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The Mind of Men is a blog and podcast that offers a view inside the mind of the average guy.
Two long-time friends, Mike and Jim discuss various topics of interest to guys including men's health, politics, news, movies, technology, family, home ownership and more.
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In this episode of the Mind of Men, Mike and Jim share some exciting news about the From the Havana Hut podcast, discuss Jim's lower insurance bills and provide an update on the Kentucky Derby.
Then they talk about how our view of wine can be heavily skewed by our knowing what we're drinking, an update on the NY Call Girl scandal, New York's Calorie Count Law, and more.
In this week's political roundup it seems that everyone but Hillary knows it time to give up but that hasn't stopped her from "going nuclear" or playing the race card once again.
In our main segment, they guys are joined again by Greg Rempe from the BBQ-Central show and Mike asks Greg the questions every first time BBQ-er is thinking.
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This week on the Mind of Men, Mike and Jim talk about our challenge to double the number of listeners between now and our kickoff of Season Three in 12 weeks. Jim talks about the Supreme Court upholding Indiana's law to require ID from voters, Mike then gives us a gadget update on his new Jawbone Bluetooth Headset. We talk about the changes in Massachusetts insurance, and then get into some more gadget talk on Windows XP, Blueray, and the Optimus keyboard. We wrap up with a discussion about the fifth anniversary of Bush's carrier landing, and the Miley Cyrus Vanity Fair Photo Shoot.
Recorded before this past Saturday's dramatic Derby, this weeks main topic is all about horse racing.
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This week on the Mind of Men, Mike and Jim
talk about this past week's cigar and scotch dinner, Earth Day, whether or not we are in a recession, the stupid remarks made by Netflix's CEO, Microsoft changing its tune on Windows XP's end of life, trouble ahead for Delta & Northwest, and ebay suing Craigslist.
We then take a look at the week's political stories.
In this week's main topic segment Jim
and Mike are joined by Jim's wife, Claudia as we take a lighthearted look at food and drink pairings. There is plenty of libation to go around, so keep in mind that you are listening to the edited version of this show. The original footage was much longer and well, let's say, not quite as geneel.
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This week on the Mind of Men, Mike and Jim talk about tax day, Salesforce.com and Google getting closer, Apple getting a clone, and if China can clean up in time for the Olympics. Then the guys talk about the Delta Northwest merger, Paypal's assault on "unsafe browsers", and whether lawmakers can figure out how to tax downloads.
Next the guys take another look at politics with this week's roundup.
In this week's main topic segment Jim and Mike talk about they ways you can connect to the Internet from anywhere, anytime. Be prepared to pay, but it can be done!
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This week on
the Mind of Men, Mike and Jim announce the new Havana Hut RSS feed which has the cigar segments broken out from the main show. They then talk about baseball and Alex Rodriguez's astronomical salary, how eBay Australia is making paypal mandatory, some changes in news and sports personalities, the airline cancelation issues this past week, and much more.
In this week's main topic segment Jim and Mike begin the first in an annual series where they discuss some of the computer tech they use every day and why. Some hardware, some software, and everything in between.
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This week on
the Mind of Men, Jim talks about sending and receiving cigar bombs, Mike tells us about his first camping trip as a Cub Scout Leader and Jim shares his 5 seconds of fame at his school's web site. Of course we have to talk about Google's latest April Fools day prank and then talk about the results of the 700mHz spectrum auction and what it means for us. Some more news on XP's life extension and Vista's successor.
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week's Presidential update, we talk about Hillar'ys chances of getting the nomination and whether or not her campaign is creating a gender war. On the other side of the house, we comment on McCain's fundraising challenges with big business and the fact that he has a hard time getting convincing conservatives he is a good choice.
In this week's main topic segment our friend Greg Rempe from the BBQ Central Radio Show, Podcast, and Forum returns for a discussion on how choosing the perfect BBQ smoker.
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You will need to choose the technology @ Bentley link to see Jim's video. The Minion Method for maintaing a low temperature for smokingManual Style Smokers Automatic Style Smokers Commentary on Different Smokers
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This week on the Mind of Men, in this week's review Jim is surprised that Sarah Jessica Parker is unhappy about being unsexy, while the US government is searching drivers for nuclear material and the US sends the wrong material overseas. Next, the DOJ approves the XM/Sirius merger and Samsung introduces the latest attempt at dethroning the iPhone.
From here we talk about how the Supreme Court throws out the NY driver's bill of rights, and Illinois residents have to carry the weight of legislation gone bad.
In this week's Presidential update, it just gets more and more entertaining every week so Mike reveals his latest on theory how all the craziness is the actual strategy of the Democrats.
In this week's main topic segment Mike takes on the drill and sheds light on the indispensible tool for every guy.
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This week on the Mind of Men, we open the show with an homage to author and scientist, Arthur C. Clarke who passed away this past week. Then Jim introduces a change in format as we move the cigar segment to the end of the show and introduce the new "From the Havana Hut Podcast" feed. This week's listener feedback is followed by Jim's first reviews of is Fast Eddy FE100 Smoker and his latest audio solution from Cambridge Soundworks. Mike then points his eye at Logitech's new Squeezebox Duet. Jim says goodbye to Polaroid Film and tries to figure out how Bose gets off running ads without listing a single price. Next the guys point their eye at the latest big corporate security breach.
In this week's Presidential Politics round-up it was another week to remember between Clinton's releasing her First Lady schedules and Obama's speech on race relations.
In this week's main topic segment Jim and Mike talk about podcasts and videocasts they listen to and used to listen too and why.
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- Lifestyle
- Tech
- Other
- Video Podcasts
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This week on the Mind of Men, Jim talks about how bad TV has gotten lately using the Fox TV Show, The Moment of Truth as an example. We share some listener feedback from Tom on budget podcasting, talk about Madonna's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the RIAA's newest scheme to trat all Internet users as music pirates. We then talk about how ludicrous it is that the iPhone needs parental locks (coming in the next verison of the OS) and discuss how the House decides not to grant the Telecoms immunity for opening their systems up to the government without proper warrants.
In this week's Presidential Politics round-up Mike offers his theory that the Democrats act like they are actually attempting to lose the next Presidential election.
In our final segment Jim and Mike continue their series looking at liquors by examing Liquerurs and other after dinner drinks.
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One correction on the cigar: Jim accidentally referred to the cigar as the Churchill size in the podcast, but what we actually smoked was the Torpedo
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This week on the Mind of Men, Jim opens by telling us about how he got to meet Gordon Donoghue, Master Distiller of Bushmill's. Then we touch on some listener feedback. Mike then goes off about his new VOIP phone system. Next we hear about an Apple iPhone inspired $100 VC deal.
In this week's Presidential Politics round-up we give our thoughts about last weeks results in Texas, Ohio, Vermont and Rhode Island, and how everyone is trying to figure out what it all means for the Democrats as McCain moves towards November.
In our final segment Jim and Mike respond to listener requests and shed some light on the process, equipment and software used to make the Mind of Men podcast.
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