strategies, and the debate over the strongest Sith! Hosted by Kennedy Rizzo and Cooper Lee; caramel insights peer into this dark, but exciting episode, covering his early cunning, political mastery, and ultimate dark side dominance. We ask again… Who is the Ultimate Sith? Who is the strongest Sith? Key topics discussed are: - Palpatine's origins - His training and Force abilities - His rise to power - Young Palpatine vs. Old Palpatine - potential future role in Star Wars as hooded Darth Sidious & his dark mastery - This is the way! Let's Caramel dive in!Subscribe, rate and leave us a 5-star written review on Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Spotify or GoodPods. If you enjoyed what you heard this week, contact us on our official website retrotrekcaramelapples.com or send us a message, requests and/ or experiences you'd like to hear featured in a future episode at Spotify for Podcasters-->https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/retro-trek-the-caramel-applesHit us up on social media! Stop by and say hi! Leave a comment & share with us some of your favorite retro topics. May the Force be with you!X: @CaramelApples16The Gram (Instagram): @retrotrekthecaramelapplesTikTok: @retrotrekcaramelapplesYouTube: @thestickycaramelapplesOur Official Website: retrotrekcaramelapples.com
With the Mandalorian & Grogu coming to the theaters very soon, we are going back to The Mandalorian. We got a twist, big T & LIL t have 1 minute a piece to break down the episode. Season 1 Episode 6 - "The Prisoner" Prison Break Episode We got Sky Guy and lots of cool Droids! Drop as a voice memo or email at bigtliltpodcast@gmail.com. big T & LIL T
Lightspeed for the Moon of Endor as AJ, Mike, and Chris welcome you aboard Star Tours! This classic Disney attraction brought George Lucas's Star Wars universe to the Disney parks around the world in a big way, and its legacy continues today. Learn how motion simulators were first planned for Disneyland, the initial ideas for Star Wars attractions, and how this journey continues today.00:00 May the Fourth Banter01:44 Why Star Tours Now02:25 1987 Pop Culture Time Capsule03:39 Origins of Simulator Rides08:30 Eisner Pushes New IP09:59 Early Star Wars Ride Concepts12:34 Lucas Partnership and Tech15:06 Building the Ride Film18:11 From Inner Space to Star Tours19:25 Grand Opening Hype20:38 Queue Storytelling Begins25:18 Droids and Maintenance Bay27:27 Safety Video and Loading29:28 Boarding the Star Speeder30:46 Cast Member Comedy31:33 Rex Animatronic Reveal32:24 Maintenance Bay Drop33:30 Lightspeed and Comets35:36 Death Star Trench Run37:12 Canon Timeline Debate38:38 Landing and Exit Music39:59 Star Tours Goes Global42:31 Florida Endor Exterior46:04 Star Tours 2.0 Announced48:09 3D And CG Changes49:19 Shutdown and Last Flights51:10 New Scenes and Rebel Spy53:16 DJ Rex Lives On54:50 Personal Ride Memories57:51 Queue Gags and Sponsors59:35 Best Seats and Ride Feel01:00:01 Old Camcorder Disneyland Memory01:00:28 Star Tours 2.0 vs 1.001:01:31 Favorite Adventure Sequences01:02:41 Galaxy's Edge and Star Tours Future01:05:01 Simulators and Theme Park Tech01:06:40 Listener Mail and Weenies01:08:24 Disney Outside Disney Ideas01:11:19 Ride Ads and Merch Splurges01:15:30 Show WrapFollow UsBlue Sky | Facebook | Threads | InstagramEmail: 90sDisneyPodcast@gmail.com
This week on Stasis Pod: An automated amusement park becomes a little too fun when the park’s Fun Droids malfunction! Then, spooky stories on a camping trip seem to leave Hot Shot… haunted? And it is possible for a bear to be both a zombie and a ghost? Join us this week for “Fun Droids” and “Campfire Fright”!
This week we're celebrating May the 4th a little bit early with the Ewoks and Droids Adventure Hour! Taking place between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, Ewoks and Droids expands the worlds of both. Follow the hijinx of C3PO and R2D2 as they try to find their place in the Galaxy, and watch the Ewoks defend their Forrest on Endor at all costs! We'll dig into both cartoons and find out who's for the Droids and who's for the Ewoks. We hope you enjoy this special double review of Ewoks and Droids! If you'd like to unlock bonus episodes from Talking Back every month, then check out our page on Patreon! Check out Tim's Youtube Channel Demo Dash! You can also support Talking Back by sending us a Coffee at Buy Us a Coffee! Please consider leaving a 5 star rating and review on Apple Podcasts! This helps make our Podcast easier for listeners to find. Feel free to drop us a line on Social Media at Instagram, and Facebook. Or drop us an email us at talkbackpod@gmail.com. This podcast is part of the BFOP Network
I'm thinking today of the Original Episode IV A new hope were Obi-Wan Kenobi is on the desert planet tatooine. He plays an old “Jedi Mind Trick” on the stormtroopers and has this classic line:“These aren't the droids you're looking for”Don't we just want to call out to Jesus, as He picks His disciples:Are you SURE these are the guys you are looking for? Watch 6 minutes to hear His answer. Then follow, share and come back tomorrow as you make this a habit. https://youtu.be/ykCuec_aXmA
Cuando el otro día hice repaso de cómo había ido el festival, se me olvidó contar mi botín. Aquí te dejo la lista:- Los Hijos de la Nieve y la Tormenta (Neimhaim 1), Aránzazu Serrano (Plaza & Janés) [https://www.penguinlibros.com/es/libros-de-fantasia/344529-libro-los-hijos-de-la-nieve-y-la-tormenta-neimhaim-1-9788401034473?](https://www.penguinlibros.com/es/libros-de-fantasia/344529-libro-los-hijos-de-la-nieve-y-la-tormenta-neimhaim-1-9788401034473?srsltid=AfmBOoqWBLH785CPAwJ7YD3umMLgFmILZ6yERWqIU1ggfWYfYZGI9lwp)- Las otras hadas, Gemma Solsona (Apache) https://apachelibros.com/antologias-deluxe/266-las-otras-hadas-descubriendo-a-las-conteuses.html- Intermnemosis, Celia Corral-Vázquez (Crononauta) https://shop.crononauta.es/products/intermnemosis- El Erador I: Los huesos, Celia Corral-Vázquez (Droids and Druids) https://droidsanddruids.sumupstore.com/product/huesosDime qué te ha parecido este capitulo y deja un comentario en ivoox o Spotify.Si lo prefieres, envíame un correo electrónico a la dirección de gmail almadailypodcast. En redes soy @almajefi y me encuentras en X / Twitter, Bluesky, Threads, Instagram y Telegram.Y ahora también puedes seguirme en substack: https://substack.com/@almajefi
BEEP! BOOP! With the help of our pal Scott Clevenger (from the Slumgullion podcast), we are greasing the gears and making sure all the little lights are blinking for a serious synthoid celebration that runs from the 1950s all the way to the 1990s and beyond! We looked to movies, cartoons, comics, TV shows and beyond to bring you our favorite ROBOTS, DROIDS & OTHER MECHANICAL MEN! From Robbie the Robot, to the many droids of Star Wars, the synthetics of the Alien universe and so much more. No need to bring any spare parts because this time the batteries ARE included! RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is ----------------------------------- "Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read) "8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen) "Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Show your RETROID PRIDE! Get your official GEAR right here! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is a proud member of The Dorkening Podcast Network and is brought to you by Deadly Grounds Coffee. Podcast intro and all heavy metal interstitials by Enchanted Exile.
