TOTP - Top Ten Shoes

A fantastic insight into the world of shoes, provided by a loyal listener who wishes to be known as 'C'. We were experimenting with different mic setups, in this experiment we learnt that its a good idea for Rob to switch his microphone on for future recording sessions:-

• 10 – Cowboy boots (originally Spats / Blakies until Jon played his Joker)
• 9 – Baseball shoes
• 8 – The Flip Flip
• 7 – The Winklepicker
• 6 – The Trainer
• 5 – The Plimsoll
• 4 – Moon Boots
• 3 - Loafers
• 2 – The Mocasin
• 1 – The Sandal

Thanks by the way to Podcast Paul who gave us a glowing review on show number 50 recently, motivating us to do even more quality podcasts. Remember we are after your lists and other ideas, send them over to topofthepods@gmail.com and we'll broadcast them.

TOTP - Top Ten Small Things

That pesky Jon has managed to pinch Robs idea and produce a top ten list of small things. Wonder if its like the top ten list of big things?:-

• 10 – Sausage Dogs
• 9 – Mini DVD Players
• 8 – Bees
• 7 – Peas
• 6 – Bonzi Trees
• 5 – 12" Apple Powerbook
• 4 – Stars
• 3 - Dust
• 2 – Sand
• 1 – Ants

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TOTP - Top Ten Bears

Thanks to loyal listener Martin for providing us with this list of Top Ten Bears to add to our growing bank of podcasts:-

• 10 – Brown bear
• 9 – Koala bear
• 8 – Little Ted
• 7 – Winnie the Pooh
• 6 – Paddington
• 5 – Huggy bear
• 4 – Fozzy Bear
• 3 - Gentle Ben
• 2 – Sue
• 1 – Bungle

TOTP - Top Ten Tims Most Pimpable Rides

Another listener list, this time from Tim. A list of awesome cars that are most pimpable, thanks Tim:-

• 10 – US Yellow School Bus
• 9 – The Original Mini
• 8 – Old Corvette
• 7 – Jeep Wrangler
• 6 – VW Beetle
• 5 – VW Camper Van
• 4 – H1 Hummer
• 3 - Cadalac
• 2 – Landrover Defender
• 1 – Dodge Van

TOTP - Top Ten Cool Google Features

A good one for joining in at work with, its some of the best features of Google. You may have heard of some of these, others you might not:-

• 10 – Google Toolbar
• 9 – Google Suggest
• 8 – Google reverse search (backward links)
• 7 – Search this site
• 6 – Google Cache
• 5 – Google Groups
• 4 – Google Alerts
• 3 - Froogle
• 2 – Google Images
• 1 – Google Search

TOTP - Top Ten Kevins Actors

Its thanks to one of our listeners Kevin that we have the pleasure of presenting the top ten list of actors. Not only is it a really good list, and Kevin has also saved us writing something for today:-

• 10 – John Candy
• 9 – McKylie Corker
• 8 – Jack Nicholson
• 7 – Jonny Depp
• 6 – Samuel L Jackson
• 5 – Brad Pitt
• 4 – Eddie Murphy
• 3 - Ray Lee Otter
• 2 – Robert DeNiro
• 1 – Al Pacino

TOTP - Top Ten Movies With Animals

Jon's scraping the barrel here for an amusing list. Granted, it is amusing, but maybe he should try a little harder next time... Movies with animals in? Blimey! :-

• 10 – Cat - Cat's Eyes
• 9 – Birds - The Birds
• 8 – Gorilla - Trading Places (how come rob hasn't seen this classic?)
• 7 – Dog - Something About Mary
• 6 – Shark - Jaws
• 5 – Dog - K9
• 4 – Preying Mantis - Enter The Dragon
• 3 - Monkey - Ace Ventura
• 2 – Kangaroo - Skippy (was there a film?)
• 1 – Orang-utan - Any Which Way But Loose

TOTP - Top Ten Bands With Numbers In Their Name

Roberto likes some rather disturbing music. He's a 80's freak. His list is as bad as his taste. However there are a couple of gems in there... :-

• 10 – Two Men, A Drum Machine And A Trumpet
• 9 – Apollo 303
• 8 – 911
• 7 – U2
• 6 – East 17
• 5 – The Three Degrees
• 4 – The Four Tops
• 3 - 808 State
• 2 – The Jackson 5
• 1 – Five Star

TOTP - Top Ten Web Sites

We use the web a lot - all the time in fact. Rob is a total web geek and Jonathan isn't. Jonathan has compiled his favourite web sites. They are just the sites he's using most at the moment. Not the best sites in the world or anything, just... well you know what I mean. :-

