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Dumbed Down Life 119

2011-11-10T22:33:00.001Z

Bike update, a little tech and star talk.

Song1
Klaypex - E.T.
www.klaypex.com/

Chat
The big bike update

Song2
Alexx Calise - Good Enough
alexxcalise.net

Chat
Adobe kill off Flash for mobile
And two people that know very little about star gazing, talk star gazing

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Dumbed Down Life 118

2011-11-10T22:14:00.001Z

Lance hits an all time low and talks about X Factor....
(And STILL no bike)

Song1
Sekshun8 - Still Smokin’
www.sekshun-8.com/

Chat
Frankie Leaves the X-Factor

Song2
Josh Woodward - Let It In
www.joshwoodward.com/

Chat
The Great bike update

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Dumbed Down Life 117

2011-11-10T22:09:00.001Z

Tell me why, I don't like Mondays?

Song1
Lacuna Coil - Heavens a Lie
lacunacoil.it

Chat
Darren’s Gym Update
Get Running App

Lance’s bike update

Song2
Van Muller - Baby it’s you
www.myspace.com/vanmuller

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Dumbed Down Life 116

2011-11-06T22:49:00.002Z

Exercise and motorbike updates.

Song1
Klaypex - Hey Hey
klaypex.com

Chat
Darren's exercising.

Song2
Professor Kliq - Plastic & Flashing Lights
professorkliq.com

Chat
Lances motorcycle.

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Dumbed Down Life 115

2011-11-05T22:43:00.000Z

Another filler, stay tuned.

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Dumbed Down Life 114

2011-11-04T22:21:00.001Z

Just a filler as inspiration failed me tonight.

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Dumbed Down Life 113

2011-11-03T22:15:00.000Z

Bond is Back.

Songs

Sean Fournier - Broken Stereo
http://sean-fournier.com

Bond 23

The Kobolds - Buckle Up
http://www.thekobolds.com

Jordan - Dear Mother
http://www.jordandoucette.com/

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Dumbed Down Life 112

2011-11-02T23:13:00.000Z

A technical warning and something to watch.

Song1
Leslie Hunt - American Dream Man

Chat
Hacking or just bad choice of password?

Song2
Brad Sucks - Making Me Nervous
www.bradsucks.net

Chat
Mid-air collision.
News.bbc.co.uk

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Dumbed Down Life 111

2011-11-01T22:55:00.000Z

Today we're talking vampires and health kick!

Song1
Anemo - Music Box - From the Album Stentorian
www.anemo.co.uk

Chat
Why Vampires Suck

Song2
Bad Pollyanna - My Incubi
www.badpollyanna.com

Song3
Clark Datchler - Shatterd Dreams
www.clarkdatchler.com

Chat
Joining the gym and quitting smoking

Song4
Mathew Ebel - Drive Away
matthewebel.com/

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Dumbed Down Life 110

2011-10-31T23:29:00.000Z

The first show of Movember and Darren's flying solo.

Song1
Jordan Reyne - Johnny & The Sea
www.jordanreyne.com

Song2
Danika Holmes - Pockets Full Of Gold

Song3
Loomis And The Lust - Bright Red Chords

Song4
Nick Daugherty - Staring At The Sun

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Dumbed Down Life 109

2011-10-28T10:09:00.000+01:00

We're back! Again!

Song1
JTX - Party Like a Rockstar
www.jtxperience.com/

Chat
Are we giving an unbalanced amount of attention to breasts?

Song2
Dogs Must Be Carried - United Kingdom of Whenever
www.reverbnation.com/dogsmustbecarried

Song3
DJ Lobsterdust - Epic Black Rock
djlobsterdust.com/

Chat
Wait, has miracle day happened?

Song4
Doug Edgell - Born With A broked Heart
www.dougedgell.net/

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Dumbed Down Life 108

2011-05-22T18:52:00.003+01:00

It's the end of the world as we know it so keep checking your blind spot while you get on your bike and ride.

Song1
Rob Warren - Rise
robwarrenmusic.bandcamp.com

Chat
The Rapture! Well we know now it didn't happen and don't we feel foolish. But when recording this on Friday we really did think it would!

Darren's rant, safety features on lorries (truck).
BBC News Story

Song2
Jordan Reyne - The Proximity of Death
jordanreyne.com

Chat
Two wheeled transport update

Song3
Yael Naïm - New Soul
www.yaelweb.com

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Dumbed Down Life 107

2011-05-20T13:03:00.002+01:00

It's "That 80's Show. Talking about retro computing.

Song1
Age of Daze - Afflicted
www.myspace.com/ageofdaze

Chat
80's Computers and Doomsday
www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday

Song2
Kalliopi - Naked
kalliopimusic.com

Chat
Two Wheeled Transport

Song3
Delilah Why - Walk on by
www.delilahwhy.com

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Now On Facebook

2011-05-02T12:51:00.003+01:00

While Doug, Darren and Lance have all got their own Facebook profiles and the podcast also has a Facebook group it didn't until now, have it's own page.

Dumbed Down Life on Facebook

We've also added a Facebook "like" button to the bottom of the show notes, starting from show 106.

Let's get social!

Dumbed Down Life 106

2011-04-28T22:10:00.004+01:00

There may well be something happening on Friday but we're certainly not going to talk about it.

Song1
Hey Gravity - Risen
http://www.myspace.com/heygravity

Chat
Life Sized AT-AT
http://atatforamerica.tumblr.com/post/4394511190/the-dream-an-at-at-for-america

Song2
Mathew Ebel - Sally Went Down
http://matthewebel.com/

Chat
Death of Sarah Jane & the new Dr. Who
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13137674

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Video Promo

2011-04-22T12:04:00.001+01:00

Dumbed Down Life105

2011-04-21T20:29:00.002+01:00

Do not adjust your speakers. The levels are a little off, there's some tweets and whistles but these are due to dust in our podcasting setup.

