Our third host, Jeff Bakalar, doesn’t get sick very often, but when it pains, it roars. The last two days have been rough (no offense to Wilson), but we can all breathe easier now that his 10 arms are back running the engineering board just in time for Cinco de Mayo! Unfortunately, we ran out of margarita mix awhile ago, but will you settle for a Jimmy Buffet reference with an extra-funny episode of The 404 Podcast on the side? It’s all we got!
My iPhone mysteriously broke last weekend and I thought I was doomed to suffer this ultra-budget Samsung flip phone for the next few months until Wilson referred me to New York’s own iPhone repair specialist, Dr. Brendan (not a certified doctor).
Yesterday I took my phone to the clinic (Brendan’s apartment) and left fifteen minutes later with a brand new display! Best 75 bones I’ve ever spent, if you don’t count that place where I put that thing that time. Dr. Brendan fixes all sorts of Apple products and we plan to have him and his partner on the show in the near future, but in the meantime check out his Facebook page and tell him The 404 sent you!
"Seriously, I can't breathe in this mask"–Spiderman
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Nerds across the world love to celebrate International Free Comic Day, but a greedy thief in Australia dipped his fingers in the wrong honeypot last Saturday. Forty-five-year old store owner Michael Baulderstone spotted a man trying to steal a collector’s X-Men comic from his store that was worth $160; luckily, he was wearing a Spiderman costume to celebrate the event and cornered the criminal while signaling to two Jedi Knights (also shopping for comics) to guard the door with their lightsabers until the police arrived.
Silly Padawans: colored plastic flashlights are for kids…and air traffic controllers. Anyway, if the perp had any common sense he would’ve just shouted a George Lucas sighting at the Popeye’s Chicken next door and made his escape.
There are a few more stories to cover on the show today including a Catholic Church turning to Facebook to recruit new priests and a collection of Calls From the Public from last week–who doesn’t love leftovers?
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