#054 -- Simulated Life and Other Topics -- There's more than one kind of artificial life out there, as fans of Second Life are well aware. Also: NASA decides to launch regardless of the risk. Also: Spy Planes just aren't for Iraq anymore. Also: Network Neutrality, compromised. Also: Legislating honesty? Finally: what's Bluejack up to these days. Music by Scratch D. v. H-Bomb; Beck; Tom Waits; Ruby Shuz; Eat Static.

#049 -- The Chemistry of Love -- Love is arguably more fundamental to human nature than intelligence, and one of the unique experiences that (while pet owners may disagree) is thought to separate us from other species on Earth. But scientists understand much about the chemical nature of love. This show is a brief introduction to the life-cycle of love chemistry, with divergences into natural selection and spirituality. Music by Bob Dylan, Concrete Blond, Siouxie and the Banshees, Hoyt Axton, and Richard Thompson.

#045 -- Life -- Time in the Zone. Bluejack hunts for some news worth reading and comes up with a rather shoddy article in the New Scientist. Researchers are trying to understand how the brain perceives time. Bluejack improvises on this theme to compare and contrast "the zone" as known to athletes with other forms of highly efficient modes of working within time.

And back to 200 pixel images. I don't like that 300.

#043 -- Life -- A meandering discussion of the difference between working for Corporate America, and being part of an indie start up. Music by Michelle Shocked, Tom Waits, P.J. Harvey, Ani DiFranco, Cat Power, and Richard Thomson.

PS: If you're viewing this on the website, you'll notice I expanded the size of the accompanying image from 200x200 to 300x300. Frankly, this looks too large; but there's something in iTunes about 300x300. I'll have to see if all these things are coupled.

#040 -- Life -- Corporate Evil. Most of us have had the misfortune to work in a toxic environment where office politics results in unethical behavior that is (A) no fun to be part of, and (B) bad for the company. Where does low-level corporate evil come from? Is it a trickle down effect from corrupt leadership? Or is it a grassroots evil that climbs the ladders like a strangling vine? Music by Devo, Hallucinogen, Underworld, and Juno Reactor.

#033 -- Life -- Taking stock of everything: recent shows? How about those clones: You can buy them today. Human-computer integration? Computerized ears, eyes, already in production. How about November? NaNoWriMo, and the next super secret project. But don't forget to Breathe, Bluejack! Let's all breathe together: An interesting connection between Eastern and Western spirituality.

#031 -- Life -- The death march plods on; podcasting is missed; the scientific method applied to spirituality.

028 -- Life -- Bluejack does some consulting for corporate America. Background tracks include PJ Harvey Working for the Man, The Kills with No Wow, Cop Shoots Cop with $10 Bill, Violent Femmes: Make More Money Tonight, Yello's Oh Yeah. This is the first view on what is certain to be yet another death march.

#020 - Life - A couple more stories from life in the tech trenches; listener's emails; plus, overclocked has a phone number: send in your audio comments, your stories, your experiences!

#012 -- Life -- Stories from my years at Amazon as may (or may not) pertain to "living beyond the manufacturer's specifications."

A very quick, 1:30 introduction to the ::overclocked podcast.