Grumpy Old Geeks

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August 08, 2014 70: No Furries in Space
This week we talk with Jordan Harbinger from The Art of Charm podcast about creativity, social engineering, and other assorted goodies. We also discuss stuff we like and some Star Trek fanfic. Spoiler alert, there are no furries in space.
Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/70
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Show Notes
The Art of Charm Podcast
The Art of Charm
Graft Concepts Leverage i5 Case for the iPhone 5
iOS SDK Release Notes for iOS 8.0 Beta 5
How the Internet, Dopamine and your Brain are Working Together to Screw Your Potential. (and what you can do about it)
Communications watchdog OFCOM: ‘Six-year-olds understand digital technology better than adults’
Facebook Messenger
Facebook Crosses The Line With New Facebook Messenger App
Yes, the Facebook Messenger app requests creepy, invasive permissions. But so does every other app.
Latest Online Security Breach Forces Mom To Change Post-It
Is your Dropcam live feed being watched by someone else?
Hacker shows passenger jets are vulnerable to cyber attack
1.2 billion logins scooped up by CyberVor hacking crew – what you need to do
Evidence of another Snowden-like mole is worrying Feds
How Google plans to get us all using HTTPS
Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns
Hardcore History Archives
Show 42 – (BLITZ) Logical Insanity
According to Scientists, This is The Most Relaxing Tune Ever Recorded
pzizz sleep
pzizz energizer
LinkedIn agrees to pay $6 million (U.S.) for overtime, damages
Star Trek: Axanar
Star Trek Continues
Information about Hearing, Communication, and Understanding
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1 hr 30 min
August 08, 2014 70: No Furries in Space
This week we talk with Jordan Harbinger from The Art of Charm podcast about creativity, social engineering, and other assorted goodies. We also discuss stuff we like and some Star Trek fanfic. Spoiler alert, there are no furries in space.
Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/70
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Show Notes
The Art of Charm Podcast
The Art of Charm
Graft Concepts Leverage i5 Case for the iPhone 5
iOS SDK Release Notes for iOS 8.0 Beta 5
How the Internet, Dopamine and your Brain are Working Together to Screw Your Potential. (and what you can do about it)
Communications watchdog OFCOM: ‘Six-year-olds understand digital technology better than adults’
Facebook Messenger
Facebook Crosses The Line With New Facebook Messenger App
Yes, the Facebook Messenger app requests creepy, invasive permissions. But so does every other app.
Latest Online Security Breach Forces Mom To Change Post-It
Is your Dropcam live feed being watched by someone else?
Hacker shows passenger jets are vulnerable to cyber attack
1.2 billion logins scooped up by CyberVor hacking crew – what you need to do
Evidence of another Snowden-like mole is worrying Feds
How Google plans to get us all using HTTPS
Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns
Hardcore History Archives
Show 42 – (BLITZ) Logical Insanity
According to Scientists, This is The Most Relaxing Tune Ever Recorded
pzizz sleep
pzizz energizer
LinkedIn agrees to pay $6 million (U.S.) for overtime, damages
Star Trek: Axanar
Star Trek Continues
Information about Hearing, Communication, and Understanding
1 hr 30 min
August 08, 2014 70: No Furries in Space
This week we talk with Jordan Harbinger from The Art of Charm podcast about creativity, social engineering, and other assorted goodies. We also discuss stuff we like and some Star Trek fanfic. Spoiler alert, there are no furries in space.
Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/70
Listen or subscribe in iTunes
If you like the show please click here and give us a rating or review in iTunes. It helps us out and lets us know people want more episodes!
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Show Notes
The Art of Charm Podcast
The Art of Charm
Graft Concepts Leverage i5 Case for the iPhone 5
iOS SDK Release Notes for iOS 8.0 Beta 5
How the Internet, Dopamine and your Brain are Working Together to Screw Your Potential. (and what you can do about it)
Communications watchdog OFCOM: ‘Six-year-olds understand digital technology better than adults’
Facebook Messenger
Facebook Crosses The Line With New Facebook Messenger App
Yes, the Facebook Messenger app requests creepy, invasive permissions. But so does every other app.