Song1
The Imagine Dragons - Hear Me
http://www.imaginedragonsmusic.com/

Chat
Superhero Broadway Shows
http://spidermanonbroadway.marvel.com
http://www.batmanlive.com

Song2
Heifervescent- Bessie’s Secret
http://www.heifervescent.com

Chat
Royal Wedding to be streamed live on Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/user/theroyalchannel

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Dumbed Down Life 104

2010-12-02T22:08:00.002Z

It's the We Love Google Show!

Song1
Robyn Timm - Big Sky
http://www.myspace.com/robintymm

Chat
Demo Slam, Google Goggles and NASA have found life but not as we know it Jim!
http://demoslam.com/
http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/#text
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11886943

Song2
Sister Hazel - Shame
http://www.rockridgemusic.com/artists/sisterhazel/

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Dumbed Down Life 103

2010-12-01T18:51:00.002Z

No more PoMo and we're still go go !

Song1
Song1: Greg Waters - Time Machine
http://www.gregwatersmusic.com/

Chat
Have NASA found E.T.?
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/

Song2
Yael Naim - New Soul
http://www.yaelweb.com/

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Dumbed Down Life 102

2010-11-30T20:39:00.002Z

We get to the end of NaPodPoMo and have succeeded in our goal of releasing a show every day for the whole on November.

Song1
The Black Crowes - Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution
http://www.blackcrowes.com

Chat
Living alone may not be good for your health and Google face the "Micro$oft" problem of being too successful for their own good..

Song2
Paul Blann - Pour Me Another Drink
http://paulblann.wordpress.com/

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Dumbed Down Life 101

2010-11-29T19:41:00.003Z

A Comic Legend Dies

Song1
Munk - Superheroes

Chat
The death of a comic legend and discovering new music for others

Song2
Dualstyles - Nothing Left
http://Myspace.com/dualstyles

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Dumbed Down Life 100

2010-11-29T02:05:00.002Z

We celebrate 100 shows with some special guests.

Song1
Last Sunday - A Part Of Me
http://www.myspace.com/lastsunday

Chat
Sex Shop, Apple vs Android, 100 Episodes.

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Dumbed Down Life 99

2010-11-27T20:45:00.001Z

Lance gets a life and we correct an earlier story

Song1
99 Words for Boobs - Robert Lund courtesy of the Fump

Chat
Lance finds that this NaPodPoMo thing has motivated him to do other things and we clear up a non story from earlier on in the month

Song2
Pixikill - Rock It
http://pixikill.tumblr.com/

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Dumbed Down Life 98

2010-11-27T00:02:00.003Z

Both Lance & Darren in the same room talking face to face about Faces (Sort of)

Song1
Daydream on Autopilot - Better Off Alone

Chat
Facebook attempt to trademark the work Face and Axel Rose Complains about Slash’s face.

Song2
Shayfer James - Life Is Beautiful
http://www.shayferjames.com/

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Dumbed Down Life 97

2010-11-25T20:35:00.001Z

Lance on his own picking up on the Ubuntu story from yesterday.

Song1
Wensday - Only Women Bleed
http://www.wensdaymusic.com/index.htm

Chat
Picking up on Yesterdays story of the rolling updates for Ubuntu with feddback from Bugcast Dave.

Song2
The On Fires - Coming Home
http://www.theonfires.com/

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Dumbed Down Life 96

2010-11-24T20:23:00.002Z

From early computing to the latest O.S. all covered in 20 glorious minutes.

Song1
Alexx Calise - Out of Sight
http://www.alexxcalise.net/fr_news.cfm

Chat
Lance & Darren get all geeky (again). Talking early computers and the latest operating systems

Song2
Kalliopi - Naked
http://kalliopimusic.com/

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Dumbed Down Life 95

2010-11-24T09:31:00.002Z

Darren’s Movember Update and the return of Buffy.

Song1
The Hypertonics - Don't Marry the One You Love, Marry The One Who Loves You
http://www.thehypertonics.com/hypertonics.html

Chat
Darren’s Movember Update and the return of Buffy

Song2
Jordan Reyne - The Proximity Of Death
http://www.jordanreyne.com/

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Dumbed Down Life 94

2010-11-24T09:25:00.002Z

Twitter gets spaced and we bring down the system.

Song1
Ampliphonic - High Track

Chat
An interesting use for Twitter
http://www.lightsinthedark.com/

Song2
If The Sea Was Whiskey - Tin Pan
http://tinpanband.com/wordpress/

Chat
How not to bring down the banking system.

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New Way To Get Dumb!

2010-11-22T18:12:00.002Z

We've added a simple link to the posts on the Dumbed Down Life web page for each new podcast that we post.

If you're using a mobile device you can now download the shows directly by clicking the little telephone icon .

Please let us know if you have any problems with this new option.

Dumbed Down Life 93

2010-11-22T18:07:00.002Z

More Anti Smoking Legislation.

Song1
Pato Banton - Heal This World
http://www.patobanton.com/

Chat
Plain Labeling for Cigarette packets.

Song2
Mark Radcliffe - Blow It All Away
http://markradcliffe.net/

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Dumbed Down Life 92

2010-11-20T02:02:00.005Z

A more music based episode for a change.

Song1
Victims of Science - The Device Has Been Modified

Song2
Heather Edwards - Transalgia
http://www.heatheredwards.net/

Song3
For A Minor Reflection - Flood
http://www.foraminorreflection.com

Song4
Danika Holmes - Pockets Full Of Gold
http://www.danikaholmes.com/

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Dumbed Down Life 91

2010-11-19T22:15:00.003Z

A little bit of chat and three cracking Podsafe tracks!

Song1
JP Corwyn - Dire
http://jpcorwyn.sitezoogle.com/fr_home.cfm

Song2
The Lovely Eggs - Digital Accordian
http://www.myspace.com/thelovelyeggs

Song3
Kalliopi - Naked
http://kalliopimusic.com/

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Dumbed Down Life 90

2010-11-18T21:47:00.002Z

We don't let a little thing like Darren having to catch a train stop us! We're here to stay I tell ya!!

