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In this week's episode, Mark and T.J. discuss the Israeli film Out in the Dark, which focuses on the fraught love between and Israeli lawyer and a Palestinian student. They talk about the way genre works in the film, how it braids together the personal and the political, and how its ending's ambiguity heightens its political message. They also talk about OnlyFans, and T.J. harasses Mark for not having seen Nine Perfect Strangers.Note: Mark and T.J. both mistakenly called Reservation Dogs Reservoir Dogs. We apologize for the mistake. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=3LQGR255VPNJN¤cy_code=USD)
All that glitters is gold-especially the "Golden Age of Foosball"! Episode 35 of FoosTalk Live is pure gold with legendary Hall of Famer and 70's foosball icon-Ken Alwell. Jim, Tom and Mark celebrate with the IPA of the Week and toast the Honor Group of the Week-the 518 Foosball Group of Albany, NY. We return to 1994 for the moment Todd L and Scotty W won Open Doubles at the World Championship on the FoosTalk Live Flashback. Jim and Mark faceoff for the Top 5 Greatest Forwards from the Tournament Soccer table era. (Note: Mark actually pulls a technical and brings Ken Alwell into compete for him. Ref!!) Special guest Ken Alwell takes us to those halcyon days, when thousands of players attended tournaments and he actually made a living playing the sport. Ken is considered not just one of the greatest players, but also a successful promoter and ambassador. Download this episode of FoosTalk Live and bask in the glow of the golden age of foosball!
Grant is killing the game, and Mark refuses to let it go. Some Thanksgiving retrospective is had, including totally legitimate cooking advice from Mark. Grant brings Red and Rover, and surprisingly allows Mark to lecture him on mathematics. Do you have math anxiety? This episode probably won’t help, but maybe a couple things will be interesting.Note: Mark did a little research when editing this episode, and his recollection of Knuth Up-Arrow Notation wasn’t entirely correct. Read more about it here.Mark brings In the Sticks. Grant reads it, and Mark thinks it’s funny.Send feedback to comicalstart@gmail.com.
- Mark Reuss Named President of GM - Toyota Reveals Next-Gen Autonomous Car- Toyota Gives Government Workers a Break- Nissan Tests Sun Damage in The Lab- BMW 8 Series Night Sky Edition- 2018 U.S. Car Sales End on A High Note
- Mark Reuss Named President of GM - Toyota Reveals Next-Gen Autonomous Car - Toyota Gives Government Workers a Break - Nissan Tests Sun Damage in The Lab - BMW 8 Series Night Sky Edition - 2018 U.S. Car Sales End on A High Note
Mark and George take some time to talk about traditions and strange celebrations from around the globe to ring in the new year. (January 11, 2017). Note: Mark and George took a hiatus from the show for almost two years. The show returns December 2018 with Episode 34. Stay tuned.
In this episode, Martha (and then Stephen) are tortured by bad level design and user-hostile game mechanics in the original Japanese version of Super Mario Bros. 2, while Mark praises the oft-misunderstood American version of the game. NOTE: Mark was wrong. There *were* mid-level checkpoints in the original Super Mario Bros. Game: Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japan) Developer/Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Famicom Disk System Year: 1986 Genre: Platformer This game is exhaustively detailed at Super Mario Wiki. Mark really loves the American version of Super Mario Bros. 2, which you can read a lot about. Video
In this episode, Martha (and then Stephen) are tortured by bad level design and user-hostile game mechanics in the original Japanese version of Super Mario Bros. 2, while Mark praises the oft-misunderstood American version of the game. NOTE: Mark was wrong. There *were* mid-level checkpoints in the original Super Mario Bros. Game: Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japan) Developer/Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Famicom Disk System Year: 1986 Genre: Platformer This game is exhaustively detailed at Super Mario Wiki. Mark really loves the American version of Super Mario Bros. 2, which you can read a lot about. Video