Latest Online Security Breach Forces Mom To Change Post-It
Is your Dropcam live feed being watched by someone else?
Hacker shows passenger jets are vulnerable to cyber attack
1.2 billion logins scooped up by CyberVor hacking crew – what you need to do
Evidence of another Snowden-like mole is worrying Feds
How Google plans to get us all using HTTPS
Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns
Hardcore History Archives
Show 42 – (BLITZ) Logical Insanity
According to Scientists, This is The Most Relaxing Tune Ever Recorded
pzizz sleep
pzizz energizer
LinkedIn agrees to pay $6 million (U.S.) for overtime, damages
Star Trek: Axanar
Star Trek Continues
Information about Hearing, Communication, and Understanding
1 hr 30 min
August 01, 2014 69: Rabbit Rabbit
This week we debut an as yet unnamed segment on defense against Internet marketers. We discuss the Uber ratings kerfuffle and other big data nonsense as well as some epic book reviews.
http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/69
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Show Notes
Rabbit Rabbit
OKCupid: we experiment on users. Everyone does
OkCupid experiment may have broken FTC rules
All Power to the Pack Rats
Podcasting patent troll: We tried to drop lawsuit against Adam Carolla
The 30-Day Challenge: No Booze, No Masturbating (NOBNOM)
You Are Not Late
Why does my old iPhone seem to get slower before a new release?
Are Uber’s passenger ratings big data for good – or discrimination 2.0?
This Restaurant Kept Getting Awful Reviews. Then They Discovered Something Mind-Blowing…
The Insidiousness of Facebook Messenger’s Mobile App Terms of Service
Facebook moves all mobile chat to Messenger app
The perks of being ‘somebody’ online
Mystery in the Perseus Cluster
How anyone can hack your Instagram account
Stephen Sclafani
The Power of No: Because One Little Word Can Bring Health, Abundance, and Happiness by James Altucher and Claudia Azula
Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield
Meditations: A New Translation by Marcus Aurelius (Author), Gregory Hays (Translator)
Ernest Hemingway on Writing – Larry W. Phillips (Editor)
Sam Walton: Made In America
Lorde appointed as ‘sole curator’ of music for next Hunger Games film
Agatha Christie’s Poirot’ Comes to an End
Keith Urban Boston Concert: Rape Charge Laid Against Sean Murphy, 18
Guy takes shrooms at comic con. Guy texts entire meltdown to girlfriend. Internet rejoices.
According to the dictionary, “literally” now also means “figuratively”
Honey never spoils. You can eat 32,000-year-old honey.
Note: I inadvertently called Sean Bonner’s coffee subscription service the collective and not the possee. My bad! – JD
Sean Bonner’s Coffee Possee
Riot Fest
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
1 hr 22 min
August 01, 2014 69: Rabbit Rabbit
This week we debut an as yet unnamed segment on defense against Internet marketers. We discuss the Uber ratings kerfuffle and other big data nonsense as well as some epic book reviews.
http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/69
Listen or subscribe in iTunes
If you like the show please click here and give us a rating or review in iTunes. It helps us out and lets us know people want more episodes!
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Show Notes
Rabbit Rabbit
OKCupid: we experiment on users. Everyone does
OkCupid experiment may have broken FTC rules
All Power to the Pack Rats
Podcasting patent troll: We tried to drop lawsuit against Adam Carolla
The 30-Day Challenge: No Booze, No Masturbating (NOBNOM)
You Are Not Late
Why does my old iPhone seem to get slower before a new release?
Are Uber’s passenger ratings big data for good – or discrimination 2.0?
This Restaurant Kept Getting Awful Reviews. Then They Discovered Something Mind-Blowing…
The Insidiousness of Facebook Messenger’s Mobile App Terms of Service
Facebook moves all mobile chat to Messenger app
The perks of being ‘somebody’ online
Mystery in the Perseus Cluster
How anyone can hack your Instagram account
Stephen Sclafani
The Power of No: Because One Little Word Can Bring Health, Abundance, and Happiness by James Altucher and Claudia Azula
Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield
Meditations: A New Translation by Marcus Aurelius (Author), Gregory Hays (Translator)
Ernest Hemingway on Writing – Larry W. Phillips (Editor)
Sam Walton: Made In America
Lorde appointed as ‘sole curator’ of music for next Hunger Games film
Agatha Christie’s Poirot’ Comes to an End
Keith Urban Boston Concert: Rape Charge Laid Against Sean Murphy, 18
Guy takes shrooms at comic con. Guy texts entire meltdown to girlfriend. Internet rejoices.