Digital Content Editor, Barbara Friedman, shared her top three stories trending online. Views and News with Clarence Ford is the mid-morning show on CapeTalk. This 3-hour long programme shares and reflects a broad array of perspectives. It is inspirational, passionate and positive. Host Clarence Ford’s gentle curiosity and dapper demeanour leave listeners feeling motivated and empowered. Known for his love of jazz and golf, Clarrie covers a range of themes including relationships, heritage and philosophy. Popular segments include Barbs’ Wire at 9:30am (Mon-Thurs) and The Naked Scientist at 9:30 on Fridays. Thank you for listening to a podcast from Views & News with Clarence Ford Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays between 09:00 and 12:00 (SA Time) to Views and News with Clarence Ford broadcast on CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/erjiQj2 or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/BdpaXRn Subscribe to the CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/sbvVZD5 Follow us on social media: CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk56See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Steve Lawley returns to discuss another Star Wars spin-off, this time Ewoks. Suffice to say it is not as well received as Droids, which was made alongside it. See what we make of the Great Ewok Soap Heist!Covering the episodes 'The Cries of the Trees' and 'The Haunted Village'.
BONUS: Why the Human Architect Still Matters—AI-Assisted Coding for Production-Grade Software How do you build mission-critical software with AI without losing control of the architecture? In this episode, Ran Aroussi returns to share his hands-on approach to AI-assisted coding, revealing why he never lets the AI be the architect, how he uses a mental model file to preserve institutional knowledge across sessions, and why the IDE as we know it may be on its way out. Vibe Coding vs AI-Assisted Coding: The Difference Shows Up When Things Break "The main difference really shows up later in the life cycle of the software. If something breaks, the vibe coder usually won't know where the problem comes from. And the AI-assisted coder will." Ran sees vibe coding as something primarily for people who aren't experienced programmers, going to a platform like Lovable and asking for a website without understanding the underlying components. AI-assisted coding, on the other hand, exists on a spectrum, but at every level, you understand what's going on in the code. You are the architect, you were there for the planning, you decided on the components and the data flow. The critical distinction isn't how the code gets written—it's whether you can diagnose and fix problems when they inevitably arise in production. The Human Must Own the Architecture "I'm heavily involved in the... not just involved, I'm the ultimate authority on everything regarding architecture and what I want the software to do. I spend a lot of time planning, breaking down into logical milestones." Ran's workflow starts long before any code is written. He creates detailed PRDs (Product Requirements Documents) at multiple levels of granularity—first a high-level PRD to clarify his vision, then a more detailed version. From there, he breaks work into phases, ensuring building blocks are in place before expanding to features. Each phase gets its own smaller PRD and implementation plan, which the AI agent follows. For mission-critical code, Ran sits beside the AI and monitors it like a hawk. For lower-risk work like UI tweaks, he gives the agent more autonomy. The key insight: the human remains the lead architect and technical lead, with the AI acting as the implementer. The Alignment Check and Multi-Model Code Review "I'm asking it, what is the confidence level you have that we are 100% aligned with the goals and the implementation plan. Usually, it will respond with an apologetic, oh, we're only 58%." Once the AI has followed the implementation plan, Ran uses a clever technique: he asks the model to self-assess its alignment with the original goals. When it inevitably reports less than 100%, he asks it to keep iterating until alignment is achieved. After that, he switches to a different model for a fresh code review. His preferred workflow uses Opus for iterative development—because it keeps you in the loop of what it's doing—and then switches to Codex for a scrutinous code review. The feedback from Codex gets fed back to Opus for corrections. Finally, there's a code optimization phase to minimize redundancy and resource usage. The Mental Model File: Preserving Knowledge Across Sessions "I'm asking the AI to keep a file that's literally called mentalmodel.md that has everything related to the software—why decisions were made, if there's a non-obvious solution, why this solution was chosen." One of Ran's most practical innovations is the mentalmodel.md file. Instead of the AI blindly scanning the entire codebase when debugging or adding features, it can consult this file to understand the software's architecture, design decisions, and a knowledge graph of how components relate. The file is maintained automatically using hooks—every pre-commit, the agent updates the mental model with new learnings. This means the next AI session starts with institutional knowledge rather than from scratch. Ran also forces the use of inline comments and doc strings that reference the implementation plan, so both human reviewers and future AI agents can verify not just what the code does, but what it was supposed to do. Anti-Patterns: Less Is More with MCPs and Plan Mode "Context is the most precious resource that we have as AI users." Ran takes a minimalist approach that might surprise many developers: Only one MCP: He uses only Context7, instructing the AI to use CLI tools for everything else (Stripe, GitHub, etc.) to preserve context window space No plan mode: He finds built-in plan mode limiting, designed more for vibe coding. Instead, he starts conversations with "I want to discuss this idea—do not start coding until we have everything planned out" Never outsource architecture: For production-grade, mission-critical software, he maintains the full mental model himself, refusing to let the AI make architectural decisions The Death of the IDE and What Comes Next "I think that we're probably going to see the death of the IDE." Ran predicts the traditional IDE is becoming obsolete. He still uses one, but purely as a file viewer—and for that, you don't need a full-fledged IDE. He points to tools like Conductor and Intent by Augment Code as examples of what the future looks like: chat panes, work trees, file viewers, terminals, and integrated browsers replacing the traditional code editor. He also highlights Factory's Droids as his favorite AI coding agent, noting its superior context management compared to other tools. Looking further ahead, Ran believes larger context windows (potentially 5 million tokens) will solve many current challenges, making much of the context management workaround unnecessary. About Ran Aroussi Ran Aroussi is the founder of MUXI, an open framework for production-ready AI agents, co-creator of yfinance, and author of the book Production-Grade Agentic AI: From brittle workflows to deployable autonomous systems. Ran has lived at the intersection of open source, finance, and AI systems that actually have to work under pressure—not demos, not prototypes, but real production environments. You can connect with Ran Aroussi on X/Twitter, and link with Ran Aroussi on LinkedIn.
