ome had Nero.  The Aztecs had Cortez.  Japan had it’s Fat Man.  Throughout history, every great empire meets it’s end.  And for Dai-Cast, that time is now.  Welcome, friends, to the end of an era.  An era marked by furious ratholes, meaningless banter, and the occasional nugget of real, informative content, all in the name of the education, elucidation, enlightnement, and mental emolument of the nipponistic hoi-polloi.

Join us then, for part one of the inevitable descent into greater obscurity, for “Dai-Cast, The Final: Part 2″.

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Hosts: Ian Horner, Chris the Fixed Kitty, and Eryn Dearden with Brendan Dery as “Beej”.

Topics Covered This Week:

• Noguchi Hideo, Japanese Father of Syphilis – wikipedia.com
• Hentai themed video card – gadgets.boingboing.com
• Few decide to take part in the Yamanote Halloween Train – japanprobe.com
• Japan PM Taro Aso “Won’t change his style” – japanprobe.com
• The Japanese love Sarah Palin – expatforobama.wordpress.com
• Japan sues American TV network over “Wipeout” – japanprobe.com
• 52% of Japanese don’t have a problem with counterfeit goods – japanprobe.com
• Seats block the doors on Japanese trains – japanprobe.com
• Emerging surveillance society in Japan – japanprobe.com

Chris’s Non-Fiction Book of the Week: The Clitoral Truth: The Secret World at your Fingertips

Beej’s Webcomics of the Week: Beej’s Top 5 Comic Artists of All Time!

So it has come to my attention that last week’s show got cut off half way through.  No matter.  We’ll just give you the rest of it as, ANOTHER EPISODE! Mwahaha!

We now join a Dai-Cast, already in progress.

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Hosts: Ian Horner, Jason Hill, Chris the Fixed Kitty, and Dan Ross with Brendan Dery as “Beej”.

Topics Covered This Week:

• Woman jailed after killing virtual ex-husband – imprinttalk.com
• A “short” revisit of the iPhone issue in Japan
• Japan’s New PM is a Total BadAss – yourmonkeycalled.com
• A little talk about movie theaters
• New services allows you to deface school books online – kilian-nakamura.com
• Fooling cigarette machines face recognition with money – pinktenticle.com

Beej’s Webcomics of the Week: Weregeek (really this time…)

Rome had Nero.  The Aztecs had Cortez.  Japan had it’s Fat Man.  Throughout history, every great empire meets it’s end.  And for Dai-Cast, that time is now.  Welcome, friends, to the end of an era.  An era marked by furious ratholes, meaningless banter, and the occasional nugget of real, informative content, all in the name of the education, elucidation, enlightnement, and mental emolument of the nipponistic hoi-polloi.

Join us then, for part one of the inevitable descent into greater obscurity, for “Dai-Cast, The Final: Part 1″.

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Hosts: Ian Horner, Jason Hill, Chris the Fixed Kitty, and Dan Ross with Brendan Dery as “Beej”.

Topics Covered This Week:

• Woman jailed after killing virtual ex-husband – imprinttalk.com
• A “short” revisit of the iPhone issue in Japan
• Japan’s New PM is a Total BadAss – yourmonkeycalled.com
• A little talk about movie theaters
• New services allows you to deface school books online – kilian-nakamura.com
• Fooling cigarette machines face recognition with money – pinktenticle.com

Beej’s Webcomics of the Week: Weregeek (really this time…)