Welcome Raul Garza to the team

So, I've been thinking, and he helped me with this: we should have more content on the site! He talked me into letting him be an editor for the site!  Most of his content will be over in his corner of the site (here) and won't be too much reflecting on the show, but this is the first step toward a BRAND NEW experience here on the site! If you would like to apply for a position (we don't pay, and no free stuff.. yet...) send a email with a sample of your work to [email protected]

Tadpool Tech! Episode 51: “Say Internet One More Time!”

This week on Tadpool Tech, we are joined by the unrivaled Sekani of the BGM podcast.  He took this train called Tadpool Tech and drove it off the rails in a flaming ball of ranting madness.  Madness!  The results were...dare I say...spectacular.  Not to mention he brought his own BGM (Background Music...ah ha!) to spice things up and give CJ one less task to derp.

We discuss lots of gaming (and Jarred's lack thereof), Sex is better than Facebook (conclusive proof), a robot to help out your grandma, Star Trek star ships destroying planets, Assassin's Creed card game, and a Colorado UFO.  Plus!  Curiosity finds that the radiation on Mars is safe for humans!  Get your ass to Mars!

In this week's Rant and Review, we take a look at the pilot of the CW show Arrow.  Will CJ's ploy to get Jarred hooked on the show work?  Will the parkour outweigh the shaky cam?  Will this be CW's new Smallville?  Are bows and arrows cool enough?  Is that a smoke monster on that island?

Will you join us on this space ship careening out of control that will end in an anti-clamactic explosion because you can't have explosions in space?  We'll try not to destroy any star systems.

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Music brought to you by I Fight Dragons, help the world support them at ifightdragons.com, purchase their CD KABOOM! on Amazon.

Music during the show is by Andrew Allen, you can purchase the CD Smooth Federation on Amazon.

Email us at [email protected], subscribe on iTunes, or find us on Stitcher (use code tadpooltech and hellp us out a bit).

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TADPOOL TECH! EPISODE 50: “FRESH SACK!” (repost)

CJ's special, so here's a repost...

This week on Tadpool Tech, we have the master of all cover music goodness, the one and only Mr. Brian Ibbot.  He's that guy from Coverville, The Morning Stream, and Film Sack.  If for some reason you aren't listening to all three of those podcasts, I feel sorry for you.  Oh, and the Boats are back! Yay!

We discuss Crazy Chris LamBEARRRR </french>, Slater getting paid to watch Twilight, the new Star Wars screenwriter, the Canadian Triceratops, getting pirated by anti-piracy software, quantum entangled batteries (SCIENCE!), an African pee-powered-power-generator (PEE SCIENCE!), a new Mortal Kombat movie, the first "car of the year" that doesn't have an internal combustion engine, 3D printed James Bond cars, and GrubHub solving first world problems.  Plus!  The Hurricane Sandy zombie pirate who talks like Ray Ramano.

On this week's Rant and Review, we pick apart the pilot episode of "Being Human".  The 'murhica version.  Will CJ punch a werewolf for whining too much?  Will you get your eye poked out by Sam Witwer's chizled chin?  Could you be lucky enough to have your house haunted by Meaghan Rath?  One can only hope.

Join us for some fun times, won't you?  We'll try not to whine about whining too much.

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Check out our forums for show notes. 

Music brought to you by I Fight Dragons, help the world support them at ifightdragons.com, purchase their CD KABOOM! on Amazon.

Music during the show is by Andrew Allen, you can purchase the CD Smooth Federation on Amazon.

Email us at [email protected], subscribe on iTunes, or find us on Stitcher (use code tadpooltech and hellp us out a bit).

This episode brought to you by SQUARESPACE.  Want a quick, easy, professional or fun website or blog? Want an amazing host for your podcast? Try Squarespace free for 15 days (no credit card needed), then take 10% off of your first order by using tadpooltech11 AND Amazon, you can shop for ANYTHING on Amazon.com by clicking the banner on our site!

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TADPOOL TECH! EPISODE 49: "COUNTRY GENTLEMEN" (repost!)

This week on Tadpool Tech...CJ and Rachel aren't here!  Oh noes!  We can't have a show without them, right?  Wrong!  While the Boats are away, Jaz and Slater will play.  In the last minute switcheroo, we assembled a group of guests from the great state of Alabama.  Why?  Well, because they were the first ones Jarred asked and they said yes.  So, this week Jared Budlong is back, and we were also joined by long time friend of the show Robert Hillman.

