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tech5 – June 25, 2010

John thinks there is too much porn and if you see Jason Bateman - boo him.

Daily Source Code #836

No Agenda Art

Hats off to Paul T. for this week's hilarious (and brilliant) artwork! He created a literal portrayal of General McChrystal as Tigger in front of a poppy covered hillside in Afghanistan.

The Art of Seduction

Adam and Micky recently had dinner with author, Robert Greene.

The Fix: Soccer and Organized Crime

Brought up by Adam due to the recent World Cup fever. Author Declan HIll writes about effect organized crime's has on the soccer world by "Asian match fixing criminals".

The World Turned Upside Down

Philips believes we are in an age of Cultural Totalitarianism. During No Agenda #211, Dvorak described her as a ponderous British woman that was on C-SPAN recently.

Cliveden House

Dining here earns the Living Large prize! During the Christmas holiday in 2007, Adam's family dined at London's super expensive, Cliveden House.

Best In Show

Dvorak thought Best In Show was hilarious. John has been discussing comics lately and he wanted to point out Fred Williard.

The Last Chase

While discussing Waterworld, Dvorak described a sci-fi film about a guy going across the US in his sports car stealing what little fuel he can find...

Waterworld

Everytime Adam sees the rising cost of oil, it reminds him of Waterworld with it's "go juice". Dvorak thought it was the corniest film of all time.

Next

A book that Adam read about DNA and your right to your DNA in the future.

Rollerball

On a discussion about commercial companies taking over government jobs like prisons, it reminded Dvorak of the 70s movie Rollerball starring James Caan.

Yorkshire Gold Tea

After PG Tips was discussed on No Agenda, the Yorkshire tea company sent some of it's Yorkshire Tea to Adam's UK office and asked that it be the new gold standard!

Tarragon Vinegar

A culinary food tip from John C. Dvorak! In No Agenda #8, John Dvorak found a great deal on some white wine vinegar so he buys it up then buys a bunch of tarragon.

Spruce

Located in San Francisco's Laurel Heights neighborhood. Adam dined here and was impressed even though he thought the portions were a little small.

NOLA Restaurant – New Orleans

Dvorak mentioned NOLA during episode NA #7. This New Orleans restaurant is owned by famous TV chef, Emeril Lagasse (the annoying BAM guy).

Nola Restaurant & Bar – Palo Alto

Adam came here for a Sequoia Capital hosted, 'Presidents and CEOs' dinner. Nola is a cajun/creole, New Orleans style restaurant.

Cranky Geeks 224

Did Dvorak get a new black jacket – to better blend into the black background? And Sarah Lacey, I haven’t seen her around for over a year. -ed Kinect to Porn!, China v. Silicon Valley 2.0, Tesla Goes Public, Google Voi Today’s Guests: Tim Bajarin, President, Creative Strategies Sarah Lacy, Author, Tech Journalist Dan Goodin,

Max Headroom Movie

This is the original 1985 Max Headroom movie created for Channel 4 in the UK. Dvorak mentioned this movie way back in No Agenda #4.

Tower of Death!

It's officially known as One Rincon Hill and it was mentioned during Episode #3 of No Agenda while it was still under construction.