Song1
Ashes of Draught - Woke Up Dead
http://btpodshow.com/music/?artist_id=15739

Chat: Google docs become editable by mobile devices.

Song2
Sound Of Surrender - Kiss Me
http://www.myspace.com/soundofsurrender

Chat: Making a fortune selling nothing.

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Dumbed Down Life 89

2010-11-17T19:11:00.002Z

A little less spam does the interwebz good and celebs in a twist

Song1
Miranda Vettrus - Book Of Lies
http://www.mirandavettrus.com/

Chat: Russian authorities cut global spam by 49%

Song2
Lily Sparks - Walk Away
http://www.reverbnation.com/lilysparks

Chat:Putting words into celebrities mouths
http://twist.channel4.com/words#

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Dumbed Down Life 88

2010-11-16T18:51:00.003Z

Prince William & Kate Middleton announce they are getting married next year and Apple announce the Beatles are now available on iTunes

Song1
Daniel Link - Be Kind
http://www.daniellink.com/

Chat: Prince William & Kate Middleton announce they are getting married next year and Apple announce the Beatles are now available on iTunes

Song2
Loomis & The Lust - Bright Red Chords
http://loomisandthelust.com/

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Dumbed Down Life 87

2010-11-15T19:10:00.002Z

Darren works the night shift and Lance makes the most obvious joke this podcast has ever seen!

Song1
Common Ground - Monsters
http://www.texasrockband.com/

Chat: Darren works the night shift and Lance makes the most obvious joke this podcast has ever seen!

Song2
John Mark MacMillan - Carolina Tide
http://www.thejohnmark.com/wrdprs/

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Dumbed Down Life 86

2010-11-15T18:03:00.002Z

NaPodPoMo Update and the move away from Windows.

Song1
Matthew Ebel - Drive Away
http://matthewebel.com

Chat: Day 14 of NaPodPoMo and the move away from Windows as your computer.

Plug: Righteous Indignation
http://ripodcast.co.uk/

Song2
Shelly & Cal - You Will Never Change
http://www.shelleyandcal.com/

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Dumbed Down Life 85

2010-11-15T17:49:00.002Z

It's done in the name of charity.

Song1
Buckcherry - Sorry
http://www.buckcherry.com/

Chat: It seems that November is the month to be doing stuff.

Plug: Righteous Indignation
http://ripodcast.co.uk/

Song2
Gilli Moon - Cos I Love You
http://www.gillimoon.com

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Dumbed Down Life 84

2010-11-12T22:53:00.002Z

Darren at the controls on his own.

Song1
Jordan Ducette - Tell Me
http://www.jordanducette.com/

Feedback

Song2
Brad Sucks - Dirt Bag
http://www.bradsucks.net/

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Dumbed Down Life 83

2010-11-11T22:25:00.002Z

Tom Tom's alive!

Song1
Petra Haden - Don't Stop Believin'
http://petrahadenmusic.com/

Gordon’s Alive!!! Well Brian is and he’s on your Tom Tom....
http://brianblessed.tomtom.com

Song2
The Famous - Moving On
http://www.thefamous.net/

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Dumbed Down Life 82

2010-11-10T18:59:00.002Z

One's also Tweeting.

Song1
Clarck Datchler - Shattered Dreams
http://clarkdatchler.com/

Chat: The Queen's On Twitter

Song2
Sally Went Down - Matthew Ebel
http://matthewebel.com/

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Dumbed Down Life 81

2010-11-09T18:16:00.003Z

One's gone social.

Song1
Jordan Doucette - Dear Mother
http://www.jordandoucette.com/

Chat: The Queen joins facebook

Song2
Todd Koal -No Reason To Hide
http://www.toddkoal.com/site/

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Dumbed Down Life 80

2010-11-08T20:21:00.004Z

Remember, remember the 5th of November... yeah it was Friday.

Song1
Lance Larson - Listen To Your Heartbeat.
http://www.lancelarsonmusic.com/

Chat: Remember, Remember the 5th of November

Song2
Imagine Dragons - Hear Me
http://www.myspace.com/imaginedragons

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Dumbed Down Life 79

2010-11-07T21:34:00.002Z

The truth is out there! Wait, hasn't that line been used before?

Song1
DJ Lobsterdust - Epik Black Rock
http://mashuptown.com

Chat: UFO tapes released

Song2
Jensen Keets - Upgrade
http://www.jensenkeets.com/

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Dumbed Down Life 78

2010-11-07T00:10:00.002Z

I'm not 15 minutes late posting this episode for NAPODPOMO, the clocks go back tonight right so it's really only 11pm Friday! Oh it doesn't work like that? Well it's still Saturday somewhere and that's what counts right?

Song1
Dave Nachmanoff - A Certain Distance
http://www.davenach.com/

Chat: The G.O.P.

Song2
Crucial - Drink Milk And Kick Ass
http://www.facebook.com/Crucialdnb

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Dumbed Down Life 77

2010-11-05T23:24:00.002Z

Halloween comes to the DDL

Song1
Black Lab - Ghost in your mind
http://blacklabworld.com/blw/index.html

Chat: Halloween in America

Song2
Second Dan - Today.
http://www.myspace.com/seconddan

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Dumbed Down Life 76

2010-11-04T23:23:00.003Z

A full strength DDL. All three presenters on the same podcast. Whoda Thunk it!!!

Song1
Blake Morgan - Maybe I'm Amazed.
http://blakemorgan.com/

Chat: Motors, Motors, Motors (Oh and the return of Doug....)

Song2
Maree McRae - Breeze
http://www.mareemcrae.com/

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Dumbed Down Life 75

2010-11-03T17:25:00.002Z

Orienteering for the modern world.