Welcome to Databank Brawl Rewind! Databank Brawl was a series that ran on ForceCenter from 2016 to 2020, and it remains one of our more beloved shows. Though Databank Brawl is on hiatus, we wanted to celebrate it along with longtime listeners of the podcast and reintroduce it to the ForceCenter listeners who began listening to the podcast after the end of the show's run. Though all of the episodes remain on our podcast feed, it can be daunting to scroll back and find them, so we're launching Databank Rewind. Here's your chance to go back to those episodes week by week and laugh with us at old jokes, memorable moments, unforgettable guests, and, yeah, old microphones, recordings, and perhaps some Star Wars predictions that came true alongside many that most certainly did not. Databank Brawl -- where Star Wars characters are plucked from the entries of the StarWars.com databank and forced to fight it out in an off-the-cuff podcast moderated by Joseph Scrimshaw. It's time to fight...From the minds of Ken Napzok (comedian, host of The Napzok Files), Joseph Scrimshaw (comedian, writer, director of Dead Media), and Jennifer Landa (actress, YouTuber, crafter, contributor on StarWars.com) comes the ForceCenter Podcast Feed. Here you will find a series of shows exploring, discussing, and celebrating everything about Star Wars. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts. Listen on TuneIn, Amazon Music, Spotify, and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Everyone has a breaking point, and this week on the second half of Alex, Davis, and Jesse's look at Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3P0, them bois may or may not have found theirs. But not all is lost! There IS an all astro-mech 1980's Vegas-style harem lounge, so please, join us for another week of SWOCBC: the road to the 90's!To support the show and listen to the Remastered SWNCBC Legends Archive completely for free, which is like 40 hours of content now including the brand-new Collection 2, head to Patreon.com/SWOCBC!
Tim Veekhoven is voorzitter en founding member van dé Belgische Star Wars-fanclub TeeKay 421. Hij stond stand-by voor elke mogelijke aflevering die ik wou maken. Maar deelde me ook een persoonlijke passie binnen de passie: die voor de cartoonreeksen 'Star Wars: Ewoks' en 'Star Wars: Droids' uit de jaren 1980.We hebben het over de goedkeuring van Lucas voor de 'Holiday Special'-cartoon, de visuele stijl van Franse tekenaar Moebius en het aanstekelijke themalied van Stewart Copeland van The Police. Over Anthony Daniels die opnieuw C-3PO inspreekt, de klungelige Duloks als tegenstanders en waarom Lucasfilm 20.000 animatiecellen per aflevering wilde in plaats van de gebruikelijke 9.000.En wist je dat 'Droids' en 'Ewoks' de enige Star Wars-producties zijn waarin muziek van onze planeet aarde te horen is? Dat er een onderscheid is tussen Star Wars Legends en de canon? En dat Tim voor Lucasfilm heeft gewerkt en enkele personages een naam mocht geven?Als ik een liefhebber ben, is Tim de kenner. Heel blij deze aflevering met hem te kunnen maken. Meer over TeeKay 421 vind je hier.
Is it weird to say that Stuart Copeland may be one of the best Star Wars composers of all time? Why is C-3P0 so caked up? How come so many things from the sequel trilogy seem to look to the Star Wars: Droids animated series for inspiration? Do Alex, Davis, and Jesse like this or hate this or both? What is anything anymore these days anyway, right? It's just this brain designed by man that's got me...in trouble again...trouble again! To support the show and listen to the Remastered SWNCBC Legends Archive completely for free, which is like 40 hours of content now including the brand-new Collection 2, head to Patreon.com/SWOCBC!
Hailing Frequencies Open - Send us a message!Carrie joins the gang to find happiness in "Nepenthe!" Elnor takes a potty break, Lwaxana photobombs Picard, and Jurati does something...asinine. Meanwhile Carrie gets assimilated, Bobi counts candles, Cameron hates getting his face touched, and Rob can't rhyme. Plus a fun game of Name that Limerick! Engage!
Lords: Jesse Alex https://insertcredit.com/show/ https://discord.gg/dcofficial Topics: 90s Gen X "Internet High Weirdness" culture: SubGenius, DiLingo, Steve Jackson, the Looneys, KoL Writing a podcast about video games every week as someone who doesn't really play many video games anymore The mystery of BunnyROM https://bunnyrom.neocities.org/ Junk by Richard Wilbur https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/Al2MMuFX.png https://github.com/jdonland/bookmarks Autopsy, by Ross Sutherland: https://pastebin.com/raw/npCuYjLj Disney saved Star Wars by buying it from Lucasfilm. This is what Saved Star Wars looks like. Cycling's hour record https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Mens_hour_records_progression.svg/2560px-Mens_hour_records_progression.svg.png Microtopics: A gold star Canadian. Cousin show Insert Credit. One of the world's foremost experts on DC Comics. Filling in the gaps with bonus episodes. The lost episode of topic lords that might one day be produced. Spreadsheet Secrets. Detritus and ruins of the culture that came before yours. (Gen-X.) Whether Steve Jackson is still doing the GURPS thing. Where did Gen-X come from, and why did it disappear? Your personal relationship with They Might Be Giants. The weirdos who first colonized the Internet in search of the community they weren't finding in their lives. Nerds riding high on military funding and founding new religions with varying degrees of mockery. British comedy crossing the ocean and losing its cultural context, so a generation of American nerds grow up with a more absurdist sense of humor than the previous generations. Sitting at your computer running IRC in 1996, staring at the screen waiting for someone to say something. Classical Education as a shared cultural context so rich people can understand each other's jokes. Halfway into the 2020s, still thinking about the Roaring Twenties whenever anyone names the decade. Everybody forgetting how to group history by decade after a twenty years of not easily being able to talk about "the 00s" and "the 10s." Playing video games from the ages of 5 to 20 and then stopping forever. Asking some of the most thoughtful people you know questions about video games. The exhaustion of trying to keep video games in your life. Artists and critics with opinions that are wildly out of step with their audience. Video game companies that have great logos. People who are so good at telling interesting stories about the bad video games that they're playing that they convince you to buy the game and then you're like "where's the interesting game they talked about" Talking to the same oldbies every week. An 18 year old kid obsessed with the Atari Jaguar wandering into the middle-aged video game club and everyone is like "sickos face yes emoji" Trying to track down the manufacturer of Digital Princess Friend. Mysterious ROM images that nobody knows the origin of because nobody asked. A Tamagotchi where your little guy can be a fighter plane or Sponge Bob. Mysteriously good Tamagotchi software floating around. The