What’s Happening in our twin town of Cooperstown, New York? 

• The annual Polar Bear Jump raised $106K for kids (and 3 adults)! Check it out here.
• The jump in a hole. Yes, a hole. In the ice. A hole. ’nuff said.
• Essentially they are fly fishing with human bait.

Listener Feedback!

• Chris is happy we’re back and relates that he agrees with Kelly Penguin Girl that gift cards are messed up! He also notes that our sound is kind of wonky, but we’re trying to fix it!
• Ken points out that Jon can use a VGA -> HMDI adapter for his Raspberry Pi. Good call, Ken!
• Ken also asks for a link to the “Not Samsung” phone Jon almost bought so here it is!

 What Is Bitcoin?

• “crypto currency” with no central issuer to avoid all the pitfalls associated with government issued money
• It’s kind of like a barter network; you all agree that there is some value to Bitcoins so you accept it as you would money.
• A Bitcoin is worth about $23USD at this point in time.
• There is a finite number of Bitcoins that can be put into circulation. It’s 21 million and they won’t all fully be in circulation until 2040.
• The problem with barter is the “coincidence of wants”
• Money has to has some sort of value in order for this whole thing to work.
• Learn an overview of Bitcoin here. Or here at the actual Bitcoin site here.
• How do you get Bitcoins? Mining or buying from an exchange like Mt. Gox here.
• Places where you can spend Bitcoins here.
• Get started with the information here.

 This Week’s Song from Magnatune

The M Edition by Processor

Kelly’s Corner

• Kelly talks about all the cool artist stuff at The Practical Art World.
• Kelly’s art site is at KellyMitchelmore.ca

Shout Outs and Bork Outs!

• Kelly hates the gamers on Facebook. Ugh, don’t we all???
• Use Facebook right – show pictures of your dog and stop spamming people with crap!

Contact Us

• This website (you’re here!)
• Comment on a post
• Email us at show at thejakattack dot com

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• When did Google searches for https? I missed that somewhere along the way
• The Cooperstown Crier – nobody gets into the Baseball Hall of Fame this year.
• Give a listen to the Grapevine Podcast – news and events from the Annapolis Valley!
• Jon might buy this phone. Talk him out of it!!!

This week’s song: I’ll be here awake by Arthur Yoria.

Ill Be Here Awake by Arthur Yoria

• Jon hates everyone who unsubbed when they heard the show was coming back
• Kelly talks about Art Gallery 1274

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We said it. It’s official. We’ll be back in January 2013!

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