This week, we discuss fooling Penn and Teller, uncanny valley Tom Merrit, The Empire State Building getting in on the election hoopla, Anonymous doing what Anonymous does, opening beer bottles with a chainsaw, new Skyrim DLC, Verizon says bye-bye bloatware, a new G-Mail feature, hacking voting machines, patent-troll fail, and Minecraft 3D printing.  Plus!  Neil deGrass Tyson finds the planet Krypton (sort of)!

All this and a Rant and Review of Bryan Fuller's Munsters re-imagining, Mockingbird Lane.  Will you join us for a spooky good time?  I can't promise Grandpa won't eat you...

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Check out our forums for show notes. 

Music brought to you by I Fight Dragons, help the world support them at ifightdragons.com, purchase their CD KABOOM! on Amazon.

Music during the show is by Andrew Allen, you can purchase the CD Smooth Federation on Amazon.

Email us at [email protected], subscribe on iTunes, or find us on Stitcher (use code tadpooltech and hellp us out a bit).

This episode brought to you by SQUARESPACE.  Want a quick, easy, professional or fun website or blog? Want an amazing host for your podcast? Try Squarespace free for 15 days (no credit card needed), then take 10% off of your first order by using tadpooltech11 AND Amazon, you can shop for ANYTHING on Amazon.com by clicking the banner on our site!

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Tadpool Tech/ Geek I/O KICKSTARTER!

TO ALL OF OUR FANS! We are running a kickstarter to create a WHOLE SLEW of new podcasts, and totally revamping Tadpool Tech! We're not looking for much, just a little help!

 

IF YOU DONATE MORE THAN $5, we will enter you in a contest to not only win a SIGNED (By Andrew, Brian Ibbott and Scott Johnson) Andrew Allen's Smooth Federation CD, BUT ALSO I Fight Dragons "KABOOM!" CD! ALSO!! You will be entered to win Orcs Must Die 2 for the PC PLUS ALL OF THE DLC! WHAT A DEAL! Check it out at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/983379765/create-several-new-geek-i-o-podcasts

SCAREpool Tech! Episode 48: “Skin, Sex, and one Big Slut. Virgin!”

This week, we have a very special Halloween episode with not one, but TWO guests!  Joining us is the geektastic and TERRORiffic Jared Budlong and the SPOOKtacular Marlissa Doss.  Twice the guestitude and twice the tomfoolery!

We discuss pandas, kids, climbing the corporate ladder, Roku-wide search, computer chips with nanotubes (SCIENCE!), Google's nebulous of Nexuses, GTA V release date announcement, and the newest Disney princess: Princess Leia!  Plus, much discussion of Hurricane Sandy including, coverage, fake photos, real photos, and apps that can help you be prepared in future storms.

It's Halloween, so we had to rant and review The Rocky Horry Picture Show.  Had to.  Hear us discuss sweet transvestite transexuals from Transylvania and other creatures of the night, and more singing from your hosts than you ever wanted to hear.

Come do the Time Warp with us!  Again!

Check out our forums for show notes. 

Music brought to you by I Fight Dragons, help the world support them at ifightdragons.com, purchase their CD KABOOM! on Amazon.

Music during the show is by Andrew Allen, you can purchase the CD Smooth Federation on Amazon.

Email us at [email protected], subscribe on iTunes, or find us on Stitcher (use code tadpooltech and hellp us out a bit).

This episode brought to you by SQUARESPACE.  Want a quick, easy, professional or fun website or blog? Want an amazing host for your podcast? Try Squarespace free for 15 days (no credit card needed), then take 10% off of your first order by using tadpooltech10 AND Amazon, you can shop for ANYTHING on Amazon.com by clicking the banner on our site!

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Tadpool Tech! Episode 47: “Marlissa plays with her Wii a LOT!”

This week on Tadpool Tech, we double our female quotient and triple our awesome quotient with the fantastic Marlissa Doss.  She's got mad Lyrics Undercover writing and research skills, and she loves playing with her Wii!

This week we discuss being a gopher for the internet famous, Slater's impressive ability to drink 63 Red Bulls and live to tell the tale, Extra-Life Gameathon results, that Apple thing that happened, you don't really "own" the ebooks you "buy", Zynga money troubles, and the new ESRB rating system for digital games.  Plus!  Canadians in space!