reason M&Ms come in different colors. An egg that your umbrella with an eye can hatch from. Why you can't ship a container full of cheap junk to the United States any more. Middle English style poetry. Sheer shards of shattered tumblers. Modern English alliterative verse. It's cool what people do with words. Paying so much attention to the alliteration that you miss the meaning of the poem. All the Babu Frik Funko Pops that will still be around long after all the stars go out. Hephaestus' Hammer, all gunked up in microplastics. Quoting other poems in the middle of your poem. Publishing a book of all the poems we've read on Topic Lords and then being sued for copyright infringement. A poem that originated on Jim's fridge. Diminishing Mandalorian Returns. The goddamned Ewoks shit. The Droids cartoon. The future of Star Wars: jokes about Star Wars?? The Day the Clown Cried of Star Wars. The angriest you've ever been watching a movie. The third good Star Wars movie. Stealing good ideas from cool fiction. One guy who got lucky a couple times and a thousand yes men enabling him for the next 40 years. Planet Moriband. Finally finding a guy you can call Mace Windu. Waiting for Jar-Jar. Sometimes you just need drivel that you like. Buying a tangerine and noticing that it's a Star Wars-branded tangerine. Technology improving the way we interact with wind resistance. 1890 guy on his velocipede getting mad at all the new Space Bikes. Instituting new rules stating that your bicycle has to look like a bicycle. Ivory Tower Cycle Men. Vampire Tactics. The most prestigious world record in professional cycling. Keeping track of the world record best dress at a fashion show. What about Funny Cars? What's so funny about them? Trying to break the Merckx record using Merckx's original bicycle and outfit. Everyone tying the same world record forever. Riding 270 miles a day for a year. Walking to work 23 miles a day, both ways, because you love suffering and hate bicycles. Detective Comics Comics.
Medical droids. Protocol droids. Service droids. Astromechs. Battledroids. Gonks!!! There are so many types of droids, and just like some human civilizations through the galaxy, they're ranked into classifications based on their function and skill sets.But what is the technology surrounding droids? Obviously they have intelligence matrices that - if left un attended and without frequent memory wipes - will develop some peculiar quirks and idiosyncrasies. How has the 30,000+ year old technology not risen up against their creators?Join Mark, Brian, and Garrett in the first all-new TechTalk segment of 2026 as we dive deep into the only bots we want to be talking about on the interwebs.
Autonomous coding agents are moving from demos to real production workflows. In this episode, Factory AI co-founder and CTO Eno Reyes explains what "Droids" really are—fully autonomous agents that can take tickets, modify real codebases, run tests, and work inside existing dev workflows.We dig into Factory's context compression research (which outperformed both OpenAI and Anthropic), what makes a codebase "agent-ready," and why Stanford research found that the ONLY predictor of AI success was codebase quality—not adoption rates or token usage.Whether you're a developer curious about autonomous coding tools or just want to understand where AI engineering is headed, this episode is packed with practical insights.
When you think "droids", most people's minds drift back to that shiny golden automaton and his rolling trash compactor of a counterpart. That's right, we're talking the walking panic attack and his little buddy, C-3PO and R2-D2.But what makes these characters stand out? Is it their personalities? Is it their position as stand-ins for the audience? Is it the fact they are the only two characters to appear throughout the Skywalker Saga?Join Mark and Garrett as they discuss these topics and try to answer the big questions, like which one gets listed alphabetically first?
Droids are as common in Star Wars as the number of planets with only one kind of biome. You have protocol droids, service droids, pilot droids, battle droids, medical droids, and even assassin droids.But is this mechanized "species" more than just the some of their parts? Are they more than just what their programming dictates them to be or is every decision they make simply slaving them to a binary code of ones and zeroes making them think they actually have a choice?Join Mark, Garrett, and Brian - who is back from his long hiatus - as they discuss the philosophical questions at the heart of the droids in Star Wars Lore.What is your favorite type of droid in Star Wars? Let us know down in the comments.#starwarscharacters #droids #freewill #ai #artificialintelligence #starwars #warofthestars #feastoffandoms #starwarspodcast ----------Connect with WOTS: warofthestars1@gmail.com IG: @war_of_the_stars1 X: @Warofthestars1 @War of the Stars: A Star Wars podcast Support WOTS: www.ko-fi.com/warofthestars https://www.spreadshirt.com/shop/war-...Connect with Garrett: IG/X: @gkj_publishing @GKJPublishing Connect with Brian: IG: @corrosis The Sith Library & Archives: https://shorturl.at/Su4HkFollow us on all social media platforms so you never miss any of our content! Stay updated on the latest news, sneak peeks, and exclusive content—join our community today!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...Instagram: / feastoffandoms TikTok: / feastoffandoms Threads: https://www.threads.net/@feastoffandoms#droids #freewill #ai #artificialintelligence #WarOfTheStars #StarWarsCharacters #StarWarsFans #SciFiLegends
#SCALAREPORT: AI AND ROBOTICS DOMINATE CES Colleague Chris Riegel, CEO of Scala.com. Reporting from CES, Chris Riegel highlights the dominance of AI and robotics, from household droids to military applications. While the tech sector booms with massive infrastructure spending, Riegel warns of a "K-shaped" economy where Main Street struggles with softening demand, masking the wealth concentrated in artificial intelligence and data centers. NUMBER 61953
Welcome to Databank Brawl Rewind! Databank Brawl was a series that ran on ForceCenter from 2016 to 2020, and it remains one of our more beloved shows. Though Databank Brawl is on hiatus, we wanted to celebrate it along with longtime listeners of the podcast and reintroduce it to the ForceCenter listeners who began listening to the podcast after the end of the show's run. Though all of the episodes remain on our podcast feed, it can be daunting to scroll back and find them, so we're launching Databank Rewind. Here's your chance to go back to those episodes week by week and laugh with us at old jokes, memorable moments, unforgettable guests, and, yeah, old microphones, recordings, and perhaps some Star Wars predictions that came true alongside many that most certainly did not. Databank Brawl -- where Star Wars characters are plucked from the entries of the StarWars.com databank and forced to fight it out in an off-the-cuff podcast moderated by Joseph Scrimshaw. It's time to fight...From the minds of Ken Napzok (comedian, host of The Napzok Files), Joseph Scrimshaw (comedian, writer, director of Dead Media), and Jennifer Landa (actress, YouTuber, crafter, contributor on StarWars.com) comes the ForceCenter Podcast Feed. Here you will find a series of shows exploring, discussing, and celebrating everything about Star Wars. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts. Listen on TuneIn, Amazon Music, Spotify, and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Join Ben from SCOPE and Cali from The Melanin Muses Podcast as they discuss the Star Wars Original Trilogy. In this episode we start with Star Wars Episode 4 A New Hope, and more importantly why it was nearly a total disaster. They discuss film history, strange inconsistencys throughout the franchises continuity, and Marcia's Lukas the editor who largely saved the first film, on this episode of The Return of the Movie Podcast. Subscribe to the channel and hit the bell to be notified of new videos!Subscribe to our Patreon for early and ad-free content: https://www.patreon.com/ScopeProductionsTake part in the conversation on our community discord:https://discord.gg/TdxdGJ5MZMSocial media and more: https://linktr.ee/ScopeNetworksChapters:Intro 00:00Personal Introduction to Star Wars 01:33Star Wars is for Kids? 03:30Themes & World Building of a New Hope 04:23A Theory about C3P0 05:22Future Implications 07:02|Droids are People 08:44Pacing 11:14Luke's Character Arc 15:46Act 2 Pacing 18:45Han Shot First 20:13Han Solo's Neck 21:39Leia Subverts Expectations 22:13 The Death Star Chase 23:32How Marcia Lucas Saved Star Wars 25:40 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Greetings Bucketheads!Sorry we got this one out a little later than planned.Droids, espionage and droids! Strap on your buckets, let's go!Please follow the show at:Mando_Vision on Twitter and Instagram. Email: MandoVisionTom@gmail.comPlease, like, subscribe and share the show with your friends on all of your favorite podcast platforms and if you can take the time to write a 5-Star review, it will be read on the show! Thank for all the support, please stay safe and take care of each other. Music by Dirty Sweet and used with permission.All audio clips from any “Star Wars” material is copyright of Disney Enterprises Inc. and is only used for the sole purpose of promotion of Disney property and to provide context for talking points. Mando Vision is copyright Thomas Pritchard 2025. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
527: Quarter-Kravitzing The Notes: We're here for the children! Important context for our proclamation concerning children! Our stalwart legal ally and bulwark against accountability, Spicy Beef Gaus aka Beefyboy, esq.! Sexy facts! Nelson knows a lawyer is just an adman with more rules! Will was a Bad Santa! Will's hubris drove him to try Rikering a couch! Only Picard's office had a high-back chair. Legs go in front of the chair, not over the top, William! Jaunty but sexual! Droids vs sexbots, sexual-style! Men would fuck it! Ladies love that Santa ass! It was only a Quarter-Kravitz, your honor! Quarter-Kravitz vs The Full Kravitz! Bit too drafty this winter's eve for any kind of Kravitz! Potential reasons for the handful of times Santa has definitely had his dick out in somebody else's home that don't involve your mommy! Milk Stains are Santa's nightmare! OG cartoons that were phoning it in! Contact Us! Follow Us! Love Us! Email: doubledeucepod@gmail.com Twitter & Instagram: @doubledeucepod Bluesky: @doubledeucepod.bsky.social Facebook: www.facebook.com/DoubleDeucePod/ Patreon: patreon.com/DoubleDeucePod Also, please subscribe/rate/review/share us! We're on Apple, Android, Libsyn, Stitcher, Google, Spotify, Amazon, Radio.com, RadioPublic, pretty much anywhere they got podcasts, you can find the Deuce! Podcast logo art by Jason Keezer! Find his art online at Keezograms! Intro & Outro featuring Rob Schulte! Check out his many podcasts! Brought to you in part by sponsorship from Courtney Shipley, Official Superfans Stefan Rider, Amber Fraley, Nate Copt, and listeners like you! Join a tier on our Patreon! Advertise with us! If you want that good, all-natural focus and energy, our DOUBLEDEUCE20 code still works at www.magicmind.com/doubledeuce for 20% off all purchases and subscriptions. Check out the Lawrence Times's 785 Collective at https://lawrencekstimes.com/785collective/ for a list of local LFK podcasts including this one!
So much to give thanks for this week as Jason Howell, Huyen Tue Dao and Ron Richards process the implications of AirDrop on Android, the affordability crisis in phones and exciting new hardware designs in phones!BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL: Support Android Faithful at Patreon and get 25% off using code: BLACKFRIDAYNote: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor00:05:27 - NEWSThe unthinkable happened: AirDrop works with Android!US customers aren't upgrading their phones as fast as they used toHints of Google's 'Aluminium OS' for Android to PCsGemini arrives on Android Auto!Patron Pick: Samsung's Now Bar and Now Brief are the Google Now experience I've been missing00:44:25 - HARDWAREUpstart manufacturer Nubia has got two Foldables coming soonCheck out this modular feature phone running Android, it's wild!Honor's Robot Phone is real, and it's fantastic - get your first glimpse of it in person00:58:50 - APPSPerplexity has been busy! Comet for Android launched and Perplexity may be powering Bixby for SamsungGoogle ain't messing around as Nano Banana goes Pro01:12:14 - FEEDBACKHilton shares his excitement for Microsoft Co-PilotKiril explains how skiing and cold weather makes Face Unlock a necessity Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We are kicking off our Season 7 and celebrating our 6th year as we have our 226th episode of big T & LIL t! Today, we are doing a commentary of S1E1 of the Mandalorian! Can you believe it has been 6 years since the Mandalorian on Nov 12th, 2019? We reminiscent about this historic show and the fun and absolute shock of the Baby Yoda reveal. What are we looking for in the Mandalorian and Grogu movie (Season 4). We are playing Fortnite Simpsons and so much more... big T & LIL T
Nos hemos juntado un mes más para hablar de algunos productos relativamente actuales. Recomendaciones de cómics: -The Nice House on the Lake, de Álvaro Martínez Bueno y James Tynion IV (Panini Comics) -Shin Zero, de Guillaume Singelin y Mathieu Bablet (Grafito Editorial) -Huracán sobre Nuevo México, de Víctor Barba (Norma Editorial) -Una casa en La Ciudad, de Ilu Ros (Lumen) Recomendaciones de libros: -Islas de la Ascuaoscura, de Brandon Sanderson (Nova) -El Erador, de Celia Corral-Vázquez (Droids & Druids) Recomendaciones de rol: -Cosmere RPG (Devil Iberia) RRSS de los colaboradores: -JLo @crosstume @lleilo.bsky.social -Fer @fercatodic -Violeta @viodopamina -Santi @santiagoneg -Borja @kuronime @animee1.bsky.social -Juan: @juansn.bsky.social -Ja @evendrones @evendrones.bsky.social Esperamos vuestros comentarios, sugerencias y propuestas para futuras entregas del programa, que nos podéis hacer llegar a través de las redes sociales, a través de los comentarios en Ivoox o por correo electrónico enviándonos un email a podcast@lacasadeel.net.
