Episode #51: Mona Lisa Eats Cake

10/06/2022 27 min Episodio 51

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Episode Synopsis

Themes
 - Deep dig into Minecraft
 - Plumber shout out!
 - Multiple follow-ups
 - MET does good website!
 - People and art students suck
 - Betty Rubble
Notes
 - 00:18 - Catherine chooses coffee over Bedrock
 - 01:00 - Microsoft emails James
 - 01:30 - History of Minecraft, the original blocky world
 - 03:15 - Scripting, cross-platform, running native? What?
 - 03:55 - SubRant embraces “tech geek world”
 - 04:30 - Everything leads to “The Flintstones”
 - 05:20 - Plumber shout out! https://georgebrazilplumbingelectrical.com
 - 06:20 - Expansion tank saves the day!
 - 06:44 - Nicholas is also a “Grocery Store Superstar”!
 - 07:55 - Fake bird surveillance joke follow up https://youtu.be/l30_APBNPXg
 - 09:25 - We’re not art lawyers, but Catherine will test the waters
 - 10:00 - We’re not scientists either, so below are alternate sources
 -  - 1 - Kat Epidemiologist https://www.epidemiologistkat.com
 -  - 2 - Very Bad Wizards https://www.verybadwizards.com
 -  - 3 - Andy Does Healthy https://www.tiktok.com/@andydoeshealthy
 - 11:25 - James is a ruthless self-promoter (not)
 - 12:05 - Now here’s a really good museum website! https://www.metmuseum.org
 - 12:26 - Fly-through videos! https://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/met-360-project
 - 13:00 - “Fake” follow-up about curator responsibility
 - 14:45 - Mona Lisa eats cake https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/05/mona-lisa-attacked-at-louvre-museum-by-vandal-with-patisserie
 - 16:40 - Breaking News: “People suck”
 - 17:12 - James makes a case for cannibalism
 - 17:50 - Groceries going MIA
 - 18:58 - Forget Durango, just camp in San Francisco
 - 21:15 - Details are important (and interesting)
 - 22:10 - Marks of the mono print
 - 23:26 - Intaglio embarrassment: Catherine gets mocked in art class
 - 25:17 - Garbage torso painting is difficult because it’s garbage!
 - 26:20 - Education theory according to James
 - 26:55 - Betty Rubble
 - 27:25 - At least the plumbers are listening!