Episode 34: 34: Pride in Craftsmanship

John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin mourn the continuing shameful stewardship of the cultural touchstone that is Star Wars, then dive into the Windows 8 Metro user interface and Microsoft's prospects for the future of its hybrid tablet/desktop operating system.
Links for this episode:6.270 - MIT's Autonomous Robot Design CompetitionMarkdown Syntax Documentation - Daring FireballStar Wars: The Complete Saga (Episodes I-VI) [Blu-ray] - Amazon.comThe Secret History of Star WarsHypercritical #13: The Tortoise and the Hare - 5by58 traits of great Metro style apps - Channel 9A bad motivator - John McCoyRubySpec - The Standard You Trust™Spielberg Repents for Changes He Made to E.T. - Wired.comDragonslayer at the SXSW Film FestivalAgainst perpetual copyright - wiki.lessig.orgSponsored by Campaign Monitor and Shopify.