Song1
Delilah Why - Walk On By
http://www.myspace.com/delilahwhy

Chat: Geochaching

Song2
Maria Dunn - The Elder Sister
http://www.mariadunn.com/

Plug: Scott Sigler
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Dumbed Down Life 74

2010-11-02T13:18:00.002Z

The issues with daylight saving time.

Song1
JTX - Party like a rock Star
http://www.jtxperience.com/

Chat: Issues with Daylight Saving Time

Plug: The Bugcast
http://www.thebugcast.org/

Song2
Song2: Mister G - Pizza for Breakfast

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Dumbed Down Life 73

2010-11-01T21:38:00.002Z

The guys from the DDL attempt to publish one show a day for the whole of November as part of National Podcast Post Month (NaPodPoMo)

Song1
Duran Duran - Falling Down
http://www.duranduran.com/

Chat: National Podcast Post Month
http://napodpomo.ning.com/

Plug: The Bugcast
http://www.thebugcast.org/

Song2
Brian Franke - Six Blocks Down
http://www.brianfranke.com/

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Dumbed Down Life 72

2010-08-29T16:43:00.003+01:00

This week Lance And Darren talk about TV traffic and biking with Boris all mixed with the best in Podsafe music

Song1
Ten Year Vamp - Never Know

Song2
Teddy Graham - Peaches

Song3
Antony Rose - I believe

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Dumbed Down Life 071

2010-08-02T14:53:00.003+01:00

Flying Donkeys & "The Stupid". Plus the best in podsafe music

Song1
JTX - Party Like A Rockstar
http://jtxperience.com/

Song 2
Jessi Hamilton - I'll Cry For You
http://www.ourstage.com/profile/jessihamilton/songs

Song 3
Doug Edgell - Born With A Broken Heart
http://www.dougedgell.net/

Song 4
Delilah Why - Walk On By
http://delilahwhy.com/delilahwhy.com/Home.html

Song 5
Jennings & Keller - Time Changes
http://www.jenningsandkeller.com/

Song 6
Dogs Must Be Carried - United Kingdom of Whenever

Song 7
Dave Nachmanoff - A Certain Distance
http://www.davenach.com/

Contact
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The IT Crowd Episode With Daz In It

2010-06-30T22:37:00.002+01:00

Back in March we has a discussion about me being an extra in The IT Crowd and ending up with a line to Moss and Roy. The episode is called "The Final Countdown" and airs on July 2nd and will be on 4oD not long after.

Dumbed Down Life 70

2010-04-29T22:40:00.004+01:00

Poison, floppies, art and Sci-Fi, what else would you expect? A dash of music of course!

Song1
Poison - Talk Dirty To Me
http://www.poisonweb.com

Poison
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8648218.stm

Song 2
Alexx Calise - Break Me
from her new album, "In Avanti"
http://www.myspace.com/alexxcalise

End of the floppy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8643844.stm

Banksy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/apr/25/banksy-exit-through-gift-shop

Song3
Kevin Merritt - Wonder Why
http://www.kevinmerritt.com

Spock!
http://www.beatweek.com/news/4965-spock-no-longer-to-be-brought-to-you-by-leonard-nimoy/

Song 4
Little Invisibles - Wonder Why
http://www.myspace.com/littleinvisibles

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Dumbed Down Life 69

2010-04-20T21:34:00.004+01:00

Bond postponed, Scouting gaining popularity and have you lost your phone?

Song1
Paralysis - Regulate
http://www.myspace.com/paralysis2006

Topic 1
Bond Bombshell
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8631245.stm

Song 2
Matthew Ebel - Lost My Way
http://www.matthewebel.com/

Topic 2
Scouting on the resurgence
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7603978/Scouting-sees-huge-membership-surge-after-introducing-adventurous-new-badges.html

Topic 3
English are the least patriotic in Europe
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1267230/England-branded-patriotic-nation-Europe.html

Song 3
Alexx Calise - Out Of Sight
http://www.alexxcalise.com/fr_home.cfm

Topic 4
Apple worker loses iPhone v4
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article7102497.ece

Song 4
Kevin Merrit - Time Comes
http://www.kevinmerritt.com/

Contact
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Dumbed Down Life 68

2010-04-15T22:01:00.002+01:00

Volcanic ash, Twitter, Dr Who and iPod Touch apps all packed in to this show with lots of podsafe music!

Song 1: Electric Touch - Sound of the Underground
http://www.myspace.com/electrictouch

Twitter To Begin Advertising
Will advertising spoil Twitter and what's the general feeling of advertising on the Internet?

Song 2: Little Invisibles - Closer
http://www.myspace.com/littleinvisibles

Eyjafjallajoekull glacier volcano grounds all UK flights.
All over the news today but Darren mainly wanted the chance to try and pronounce the name of the glacier.

Trasitions between Doctors to be "LSD like" (man, wooh)
Quick chat about the new Doctor Who.
Video link: http://www.vimeo.com/10606790

Song 3: Alex Calise - Good Enough
http://www.myspace.com/alexxcalise

4 Square day April 16th 4sqr being 16
http://blog.foursquare.com

Song 4: Secret Pop Band - Saccharine Smile
http://www.myspace.com/secretpopband

iPod Touch Apps'
Opera
Carpool
Meebo
Formula1.com
StepTrakLite

Contact
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Dumbed Down Life 67

2010-04-11T10:33:00.003+01:00

Lance and Darren talk weed and Facebook with the usual spattering of music.

Song 1: The Polymorphines - Constant Reminder
http://www.myspace.com/thepolymorphines

Growing Weed
An American writer arrested after authorities said they found a large marijuana growing operation in his barn. LINK

Song 2: The Volume Brothers - Sonny You're The Reason That Your Mum And I Are Getting Divorced
http://www.myspace.com/volumebrothers

The Expensive Facebook Habbit
Just how much do you want that extra barn in Farmville?

