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Support Topic Lords on Patreon and get episodes a week early! (https://www.patreon.com/topiclords) Lords: * Jenni does stuff at http://www.jennipolodna.com/ * Jay worked on Hypnospace Outlaw. http://www.hypnospace.net/ Topics: * 0:38 Jay is frustrated that he learned to play the ukulele rather than any other fretted instrument. * (I actually meant Super Mario Bros. 3 world 1. Here are the chords: 000x 0000 0002 0000 000x 0000 0002, then barre up to 222x, etc.) * Somewhere Over the Rainbow ukulele cover by Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I * 11:16 Jenni attended a Stripper Karaoke performance. https://www.devilspointbar.com/stripparaoke * A dial tone is 350hz and 440hz, very close to F4 and A4. * 19:26 Jim discovers how to make spaghetti edible. * The only evidence I could find that Japanese alphabet soup might exist: https://i.imgur.com/tDWu43P.png * 22:44 There are no yeasty donuts in Germany, only cake donuts. * London cab drivers need to memorize the entire city: https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/10/21/450235327/londons-cabbies-say-the-knowledge-is-better-than-uber-and-a-gps * 31:02 Jenni discovers how to make chicken wings edible * Pad thai was standardized by the Thailand government as the official Thai dish for westerners: https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3007657/history-pad-thai-how-stir-fried-noodle-dish-was-invented-thai * 45:43 Jim talks about fixing a wet phone * TekDry possibly saved my phone: https://www.tekdry.com/ * 49:02 Jenni figures out how many peppers is too many peppers, but the jury is still out on how many is just enough. * The old process for measuring scoville was to dilute it until testers said "this isn't hot" and then report the dilutedness. Now they use science. https://www.thespruceeats.com/hot-chile-peppers-scoville-scale-1807552 Microtopics: * Not remembering the name of your own show. * Cursing oneself by learning the wrong skill. * Looking like a huge lumberjack playing a tiny instrument. * Enjoying music wrong. * Never asking for advice because you know people will tell you it's a bad idea. * The mythical non-portable ukulele. * Confusing Prog Rock and Prague Rock. * Punting a conversation to later because you can't brain right now. * Off-season Cirque du Soleil performers normalizing strip club culture. * Having just the right stripping outfit for someone's karaoke choice. * Why singing for the Rock Band high score doesn't sound like good singing. * Waking up your partner to join your loud video game. * Calling your partner to ask to make a dial tone together. * Everyone agreeing on the worst pasta shape. * Getting into a spaghetti situation. * Inventing short spaghetti. * Earning your satiation with the gamer's pasta. * Soup screaming at you if it doesn't like you. * Figuring out how to type during a podcast. * Donuts being slightly shiny to fool you. * Germans presenting Americans with fake donuts to collect their tears. * Swimming the English Channel in hopes that they have real donuts there. * Memorizing every street in London because cab drivers aren't allowed to use Mapquest. * Not feeling like any more of a monster than usual. * Eating a taco above another taco to grow its powers. * Taco Bell provocateurs rewriting history. * Going to a sushi restaurant when you don't like fish. * Insisting your wife only speak to you in German. * Not learning the local language because watching Netflix is easier. * Impressing people by setting the bar extremely low. * Being the only adult at the kid's table. * Dropping your phone in a freshwater vs. a saltwater toilet. * Using magical beams to get the water out. * Apologizing for your router. * The clerk knowing you eat Hot Cheetos just by looking at you. * Shaming customers into ordering the mild. * Moving to a country where everyone else is as spice-intolerant as you are. * Confusing being spicy and being spicy. * Tactically voting each other off the podcast.
Craig Beinecke and Adam Cookson are co-founders of TekDry International, a revolutionary, new, and growing retail consumer service for recovering water logged phones and devices while saving your data in 30 minutes. This is an encore interview on the Integrate & Ignite Podcast. Why, you might ask? Well….TekDry was featured on Shark Tank last night! And, we are conducting a post-show interview to learn more about this amazing adventure! Adam’s responsibilities include strategic business planning, domestic and international business development, capital formation, investor relations, and leading TekDry’s business team for growth and expansion. Craig is focused on developing strategic partnerships with retail stores to offer the localized TekDry service. The two gentlemen met during their MBA program at the University of Denver.
Craig Beinecke and Adam Cookson are co-founders of TekDry, a revolutionary new and growing retail consumer servicer for recovering waterlogged phones and devices while saving your data in 30 minutes. This is Adam’s encore interview with Integrate & Ignite. Adam’s responsibilities include strategic business planning, domestic and international business development, capital formation, investor relations, and leading the TekDry’s business team for growth and expansion. Craig is focused on developing strategic partnerships with retail stores to offer localized TekDry services. The two gentlemen met during their MBA program at the University of Denver.
Adam Cookson co-founded TekDry International in 2013 — a company that recovers wet smart devices such as cell phones, tablets, computers, watches, cameras, wearables and other devices from moisture intrusion. As co-founder and CEO, Adam’s responsibilities include strategic business planning, domestic and international business development, capital formation, investor relations, and leading the TekDry’s business team for growth and expansion. Adam brings over 25 years of successful corporate start-ups and manufacturing experiences including, technology, wind energy, automotive assembly, synthetic rubber and plastics extrusion molding. Adam is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese and has strong computer skills in multiple operating systems, simulation software, and data analysis tools. He holds an executive MBA from the University of Denver, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Kettering University, Flint, MI. Adam enjoys networking with other startup and business professionals, reading, skiing, photography and amateur astronomy near Denver, Colorado where he resides with his wife Mirela and their three children.