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 PTG Episode 76 [63:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (70)

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PTG Episode 76 is brought to you by my iPod touch. Well, not literally, like I’m not uploading this via the iPod Touch or anything like that. I haven’t figured out how to do that, assuming I even can. What I have learned about this little gizmo is that it’s a pain in the ass to take just ONE song from iTunes on my computer and export it to the iPod Touch, and that the Genius Playlist option is actually pretty cool and useful. Select “Send Her My Love” from Journey and get a 25-song list composed of 80’s schmaltz, 90’s brood music, and the occasional adjective-defying tune from whatever we’re supposed to call this past decade. Of course, anyone who’s had an iPod for the last 3-4 years already KNOWS about this feature and might be thinking, “Yeah, and?” but this is all new to me, so allow me a “golly gee whiz” moment, please.

So in this episode I talk about the new toy and seek suggestions for what exactly to DO with it aside from playing music. After all, the iPod has become almost a mandatory accessory in American culture: when you leave home, you make sure you have your wallet/purse, keys, phone, and iPod (unless you have an iPhone, in which case your phone IS your iPod), and now that I actually have one I need to know how best to make use of it aside from its most obvious applications. Also in this episode we bring you reviews of that LAST new Heroes and FlashForward episodes of 2009, along with the latest from Fringe, and PTG Top Comic Picks focuses on Marvel Comics‘ set-up for next year’s big “Siege” event. Thor #604 and Siege: The Cabal are but the opening shots in what will bring about yet another huge shift in power in the Marvel U, except maybe, just maybe, this time the good guys might be on the better end of things. After Civil War, Secret Invasion, and Dark Reign, the heroes are due for the pendulum to swing back their way, wouldn’t you say?

Oh, and speaking of Marvel, have you seen the new teaser posters for Iron Man 2 that have hit the web the past two weeks? Just in case you haven’t, here they are. I can already tell that 2010 is going to be a VERY good year for us geeks once again!