04-15-2010 - Inside a Computer

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Thanks to Ms. Frizzle and the Magic School Bus, this episode was broadcast live from the inside of a desktop computer. I was shrunk down to the size of a microbe in order to fit inside. True story.

Tunes were played off the CD-ROM player, which led me to explain How To Computers Work (including RAM, CPU, Hard Drives, and Firewalls). I tried to log on to the internet using a 56k modem even though Super Dave Osborne told me "the internet can be phenomenal, and it can also be so dangerous". I also found time to discuss the first email ever sent in Canada, and the first singing computer.

In the news:

• Sperminator video game goes live
  
• Koreans prefer virtual children over real babies
• Pope Benedict encourages use of new technology
  
• and much more...

After the news, I opened up the Moon Down Mailbag. Again, only one email was sent in, this one from C64 in Vanier, asking "Are you keeping up with the Commodore?" which led me to create a new jingle for the Apple iPad. Shortly thereafter, I was attacked by TRIANGLE FACE but fortunately Norton Antivirus defended me. This week's Crazy Crazy Craigslist led me to discuss Carleton University's Fruit Machine that was built to detect homosexuals.

Mitchell phoned in to the show to call me a fraud, and to profess his love of Will.

At the tail end of the show, I ran about 15 minutes of my little sister's diaries while trying to make my way out of the computer. I used Taylor's Tool Time handy tips on wire cutters and broke free for the end of the show.

Artist	Album	Track
Mouse!	Unreleased	Butt Rape AIDS Machine
The Super Friendz	Love Energy	Nostalgia Machine
JP Incorporated	An Album of Distinction	The Internet
The Hazardous Materials	Made to Break	Slave to Machines (Challenge Arcade Theme) [Bonus Track]
Crystal Castles	Crystal Castles	XXZXCUZX Me
Self	Gizmodgery	Chameleon
Bobby and Synthia	thirty-six hours	Dig That Space
Thrush Hermit	Embarrass Ourselves Awake	The Pros and Cons of Living on the Edge
Soul Coughing	El Oso	So Far I Have Not Found The Science
Casiokids	Topp Stemning På Lokal Bar	Togens Hule
Spaguita	Riffic	Triangle Face Lives Again
Tigre Benvie	Bankruptcy	Oh Patricia
UJ3RK5	UJ3RK5	Eisenhower & The Hippies
D-Sisive	Let The Children Die	Like This (f/ Guilty Simpson)
Coconut Records	Davy	Wires
Sloan	B Sides Win	Work Cut Out
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