Join us for a Star Wars extravaganza as we rank our Top 5 in seven fan-favorite categories! From epic lightsaber battles to the coolest droids, the most notorious bounty hunters, and even the best Wookiee moments, we cover it all. We also explore our favorite planets, blasters, and hilarious deliveries of the classic line: “I have a bad feeling about this.” Whether you're a lifelong fan or just starting your journey in the galaxy far, far away, this episode has something for every Star Wars enthusiast. Don't miss out — find out which characters and moments make our ultimate Top 5 lists! If you want to watch our faces, especially when James tries his beer: https://www.youtube.com/live/YPH2RkOD5-4?si=heMfn9o7voF0ct8Y #StarWars #StarWarspodcast #StarWarsfans #StarWarsdiscussion #StarWarsuniverse #StarWarstrivia #StarWarsmovies #StarWarsseries #StarWarsnews Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ed speaks with Matan Grinberg, co-founder and CEO of Factory, an AI company focused on bringing autonomy to software engineering. They discuss the long-term future of AI, the role of regulation, and whether or not he's concerned about an AI bubble. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this episode Billy and Emma recap episode 6 of Revamp The Undead Story. They continuously try to put the pieces together of what happened that night at the orphanage. And they discuss everything that happened in the painting.
Star Wars: In a Galaxy – Watching all the Star Wars we can get our hands on.
In the eighth episode of Season 22 of Star Wars: In a Galaxy, Eli and Jacob discuss the eighteenth and nineteenth episodes of Season 2 of Star Wars: Rebels, "The Forgotten Droid" and "The Mystery of Chopper Base".Among their discussion:– Droids and status in the Star Wars universe.– AP-5 and what he brings to Rebels.– Off-kilter R2-D2, meet off-kilter C-3PO.– Being forgotten, and how Chopper and AP-5 process that.– How'd the Empire find the Rebels again?– This one random inventory droid finds the Rebels a planet that they'll use as a base for an entire season!– Why Jacob loves the training duel.– What "The Mystery of Chopper Base" and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) have in common, according to Eli.– Zeb and Ezra listening to rock music on the radio. Seriously. This is an actual thing that happens.– Spiders be Krykna...ing.– The road to Malachor concludes...– A deleted scene straight from Dave Filoni.Follow our upcoming guest on BlueSky: @thataldendiaz.bsky.socialListen to one of our upcoming guest's shows: https://www.youtube.com/@AnytimewithKenAldenThe next episode of Star Wars: In a Galaxy will release on October 3, 2025.Follow us on BlueSky, Instagram, and Threads: @InaGalaxyPod/@inagalaxypod.bsky.appFollow our spinoff trivia show on BlueSky: @inagalaxytrivia.bsky.socialFollow Eli everywhere: https://linktr.ee/_ochifan327Leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple and Spotify! It really helps!You can email us at swinagalaxy@gmail.com
Skywalking Through Neverland: A Star Wars / Disney Fan Podcast
Have you, like us, been eagerly awaiting the Star Wars Marvel comics issue that introduces the telepathic, energy-eating Hoojibs?Join us and our special guests in a breakdown of Marvel's 1981 comic Star Wars #55: “Plif!” — one of the most beloved issues from the original Marvel Star Wars run. You can also listen and read along in 1983's read-along record Planet of the Hoojibs Read Along Storybook. Recorded live from Rebel Scum Con, this special presentation features special guests Anna Graves (voice of Duchess Satine Kryze in The Clone Wars) and Jeff Caffrey (VCN Network), who bring the story to life with dramatic flair. Don't worry if you don't have the comic — the vibrant art by Walt Simonson and Tom Palmer will be projected for all to enjoy. Today in Star Wars History - September 7, 1985 Happy 40th Anniversary to Ewoks and Droids! Both animated series premiered on September 7, 1985, as The Ewoks and Droids Adventure Hour on ABC-TV. We've even had executive producer Miki Herman on the show to dive into their creation — including that unforgettable Ewoks theme by Taj Mahal!
Have you, like us, been eagerly awaiting the Star Wars Marvel comics issue that introduces the telepathic, energy-eating Hoojibs?Join us and our special guests in a breakdown of Marvel's 1981 comic Star Wars #55: “Plif!” — one of the most beloved issues from the original Marvel Star Wars run. You can also listen and read along in 1983's read-along record Planet of the Hoojibs Read Along Storybook. Recorded live from Rebel Scum Con, this special presentation features special guests Anna Graves (voice of Duchess Satine Kryze in The Clone Wars) and Jeff Caffrey (VCN Network), who bring the story to life with dramatic flair. Don't worry if you don't have the comic — the vibrant art by Walt Simonson and Tom Palmer will be projected for all to enjoy. Today in Star Wars History - September 7, 1985 Happy 40th Anniversary to Ewoks and Droids! Both animated series premiered on September 7, 1985, as The Ewoks and Droids Adventure Hour on ABC-TV. We've even had executive producer Miki Herman on the show to dive into their creation — including that unforgettable Ewoks theme by Taj Mahal!