According to the dictionary, “literally” now also means “figuratively”
Honey never spoils. You can eat 32,000-year-old honey.
Note: I inadvertently called Sean Bonner’s coffee subscription service the collective and not the possee. My bad! – JD
Sean Bonner’s Coffee Possee
Riot Fest
1 hr 22 min
August 01, 2014 69: Rabbit Rabbit
This week we debut an as yet unnamed segment on defense against Internet marketers. We discuss the Uber ratings kerfuffle and other big data nonsense as well as some epic book reviews.
http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/69
Listen or subscribe in iTunes
If you like the show please click here and give us a rating or review in iTunes. It helps us out and lets us know people want more episodes!
If you’d like to donate to the show please check out our page on TugBoat
Hosted by Libsyn
Use the coupon code “gog” while signing up & receive up to 2 months free!
Show Notes
Rabbit Rabbit
OKCupid: we experiment on users. Everyone does
OkCupid experiment may have broken FTC rules
All Power to the Pack Rats
Podcasting patent troll: We tried to drop lawsuit against Adam Carolla
The 30-Day Challenge: No Booze, No Masturbating (NOBNOM)
You Are Not Late
Why does my old iPhone seem to get slower before a new release?
Are Uber’s passenger ratings big data for good – or discrimination 2.0?
This Restaurant Kept Getting Awful Reviews. Then They Discovered Something Mind-Blowing…
The Insidiousness of Facebook Messenger’s Mobile App Terms of Service
Facebook moves all mobile chat to Messenger app
The perks of being ‘somebody’ online
Mystery in the Perseus Cluster
How anyone can hack your Instagram account
Stephen Sclafani
The Power of No: Because One Little Word Can Bring Health, Abundance, and Happiness by James Altucher and Claudia Azula
Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield
Meditations: A New Translation by Marcus Aurelius (Author), Gregory Hays (Translator)
Ernest Hemingway on Writing – Larry W. Phillips (Editor)
Sam Walton: Made In America
Lorde appointed as ‘sole curator’ of music for next Hunger Games film
Agatha Christie’s Poirot’ Comes to an End
Keith Urban Boston Concert: Rape Charge Laid Against Sean Murphy, 18
Guy takes shrooms at comic con. Guy texts entire meltdown to girlfriend. Internet rejoices.
According to the dictionary, “literally” now also means “figuratively”
Honey never spoils. You can eat 32,000-year-old honey.
Note: I inadvertently called Sean Bonner’s coffee subscription service the collective and not the possee. My bad! – JD
Sean Bonner’s Coffee Possee
Riot Fest
1 hr 22 min
July 25, 2014 68: Open Source Shenanigans with Sean Bonner
Miscreant and misanthrope Sean Bonner joins us this week to talk about his art/music project, Hope X, open hardware, Safecast, and more. We also run down some cool new books and the general tomfoolery on the Internet this week. You know the drill.
http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/68
Listen or subscribe in iTunes
If you like the show please click here and give us a rating or review in iTunes. It helps us out and lets us know people want more episodes!
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Show Notes
Didn’t Read Facebook’s Fine Print? Here’s Exactly What It Says
Facebook Explains Why It Wants to Be a Retail Store
The tech utopia nobody wants: why the world nerds are creating will be awful
Help shape OS X Yosemite.