Song 3: Wiser Time - Free
http://www.wiser-time.com

Contact
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Tell Us A Joke

2010-03-22T15:44:00.003Z

The Dumbed Down Life podcast is recored by Doug, Darren and Lance. Over the years we've had guest presenters too and some contributions from friends and family.

Bobbi, Doug's wife was a special guest in show 66.

Ben recorded a show with Lance last year.

"I hear pod people" which is used at the start of some of our shows is a recording of Darren's daughter.

Ken from Derby has contributed a few times.

What we're looking for now is some recordings of you telling a joke, just something short and corny to fill a gap between two songs. MP3 or WAV file formats are fine.

Email your joke to ddl.podshow@gmail.com and we'll email you back to let you know which of our shows your joke is in.

Also, if you have a podcast, blog or web site that you would like to promote we'd love to hear from you. Record something simple like "Hi this is Fred from Fredsfishshop.com and you're listening to the dumbed down life" or if you have a full promo track for your podcast we'd love to hear it!

Dumbed Down Life 66

2010-03-19T12:32:00.004Z

We have a special guest this week and talk about porn shown on childrens TV, police officer attacked by a dick and Darren's five minutes of fame as and extra on The IT Crowd.
Parental advisory, recording contains unnecessary swearing.

Song 1: Victims of Science - The Device Has Been Modified
http://www.myspace.com/victimsofsciencegxp

Porn On Kids TV
Doug and Bobbi's local TV channel has a slight programming error.

Song 2: The Ropes - Kill Her Off
http://www.theropesonline.com/

Police Officer Attacked By Dick
Could this really be considered assault with a deadly weapon?

Song 3: Jennings - Umbrella
http://www.jennings-music.com/

Have You Tried Turning It Off And On Again?
Darren tells us about his day in the life as a extra on the set of The ITCrowd.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-it-crowd

Contact
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Dumbed Down Little Big Life

2010-03-19T10:45:00.001Z

My brother has made the iconic DDL logo in the Sony Playstation 3 game "Little Big Planet". Here's a video of what he's started. Aparently you can change all sort of aspects of the object which will allow him to create a mini level. This is a sort of "behind the scenes" video but I was so impressed that I have to share! He even made the little I.T sack boy.

Thanks Bro' this is really cool.

DDL65 On WebCam

2010-03-16T11:38:00.001Z

Here's the first section from DDL65 on web cam. Frame rate is not great but gives you an idea of what we look like.
Warning, sweary language from the very start.

Dumbed Down Life 65

2010-03-16T10:34:00.004Z

The frustrations with e-bay and have you named your car?
Sound quality for Darren is not the greatest this week which is probably a good thing since he seems to have a bit of an attack of tourettes syndrome.
Parental advisory, recording contains unnecessary swearing.

Song 1: Wiser Time - Free
http://www.wiser-time.com/

Ebay Frustration
Lance and Darren talk about E-bay.

Song 2: electric Touch - Call my name
http://www.electrictouchmusic.com/

Car Names
Have you named your car?

Song 3: Pato Banton - Heal This World
http://www.patobanton.com/

Contact
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Dumbed Down Life 64

2010-02-28T19:19:00.002Z

The F1 season is soon to be upon us. Lance & Darren discuss the old cars and what to expect with this season's rule changes.

Song 1: Secret pop band - Saccharin Smile
http://www.myspace.com/secretpopband

F1, The Build Up
Lance and Darren talk about memories of F1 and the upcoming season.

Song 2: The Weightlifters - Rock 'n' Roll Police
http://www.myspace.com/weightlifters

Contact
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Dumbed Down Life 63

2010-02-19T16:11:00.003Z

First we would like to appologise for the poor presentation of this particular episode. The track name is missing the number, there's no album art and I hope you don't use the track number to sort your podcasts as that is missing too. Lance really did a bad job on this one and should be ashamed.

On the other hand... Without Lance's determination and dedication to keeping this show running I'm sure it would never have got this far.

Oh and the unusual sound quality is because this show was recorded in the Priory (no, not THAT Priory) in Wellingborough over a nice lunch.

Song 1: Good Enough - Alexx Calise
http://www.alexxcalise.com

What's The Buzz?
Remember last week when everyone was talking about Google's new social Networking tool Buzz? Well before it gets shut down over privacy issues, human rights problems or what ever Google are being accused of, Lance and I had a little chat about it.... down the pub.

Contact
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The Evolution Of A Logo

2010-02-12T17:53:00.001Z

When Lance and I started the Dumbed Down Life podcast we knew from the beginning that we'd need a web site to go with it.

Lance modified one of the standard templates supplied by Blogger, the service which we'd chosen to host the site, giving us the orange colour and space for a logo.

We talked about a logo and Lance came up with the idea of a graphic to represent each of the words in the title. For "Dumbed" we had a dunce cap, "Down" an arrow pointing down and "Life" a heart.

Initial concepts for the logo made the hat and arrow more pictorial.

Although we didn't have big plans for the podcast and associated web site we still wanted an identity that would look good printed on business cards, letter heads and t-shirts. We simplified the dunce cap to the triangle at the top of the logo, the arrow to the triangle at the bottom and proportioned the heart shape to fit into the triangle shape of the logo.

From the first cleaned up attempt at the stylised logo we cleaned it up, making sure the "D" triangles were equilateral. Now we had the template for our logo.

While simple and clean would be great for print and scaling it was clear that for use with the Internet, where we had more colours to play with, some subtle art package tweeks were needed.

Playing with layers, putting a coloured logo over a black one gives a very simple drop shadow. We interchange the white and Orange colours, sometimes having the orange logo, sometimes having the orange background.

As the logo is so simple we have sometimes used it as a stencil with other images to create album art for our podcast that is relevant to the recording.

When the merged image is simple it works pretty well. However, mixing pictures in the logo with a complicated background was a little over ambitious.

The simple design scales will for displaying on the web page even when rendered on a portable device.

We printed off some DDL t-shirts after first testing the design on a model in Second Life.

