This weeks episode brings you all the best puns and rhymes. On a more important note Andy calls Russell charming. Yes, he has it on tape y'all. Russell is so flustered he forgets to compliment him back. Mutual back patting aside our hosts rate Google's recent foray into hardware and talk about those crazy peeps from Seattle trying to use a fishing rod to steal Google's hard earned lunch.

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Samsung Confirms Note 8

Google loses VP of Hardware Product Development after 6 months

Gizmodo: “Let’s talk about Google’s crazy year in hardware”

Microsoft Takes On Chrome OS

Doggie, Doggie, Who Stole Your Bone?