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2006 September

This week as Brad’s battery runs at 0% we discuss huge selection of tiny changes Jagex put out this week.

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Hosts: Shane, Brad, Crysala
Duration: 49:32

New area sounds in Runescape
The new interface which 2/3 of us aren’t happy with.
New skill tutors, strength bonus added to Rune and Addy boots.
Interesting teleport in which you sit to read a book and a bank on top of Lumbridge castle!
Listener questions
Apple is getting annoyed by the use of ‘pod’. According to one podcast management company, Podcast Ready, Apple has been claiming the use of the term infringes on its trademarks.
Toshiba is now recalling notebook computers for faulty Sony battery cells.
Windows VML exploit. This is now patched, please run Windows Update.
The Rants!

By Shane on September 30, 2006 | No Comments »

You can post your questions here for this weeks show. It’d be best for you to check the FAQ before posting.

Also a reminder, please do not answer any questions you see in this topic.

-Shane

By Shane on September 25, 2006 | No Comments »

The men in white coats are coming to get me! Maybe Chris as well, but we’ll see.

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Hosts: Shane, Brad, Bogrollbloke
Duration: 49:20

Slug Menace quest - it wasn’t our favourite.
Shane has a good blog post about events in this quest and why we can’t do our own thing.
Duradel no longer gives low combat monsters.
Vyrewatch colour fix and extended the fence south of barrows.
Some more woodcutting sounds.
Updated spinning wheel.
Can’t take amoured gloves to entrana now.
Runescape Parents Guide
Paul Explains Runescript
Listener questions ranging from what item will be made to have bronze to runite styles all the way to whether or not it’s the right time to sell those Santa hats!
The official Wii site has been unvealed. It’s expected November 19, 2006. It will come with a bundle called Wii sports. It will be reasonably priced too. It will cost $249.99USD wii.nintendo.com
Microsoft has launched the Zune in Black, Brown, and White.
The torpack hacking group has created a build of Firefox which lets one browse anonymously.
The first RSBANDB events will be held this Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday we have the Castle Wars games and Drop party. On Sunday is the F2P drop party. (Get the times in the topics, which are linked to.)
Strange things happen when you translate a website that is already English to English from French.

By Shane on September 22, 2006 | No Comments »

Tight Dwarven clothes aren’t for me despite what people think near the end of this episode.

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Hosts: Shane, Brad, Trekkie
Duration: 57:26

No real Runescape updates this week, just an interesting poll…
Does the ring of wealth decrease chances of getting other things?
Shane has not got a dragon drop.
The consensus is that we’d use the Dragon Scimitar if the Whip was removed.
An interesting question about animal testing from Bogrollbloke.
We find out how much Star Trek stuff Shane owns.
Where should someone train their attack, strength, and defense to 91.
What toys did we play with when we were little?
Small Apple event on Tuesday. New iPod Nano’s, upgraded standard iPods, new shuffle, iTunes 7, and a sneak peak at a new product. Summary at Leo’s Blog.
The folks at Redmond are changing the meaning of what ‘Release Candidate’ means.
YouTube is getting a helping hand from Level3.
The Rants!
You can send in suggestions for Shane’s outfit to questions@rsbandb.com
Be sure to take our listener survey, it tells us about demographics. It’s anonymous.

By Shane on September 15, 2006 | No Comments »