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The Dr. is in

blamedrewcancerIt’s been pretty quiet on the Best Damn Tech front over the past few months (since August last year in fact) as we get on with our lives and become overwhelmed with work and family and social networks et al. We keep talking about getting rolling again but it just never seems to click at the right moments. So be it.

One of the big driving forces of the show, many of you will probably know, is Dr. Drew whose idea it was to get the show up and running some 3 or 4 years ago (or is it 5?). He’s moved on (a few times) most recently to San Fransisco and next to L.A but we recently heard news that he has been diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma. That shit’s just not nice. Of course he’s a fighter. We know he is and there’s an energy about him that is impossible to beat which is why we’re pretty sure this Hodgkins bastard won’t stand a chance.

So we need to stop making excuses and get our shit together. Rest assured that Drewby always has some out-of-the-box initiative going and he’s gone and set up a site BlameDrewsCancer.com but that’s of course not all:

“I wanted to welcome ANYONE to blame ANYTHING on MY cancer. I’ll find a nice company or a few who will match each unique person on Twitter who blames something on my cancer using the hashtag #BlameDrewsCancer, with a dollar that will go to the American Cancer Society and Make a Wish Foundation.”

So do it. Do the shit out of it. Of course if you don’t, you can #BlameDrewsCancer.

Lindsay Lohan IS Tech News

Why? Because I’m sure the shots were taken with a digital camera. Enjoy Lindsay Lohan recreating Marilyn Monroe’s famous last shoot for the New York Magazine. Yes, she is nude. No they’re not photoshopped. (NSFW, unless you’re cool like some of us and work for themselves)

_drew

Best Damn Browser Smackdown : Opera says Fuck you Microsoft

Opera is breaking out the big guns…lawyers.   Today, Opera filed a complaint with the EU against Microspank.

They don’t want IE bundled with Windows, as it gives Microsoft unfair advantage in the browser war, and they want IE to comply with web standards.

Hmmmm.  Don’t we all?  I love Opera, they have big brass balls.

However.   Is there anyone bitching about Safari and iTunes coming bundled with OS X?  No?  *crickets* Anyone?  *more crickets*.  Oh yeah, nobody cares….yet.

So big ups to Opera on getting them some press coverage, but nobody in the world can make Microsoft comply to “standards” that aren’t really standard from a legal perspective.  We’ll be keeping a Geek eye on this one for y’all.

_drew

Valleywag Vlog Hot voting.

Vlog HotThe folks over at Valleywag have opened the polls for their Vlog Hot competition, a.k.a geek eye candy, for all to vote on.

I didn’t know about nominations otherwise I’m sure our very own Dr. Drew and The Very Reverend Sir Adam Plante would most certainly be on the list (modesty prevents me from suggesting that I would be on the list as well). However, the good news is that our very own Shauna made the list and she’s up against Congers (Amanda Congdon) who is without doubt, shamelessly voting for herself.

Shauna Head over and notch one up for the good guys (that’s Shauna, do I have to explain myself every time…oh it’s probably the accent).
…..flemo

UPDATE!!! OK, so I should’ve known the good Doc (Drew that is) got his mug up there in the voting circles. Not the most flattering photo but sure to appeal to the goth set. Is that permanent Drewby? Might as well notch one up for him as well.
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best damn interview with geoffrey arone of flock

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Geoffrey Arone is one of the founders of the already popular up-and-coming web browser flock. Drew Olanoff from the Best Damn Tech Show, Period. talks to Geoffrey about “Why Flock” and the Future of flock.