An afternoon in the pub

Don't click here to listen. It won't work. Seriously. We're crazy like that. But you can read what we tried to do, so it ain't all that bad.

This week, we retire to the Duke of Edinburgh pub to record the podcast. It results in a slightly more mellow tone than usual, but with a few fun interruptions by Beth, our favorite barmaid, who loves a good chuckle.


We are joined by Ashok, who asks a few good and pertinent questions during the discussion.


We quickly review Thanksgiving and what we all got up to, and very briefly Simon gets a plug in for a book he's just finished reading, "I Shall Wear Midnight" by Terry Pratchett. Very funny indeed if you're into fantasy fiction merged with satire.


We then delve into something more serious, while we're scoffing down our Sunday lunches, and with regular interruptions by Beth too. Ashok asks why it is that all the promise of web job hunting hasn't become everything it promised to be, and why it doesn't seem to be working as advertised.


We couldn't have a podcast this week without mentioning Wikileaks, as the latest story has just exploded onto the scene, and we're all still digesting the content of those diplomatic disclosures.


Ashok asks Simon some specific about a Commercial pilot's license and why there aren't as many pilots these days as there have previously been. This expands into the territory of the Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) license, which a lot of hopes have been pinned on.


Ashok, worryingly, brings up the topic of this new 'toy' he saw advertised, a remote control drone capable of taking photos, that can be controlled from your iPhone?!?!?!?!  


We end by requesting listeners to send in their favorite moments from 2010 and we can recap some of those at the end of December.


Ashok asks Greg for a food recommendation and Greg suggests his favorite pizza joint in the whole Bay Area and we discuss why Berkeley has such a high concentration of good restaurants.


Simon was coughing and spluttering all the way through.


Ending music was Aura & Armament by Maximum Indifference.


BMSMA.


G&S