The Geek Life #207: “No Protein!” – Lots of Mobile talk; the ‘Fatberg’; 24hr Andy Warhol’s grave webcam, and more!

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• Video Releases
• LIGHTNING ROUND
  • Sept 10 – new iPhone announcement?
  • Bloomberg predicts Retina iPad Mini, also new iPad post phone announcement
  • Black Berry (RIM) throwing in the towel?
  • Windows Phone news? Crickets.
  • Windows 8.1 will RTM in August, but you plebeians can’t get it until October
  • …and Asus is out of the RT game, Acer is throwing its lot in with Android and ChromeOS (30% of revenue next year)
  • Although they won’t actually say “yes” or “no”, Microsoft peeps have said that the console will function if the Kinect is not attached
  • My Fermentation is Stuck! (I’m out of ideas)
  • There’s a webcam that watches Andy Warhol’s grave 24/7
  • A 15-ton “fatberg” removed from London sewer
  • Gay people can now marry in Minnesota! Yay!
  • You can listen to Wikipedia being edited live: http://listen.hatnote.com/
• Paul has a Chromecast!
• The America’s Cup, or how to void the warranty on your iPad
• Iron Brewer! (Yes, you heard me right – MT)
• Wizard tries to oust MCBA in Minneapolis by scheduling a Wizard World convention two weeks prior to Spring Con.
• The Minnesota Fringe Festival

Peeks:

• Melissa: The Choosatron Kickstarter
• Richard: Dinosaus Chess and “Didn’t It Rain” by Hugh Laurie

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