Up a Paddle - Episode 3 - The Third Strike

Up a Paddle - Episode 3 - The Third Strike
I apologize for late episode and I'm doing a little longer one to make up for it.   I'm also done begging for email.  If I get any email, I'll read it but that's probably not going to happen any time soon.  I'm going to treat this podcast like my blog: I'm going to talk about
whatever I feel like.  

News
- Nintendo News
- Revolution specs leaked by IGN
http://revolution.ign.com/articles/699/699118p1.html
- You will be able to store Virtual Console games using virtually any medium as long as it can connect using USB
http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/03/nintendo-revolution-to-have-sd-slot-and-usb-for-external-drives/
- Xbox 360
- From the makers of Grand Theft Auto comes Table Tennis  http://www.joystiq.com/2006/04/03/rockstars-table-tennis-is-no-joke/
- Movie News
- Simpsons Movie coming in 2007.  Oh Joy
http://www.chud.com/index.php?type=news&id=6329
- Anime News
- Adult Swim to get Bleach and Eureka 7.  Eureka 7 will premiere April 14th.  The first episode of Eureka 7 will also be available to stream free at animevillage.com and there will be the option to download for a fee.
http://www.bandai-ent.com/news/pr.cfm?id=111.   
- Tech News
- UMDs are pretty much dead   http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/30/umd-about-to-be-ditched-by-wal-mart/
- Warner is shipping HD-DVD's on the 18th of this month.  Million Dollar Baby, Last Samurai, and Phantom of the Opera first releases, followed by 17 others, including The Matrix
  http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060317-6405.html
    - Apple News, or lack thereof
      - No Apple Announcement for April 1 ie no video iPod

News was a little hard to come by this week as April Fools day messed around with the regular stories.  Case in point - Bob Ross Joy of Painting game for Revolution and DS - actually a real game but everyone thought it was an April Fools day joke.   http://revolution.ign.com/articles/699/699647p1.html
   
Random Fact
- Metal shrinks when it is cold.  That is why the Eiffel tower is six inches shorter in the winter time

Conspiracy Theory Corner
- Was Nessie an Elephant?
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18374018-13762,00.html?from=rss
 
Random Fact
Top Speed of a Pigeon in flight: 90mph

Reviews
Movies
- Walk the Line
- King Kong - 2005 version

Video Games
- Super Monkey Ball 1 & 2, Deluxe

TV Show
- Scrubs
Seasons 1 and 2 now out on dvd.  Season 3 hits May 9th

Anime
- Yakitate Japan!
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4454

Random Fact
- Bluebirds cannot see the color blue.

Special Segment - The Little Brother Challenge with guest host Cade
- We each ate 3 Kinder Suprise eggs to see who would get the air plane toy.

Random Fact
- The heel of a sock is called the "gore"

Rant
- Bottled Water, or glorified tap water.

Random Fact
- Squirrels cannot see the color red

Podcast Pete
- Question - Are you married?

Podcast Recommendations
- Ask a Ninja http://www.askaninja.com

Closing
- "Down in Flames" by Superbeing
http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=6be3112b809870eba4d6772fe5fcd39a