In this week's Rant and Review, Marlissa challenged us to view the pilot of Revenge.  Did we like it, or will we be seeking our own revenge on Marlissa for making us watch it?  Tune it and find out.

Join us, won't you?  It's more fun than digital crops.  Honest.

Check out our forums for show notes. 

Music brought to you by I Fight Dragons, help the world support them at ifightdragons.com, purchase their CD KABOOM! on Amazon.

Music during the show is by Andrew Allen, you can purchase the CD Smooth Federation on Amazon.

Email us at [email protected], subscribe on iTunes, or find us on Stitcher (use code tadpooltech and hellp us out a bit).

This episode brought to you by SQUARESPACE.  Want a quick, easy, professional or fun website or blog? Want an amazing host for your podcast? Try Squarespace free for 15 days (no credit card needed), then take 10% off of your first order by using tadpooltech10 AND Amazon, you can shop for ANYTHING on Amazon.com by clicking the banner on our site!

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2012 Extra Life Gaming Marathon

Starting tonight at 12 midnight PST the Tadpool Tech team will be taking on the task of playing for 24 hours straight for the Extra Life foundation.  Jon Slater, intrepid producer, will be starting at midnight, and myself (and switching off and on with Rachel) will be starting around 9 AM EDT.  Check out more details on http://tiny.cc/teamtadpooltech! Also, there will be a G+ Hangout (add me, gplus.to/dragoskai) as well as a Turntable hangout AND a (on again, off again) live stream over at twitch.tv/dragoskai

Tadpool Tech! Episode 46: “The Great Ball chinian and his Pal, Jesus!”

This week we were jazzed to hang out with Andrew Allen, the man behind the magic that is Smooth Federation.  Turns out he's more than just an awesome musical geek genius, he's an awesome all-around geek too!

We got into the groove and discussed Andrew's many musical projects, Google's new search features in beta, Boxee's upcoming cloud DVR, EA's coupon fail, a refrigerator that makes you smile, how you can experience Mythbusting first hand, Xbox music, and how unwise decisions at Area 51 can get you held at gunpoint.  Plus! More Pokemon imitations because we know you love those.

On this week's Rant and Review, Jarred challenges the team to take on the two part season premier of Person of Interest.  Can Ben Linus save the world with his pal Jesus?  Can CJ figure out what the heck is going on?  Does he ever know what's going on?

Join us, won't you?  It's more fun than throwing Buster the dummy through a plate glass window.  Well, almost as fun. 

Tadpool Tech will be gaming for a full 24 hours straight (or at least Slater will) starting Friday night at midnight until midnight of Saturday. This in support of Extra-life and the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. We’ll be accepting new team members until 9pm Saturday, and donations of any size until 11pm pacific Saturday night. Well be live streaming some of our games so be sure to follow Slater & CJ on Google Plus as they go live. For more info about the cause and team check us out at tiny.cc/TeamTadpoolTech Twitch.tv/DragosKai


Check out our forums for show notes. 

Music brought to you by I Fight Dragons, help the world support them at ifightdragons.com, purchase their CD KABOOM! on Amazon.

Music during the show is by Andrew Allen, you can purchase the CD Smooth Federation on Amazon.

Email us at [email protected], subscribe on iTunes, or find us on Stitcher (use code tadpooltech and hellp us out a bit).

This episode brought to you by SQUARESPACE.  Want a quick, easy, professional or fun website or blog? Want an amazing host for your podcast? Try Squarespace free for 15 days (no credit card needed), then take 10% off of your first order by using tadpooltech10 AND Amazon, you can shop for ANYTHING on Amazon.com by clicking the banner on our site!

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Tadpool Tech! Episode 45: “Of Scroat, Pikachu and Foreplay!”

This week on Tadpool Tech, things get five kinds of crazy with the one and only Brian Dunaway (briandunaway.com) of Comics Coast to Coast, The Final Score, and Film Sack.

We talk wheelin' and dealin', vidjea games, Microsoft Space Points, Microsoft spacial movement tracking with their new Digits research, the WoW Rapture, a surprisingly high-tech Xbox controller that looks like a real-life gun, ridesharing under attack, National Pork Month, and BEES!  Plus PETA's Pointless Pillaging of Pokemon!  (Alliteration Suckas!)

In this week's Rant and Review, we watch a couple of shorts from Liquid Television submitted by Mr. Dunaway that melt CJ's brain and send him into a fit of rage.  Rage!

