Episode 32 – Superfreakonomics and The Long Tail

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Show Notes

Ben watches weird sports, Josh makes the wrong cookies, video games aren’t as hard as they used to be back when we walked to school barefoot in the snow. Plus: child car seats are as worthless as an ashtray on a motorbike, but never shake a baby (Superfreakonomics book review).
Intro (0:00-7:18)
- Pac Man max score
- Learn about the addressing scheme of the internet (Internet Protocol) versions 4 and 6!
The Long Tail (7:18-42:02)
- Read the original article by Chris Anderson, October 2004
- Weird sports Ben watches:
  1. Magic: The Gathering (obv.):
  2. Marble racing: Jelle’s Marble Runs
  3. Disc golf: Jomez Pro
  4. Bouldering: International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC)
  5. Soap box racing: Red Bull Soapbox Race(s)
  6. Japanese game shows: Slippery Stair Climbing
  7. Sumo wrestling: Jason’s All Sumo Channel
- Software as a service
- Marty McFly finds out Western Union is reliable (it was 70 years, not 100)
Bad at Husbanding/Parenting (42:02-1:10:24)
- Among Us for Noobs
Bad at English (1:10:24-1:13:05)
- As useless as…an ashtray on a motorbike
Superfreakonomics book review (1:13:05-end)
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