It's A Monday Morning Show -- Ken gets ready for his week, looks back on his past week, and we all try to figure it out together.Get Ken's Comedy Album IN MY DAYPurchase Ken's book Why We Love Stars: The Great Moments That Built A Galaxy Far, Far Away.Enjoy The Moonagerskennapzok.com
Nelvana is no more. The legendary Canadian animation studio behind Droids, Ewoks, Care Bears, Rock & Rule and so many, many more suddenly and quietly closed its doors on Friday with zero fanfare. People are blaming Corus' monetary woes and even The Orange One cutting funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.Watch this podcast episode on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify.CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opinionated news and commentary podcast that covers Entertainment and Tech from a consumer's point of view. We talk about Gaming, Comics, Anime, TV, Movies, Animation and more. Hosted by Kneon and Geeky Sparkles.D/REZZED News covers Pixels, Pop Culture, and the Paranormal! We're an independent, opinionated entertainment news blog covering Video Games, Tech, Comics, Movies, Anime, High Strangeness, and more. As part of Clownfish TV, we strive to be balanced, based, and apolitical. Get more news, views and reviews on Clownfish TV News - https://news.clownfishtv.com/On YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/ClownfishTVOn Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4Tu83D1NcCmh7K1zHIedvgOn Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/clownfish-tv-audio-edition/id1726838629
Terror from Below! In this episode, we cover all of the Aquatic Separatists in full: Riff Tamson, Nossor Ri, and Aqua DroidsWe cover these characters in lore before breaking down their unit and stance cards, exploring how they fit into STAR WARS: Shatterpoint, and the impact they bring to the battlefield.___________________________________Hello There! is supported by our wonderful patrons on Patreon. If you would like to help the show, and join our discord community, go to patreon.com/hellotherecast and pledge your support. Hello There! Patrons directly support the show and its growth by helping pay our monthly and annual fees, while contributing to future projects and endeavors.___________________________________Twitch I HelloThereCastTwitter I @HelloThereCastInstagram I @HelloThereCastFacebook I HelloThereCastYouTube I HelloThereCastApple Podcasts l Spotify l Google Podcasts __________________________________Hello There! is hosted by Jesse Eakin
If you grew up in the '60s, '70s, or '80s, you will love StarPodLog!On this superb episode of StarPodLog, we consider science fiction, fantasy, and the pop culture of 1985, while perusing the contents of Starlog magazine in issues 97, 98, and 99!Burt Bruce compares Amazing Stories to The Twilight Zone!Jarod Clark gives us insight into the life of Anthony Daniels and the Droids animated series!Look at what Jarod has to offer!https://www.creepsandantiques.com/Shocking Jon reflects on the post apocalyptic adventure- Mad Max III: Beyond Thunderdome!Rich Hurley and Max Overnighter go Back to the Future!Into vintage toys?Subscribe to Doctor Durant's Santum:https://youtube.com/channel/UCRhm5EdND8m8QJngozkbH-wand join the Mego Like Facebook Group:https://m.facebook.com/groups/533274100662813/Plus... the video games and toys of 1985, and more on this episode of StarPodLog!Check out this book by former Starlog editor Daniel Dickholtz!WAVELENGTHS: Covering Sci Fi in EVERY Reality: Dickholtz, Daniel A: 9798860284395: Amazon.com: Books https://share.google/TuSaGTKYl82HNix1FAdd this volume by John Zipperer to your library!The Starlog Compendium: Volume I, Issues 1–200, 1976–1994: Zipperer, John: 9798364630643: Amazon.com: Books https://share.google/Q0P7Z2n3v1uvrp1imMonsterama, Atlanta's only retro horror and sci-fi convention, August 8th-10th!https://monsteramacon.com/The Labor Day weekend phenomenon returns to downtown Atlanta: Dragon Con! Look for us in the program as professional guests!https://www.dragoncon.org/Don't forget to join our StarPodLog Facebook group:https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=469912916856743&ref=content_filterLove Starlog magazine?Join the Facebook group:https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=303578380105395&ref=content_filterTheme music provided by Checkpoint Charley. Find out more about the band here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZlXdsnsGJcSubscribe to our YouTube Channel “StarPodLog and StarPodTrek”https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgE_kNBWqnvTPAQODKZA1UgFind us on Instagram: @StarPodLog Reddit: u/StarPodTrek Visit us on Blogger at https://starpodlogpodcast.blogspot.com/ or iTunes or Spotify or wherever you listen to fine podcasts! If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here Download (right click, save as)
Carlos Ruiz nació en Eibar en 1987. Se especializa en el terror y el misterio. Ha publicado artículos y relatos cortos en revistas y webs como Círculo de Lovecraft, Pulporama, Droids&Druids, Windumanoth, La bastarda postmoderna, El yunque de Hefesto, Exogénesis, Cuentística, Exocerebros, Palencia Cultura y Ocio, Retazos de Ficción, Plumabierta, El Cadillac Negro y otras. También ha participado en diversas antologías como las convocadas por Dentro del Monolito (T.ERRORES: Las metamorfosis), Festival Azkena Rock (Al Azkena se va y punto), Arboverso (Entre mitos y pesadillas), Premios Rickman, Si tú olvidas yo recuerdo, Costumbres: Terror con voz de mujer y otras pendientes de publicación. En 2024 obtuvo el primer premio en la categoría Relato de Terror en el I Certamen Cuentos del Bosque Oscuro, donde también ha colaborado ocasionalmente con varios relatos y microrrelatos. Así mismo ha escrito textos para los podcasts Martes de Terror, En el espacio de un tiempo y Dimensión Misterio. Ha escrito también un par de novelas cortas además de algunas actualmente en proceso, y tiene un proyecto weird western a largo plazo. El cuento que hoy os traemos fue publicado en la revista costarricense Retazos de Ficción. - Narración: Juan Carlos Albarracín - Locución Sintonía: Antonio Runa - Música: Epidemic Sound, con licencia https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/zPnyM1paWS/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/zPnyM1paWS/ - Ilustración: Pixabay, con licencia https://pixabay.com/es/illustrations/atardecer-cow-boy-caballo-paisaje-4275615/ Los Cuentos de la Casa de la Bruja es un podcast semanal de audio-relatos de misterio, ciencia ficción y terror. Cada viernes, a las 10 de la noche, traemos un nuevo programa. Alternamos entre episodios gratuitos para todos nuestros oyentes y episodios exclusivos para nuestros fans. ¡Si te gusta nuestro contenido suscríbete! Y si te encanta considera hacerte fan desde el botón azul APOYAR y accede a todo el contenido exclusivo. Tu aporte es de mucha ayuda para el mantenimiento de este podcast. ¡Gracias por ello! Mi nombre es Juan Carlos. Dirijo este podcast y también soy locutor y narrador de audiolibros, con estudio propio. Si crees que mi voz encajaría con tu proyecto o negocio contacta conmigo y hablamos. :) Contacto profesional: info@locucioneshablandoclaro.com www.locucioneshablandoclaro.com También estoy en X y en Bluesky: @VengadorT Y en Instagram: juancarlos_locutor Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals
Join Nolan Fortman and Logan Kilpatrick for a conversation with Matan Grinberg, CEO of Factory AI, about the future of software development, the launch of Factory, the challenges of scaling up autonomous coding agents, and the pivot that led to Factory building Droids.Check out Factory AI and Droids: https://www.factory.ai/
