Cutting the Cable Podcast

CTC 029-Logitech Revue With Google TV Review

Mardarrell — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:21:42 +0000

In this episode of the Cutting the Cable Podcast, we review the Logitech Revue with Google TV. After spending several weeks with the Logitech Revue with Google TV, we share our thoughts on the unit. We discuss the things we like about the interface, keyboard, and functionality, as well as the things we didn’t like or would like to see improved. We also discuss how the Logitech Revue with Google TV compares to some of the other items we have reviewed such as the Roku and AppleTV.

You can get a Logitech Revue with Google TV from Amazon. (Affiliate Link)

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Mission Impossible Challenge Winners and Answers

Mardarrell — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:00:28 +0000

Great work agents! Thanks to your ability to find clues, we successfully found the leader of Paloma and shut down their operation. Michael Purcell was rescued and is now safe with his family. Now, let’s give out some prizes! If you answered each mission briefing correctly, completed the entry form and followed us on each of our social media streams, you earned a maximum 10 entries. Winners were randomly selected from all total entries.

First Prize:
M. Nash from MN (6 total entries)

Second Prize:
J. McGrail from NC (7 total entries)

Third Prize:
D. Miller from MD (5 total entries)

Fourth Prize:
A. Pennington from CO (4 total entries)
B. Flaherty from TX (4 total entries)
M. Perez from IL (4 total entries)
A. Cortesi from MA (3 total entries)
L. Recker from IN (2 total entries)

International Prize:
L. Kastl from Austria (3 total entries)

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to ALL of you for your effort. Here is the mission debriefing.

Mission Narrative:
A secret group named Paloma is trying to bring about the end of the world in order to fulfill ancient Mayan prophecies. They embrace technology and desire to leverage it in order to bring financial ruin to world powers and bring about the destruction of the world.

Paloma’s plan is to make it seem like different world governments are sabotaging financial institutions. The global financial institutions will then begin accusing each other of sabotage and urge their respective governments to intervene. This will start a world wide nuclear war. Once Paloma has successfully hacked each financial institution, they will begin executing their plan. GCC is the last holdout.

They have kidnapped Michael Purcell and are interrogating him to get him to give up GCCs security codes. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find out Michael Purcell’s last known location, identify the leader of Paloma, find out where he is hiding and rescue Michael Purcell.

Mission Briefing #1: Find Michael Purcell’s Last Known Location
Clue: “2 books forward and 1 chapter back, move 1 verse forward for the site of the attack.” A second clue was later tweeted: “Mission Impossible 1 uses a Bible verse. Use that verse to begin deciphering the clues.” The Bible verse in MI:1 is Job 3:14. 2 books forward, 1 chapter back and 1 verse forward leads to Prov. 2:15, ““whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways.”

The numbers below are pairs of GPS coordinates. The coordinates in bold point to Lombard Street, a VERY crooked path.

33.858667 151.214028
48.8583 2.2945
35.466667 97.5175
29.976111 31.131111
25.197139 55.274111
37.802 122.419 (37.802, -122.419)
51.501 0.142
43.878947 103.459825

Mission Briefing #2: Unlock the Dossiers
Clue: “Time to narrow down the suspects. If Hurley ever visits our website, this page is for him.” Hurley was a character on LOST that was constantly confronted by the numbers, 4 8 15 16 23 42. If you went to the page on our website, www.cuttingthecablepodcast.com/4815162342, then you were greeted with a cryptogram. The message of the cryptogram said, “A site search for Dossier will give you what you seek.” If you used the search box on our website to search for the word “dossier”, you got a page that showed you these dossiers and gave you the code: 789551.

789551 was the answer.

Mission Briefing #3: Find Paloma’s Hideout
Clue: “301, 501; the sponsor’s ad shows how it’s done.” If you clicked on the Global Cash Card banner on our website, you were taken to a page with 4 videos. You could have watched each of the 4 short videos, or if you recognized that 301, 501 are dart games, you would have gone right to the Dart Dance video and found a hostage giving clues. He said that a man with a bass clef tattoo was with him (The Musician from the Dossiers). He also said his location was “A Saint, A Square, A Wing, Not a Prayer. The answer was St. Mark’s Square which is known for a massive amount of pigeons and is not part of the Vatican.