• 10 – www.engadget.com
• 9 – www.lipsum.com
• 8 – www.apple.com/uk
• 7 – www.ebay.co.uk
• 6 – www.skysports.com
• 5 – http://www.gettyimages.com/
• 4 – www.autotrader.co.uk
• 3 - www.kelkoo.co.uk
• 2 – http://www.bbc.co.uk/
• 1 – www.google.com

TOTP - Top Ten Big Things

Rob is trying to be very clever and quirky with his rather off-the-wall list of top ten big things. The thing is though, I really wish that it had been my idea... :-

• 10 – Big Mac
• 9 – Wide Screen TVs
• 8 – The Big Bopper
• 7 – Big Daddy
• 6 – Elephants/Rhinos/Hippos/Whales (whales? they are like 50 times bigger than an elephant - rob you moron!)
• 5 – Monster Trucks
• 4 – The Big Dipper - (The consternation not the crappy blackpool rollercoaster)
• 3 - Sears Tower (strangly smaller than the Big Dipper)
• 2 – Mount Everest (still smaller that the consternation)
• 1 – Jupiter (still not bigger than the Big Dipper, but a good number 1 all the same)

TOTP - Top Ten Magazines

Jon buys a lot of magazines. However some he reads in the newsagents. Tight bugger. Here's his current top ten... :-

• 10 – Land Rover Owner International (Sad git doesn't even own one)
• 9 – Creative Arts
• 8 – Creative Review
• 7 – Auto Trader
• 6 – NME
• 5 – T3
• 4 – Adbusters
• 3 - Graffik
• 2 – Mac User
• 1 – Adrenalin

TOTP - Top Ten Comedians

Jonathan lets us know who he thinks are the best comedians in the land, meanwhile rob disagrees :-

• 10 – John Candy
• 9 – Dan Ackroyd
• 8 – Lee Evans
• 7 – Billy Connolly
• 6 – Ricky Gervais
• 5 – Peter Kaye
• 4 – Steve Martin
• 3 - Richard Prior
• 2 – Eddie Izzard
• 1 – Eddie Murphy

TOTP - Top Ten Villians

Roberto reveals his somewhat dodgy list of villians. Dirty Den a villian? Come on.... :-

• 10 – Davros (Dr. Who?)
• 9 – Lex Lutha (Superman)
• 8 – John Silverman (The Karate Kid III)
• 7 – Dirty Den (Eastenders)
• 6 – Zoron (James Bond - the one with the fight in???)
• 5 – Jabba The Hut (Star Wars)
• 4 – Voltar (Battle Star Galactica)
• 3 - Blowfelt (James Bond)
• 2 – Darth Vadar (Star Wars)
• 1 – The Joker (Batman)

TOTP - Top Ten DVD's in Jon's Collection

Jon introduces us to his favourite DVDs from his vast collection. Rob argues, but only has 20 DVDs. No future list from him then... :-

• 10 – The Goonies
• 9 – CSI - Miami
• 8 – The Good Bad & The Ugly
• 7 – Enter The Dragon
• 6 – Nip /Tuck
• 5 – Curb Your Enthusiasm
• 4 – Brewster's Millions
• 3 - Trading Places
• 2 – The Sopranos Series 1 thru 5
• 1 – CSI - Vegas

TOTP - Top Ten Worst HTML Tags

Its a podcast of all you web designers. This time its Robs turn to be the uber geek, here's his list of evil tags in HTML web pages:-

• 10 – table
• 9 – acronym
• 8 – big and small
• 7 – u
• 6 –object
• 5 – map
• 4 – applet
• 3 - embed
• 2 – frameset
• 1 – font

TOTP - Top Ten Fonts that Suck

We never thought we could compile THAT many fonts that shouldn't be allowed on a computer, but we did and here they all are:-

• 10 – Dom Casual
• 9 – Kids
• 8 – LCD
• 7 – Baloon
• 6 – Algerian
• 5 – Broadway
• 4 – Bauhaus
• 3 - Brush Script
• 2 – Times
• 1 – Comic Sans

TOTP - Top Ten Jons Gadgets

Jon can't think up a good list idea for himself so he has to copy Robs idea from a week earlier. Its a podcast about gadgets. Here comes the spoiler:-

• 10 – Bluetooth dongle
• 9 – Sky plus
• 8 – Sony Ericson K700
• 7 – Panasonic PTA500 Projector
• 6 – Sony PSP
• 5 – Sony PS2
• 4 – Xbox
• 3 - iPaq 4700
• 2 – Apple iPod
• 1 – Apple iBook

TOTP - Top Ten Web Annoyances

The internet is a great invention, but every cloud has a silver lining. Rob lists his top ten annoyances of the web:-

• 10 – Out of date pages
• 9 – Google price comparison spamming
• 8 – Not colouring links
• 7 – Graphics when text will do
• 6 – New browser windows
• 5 – No prices on sites
• 4 – Fonts that don't change size
• 3 - Javacript errors
• 2 – PDF documents
• 1 – Flash

