DEWDcast

Episode 0009 > August 19, 2009

erik — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:22:09 +0000

We haven’t done a good old-fashioned DEWDcast in a while, so we thought today would be as good a day as any to return to original form. Just two guys talking about a geeky stuff in an semi-intoxicated state. You will enjoy, yes?

Show Notes:

Connect360 streams media from your Mac to the Xbox 360. It’s pretty awesome.
Google O3D brings 3D to your web browser. Give the plug-in a whirl, why don’t you.
The Venture Bros. venture back for a new season. Dave hearts this show lots.
Quentin Tarantino top 20 movies since 1992.
G.I. Joe – The Rise of Cobra sucks, but we already knew that. The question is, why?

“Tustin Summer”

erik — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:16:13 +0000

To view Tustin Summer without our exclusive trademarked, patented, and copyrighted DEWDcast Commentary™ audio track accompanying the film, simply click on the little AD button next to the volume slider in the video player window to toggle off. Click on it again to turn it back on.

If the audio from the film is too loud and drowning out the commentary track, use the volume slider to bring it down.

A long time ago (circa 1998), in the next town over from us, there was a young, naive, and arrogant quasi-Film School student who one day thought it would be a good idea to raid his meager savings account and put it towards a feature-length production unimaginatively titled Tustin Summer (because the film was set in Tustin, California and took place during the summer), convinced the resulting product would cause a sensation among the Lars von Trier-loving independent film community. Well, that obviously never happened. In fact, after screening the movie to a few friends (who later raved it was the best nap they had ever taken), the videotape (remember, this was back in the late 90s, before you were born) was promptly shoved into the bottom of a drawer somewhere, never to see the light of day again. Until now.

Nobody knows (or cares) what became of that young, naive, and arrogant quasi-Film School student, although rumor has it that once in a while he gets together with his buddy Dave and they record videos of themselves rambling nonsensically about random and not particularly interesting topics, as if there were on TV or something.

A Brief Chat with James Callis

erik — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:16:07 +0000

While at Comic-Con last weekend we happened upon James Callis, who plays Dr. Gaius Baltar on the recently concluded Battlestar Galactica, and he was gracious enough to spend a few minutes chatting with us about his impressions of this year’s Comic-Con and BSG fans’ perception of him as an actor and the character he plays on the show.

Dr. Grordbort at Comic-Con

erik — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:49:40 +0000

We stopped by Weta’s booth at Comic-Con to chat with the creative minds behind the very cool-looking rayguns from Dr. Grordbort.

MINDstyle’s Stitch at Comic-Con

erik — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:22:54 +0000

This past weekend at Comic-Con we spoke with Paul Holbrook from MINDstyle and Chris Sanders (co-writer and co-director of Lilo & Stitch) about MINDstyle and Disney’s Stitch Experiment 626 custom toy project.

SuicideGirls Goes to Comic-Con

erik — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:25:57 +0000

The first in a series of Comic-Con videos that will be posted on the site throughout this week, we talk with SuicideGirls.com about their appearance at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con.

Please be advised that this video contains nudity and sexual imagery.

Episode 0008 > July 26, 2009

erik — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:50:01 +0000

This week the Dewds are joined by guests Andria and Heather to do our post Comic-Con wrap up, learn some of the history behind PEZ dispensers (and the people who love them), and muse about the five people you (want to) meet in heaven.

Show Notes:

San Diego Comic-Con International 2009
- Erik and Dave’s Comic-Con photos.
Wikipedia entry on PEZ.
- List of annual PEZ conventions.
Wikipedia entry on The Five People You Meet in Heaven.

“Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus”

erik — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:26:28 +0000

Listen to our audio commentary!

This week instead of taping our regular installment of DEWDcast, we decided to try something a little different. Being fans of all things from The Asylum, we decided to record our own audio commentary track for one of their recent gems: Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus, a cinematic classic we sincerely believe sets a new standard for movies featuring mega sharks and giant octopuses everywhere. But don’t take our word for it, enjoy a small sampler of this masterpiece at the bottom of this post.

We wholeheartedly encourage you to join the fun by obtaining your own copy of the film (we’re not going to offer suggestions on where you can find it except to say that if you have a good Internet connection you can probably save yourself a trip to Blockbuster) and then downloading the MP3 (right-click, “Save Target As”) of our commentary track. How you want to run both the movie and commentary concurrently is up to you, we suggest either playing both the movie and MP3 on a computer at the same time or putting the MP3 on your iPod and playing the DVD on your home theater system for a true family viewing experience.

