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Welcome to the firs installment of Moronic Mondays!  As the tech world is usually pretty slow on Mondays, we decided we’d just cover a collection of stupid stories we run in to over the week.  Let me tell ya folks, there sure are a lot of stupid stories out there … Enjoy the show! (Links by Steven SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Braindead Techcast Ep. 20: Moronic Monday where ... Full story

Steven and I spend each Friday evening going through TechMeme, making quick comments on each headline, but this week was almost painful the headlines were so weak.  Come on tech blogosphere!  Write better headlines so we can mock them with greater ease! Also in this episode we give our first Braindead Award, but you’ll have to SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Braindead Techcast Ep. 19: Where Techmeme Friday ... Full story

Scattercast is 85 … and it was actually a slow week! - There was a meeting for Google Fiber for Kirksville, MO this week, very interesting stuff. - The parents in the Lower Merion School District really get me going with some very stupid comments about how this whole thing should be dropped because the school apologized. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Scattercast Episode 85: Stand Up, Stand Up … ... Full story

Steven and I record a bit late tonight to accommodate me attending a local community meeting about my city trying the Google Broadband project.  We spend the first 20 minutes of the episode discussing what the meeting was like, what the chances are of my city getting it and what it could means for us. To say I’m SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Braindead Techcast Ep. 18: Following the Google ... Full story

It’s Friday!  That means Steven and I spend the show perusing the TechMeme headlines and doing rapid fire commentary. This week was a bit sad, though…  No headlines from MG Siegler over at TechCrunch … we think he may have a cold.  We’re sending over chicken soup.  Get better MG … we miss mocking your lackluster SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Braindead Techcast Ep. 14: A Techmeme Friday ... Full story

Scattercast is 84 … and it’s been a heck of a week. - VEJAZZLING! Living (not safe for work) - That school in Pennsylvania is really bugging me … again - Enjoy the sounds of me cleaning as I record. Hey, I have to balance my time somehow! - Some random movie news. Here’s a link to the MP3 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Scattercast Episode 84: Sometimes It Feels Like … ... Full story

Some days Steven’s and my cup over runneth with stupidity … today was one of those days. Vejazzling … just … just listen.  I can’t even discuss it. Did Citibank cut off someone’s bank account because they blogged about gay issues? Facebook got a patent for the news feed … say what? Raise your hand if you know the SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Braindead Techcast Ep. 13: From Facebook to ... Full story

Scattercast is 83 … and with as much as I’m writing, it’s hard finding things to talk about for a podcast!. - That school in Pennsylvania is really bugging me. - In what is quite possible the most personal comments I have made on this show, I delve in to some of the trials and tribulations of SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Scattercast Episode 83: I Wasn’t Aware I Was ... Full story

Scattercast is 82 … and with as much as I’m writing, it’s hard finding things to talk about for a podcast!. - The fun of running your own server! - There are a lot of annoying movies coming down the pike … stupid Hollywood. - Whats up in TV land. Here’s a link to the MP3 for those who SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Scattercast Episode 82: Write, Write, Write", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2010/02/12/scattercast-episode-82-write-write-write/" ... Full story

Seriously, if you can’t figure out what the main topic of tonight’s episode is, you may live under a rock, but in case you need help, it’s Google Buzz.  We discuss how it really isn’t going to go anywhere, but it’s probably already a bigger success than Google Wave. We then have a short discussion about SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Braindead Techcast Ep. 2 All abuzz about ... Full story