Dyscultured

Umm…I’d rather have an iPad… (thanks to Paul Wilson for sharing this one with me…)

Show Notes…not today! In this mini-ep, we talk about the upcoming changes to the podcast as outlined here . At the end of the episode, you will also get to hear the new theme song which you will normally hear at the beginning of future eps. We are welcome to comments, suggestions, and general ne’er-do-wellery in the comments below. Hope you join us on Wednesday!

Courtesy of Michael Geist on Twitter …

For all you Dysphiles who want to keep right up to date on the changes to the podcast, click the link below to listen/download the new theme song: New DyscultureD Intro Mashup I’ll send an autographed Leon’s flyer to the first person who can identify the two main music artists I used to mashup the backing track.

Maestro Marky Zee, You’ve been getting a lot of flack recently from tech pundits about the liberties that Facebook has taken with regards to user privacy. And you’ve responded without apology, but with indications of placating the mouthpieces. Good for you, but if you ask me, I’d say don’t apologize whatsoever.

We talked about this on Twitter , and promised a post to outline some of the changes that are coming for DyscultureD.  In order to better serve our listening audience, we’re making a few changes… The idea behind DyscultureD has always been to be the best Canadian pop culture and tech podcast possible – and we’re committed to keeping that pledge.  We’d love to hear feedback from our loyal listeners and readers. Anth has done us up a new theme song.  We’ve redesigned our blog and other branding.  We’re ready for the changes…and here’s just a sample of what we’re doing…

Transcript of Live Chat ( you should have been there… ) Show Notes Dystractions Dan Akroyd gets our boys and girls good and drunk in Afghanistan . RIM hires QE II for quality assurance. Bryan Adams jams with the PM , and something about copyright. Full Dysclosure Google’s new box , video codec and pending lawsuits . isoHunt down but not out. Unreleased hacker doc is leaked there. Get it here ! At the multiplex : McGruber? Really? On TeeVee: Winners and losers for the upcoming fall season . Shout-outs Thanks to Belleau Woods for the pingback, John Meadows for the comment & Steve Czajka for the chat. Music The Sessions from Vancouver with their track “Say Goodbye Adrianne” — part of the Thorny Bleeder Records sampler brought to you by the Pirate Party of Canada .

Transcript of Live Chat ( you could have been there too… ) Show Notes Dystractions You can bother Canadian Heritage Minister @mpjamesmoore with tweets about a Canadian DMCA or ACTA … cause he gets really snippy when you do. R.I.P. Law & Order and Heroes … we thought you’d died long ago. iPhone 4G found in Vietnam loves you long time. Full Dysclosure Rogers goes for the iPad data gouge , but doesn’t want you to “strike out” for file-sharing. Mobilicity wants to compete against your landline provider . Google Streetview has been Wardriving for four years . Tony Clement’s ignored one public consultation about the net, now he wants to do another . Do you like Facebook? Do you know Zynga? I bet you already hate them. Steam comes to the Mac as gaming options open. Grand Theft Auto in the Old West… it’s time for Red Dead Redemption ! Another Canadian hockey movie … shoot me! Music Belleau Woods from Toronto with their track “Bridges Be Burnin'”

Show Notes Dystractions Iron Man 2 opens to huge weekend , even with piracy concerns . Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore dystracts you with tweets to cover up Dysclosure. Beavers in Space . Full Dysclosure Prime Minister sides with James Moore in Thunderdome-style fight with Tony Clement and a DMCA is on its way to Canada in the next 6 weeks . Some early considerations on the potential impact of the Google Bookstore in Canada. CRTC caves to Bell’s tiered internet demands. iPad gets ships date to Canada and… Mike wants one now!?! Music from Ottawa – Captial Grass and the No Men with their track Last Burning Candle

Transcript of Live Chat ( you could have been there too… ) Show Notes: Dystractions Man beats Bejeweled . Upcoming 3-D movie releases . Full Dysclosure If Apple calls the cops on you who will police the police? Hey look, Steve Jobs is a blogger hypocrite . Anth thinks the best defence against the iPad is to ignore it altogether . Closed OSes like BlackBerry and iPhone aren’t long for this world, apparently. Why use OS X anyway when you can use Ubuntu Lucid instead? In case you were wondering, Gopherspace is safe . Shout-outs Thanks to Slug is Doug for his comment on the blog last week. Thanks also to Steve Czajka and John Meadows in the chat. Check out John’s take on Apple vs. Flash . Music John Meadows — chatter and musical guest?!!1