The DDL racing car was a plain white car with some paint package trickery to place the logos.

In the 80's a brand of compilation albums titled "Now That's What I Call Music" was launched. The logo for the brand went through a few incarnations. As with the DDL logo it started off two dimensional. When they reached "Now That's What I Call Music 20" they settled with a three dimensional logo which, with little variation, has continued in use up to the present day. Even when the series reset the counter for the US market they've kept the same, brand logo of the 3d model. It was this logo which I'd seen emblazoned on albums, cassettes and CD's that inspired me to wanting a similar 3d rendering for the DDL logo.

As part of a test for the 3d software I created a basic copy of the NOW logo.

Lance used a graphic program called Moray that creates files to then be rendered in a specialist program called POV. The program uses simple shapes combined to make complex ones.

The "D" was simple to create and we created that as a test not long after we'd created the original 2D logo. The heart for the "L" was more complex. This render of the logo in glass shows how the heart shape is made up of intersecting cylinders and cubes.

We've not found yet if it is possible in Moray to render the transparent materials without showing the complicated parts of the workings inside the "L".

With this model we are now able to change the texture, lighting, scale and positioning. We can combine the logo with other 3d models.

Something to note about our 3d model is that it can't actually be made, well not made and stood up, at least not without "cheating". The center of the "D" floats in mid air.

We'll be adding a gallery page to the DDL web site, look out for different album art, desktop wallpapers and various other DDL images in the future.

Dumbed Down Life 062

2010-01-18T20:44:00.005Z

In this episode, Lance welcomes a "Friend"of the show...., Talks about the weather and the damage it can cause and why should think before you open your mouth

The People - He's Just One Of A Kind
http://www.myspace.com/folket

Tilen Hvoratic - Times of Greed
http://tilen-hrovatic.webs.com/

The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge
http://www.thethreepeakschallenge.co.uk/Yorkshire-Three-Peaks-Challenge/

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Dumbed Down Life 061

2010-01-10T20:19:00.005Z

In this episode, Lance give an incoherent review of the new 3D movie, Avatar and geeks out over the latest toy for the iPod

Smoke Ring Days - In Other Lives
http://www.smokeringdays.com/

Avatar
http://www.avatarmovie.com/

AR. Drone
http://ardrone2.parrot.com/parrot-ar-drone/en/index.html

The Bugcast
http://www.thebugcast.org/

The Random Three
http://www.stainlesssteelrat.net/

Contact

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Dumbed Down Life 060

2009-12-31T18:00:00.003Z

The first in the new wave of Dumbed Down Life shows. Leaner, meaner and hopefully more frequent than ever before...

Ten Year Vamp - Never Know
http://www.tenyearvamp.com

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Dumbed Down Life 59

2009-09-29T12:08:00.003+01:00

It's been a while, again but special circumstances force Daz to make a new Dumbed Down Life. A little different but hey we've never really settled on a format so we hope you like this one!

Trina Elle - Stutter
http://www.trinaelle.com/

Nick Daugherty - Staring At The Sun
http://www.nickdaugherty.com/

Britney,Lady Gaga,Timberland ft Kerry Hilsen - Poker Circus
http://www.mashuptown.com

Team 9 - Screaming
http://www.mashuptown.com

Rosie - Midnight And The Stars And You

Daydream on Autopilot - Call Me
http://www.arielpublicity.net

Klaus Wunderlich
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Wunderlich

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Dumbed Down Life 58 The Malaysian Grand Prix

2009-04-05T18:01:00.002+01:00

A short show this time with just Daz commenting on the Malaysian Grand Prix.

Delaying the start of the race until 5pm to increase Eupean TV audiences put it at high risk of being washed out.

Jenson Button on pole possition in a car that he'd yet to drive in the wet. Would the skies open? If so, how would the new Brawn car handle in the new environment?

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Dumbed Down Life 57

2009-04-05T00:19:00.002+01:00

We discuss the return of True Blood, Digital TV, Online entertainment and the Watchmen.

Music in this week's show

Natalie Brown - Hold Your Head Up High
http://www.natalie-brown.com/

Dustin Schmidt - Dead Bired Blues
http://www.myspace.com/dustinschmidt1

Pato Banton - Heal This World
http://www.patobanton.com/

Contact
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Music from Podshow Music - http://music.podshow.com

Dumbed Down Life 56

2009-03-29T19:31:00.004+01:00

Dumbed Down Racing The Australian Grand Prix
Just a talk show for this episode. Lance and Darren were up at the crack of dawn on a Sunday morning, this in itself is newsworthy information. Watching coverage provided by the BBC our sports reporters prove how it's not as easy as it sounds to be a commentator on this premier motoring sport. Both Lance and Darren now have an even bigger admiration for Murray Walker.

If you're not into motor racing or Formula One then you may want to skip this episode.

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Brawn GP and Virgin

2009-03-28T09:37:00.002Z

When Honda pulled out of Formula One at the end of last year Richard Branson was on the short list for "will they buy it". The Virgin boss with his trademark grin told us that if he were in talks about F1 then he wouldn't be able to tell us but as soon as he has something then we'll know. Now we know.

The two Virgin/Brawn cars have qualified on the front row of the grid for the race on Sunday.

2009 Formula One Grand Prix

2009-03-28T00:49:00.002Z

The web site has been given a Formula One make over. The DDL Racing car looks as sparce as the Brawn team car, but the DDL pit crew can now re-fill their coffee cups in record time to keep them going through the early, hours of the morning to bring you the first race of the season.

With changes to rules we've already seen that some of the teams that have dominated the front rows of the grid in recent years have been left at the back during practice. The current world champion doesn't fancy his chances at holding on to the title.

Varying interpretations of new rules have meant that the new Brawn team are among the fastest on the track but they get point will they later be taken away on appeal?

Before the qualifying for the first race has even started there's excitement to the 2009 Formula One Grand Prix.