Come join us on Tadpool Tech!  It's more awesome than a jar of gravity pickles! 

Check out our forums for show notes. 

Music brought to you by I Fight Dragons, help the world support them at ifightdragons.com, purchase their CD KABOOM! on Amazon.

Music during the show is by Andrew Allen, you can purchase the CD Smooth Federation on Amazon.

Email us at [email protected], subscribe on iTunes, or find us on Stitcher (use code tadpooltech and hellp us out a bit).

This episode brought to you by SQUARESPACE.  Want a quick, easy, professional or fun website or blog? Want an amazing host for your podcast? Try Squarespace free for 15 days (no credit card needed), then take 10% off of your first order by using tadpooltech10 AND Amazon, you can shop for ANYTHING on Amazon.com by clicking the banner on our site!

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Tadpool Tech! Episode 44: SACK!

This week on Tadpool Tech, we feed our inner geek a 10 course meal of nerdiness with our guest Michael Gaines of This Week in Trek, World of Warcast, Who Review, the Infinite Loop podcast, and probably more but my hands are starting to cramp from typing them all.  This busy fellow apparently took the Tardis back in time to somehow fit us in his very full schedule, and good times were had.

Of course we discuss World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, Star Trek, and Doctor Who.  On top of that we discuss Steam selling software that isn't games,  Seattle police tweeting crime, a tablet for the kids, ISP bandwidth caps, Destination Star Trek London, a bacon alarm clock, and robot bees!  Bee afraid!  (Sorry, couldn't help myself)

This week's rant and review is of the Doctor Who mid-season finale "The Angels take Manhattan".  Filled with theories, frustrations, excitement, and confusion from Jarred on his first-ever Doctor Who watching experience.

Check out our forums for show notes. 

Music brought to you by I Fight Dragons, help the world support them at ifightdragons.com, purchase their CD KABOOM! on Amazon.

Music during the show is by Andrew Allen, you can purchase the CD Smooth Federation on Amazon.

Email us at [email protected], subscribe on iTunes, or find us on Stitcher (use code tadpooltech and hellp us out a bit).

This episode brought to you by SQUARESPACE.  Want a quick, easy, professional or fun website or blog? Want an amazing host for your podcast? Try Squarespace free for 15 days (no credit card needed), then take 10% off of your first order by using tadpooltech8 AND Amazon, you can shop for ANYTHING on Amazon.com by clicking the banner on our site!

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Tadpool Tech! Episode 43: Arm Death & Whale Balls!

This week on Tadpool Tech Mr. Jon Strickland (ofhowstufworks.com, the Tech Stuff podcast, and much more) took time out of his internet world tour to hang out with us.  We discussed his latest project, "Mildly Exciting Tales of Astonishment" (META...what a clever fellow), and how you can support this awesomeness.  We also discuss robot tails for humans, street viewing the Great Barrier Reef, RedBox streaming, werewolf Worf, Gangnam world record, how your favorite tech company makes (or doesn't make) money, and more!  Plus!  Peppered Bacon Covered Roast Beef!  Yes!

Our rant and review this week comes on the recommendation of Mr. Strickland himself, and we review the first episode of the short lived 1983 fantasy series "Wizards and Warriors".  It is a review of death!

Bonus this week:  a spoiler riddled discussion of Wilfred season 1 after the show.

Check out our forums for show notes. 

Music brought to you by I Fight Dragons, help the world support them at ifightdragons.com, purchase their CD KABOOM! on Amazon.

Music during the show is by Andrew Allen, you can purchase the CD Smooth Federation on Amazon.

Email us at [email protected], subscribe on iTunes, or find us on Stitcher (use code tadpooltech and hellp us out a bit).

This episode brought to you by SQUARESPACE.  Want a quick, easy, professional or fun website or blog? Want an amazing host for your podcast? Try Squarespace free for 15 days (no credit card needed), then take 10% off of your first order by using tadpooltech8 ANDAmazon, you can shop for ANYTHING on Amazon.com by clicking the banner on our site!

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Tadpool Tech! Episode 42: Movie Herpies!

Joining us this week, we have Dern and O from dernwerks.com and commissionedcomic.com, and we talk about movies bad and good, The Hunger Games, anticipation for Borderlands 2, Kirby, Kevin Bacon, and a whole lot of tangents!

Check out our forums for show notes. 

Music brought to you by I Fight Dragons, help the world support them at ifightdragons.com, purchase their CD KABOOM! on Amazon.