Mission Briefing #4: Identify Paloma’s Leader & BONUS: Find Michael Purcell
Clue: We tweeted about a distress call that we received from Michael Purcell. He said he was taken up a hill, smelled fish and saw a bronze pig. A Google search for “Hill Fish Bronze Pig” results in Pike Place Market. He also stated that the man with him kept a small, round tin in his pocket. In the dossiers, Jim Franklin was said to be obsessive about his shoes. Shoe polish comes in small, round tins. Another clue was that Pike Place Market’s slogan is “Meet the Producer.” In the dossiers, Jim’s nickname is “The Producer.”

Episode 028-Mission Impossible III

Mardarrell — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:34:59 +0000

In this episode of Cutting the Cable Podcast, we review the JJ Abrams directed film, Mission Impossible III. We discuss high energy opening sequence of the movie, the plot twists, and the effect Ethan Hunt’s marriage could have on the franchise. We also share some of the insights we learned the DVD commentary on the film and we critique Michael Giacchino’s score.

At the end of the podcast we reveal the answers to the Mission Impossible Challenge Mission Briefings.

Send in your feedback to 304-837-2278 or feedback@cuttingthecablepodcast.com.

Episode 027-Mission Impossible II

Mardarrell — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:21:46 +0000

In this episode of Cutting the Cable Podcast, we review the film Mission Impossible II starring Tom Cruise and directed by John Woo. We discuss the good and not so good elements of the movie including our thoughts on the plot, stunts and action sequences. We share some of the insights we learned from John Woo’s commentary on the film and how this film rates compared to the other Mission Impossible films.

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Episode 026-Mission Impossible I

Mardarrell — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:40:37 +0000

In this episode of Cutting the Cable Podcast, we review the 1996 action suspense film, Mission Impossible. We share our thoughts on the action sequences, plot and stunts. We also discuss the camera work and the impact the film had on the genre.

We also receive a distress call from our contact at Global Cash Card, Michael Purcell. Our Mission Impossible Challenge ends on December 20, 2011. Join the challenge here!

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Episode 025-Review of AppleTV and RCA Wi-Fi Streaming Media Player

Mardarrell — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 05:10:28 +0000

In this episode we review the AppleTV and the RCA Wi-Fi Streaming Media Player. We look at the pros and cons of each device in terms of media content selection, quality of audio and video of each product and the ease of setup and use. We also consider the quality of the build and how they compare to other similar products we have reviewed.

Send in your thoughts and feedback to 304-837-2278 or feedback@cuttingthecablepodcast.com.

Mission Impossible Challenge

Mardarrell — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:17:58 +0000

Episode 024-Review of Elgato HDHomeRun & Roku 2 XS

Mardarrell — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 03:58:17 +0000

In this episode of the Cutting the Cable Podcast, we review the Elgato HDHomeRun and the Roku 2 XS. Both of these bring entertainment into your home in unique ways. The Elgato HDHomeRun offers dual tuners and turns and PC or Mac into a DVR and/or TV. The Roku 2 XS brings the power of streaming content from over 300 channels into your living room. We give a full breakdown and review for each unit and discuss their respective pros and cons.

Buy the Elgato HDHomeRun

Buy the Roku 2 XS

Episode 023- Time Travel Movies: Back to the Future

cwicdraw — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 05:13:40 +0000

In this Episode, Clint and Darrell discuss the quintessential Time Travel Movie: Back to the Future. Darrell and Clint discuss how heavy the movie was on fun, while remaining seriously light on science, the benefits of having Michael J. Fox Marty McFly en lieu of Eric Stoltz, which is cooler; the moonwalk or the hoverboard, and the

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Episode 022- Time Travel Movies: 12 Monkeys

Mardarrell — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 04:03:50 +0000

In this episode of the Cutting the Cable Podcast, we review the time travel movie, 12 Monkeys starring Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt. 12 Monkeys is inspired by the French short film, La Jette.

We discuss the camera work, sets, costumes and music used in 12 Monkeys. We also talk about the performances by Brad Pitt and Bruce Willis, the story telling, and the parallels between the future and the present. We also discuss which moments were all happening in Bruce Willis’ character’s mind.