Episode 20
Posted 05/14/2011
On this week’s show, we discuss the shutdown of SETI’s Alien Telescope Array and Space Shuttle Endeavour’s final mission.
We talk about the ramifications of major downtime from Amazon and Sony.
And finally, we discuss our movie club pick of the week: “Special”.
Our Picks of the Week
An interpreted object-oriented language with a Lisp-like syntax.
Rufo suggests also checking out the Eero programming language.
Rufo’s offsite data backup solution of choice.
A very nice podcast player for Mac OS X. Lets you download and stream wirelessly over both Wi-Fi and 3G.
Show Notes
SETI Array Shutdown
Science
SETI announced they are shutting down active operations at the Hat Creek Radio Observatory due to lack of funding.
Endeavour's Last Mission
Science
Mission STS-134 will be the final mission for Space Shuttle Endeavour.
SpaceX aims to put humans on the surface of Mars within 20 years.
The Mars Science Laboratory project will use an innovative method to land the ‘Curiosity’ rover on the surface of Mars.
AWS Downtime
Technology
Amazon’s EC2 and RDS services were hit with major downtime, and took down many sites across the web.
PSN Downtime
Technology
Sony CEO Howard Stringer posted an update and apology regarding the extended PlayStation Network downtime.
Special
Movies
If you didn’t see it, Special is available for streaming on Netflix.
Nathan liked it a bit more than Rufo and Rich.
Movie Club
Movies
Our next movie club pick, “Monsters”, is available on Netflix streaming.