Music during the show is by Andrew Allen, you can purchase the CD Smooth Federation on Amazon.

Email us at [email protected], subscribe on iTunes, or find us on Stitcher (use code tadpooltech and hellp us out a bit).

This episode brought to you by SQUARESPACE.  Want a quick, easy, professional or fun website or blog? Want an amazing host for your podcast? Try Squarespace free for 15 days (no credit card needed), then take 10% off of your first order by using tadpooltech8 ANDAmazon, you can shop for ANYTHING on Amazon.com by clicking the banner on our site!

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No TT stream this week!

Hey all, due to some unforseen circumstances, there will be no TT stream this week, and the cast will be on later in the day tomorrow (friday).  We apologize for any inconvenience. 

Tadpool Tech! Episode 41: "Shittin in Boots!"

Joining us this week we have Bryan Provost AKA Fuzzy once again! We talk about new formats for both of our shows, Wilfred, Apple, Amazon, and SO MUCH MORE

Check out our forums for show notes. 

Music brought to you by I Fight Dragons, help the world support them at ifightdragons.com, purchase their CD KABOOM! on Amazon.

Music during the show is by Andrew Allen, you can purchase the CD Smooth Federation on Amazon.

Email us at [email protected], subscribe on iTunes, or find us on Stitcher (use code tadpooltech and hellp us out a bit).

This episode brought to you by SQUARESPACE.  Want a quick, easy, professional or fun website or blog? Want an amazing host for your podcast? Try Squarespace free for 15 days (no credit card needed), then take 10% off of your first order by using tadpooltech8 ANDAmazon, you can shop for ANYTHING on Amazon.com by clicking the banner on our site!

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Tadpool Tech! Episode 40 "Tadpool Tech the Musical!"

Joining us this week, we have Cliff Haddox AKA Revngeek from AIE, and we sing about Dragon*con, nipples, facial recognitian, and Nicholas Cage!

 

Check out our forums for show notes. 

Music brought to you by I Fight Dragons, help the world support them at ifightdragons.com, purchase their CD KABOOM! on Amazon.

Music during the show is by Andrew Allen, you can purchase the CD Smooth Federation on Amazon.

Email us at [email protected], subscribe on iTunes, or find us on Stitcher (use code tadpooltech and hellp us out a bit).

This episode brought to you by SQUARESPACE.  Want a quick, easy, professional or fun website or blog? Want an amazing host for your podcast? Try Squarespace free for 15 days (no credit card needed), then take 10% off of your first order by using tadpooltech8 AND Amazon, you can shop for ANYTHING on Amazon.com by clicking the banner on our site!

 

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Tadpool Tech! Episode 39 “Jellybeans and butt cream!”

Joining us this week once AGAIN at the last minute we have Lou Gagliardi, and we talk about comics, drag queen names, Dragon*con, Munchkin, CJ's new PC, and much MUCH more!

 

 

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Music brought to you by I Fight Dragons, help the world support them at ifightdragons.com

Music during the show is by Andrew Allen, you can purchase the CD Smooth Federation on CDBaby.

Email us at [email protected], subscribe on iTunes, or find us on Stitcher (use code tadpooltech and hellp us out a bit).

This episode brought to you by SQUARESPACE.  Want a quick, easy, professional or fun website or blog? Want an amazing host for your podcast? Try Squarespace free for 15 days (no credit card needed), then take 10% off of your first order by using tadpooltech8 AND Amazon, you can shop for ANYTHING on Amazon.com by clicking the banner on our site!

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Tadpool Tech! Episode 38 - Giggidy Giggidy... Giggidy Goo and GLITTER POOP!

This week we have Lou Gagliardi joining us, and we talk about Bronies, ponies, Plants, Zombies, Apples, and Data's Anatomy.

Check out our forums for show notes. 

Music brought to you by I Fight Dragons, help the world support them at ifightdragons.com

Music during the show is by Andrew Allen, you can purchase the CD Smooth Federation on CDBaby.

Email us at [email protected], subscribe on iTunes, or find us on Stitcher (use code tadpooltech and hellp us out a bit).

This episode brought to you by SQUARESPACE.  Want a quick, easy, professional or fun website or blog? Want an amazing host for your podcast? Try Squarespace free for 15 days (no credit card needed), then take 10% off of your first order by using tadpooltech8 AND Amazon, you can shop for ANYTHING on Amazon.com by clicking the banner on our site!

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