The Dumbed Down Life team will be covering races throughout the year. Starting early on Sunday morning with the Australian Grand Prix. Follow @Dumbeddownlife on Twitter as we record the show.

Dumbed Down Life 55

2009-03-05T11:32:00.002Z

The Dumbed Down Life driving show.
This week Doug took his U.S. driving test and that led us on to recounting our test experiences and other driving related stories.

Songs in this show:

Bobby Tinsley - What About Bob?
http://www.myspace.com/bobbytinsley

Kav - Rock Chick
http://www.myspace.com/kavsonic

Shadowjack - Glow
http://shadowjack-music.blogspot.com/

Promo
This Week In London
http://thisweekinlondon.blogspot.com/

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Dumbed Down Life 54 (Music)

2009-02-17T19:12:00.002Z

As something different between "Normal" Dumbed Down Life shows, we are going to produce a number of music only shows showcasing the newest podsafe music. If you know of any music you would like us to play on the show, please contact us and let us know/

Song Anthony Rose - I believe

Song Vadadi - 21G
http://www.vadadi.com/The_Official_Vadadi_WebSite/main.html

Song Lucy Pickard - Andrew

Song Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra - A Child Shall Lead

Song Vitor Cunah - Connected by Dots
http://www.vitor-cunha.com/home.php

Promo Table rappers - Persistent Spirit
http://tablerappers.com/

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Music from Podshow Music - http://music.podshow.com

Dumbed Down Life 53

2009-02-16T12:35:00.003Z

Song Mighty Mike - Mercy for Roxanne
Http://www.mashuptown.com

Topic President Obama

Promo GeekCred
http://www.geekcred.net

Topic Twitter
http://www.Twitter.com

Song Jessi Hamilton - I'll Cry For You
http://www.jessihamiltonmusic.com

Topic Gardening

Promo Let's Watch Movies
http://letswatchmovies.com

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Happy New Year?

2009-02-02T00:34:00.002Z

What happened to January? Well I'm not sure about you but sitting here watching the snow it still feels like Christmas to me.
This is just a quick post to let you know, DDL52 was not the last, oh no, you don't get away from us that easy! As I'm typing this, well maybe not right now since he's probably tucked up in bed, Lance has all the bits for DDL53 and will be uploading the new show, in a matter of days, maybe even hours!
If we all get snowed in then perhaps podcasting will be all we can do?

Dumbed Down Life 52

2008-12-31T10:16:00.002Z

SONG 1
Traces Of Nuts - I'm not Santa Claus, I've Come

Topic Best bits of the show
Darren Millionaire - Lance Virtual Barber & Lyricosis

SONG 2
Boy @ Heart - no matter what you have done or have not done

Song 3
Boy @ Heart - Don't be afraid of your shadow

Darren - Race of Champions

Song 4
Lance Larson - listen to your heartbeat

Topic - Christmas trivia

Song 5
Larry the cable guy

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Music from Podshow Music - http://music.podshow.com

Day 17

2008-12-17T10:35:00.001Z

I can't imagine that many of you were able to get that mobile phone game to work, if you did, I hope you also found more programs on that site to fill up your memory card with.

http://www.dumbeddownlife.com/…dvent1.htm

Another classic but re-packaged, you get not one but lots (four or five?) games with today's link these you play on your web browser so should work for most viewers.

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DAY 14

2008-12-14T09:17:00.001Z

While it's quite possible we'll have a white Christmas this year in the UK, I don't think we'll have quite so much snow. My dog would poke her nose outside, shiver and come back in!

http://www.dumbeddownlife.com/…dvent1.htm

Today's game is a classic, if you've been on the Internet for more than 12 months you'll almost certainly know this one.

You have to download and install the game, it's only a trial version but you do get an hour of entertainment from it.

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DAY 13

2008-12-13T19:03:00.001Z

A little delayed today since last night was the works Christmas party and I was, a little worse for ware.

The cartoon from day 12 was reminiscent of the short cartoons that used to play on BBC2 back in the day when we only had a choice from three channels.

http://www.dumbeddownlife.com/…dvent1.htm

A nice, Christmassy YouTube clip for today.

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Day 12

2008-12-12T00:48:00.001Z

My apologies for not getting Day 11 up in a timely fashion. I thought I'd uploaded the page but must have made a mistake somewhere.

BigBuckBunny was produced in an "open source" environment, meaning that it was written and produced as a project with input from many different people and the final product not tied to the tight copyright laws of most films.

http://www.dumbeddownlife.com/…dvent1.htm

Day 12 we have another cartoon, a little strange and will no doubt scare the willies out of Doug!

There's also a new Dumbed Down Life recording, number 51!

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Dumbed Down Life 51

2008-12-11T23:39:00.002Z

Oliver Postgate and his creations
The Dumbed Down Life Advent Calendar
and look what my Dog can do :)

SONG 1
Sean Patrick McGraw - Southern In Yer Soul
http://www.myspace.com/seanpatrickmcgraw
Topic
Lance - Oliver Postgate
http://www.oliverpostgate.co.uk/
Contagious Promo
http://www.scottsilger.com
SONG 2
Sunspot - Pretend
http://www.sunspotmusic.com/sites/pathofmostresistance/
Topic
Darren - Advent Calendar, Hooked On Puzzles
http://www.dumbeddownlife.com/advent1.htm#
Song 3
Buddahead - Standing Still
http://www.buddaheadmusic.com/
Topic
Doug - Look what my Dog can do
Song 4
JTX - Party Like a Rockstar
http://www.stephenlynch.com/
Contact
Tel - 07092 274 759
E-mail - ddl.podshow@googlemail.com
Website http://www.dumbeddownlife.com
Twitter Username: DumbedDownLife

The book Lance was talking about was actually called Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr and was made into the film Paper house

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_Dreams

Music from Podshow Music - http://music.podshow.com

Day 10

2008-12-10T09:28:00.001Z

Scissors, paper and making stuff. Just like Blue Peter. Thanks again to Gardenfey from LiveJournal for that practical post.

http://www.dumbeddownlife.com/…dvent1.htm

Today's post is a cartoon, click Anglais (or Fracais) to watch this classic Internet cartoon.