TOTP - Top Ten Jonathan's Albums of 2004

Jonathan reveals his Top Ten list of fave albums of 2004. It's a depressing collection of tunes, don't listen to this unless you are ready to top yourself:-

• 10 – The Streets
• 9 – Damien Rice
• 8 – Elliot Smith
• 7 – The Zutons
• 6 – Nick Drake
• 5 – Green Day
• 4 – Janes Addiction
• 3 - Beastie Boys
• 2 – The Mooney Suzuki
• 1 – The Strokes

TOTP - Top Ten Robs Gadgets

Top 10 gizmos, top 10 gadgets, top 10 boys toys; it doens't matter what you call them - they are all desirable peices of kit that we really want. He is Robs' top ten list of gadgets (if you can hear it over the badly mixed music) on todays show :-

• 10 – Playstation Portable
• 9 – Tom Tom
• 8 – iRiver
• 7 – Digital Cameras
• 6 – Microsoft Intellimouse
• 5 – Windows SPVC500
• 4 – Belkin FM Transmitter
• 3 - Skype
• 2 – Playstation 2
• 1 – Pocket PC

TOTP - Top Ten 1980s US TV Shows

More studio changes, soon we'll get it right. Here is Jons list of what he thinks the ten best TV state-side shows from the 1980 are:-

• 10 – The Monkees
• 9 – Blue Thunder
• 8 – Wonder Woman
• 7 – Quantum Leap
• 6 – Street Halk
• 5 – Knight Rider
• 4 – CHIPS
• 3 - Dukes of Hazzard
• 2 – A-Team
• 1 – Different Strokes

TOTP - Top Ten Chocolate Bars

Rightiho. Chocolate. Everybody loves it, especially us. Jon even went to the trouble of producing his top ten list of his favourite chocolate bars. Here goes:-

• 10 – Snickers
• 9 – Drifter
• 8 – Lion Bar
• 7 – Buscuit Boost
• 6 – Time Out
• 5 – Finger of Fudge
• 4 – Picnic
• 3 - Curly Wurly
• 2 – Kit Kat (4 fingers)
• 1 – Mint Aero

TOTP - Top Ten Keyboard Shortcuts

How did we get away with this? The Top Ten Keyboard Shortcuts? If you are an Apple Mac Geek then you'll love this, otherwise just wait until Wednesdays show which promises to be good :-

• 10 – ALT - TAB - Switch applications
• 9 – Control S - Save
• 8 – Control P - Print
• 7 – Control A - Select All
• 6 – Control Z - Undo
• 5 – Command K - Switch Network Computers
• 4 – F13 - Useage dialogue box in Quark
• 3 - Space bar - Pause / Play in iTunes
• 2 – Tab Key - Photoshop cycle layers
• 1 - F7 - Hides rulers and outlines in Quark

TOTP - Top Ten UK TV Gameshows

They say you learn by your mistakes, we certainly learnt a lot today. What did we learn? Not to get distracted by allotments whilst podcasting and to keep background music in the background. Here is Jons' Top Ten UK TV Gameshows:-

• 10 – Wheel of fortune
• 9 – Adventure Game
• 8 – Crystal Maze
• 7 – Kypton Factor
• 6 – 321 (with Dusty Bin)
• 5 – Catchphrase
• 4 – Play your Cards Right
• 3 - Family Fortunes
• 2 – Blankety Blank
• 1 – Bullseye

TOTP - Top Ten Worst Movie Sequels

Whilst getting to grips with the studio we bring you Robs list of the Worst Movie Sequels ever made. When you hear the list you’ll probably agree :-

• 10 - The Next Karate Kid
• 9 - Jaws (any)
• 8 - Breakdance 2 - The Electric Boogaloo
• 7 - Rocky (any)
• 6 - Look Who’s Talking Too
• 5 - Under Siege 2
• 4 - Speed 2
• 3 - Batman
• 2 - Jurassic Park (any)
• 1 - Star Wars Episode 1

TOTP - Top Ten Computer Games

Jon reveals his Top Ten Computer Games. Rob reveals that he says the word 'basically' an annoying amount.

This is our pilot show, still finding our way around the studio and also finding our way around the English language. We are so sorry, we promise to try much harder next time.

If you don't want to spoil listening to this Podcast then we advice you to cover your eyes whilst reading the following list :-

• 10 – Sim City
• 9 – Pac Man
• 8 – Command and Conquer Red Alert
• 7 – Mario 3
• 6 – Tony Hawk Underground
• 5 – Conflict Desert Storm
• 4 – Manhunt
• 3 - Tony Hawk 4
• 2 – Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
• 1 – Grand Theft Auto Vice City