Episode 0007 > July 9, 2009

erik — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:47:20 +0000

The good news is, after another extended break the Dewds are back with another episode. The bad news is that this week we’ve got nothing of substance to talk about, so we just drank a lot of red wine and rambled for an hour while “Transmorphers” played in the background.

Show Notes:

Transmorphers – Now on Netflix Watch Instantly!
What the hell is going on in this photo (NSFW – Don’t say I didn’t warn you)
Awkward Family Photos – Go ahead and chuckle, it’s okay.
iPhone Apps Dave is playing with this week.
- Prowl – Growl notifications pushed to your iPhone. I additionally have it hooked up to my washer, dryer and microwave. True story.
- iCam – Email Dave for his username and password so that you, too, can keep tabs on him at all hours.

Episode 0006 > June 10, 2009

erik — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:16:25 +0000

This week the Dewds take a look at the new Apple iPhone 3GS, ponder over Sweden’s Pirate Party, and show you how you too can own your own abandoned missile silo.

Show Notes:

Apple WWDC 2009
- iPhone 3G S Announcement (via Engadget)
- Snow Leopard priced at $29 (via Engadget)
Pirate Party Wins and Enters the European Parliament (via TorrentFreak)
Yes, you too can own your very own abandoned missile silo (20th Century Castles, LLC)

Episode 0005 > June 2, 2009

david — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:45:04 +0000

After a six-week hiatus, the Dewds are finally back. Erik shares photos and stories from his trip to the Amazon. The the Dewds move on to discuss the latest game trailers from E3, Microsoft’s Project Natal for the Xbox, Google Wave and a fantastic Green Lantern fan trailer. The episode is capped off with some heated banter about the summer movie season.

Where have we been?

david — Tue, 05 May 2009 08:05:48 +0000

We haven’t filmed an episode in a while because Erik is in South America filming.

But before he left we filmed a special episode but I haven’t been able to convert the video because VisualHub no longer exists and I don’t have a working copy.

However I stumbled upon this tonight! Video Monkey

Drunk Cast: The Lost Episode

david — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:50:44 +0000

One evening we threw away the script, consumed several rounds of drinks, and turned on the camera. This is what happened.

Show Notes:

Episode 0004 > April 12, 2009

david — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:16:04 +0000

After a short delay, the Dewds are back this week to discuss proposed ISP bandwidth limits, a BBC experiment with Bittorrent, Trent Reznor’s Digg Dialogg interview, and the very innovative Firefox plugin Ubiquity.

Show Notes:

Episode 0003 > March 31, 2009

david — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:23:47 +0000

This week the Dewds discuss President Obama’s online town hall meeting, compare online music retailers and rave about NBC’s new drama Kings.

Show Notes:

Online Music
- iTunes Price Change
  - Hottest tracks to cost $1.29 at iTunes starting April 7 – Los Angeles Times
  - Changes Coming to the iTunes Store
- Amie Street
- Amazon.com
- eMusic.com
Kings
- David – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  - King Silas – King Saul
  - David Shepherd – David [defeats Goliath (the tank) carrying a wrench rather than a sling shot – he is an auto mechanic rather than a shepherd
  - Jake, the son of Silas – Jonathan, son of Saul
  - Michelle, daughter of Silas – Micah, daughter of Saul who David marries.
Obama & The Web
- Obama online
- Open for Questions Archived
ProQuo
This American Life

Saving Money with RSS

david — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:03:27 +0000

In this screencast we show you how you can use your favorite RSS reader to aggregate and search for money-saving deals online.

Cally – Savior of Humanity?

david — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:55:36 +0000

Wikipedia agrees with me, thats got to mean something… right?

Later Tyrol[Chief] sees Tory’s memory of killing Cally and strangles her to death, avenging Cally’s death. Interestingly, this causes a series of events that cumulates with the destruction of the non-alligned humanoid Cylons and the discovery of a new planet that would eventually become Earth.

Episode 0002 > March 24, 2009

david — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:28:54 +0000

This week The Dewds are joined by guest Robb Greene as they discuss the new online gaming service OnLive, share some tips on how to find deals and save money when shopping online, and reminisce about the awesomeness that is Battlestar Galactica.

Show Notes:

iTunes

david — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:27:17 +0000

We are on it!

Photos From the First Episode

david — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:34:25 +0000

Some pictures from our first episode.