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DAY 9

2008-12-09T01:13:00.001Z

I did warn you didn't I? I was up until 5am playing that last game, a bad case of the "just one more level".

http://www.dumbeddownlife.com/…dvent1.htm

A chance to step away from the computer with this next door.

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Day 8

2008-12-08T10:42:00.001Z

The game from Day 7 takes a while to get into and will possibly take up many, many hours, introduce to you people all over the world, and let you take their stuff :)

http://www.dumbeddownlife.com/…dvent1.htm

Today's gem really should come with a warning...

*** WARNING, HIGHLY ADDICTIVE ***

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DAY 7

2008-12-06T23:44:00.001Z

I may not have been clear with what you actually got on Day 6, it was a set of related YouTube clips that play one after the other, if you only saw the first clip then you didn't get the whole experience.

http://www.dumbeddownlife.com/…dvent1.htm

For day 7 another game, though this time not a puzzle game one that could potentially entertain you while the rest of the family are watching The Muppets Christmas Carol on Dec 25th!

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Day 6

2008-12-06T02:09:00.001Z

I was not able to complete all the puzzles on the game from day 5, I hope you had better luck. Unlike most advent calendars that are thrown away once all the doors have been opened this one will remain available though you'll have to bookmark it as there won't be links on the main menu for "Christmas" all year round!

http://www.dumbeddownlife.com/…dvent1.htm

Giving your brain a break for Day 6.

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Day 5

2008-12-05T03:56:00.001Z

Today's treat has a small price to pay, you have to watch a commercial before the game starts but it's worth it.

Quite a difficult one this one an I have to admit I've not gotten very far yet.

Thanks again to Ken from Derby (dad :) )

http://www.dumbeddownlife.com/…dvent1.htm

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Dumbed Down Life 50

2008-12-05T02:38:00.002Z

We reach our 50th broadcast which we were never sure would happen when we first started doing this :)

Thanks to everyone for their continued support.

SONG 1
Blake Morgan - Maybe I'm Amazed
http://www.blakemorgan.com/
Topic
Doug - fifty
Dave comment
http://bugcast.thelovebug.org/
Topic
Leonie - How the internet can change your life
Song 3
Joey & Rory - Cheater Cheater
http://joeyandrory.com/
Topic
Lance - Eco life
Song 4
Stephen Lynch - Vanilla Ice Cream
http://www.stephenlynch.com/
Contact
Tel - 07092 274 759
E-mail - ddl.podshow@googlemail.com
Website http://www.dumbeddownlife.com
Twitter Username: DumbedDownLife

Locks of Love Charity website http://www.locksoflove.org/
Music from Podshow Music - http://music.podshow.com

Day 4

2008-12-03T22:41:00.001Z

Did you finish all the levels of the game on day 3? The good thing is that I found when I returned to the game it had remembered which puzzles I'd already completed.

http://www.dumbeddownlife.com/…dvent1.htm

Today is another brain teaser, this one sent in by Gardenfey from LiveJournal.

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Day 3

2008-12-03T00:25:00.002Z

The treat for December 2nd was a link to a free online game, this game was one that was produced originally by a company that I worked for. Now, ten years later the game is free and still thriving.

December 3rd is another free game, this link provided by Ken from Derby, thanks Dad ;)

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Dumbed Down Life 49

2008-12-03T00:05:00.002Z

Christmas is getting too early?
Is Batman Dead for good?
And don't forget to visit the DDL Advent Calendar

SONG 1
Podsafe For Peace - If Every Day Were Christmas
http://music.podshow.com
Topic
Too Early for Christmas?
SONG 2
The Hypertonics - Don't Marry the One You Love, Marry The One Who Loves You
http://www.thehypertonics.com/hypertonics.html
Topic
Death of Batman
http://news.bbc.co.uk/…753966.stm
Tim Storm
and chat
Song 3
Ingrid Michaelson - Be OK
http://www.ingridmichaelson.com/news/
Topic
Advent Calendar
http://www.dumbeddownlife.com/advent1.htm
Song 4
Ashes of Draught - Woke Up Dead
http://btpodshow.com/music/?artist_id=15739
Contact
Tel - 07092 274 759
E-mail - ddl.podshow@googlemail.com
Website http://www.dumbeddownlife.com
Twitter Username: DumbedDownLife

Music from Podshow Music - http://music.podshow.com

Did You Get It?

2008-12-01T23:47:00.001Z

Just to make sure that everything is working ok, behind the first door for the advent calendar you should have found a link to the YouTube video for "Straight No Chaser". Having got 8 million views to this specific video they signed a record contract and their album was released back in October.

If you didn't see the video, make sure you clicked the image after opening the little door.

Not all the doors will hide YouTube videos. The door for day two is an example of this.

If you have technical problems with the page please let me know. I've tested it on several different browsers but there's always something different to cause problems.

http://www.dumbeddownlife.com/advent.htm

(Yes it's crazy how this program "shortens" the advent.htm to ...dvent.htm , actually two characters longer than the original URL)

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Weekly Podsafe Top 5

2008-12-01T15:09:00.003Z

Hopefully I can remember to do this each Monday.

My Top 5 Podsafe Tracks Week Ending 30/11/08

1. The Mystery Body - Keep On The Path

http://mysterybody.com/

2. The Blue Vagrants - Ragweed

http://www.bluevagrants.com/

3. Jasmine Commerce - Somewhere In Between

http://www.myspace.com/jasminecommerce

4. Ashes of Draught - Woke Up Dead

http://www.myspace.com/ashesofdraught

5. The Hypertonics - Don't Marry the One You Love, Marry the One Who Loves You

http://www.thehypertonics.com/