Full Circle Side-Pod Episode 12: We’re Like the Sugarbabes

Full Circle Side-Pod Episode Twelve: We’re Like the Sugarbabes is available from the main site.

In this episode, the old crew re-unite: Wilkins, Catling and Hewitt! With our most packed set of show notes ever!

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• Robin Catling (blog at http://catlingmindswipe.blogspot.com/, @robincatling on Twitter)
  Culture-vultures can also go to Everything Express at http://everythingexpress.wordpress.com/
• Ed Hewitt (blog at http://www.edhewitt.co.uk/, @edhewitt on Twitter)
• Dave Wilkins (blog at http://davidalexanderwilkins.blogspot.co.uk/ and on twitter @DavidAWilkins)

Additional audio by Victoria Pritchard

Show Notes

01:38 | WELCOME and INTRO

02:32: | We’re like the Sugarbabes

Catch up with missing Sugarbabe Alan Pope (Popey) on Google+ currently eating Danish at UDS.

05:32: Out with the old, in with the new (podcast crew)
We’re like the Sugarbabes, according to Ed.

07:43 | SINCE LAST TIME
Since last… year.

• Dave is back to reality from Oxford
• Ed is back to Uni from Porsche
  - Defected to Windows 7
  - Open Office/Libre Office vs. MS-Office
  - Everybody’s using Google Drive

• Dave’s Compiz rant
• Good news for Linux gaming – Valve Linux Blog
• Catling’s broken Linux rant followed by Dave’s answers:
  - My Unity may or may not be continuing development
  - Unity Revamped (ppa:ikarosdev/unity-revamped)
• Incidentally, Windows 8 is Not-Metro
• Dave actually reads Full Circle issue 65
  - A recommended font Open Baskerville font
  - Google Music Player for Android and Nuvola desktop client
• But remember its all better than Windows Vista!

23.22: Gadget Roundup

• Ed is still on the original Samsung Google Chromebook
• And has a Nexus 7 tablet
• Dave and Robin recommend the Clay Tablet. The Ancient Babylonians weren’t wrong.
• Let’s play the eco-sphere drinking game!

28.15: And breathe…

• Robin got a Lenovo G580 Core i5, 6GB, 750HD
• and Samsung Galaxy S2
• Dave has a Galaxy Nexus S
• As we all know (but Dave doesn’t) the Nexus 4 is out soon
• So Dave and Ed have an argument (Python fans sing along)
• Dave is still on the Aspire 1620 – cue Daves rant about the sound not working

42.13: Google Current, anyone?

• Dave asks what is Google currents for?

43.55: Still on ‘Since Last Time’

• Robin has been messing about in the dressing up. Cue Mr Benn.
• The Full Circle Special Edition 11.10 and Unity is still available.
• Ubuntu Quality Assurance Team always needs volunteers
• Ubuntu 12.10 so far

57.23 | FEEDBACK: How to get in touch with us

57.59 | WRAP and OUTRO

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Creative Commons Music Tracks

• Opening: ‘Knights of the darkness’ by Zero Project
• Main theme: ‘CCMixter’ by Code
• Incidental: ‘Funkorama‘ by Kevin MacLeod
• Incidental: ‘Techno-dog’ by Unknown, original recording royalty free under Creative Commons v2
• Opening dramatic dialog by Dave Wilkins and Robin Catling, from 2001: A Space Odyssey