Binary Jazz

We’re back from a brief break with a new opportunity to conjure metaphors for what the show is like. An announcement for BinJazzConf is made and we discuss Binary Jazz greatest hits topics like Dyson Spheres, Chris’ roleplaying anecdotes, cryptozoology, metaphysics and space. Also, ghosts and stuff that matters.

* Asterism (astronomy) (Wikipedia)* Why Are There 7 Days In a Week? EXPLAINED by It’s Okay to be Smart (YouTube)* Boötes (Wikipedia)

Intro and outro music by Serpiente Negra Ensamble, (“Musurgia Universalis” and “Düzensiz Meksikali”) from their album El Murciélago. © 2021 Serpiente Negra Ensamble. Used with permission.

In this episode we imagine that the topic references water falling, thinking you are the king, or a measurement to determine how much food will fill a plate. Also, whether Gary’s house is decorated like Bruce Wayne’s, elaborate heists and You Can’t Do That on Television.

* The Cat From Outer Space (Wikipedia)* Flight of the Navigator (Wikipedia)* Utah Shakespeare Festival (bard.org)* Thanksgiving (Canada) (Wikipedia)* French onion soup (Wikipedia)* Homestar Runner (homestarrunner dot com)* Strong Bad Email #84 – Kids’ Book (YouTube)* Strong Bad Email #83 – Labor Day (YouTube)* homestarrunnerdotcom (YouTube)* Trogdor sound board (homestarrunner dot com)* Capgras delusion (Wikipedia)* Capgras Delusion (Science Direct)* Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film) (Wikipedia)* Opinion | The far right’s lizard conspiracy is bonkers. But it’s definitely not harmless. (NBC News)* Heist with Michael Caine (Audible)* You Can’t Do That on Television (Wikipedia)* You Can’t Do That on Television sting (YouTube)

Intro and outro music by Serpiente Negra Ensamble, (“Musurgia Universalis” and “Düzensiz Meksikali”) from their album El Murciélago. © 2021 Serpiente Negra Ensamble. Used with permission.

In this episode we talk about uncomfortable-sounding phishing attacks, read through some Russian spam, faking a literature degree, cats (obviously), the sad future of the internet, and multi-level marketing. Chris’ new Zoom account doesn’t cut us off at 40 minutes and it confuses all of us.

* What is smishing? (Norton)* What is vishing? (Norton)* Kevin Mitnick (Wikipedia)* Jenny Radcliffe, The People Hacker (Human Factor Security)* Catachresis (Wikipedia)

Intro and outro music by Serpiente Negra Ensamble, (“Musurgia Universalis” and “Düzensiz Meksikali”) from their album El Murciélago. © 2021 Serpiente Negra Ensamble. Used with permission.

In this episode we analyze Allison’s peacock Tarot card, weird Florida things, disgusting body things, being vegetarian, pen pineapple apple pens and being a caveperson. Also: we read some Russian mail.

* 1Password* Support Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)* crepuscule (Merriam-Webster)

Intro and outro music by Serpiente Negra Ensamble, (“Musurgia Universalis” and “Düzensiz Meksikali”) from their album El Murciélago. © 2021 Serpiente Negra Ensamble. Used with permission.

We get somewhat back to our normal format with a topic from Chris that probably has nothing to do with Wolfenstein. Allison tries to pull information from the Anime files in her brain while Gary gets distracted by squid ink pasta. Also: squid-rabbits, weather, video games, estimating children’s heights, loving Unix epoch and Labor Day.

* Cephalopod Ink (Wikipedia)* Wolfenstein (Wikipedia)* id Software (Wikipedia)* Doom (franchise) (Wikipedia)* Muse Software (Wikipedia)* Civilization (video game) (Wikipedia)* Rise of Nations (Wikipedia)* Age of Empires (Wikipedia)* StarCraft (Wikipedia)* Warcraft (Wikipedia)* The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth (EA)* STAR WARS™ Rebellion (Steam)* Star Wars Galaxies (Wikipedia)* Kobayashi Maru (Wikipedia)* Mon Calamari (Wookiepedia)* Douglas Adams “oh no, not again” quote (Goodreads)* “Good melon is good melon” (Twitter)* Unix time (Wikipedia)* Dungeons & Dragons Warlock Class (DnDBeyond)* Yōkai (Wikipedia)* Ōtakemaru (Yokai.com)

Intro and outro music by Serpiente Negra Ensamble, (“Musurgia Universalis” and “Düzensiz Meksikali”) from their album El Murciélago. © 2021 Serpiente Negra Ensamble. Used with permission.