Dr. Tiffany Morse is the Executive Director of Career Education at Ventura County Office of Education. She helps explain the power of this work and it's importance to our Community. There are a lot of misconceptions about what the role of Career and Technical education is all about in the year 2017. Learning about work is not what it was like when I went to school. Shop class is so 1970's Here's a bit of what's in store in this episode • She tells a great story of the partnership with her department and Ventura-based Harbor Freight and how that led to a $100K Grant • What's the difference between Vocational Education and what she's doing now • How the mission now is about preparing students for career (hence the name) • How the diverse nature of the Community's population is reflected in the diversity of interests of potential jobs by the students • What's her thoughts about Girls in Tech - and how behavior modeled by the family or people like guest speakers in school can affect decisions made at an early age • How she thinks about setting an entrepreneurial mindset throughout the department • How Career Ed works with students who are being home-schooled • "What is the role of education in a Community? • How Community Colleges have changed from vocational schools to schools that prepare students for transfer to four-year colleges and Universities • How to think about College AND Career • Where's Career Education going? It's Integrating Academics and Vocational Ed • VC Innovates - 12 employees • The title of this episode is a program that Dr. Morse invented that brings the business community together with students in a dinner and networking setting. They've had over 2,000 people go through this program. Note: Mark signed up! http://VCInnovates.org for more information Tiffany helped us create an incredibly insightful episode. We challenge you to reach out to your local school district and find a way to give some of your time to a program like this. Both the students you meet, and you will benefit. Thanks to Greg VanNess at Tolman & Wiker Insurance Services for introducing us to Tiffany.
"They delivered the Talk of their Lives" Mark Sylvester, host of this show and Executive Producer of TEDxSantaBarbara did a quick recap with Patrick about the recent TEDx event in Santa Barbara. Note: This is the second show that Mark and Patrick have talked about TEDxSantaBarbara. The first one was several weeks before the event. This wide-ranging conversation covered a lot of ground including: -It's a 6-month effort that took a core team and 60 day-of volunteers to produce. -The importance of the User Experience on the overall planning of the event -An anecdote about the Speaker Mixer held the night before the event - you can only imagine the speaker's nerves, 12 hours before the event started -Why a Speaker Coach is so critical to the success of the event. Our coach is also the Co-Producer and wife of Mark. Kymberlee Weil from Strategic Samurai has coached over 120 talks to date. -When talking about how challenging it is to find a unique point of view on a familiar topic, Patrick gave a perfect analogy of how artists have approached singing the National Anthem. -A couple of Kymberlee's tricks for speakers are revealed. -All of the Talks are now available - Watch them here -What is the narrative arc of the event and how is that crafted by the producers -The Magic of TEDx and how it gets you thinking about topics you have not paid attention to -Why the breaks between sessions are so important -Tastes of TEDx - how artisanal snacks made the breaks even more aligned with the overall user experience -The role of Music at TEDxSantaBarbara - putting more E into our TEDx -The show ends with a discussion of how improv played an important part to a few key elements in the day. Note: Mark thanks sponsors at the beginning and end of the podcast. These are the podcast sponsors, not sponsors of TEDxSantaBarbara. You can see all of the event partners here. The invisible hand of the editor." - Patrick remarks on the importance of editing and coaching Links to the Talks, photos of Rehearsal, The Event, The 805CameraBus at the After Party and fun shots from one of our Volunteers are also on TEDxSantaBarbara's site.
It's a sad day for wedding cake as we discuss Guns N' Roses big hairy spectacle of a big hair ballad. Get ready to learn about Mark's weird habits from middle school, Sarah's deep research on this killer music video, and the ways Smashing Pumpkins might have had more fun if they had just been around in the '80s. (Note: Mark forgot to mention it in the episode, but he'd like you to know this is the longest song ever to reach the Top 10.)
Mark Rendle has a twenty year career developing software for the desktop. He's long believed that the web just isn't meant for applications of any import. Until now. What changed in web development that caused Mark to take another look at the web and completely change his tune? NOTE: Mark is offering a discount code for HM listeners. It's "HM20" and is good for 20% off the first year of an annual subscription. For UK listeners that'll be £40 instead of £50, US $64 instead of $80. The code can be used at the payments page after the 30 day free trial expires.
Lots of people turned up for this discussion - the room was crammed with people. One person had really used GAE in anger, a few people had experience putting applications on it.Note Mark is responsible for the title for this one.