In this special archival episode, I speak with actor and musician Anthony Forrest, best known to Star Wars fans for playing the sandtrooper who famously waved Obi-Wan and Luke past an Imperial checkpoint with the words: “These aren't the droids we're looking for.” Originally recorded over a decade ago, this conversation explores Forrest's original casting as “Fixer” in the cut Tosche Station scenes, his time filming in Tunisia, and how George Lucas unexpectedly tapped him to suit up as a trooper. Anthony also reflects on working alongside Alec Guinness, the skepticism among the British crew, and the surreal experience of flying home with champagne and Star Wars stickers courtesy of Sir Alec himself. Beyond Star Wars, we also discuss Anthony's career in music, his time busking in the London Underground, and his low-budget feature The Ballad of Bob's Garage. Listen in for rarely heard stories from behind the mask. Mentioned in this episode:Deleted scenes from A New HopeFilming in Tunisia and LondonBusking and recording in the London UndergroundAlec Guinness and the 2007 Academy screeningThe Ballad of Bob's Garage projectGoFundMe for our Martha's Vineyard shoot — any support is greatly appreciated!All my links
Bill Atkinson, Macintosh Pioneer and Inventor of Hypercard, Dies at 74 Folklore.org: Round Rects Are Everywhere! OpenAI slams court order to save all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats A ban on state AI laws could smash Big Tech's legal guardrails Federal judge blocks Florida from enforcing social media ban for kids while lawsuit continues TikTok dodges U.S. ban — again — as Trump administration pushes deadline back Supreme Court Gives Doge Access to Social Security Data The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced The hidden time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs AI Startup Revealed To Be 700 Indian Employees Pretending To Be Chatbots - Slashdot Google's NotebookLM now lets you share your notebook — and AI podcasts — publicly Holding your cellphone while driving for navigation is illegal, California court rules Volvo Debuts New IoT Seatbelt Design - Slashdot Ending USB-C® Port Confusion Walmart to Expand Wing Drone Deliveries to 100 Stores Nintendo Switch 2 Has Record-Breaking Launch, Selling Over 3 Million Units - Slashdot Calling All Cars Named Eleanor! The Ninth Circuit Has Decided You're Not Copyrightable After All California county accused of using drones to spy on residents Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Cathy Gellis, and Larry Magid Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bitwarden.com/twit shopify.com/twit ZipRecruiter.com/Twit threatlocker.com/twit NetSuite.com/TWIT
Bill Atkinson, Macintosh Pioneer and Inventor of Hypercard, Dies at 74 Folklore.org: Round Rects Are Everywhere! OpenAI slams court order to save all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats A ban on state AI laws could smash Big Tech's legal guardrails Federal judge blocks Florida from enforcing social media ban for kids while lawsuit continues TikTok dodges U.S. ban — again — as Trump administration pushes deadline back Supreme Court Gives Doge Access to Social Security Data The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced The hidden time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs AI Startup Revealed To Be 700 Indian Employees Pretending To Be Chatbots - Slashdot Google's NotebookLM now lets you share your notebook — and AI podcasts — publicly Holding your cellphone while driving for navigation is illegal, California court rules Volvo Debuts New IoT Seatbelt Design - Slashdot Ending USB-C® Port Confusion Walmart to Expand Wing Drone Deliveries to 100 Stores Nintendo Switch 2 Has Record-Breaking Launch, Selling Over 3 Million Units - Slashdot Calling All Cars Named Eleanor! The Ninth Circuit Has Decided You're Not Copyrightable After All California county accused of using drones to spy on residents Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Cathy Gellis, and Larry Magid Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bitwarden.com/twit shopify.com/twit ZipRecruiter.com/Twit threatlocker.com/twit NetSuite.com/TWIT
Bill Atkinson, Macintosh Pioneer and Inventor of Hypercard, Dies at 74 Folklore.org: Round Rects Are Everywhere! OpenAI slams court order to save all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats A ban on state AI laws could smash Big Tech's legal guardrails Federal judge blocks Florida from enforcing social media ban for kids while lawsuit continues TikTok dodges U.S. ban — again — as Trump administration pushes deadline back Supreme Court Gives Doge Access to Social Security Data The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced The hidden time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs AI Startup Revealed To Be 700 Indian Employees Pretending To Be Chatbots - Slashdot Google's NotebookLM now lets you share your notebook — and AI podcasts — publicly Holding your cellphone while driving for navigation is illegal, California court rules Volvo Debuts New IoT Seatbelt Design - Slashdot Ending USB-C® Port Confusion Walmart to Expand Wing Drone Deliveries to 100 Stores Nintendo Switch 2 Has Record-Breaking Launch, Selling Over 3 Million Units - Slashdot Calling All Cars Named Eleanor! The Ninth Circuit Has Decided You're Not Copyrightable After All California county accused of using drones to spy on residents Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Cathy Gellis, and Larry Magid Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bitwarden.com/twit shopify.com/twit ZipRecruiter.com/Twit threatlocker.com/twit NetSuite.com/TWIT
Bill Atkinson, Macintosh Pioneer and Inventor of Hypercard, Dies at 74 Folklore.org: Round Rects Are Everywhere! OpenAI slams court order to save all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats A ban on state AI laws could smash Big Tech's legal guardrails Federal judge blocks Florida from enforcing social media ban for kids while lawsuit continues TikTok dodges U.S. ban — again — as Trump administration pushes deadline back Supreme Court Gives Doge Access to Social Security Data The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced The hidden time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs AI Startup Revealed To Be 700 Indian Employees Pretending To Be Chatbots - Slashdot Google's NotebookLM now lets you share your notebook — and AI podcasts — publicly Holding your cellphone while driving for navigation is illegal, California court rules Volvo Debuts New IoT Seatbelt Design - Slashdot Ending USB-C® Port Confusion Walmart to Expand Wing Drone Deliveries to 100 Stores Nintendo Switch 2 Has Record-Breaking Launch, Selling Over 3 Million Units - Slashdot Calling All Cars Named Eleanor! The Ninth Circuit Has Decided You're Not Copyrightable After All California county accused of using drones to spy on residents Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Cathy Gellis, and Larry Magid Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bitwarden.com/twit shopify.com/twit ZipRecruiter.com/Twit threatlocker.com/twit NetSuite.com/TWIT
This episode features a very enlightening conversation with Philip King, curator of the exceptional electronic pop compilation ‘All The Young Droids', a double LP of obscure British electronica & synthpop from 1978-1985 (a bit like an electronic Nuggets). It will be released on June 27th on Glasgow's School Daze (offshoot of Night School) label.This is a real electronica crate-diggers dream – so much stuff I have never heard before.Ladies and gentlemen – meet all the young droids and Philip King...If you can, please support the Electronically Yours podcast via my Patreon: patreon.com/electronicallyours
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