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Hurricane Ike blew in Podcast #6 as Fabio reported small amounts of rain in the Texas area. Although, he does not live in Galveston and if he did, he said he would have evacuated. (Because smart people leave when they are told to!) Brian and Chris were less sympathetic to the needs of those that defied official calls for evacuation and now were crying for help to be saved.  We were so happy just to be alive after they turned on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) although we noted that no collisions have occurred yet. It was just a test firing. 

Speaking of test firing, Fabio found himself firing on all cylinders as he dominated the new Rock Band 2 DIfficult level songs.  After waiting in line with 3 people at midnight, he was able to get a copy and test it out. So far he is not disappointed with too much except that hard means easy for him. Guess you’re just a Guitar rock star Fab!

Fabio had to call upon the powers of the Geek Squad as he had a Vista crash. The NTSB is no longer investigating Vista crashes as they are a daily occurrence. In Fabio’s case, he dedicated the next 1/4 of a day to rebuilding his system. (He has the technology, it’s call XP Professional). More importantly, he was happy to know that he did not lose any of our podcasts.

A lengthy discussion of Spore and its DRM issues was had. More importantly, we were amazed that Amazon.com lacked the technology to manage comments/reviews on products. Oh, apparently it was just this product they had a problem with. Thankfully it was resolved, of course after everyone had heard about it. Good Job inhibiting the free flow of information and the reviews of HATE for Spore’s DRM. Thank God Fabio is not a Spore fanatic as he has already reinstalled his Windows system 3x this year.

“Spore” was not the title however of a porn movie being watched on an airplane. Concern over “wi-fi” on planes and people visiting porn sites has prompted a hateful reaction from flight attendants. We the travelers could not care less, as there are more important issues that Brian pointed out like: Legroom, nicer flight attendants, snacks/meals at no cost, and no charge for baggage. (Hey no one charges the flight attendants and look at how much baggage some of those senior ones are carrying!!) They are more concerned about porn though being watched across the plane. Guess they are worried about : “Snakes on a Plane.”

Hackers made their way into the LHC network posting up a webpage; however they did not cause any real damage. We spoke to “Heider” at the Kempinski hotel in Geneva Switzerland. He said that he and his colleagues were worried about the LHC firing up and were concerned for their safety. Although Heider is a member of the Imperial Forces, as Darth Vadar and Barack Obama are his favorite leaders, we could not find fault with him saying that Pam Anderson and Sarah Palin were hot. Heider informed us that the Kempinski offers nightly stays for around $580 a night and that they will leave the light on for you. Thanks Heider for not being to much of a Hater. Check out the hotel at www.kempinski.com.

We transitioned smoothly to our newest segment,  ”Jen’s Box” which was sponsored by Insurancehookup.com.  Jen told us about what’s in her box, well her TiVO box. Since the season hasn’t fully started, she referred to it as a partially shaved box. Favorites of hers include gossipy chicks on the Hills, which Brian watches to impress women.  The VMA awards which she complained had a lot of hate for America from the British comedian host Russell Brand. There was unanimous approval for Entourage and the opening scene, well maybe not unanimous, as Jen thought it was more like a season ender. Fabio, Chris, and Brian will take that opening scene though every week.  Our favorite zip code is back, “90210″, as the actors struggled to make it in 2008, they have chosen to come back together and make “90210 AARP”. The show blows and quite possibly will not make it to Labor Day (oh wait that passed….Columbus day then!) Finally, Big Brother 10 chatter occurred, although no real men watch the show, we found out that Fabio enjoys it and TiVOs it right after Gilmore Girls.  Jen is excited for the season finale and final person this week.

We ended our show with an attempted call to the Galveston area where we got no one. We also called Chicago, to a non-English speaking 7-11 clerk who could not comment on the Bears but did tell us to call back at 2. We called “The Chicago Bear” bar where the waitress who answered was less than enthralled and did not have kind words for us. (HATER!!!!) 

Till next week……..