Episode #51: Mona Lisa Eats Cake

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!