Here are the nerdy topics we discuss this week!
E-Sports coming to ESPN
NBN jobs boom
- http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-12/nbn-provides-jobs-boom-for-esports/9979380
Runescape revenue
Lando in Episode IX
- http://comicbook.com/starwars/2018/07/09/star-wars-lando-calrissian-epsiode-ix-lando-calrissian/
Eau de space
- http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/07/outer-space-smells
Elon Musk’s Cave Submarine
Other topics discussed
NBN Chief blames gamers
- http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-04/nbn-chief-blames-gamers-for-congestion/9832596
Kangaroo Valley Broadband Network
- http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-13/build-your-own-broadband-kangaroo-valley/9984890
Runescape Tresure Hunter
- https://www.runescape.com/treasure-hunter
Skyrim sales and revenue
Todd Howard’s Skyrim ports
Last Jedi earnings
- http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=starwars8.htm
Futurama Smell-O-Scope
- http://futurama.wikia.com/wiki/Smell-O-Scope
Elon Musk fixes Flint’s water contamination
- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/12/elon-musk-flint-fund-clean-water-contamination
Elon Musk vs the media
Elon musk submarine in Thailand
- https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/10/elon-musk-takes-submarine-to-thailands-tham-luang--cave.html
Trapped Thai soccer team sedated
The Black Masses official reveal trailer
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM2tJOWaPnk
Shoutouts
Broly in the next Dragonball Super movie - http://comicbook.com/anime/2018/07/09/dragon-ball-super-movie-broly-canon-akira-toriyama-anime/
1854 - George Eastman, American inventor (Kodak camera, founder of the Eastman Kodak Company), born in Waterville, New York - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Eastman
1997 - Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize recipient, born in Mingora, North-West Frontier Province - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai
Event of Interest
1954 - President Eisenhower put forward a plan for an interstate highway system - https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/interstate/audiogallery.cfm
Intro
Artist – DJ AJ
Song Title – Star Wars - The Imperial March (DJ AG Remix)
Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU9jdjuDA8w
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