Content Warning: Anti-capitalism, COVID-19, starvation, gun violence.

Sometimes, we come to Binary Jazz without a topic. And sometimes we opine about “the state of things”. This is one of those episodes. Apologies to anyone looking for more fun, light-hearted content, we’ll be back next week, hopefully with another non-confrontational topic. If you’re not interested in our fairly leftist views on capitalism, the COVID vaccine, gun rights, etc., feel free to skip this one and listen to a different episode.

In this episode, we read some random email we’ve received and talk about what to do if your parachute doesn’t deploy after jumping out of an airplane, ransomware, survival, gun rights and violence, and capitalism’s influence on those things.

* Idiocracy (IMDb)* Delta Air Lines to hike up health insurance premiums for unvaccinated employees by $200 a month (NBC News)* Susanna Viljanen‘s answer to If you go skydiving and your parachute doesn’t open – is it beneficial to aim for water? What are your chances of surviving? (Quora)* Ransomware: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) (YouTube)* Alive (1993 film) (Wikipedia)* Alone (TV Show) (History)* Overton window (Wikipedia)

Intro and outro music by Serpiente Negra Ensamble, (“Musurgia Universalis” and “Düzensiz Meksikali”) from their album El Murciélago. © 2021 Serpiente Negra Ensamble. Used with permission.

Hi! Welcome to another episode of Binary Jazz. This episode talks about various types of -topias. Also, random chords, content doughnuts, wardrobe color schemes, kids’ records and a weird get-to-know-us quiz at the end.

* The Scene — Cool React app that uses the Genrenator API (the-scene.vercel.app) * Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff (amazon.com)* Agastopia (For Reading Addicts)* #AskAway (Zoom)

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Welcome back to Binary Jazz! In this episode we talk about Spider Man (or Spider-Man, or maybe Spiderman), sea legs, relative sizing of groups of trees, dream interpretation and time travel. Also, sailing superstitions.

* Copse (Merriam-Webster)* Andersen’s Pea Soup (peasoupandersens.net)* Solvang, California (solvangusa.com)* Chris’ Sailing Superstitions Doc (sorry, didn’t keep track of the citations)

Intro and outro music by Serpiente Negra Ensamble, (“Musurgia Universalis” and “Düzensiz Meksikali”) from their album El Murciélago. © 2021 Serpiente Negra Ensamble. Used with permission.

Greetings fellow humans! In this episode of the podcast known as Binary Jazz, the three lifeforms entertain such topics as: Ground Control Bot, reality television, listening to podcasts at higher than 1x speed, oyster sauce, and Alaska. Additionally, Cat People.

* Ground Control (groundcontrolbot.space)* Ground Control bot mentioned on YCombinator (YCombinator)* Holey Moley (Wikipedia)* Chris’ Spicy Rosa Sauce recipe (recipes.jazzsequence.com)* Ikigai: A Japanese concept to improve work and life (BBC)* Cat People (Netflix)* The Amazing Acro-Cats (Wikipedia)* Rock Cats Rescue (rockcatsrescue.org)* Wakuneco (wacu-neco.com)* Tinker’s Cat Cafe (tinkerscatcafe.com)

Intro and outro music by Serpiente Negra Ensamble, (“Musurgia Universalis” and “Düzensiz Meksikali”) from their album El Murciélago. © 2021 Serpiente Negra Ensamble. Used with permission.

This episode we get a bit more philosophical than usual by discussing Fleets, accents, recruiters in the tech industry, and what “company loyalty” means. Also, Gary shares an encounter with nature and the connection between all things.

* Solipsism (Wikipedia)* No real other media references this ep, but here’s a video of a CS class from 2011 that features a video from 1985 that includes a video from 1962. (Archive.org)

Intro and outro music by Serpiente Negra Ensamble, (“Musurgia Universalis” and “Düzensiz Meksikali”) from their album El Murciélago. © 2021 Serpiente Negra Ensamble. Used with permission.