December
31
HN 054 – The Y2k7 bug
Posted In: audio by Shawn | Tags: As The Type Moves, bad cover songs, podcast, The Gorskys
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Our final show of 2006! We start off complaining about technical problems and restarting the show, we debate the true definition of “new year,” we give out our “of the year 2006″ award for cover band, then we talk about the Y2k7 bug, Jen has her first installment of “As The Type Moves,” and we wrap things up with more Y2k7.
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Show length: 45:41
File size: 31.6 MB
File type: 96 kbps stereo mp3
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Haweswater by Sarah Hall is a work of fiction based loosely on an actual dam that was built in England WW2. The dam exists, the people and the town in the story are fictional. This book is like reading a painting. I got lost somewhere in the descriptions of the fields and the weather and the changing seasons. Hall makes the reader feel like she is standing there, watching everything that happens, getting rained on, and smelling the farmed earth after the rain. Early on in the book is an extremely dramatic and bloody description of a woman giving birth. This birth produces Janet, a woman who grows up in the little town of Marsdale, following her own rules. One day, a man from the government, Jack, comes to Marsdale, to tell them that their town is doomed. The Hawswater dam is going to be built, and their entire town will be flooded, and everyone will eventually have to leave their home. The book is filled with tension, heartbreak, and unpredictability. I was completely drawn into this world.
The Ghost Map is by Steven Johnson. This is a nonfiction book describing how a cholera epidemic in London in the 1850’s decimated the population. There were two basic problems that allowed this to happen. One, the sewer system that is in London today had yet to exist. Two, people, for the most part, believed that people were getting sick from “bad air”, instead of from how cholera is actually contracted. Reading this book was a lot like watching one of those medical shows, where a few smart people piece together the puzzle of how people are getting sick. I found it fascinating. A warning to the squeamish though, I would not advise reading this book while trying to eat. By necessity, this book spends a whole lot of time talking about excrement, where it collected, and how it smelled. If you can deal with that, then its a great read for anyone with an interest in science, disease, or just what is involved in living in a city.
LOST Endangered Species is another one of the series of books based on the television show. This one is written by Cathy Hapka. Once again, this book focuses on a character that is not in the actual show, and has many of the characters who do appear in the show make cameo appearances. If you like the show LOST, you might like these books. This is the second one I have read, and so far, both have been extremely easy reading. It’s mind candy for those of us who aren’t into romance novels.