LittleBits Now Lets You Build Your Own DIY Smart Home
Sean Bonner
Exhibition listing on Subliminal Projects, for VITA E MORTE exhibition which opens July 26th
Preview of artworks
Main CMHHTD project website
Stream CMHHTD songs
Both CMHHTD EP’s on iTunes (new one is pre order)
First CMHHTD EP on Pirate Bay
The Majority Of Today’s App Businesses Are Not Sustainable
And as if on cue Yahoo! buys Flurry for $300MM
Airbnb Host Seeks Help In Evicting Squatter From Palm Springs Home
Comcast’s worst nightmare: How Tennessee could save America’s Internet
Grumpy Old Geek Pro-Tip: If you steal something, do not post photos of you on social media with said stolen items.
Israeli women are showing support for the IDF — by showing their boobs
Meet the Online Tracking Device That is Virtually Impossible to Block
Snowden: Dropbox is an NSA surveillance target, use Spideroak instead
Edward Snowden: ‘If I end up in chains in Guantánamo I can live with that’ – video interview
SpiderOak
This is how you invent a person online
Amped – Daniel H. Wilson
Amped – Douglas E. Richards
Wired – Douglas E. Richards
Earth Awakens (The First Formic War) – Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston
The future of warfare: Why we should all be very afraid
Operation Shakespeare: The True Story of an Elite International Sting
The Art of Intelligence: Lessons from a Life in the CIA’s Clandestine Service by Hank Crumpton
This Is the Best 5,453-Word Interview With Bronson Pinchot About Audiobooks You Will Ever Read
Tower 2
Game of War – Fire Age
Comic-Con: ‘Firefly’ Cast Reunite for Online Game
How to Follow Soccer Now that the World Cup Is Over
Led Zepplin: Mothership
Alien Autopsy: William Barker on Schwa, two decades later
Orphan Black
Blake Lively’s Preserve lifestyle site: another pandering mess of e-commerce
‘Pirates of the Caribbean 5′ Gets Summer 2017 Release Date
High Schoolers Ponder the Meaning of ‘Fashion’ in 1984
Brian’s record collection
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
1 hr 19 min
July 25, 2014 68: Open Source Shenanigans with Sean Bonner
Miscreant and misanthrope Sean Bonner joins us this week to talk about his art/music project, Hope X, open hardware, Safecast, and more. We also run down some cool new books and the general tomfoolery on the Internet this week. You know the drill.
http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/68
Listen or subscribe in iTunes
If you like the show please click here and give us a rating or review in iTunes. It helps us out and lets us know people want more episodes!
If you’d like to donate to the show please check out our page on TugBoat
Hosted by Libsyn
Use the coupon code “gog” while signing up & receive up to 2 months free!
Show Notes
Didn’t Read Facebook’s Fine Print? Here’s Exactly What It Says
Facebook Explains Why It Wants to Be a Retail Store
The tech utopia nobody wants: why the world nerds are creating will be awful
Help shape OS X Yosemite.
LittleBits Now Lets You Build Your Own DIY Smart Home
Sean Bonner
Exhibition listing on Subliminal Projects, for VITA E MORTE exhibition which opens July 26th
Preview of artworks
Main CMHHTD project website
Stream CMHHTD songs
Both CMHHTD EP’s on iTunes (new one is pre order)
First CMHHTD EP on Pirate Bay
The Majority Of Today’s App Businesses Are Not Sustainable
And as if on cue Yahoo! buys Flurry for $300MM
Airbnb Host Seeks Help In Evicting Squatter From Palm Springs Home
Comcast’s worst nightmare: How Tennessee could save America’s Internet
Grumpy Old Geek Pro-Tip: If you steal something, do not post photos of you on social media with said stolen items.
Israeli women are showing support for the IDF — by showing their boobs
Meet the Online Tracking Device That is Virtually Impossible to Block
Snowden: Dropbox is an NSA surveillance target, use Spideroak instead
Edward Snowden: ‘If I end up in chains in Guantánamo I can live with that’ – video interview
SpiderOak
This is how you invent a person online
Amped – Daniel H. Wilson
Amped – Douglas E. Richards
Wired – Douglas E. Richards
Earth Awakens (The First Formic War) – Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston
The future of warfare: Why we should all be very afraid
Operation Shakespeare: The True Story of an Elite International Sting
The Art of Intelligence: Lessons from a Life in the CIA’s Clandestine Service by Hank Crumpton
This Is the Best 5,453-Word Interview With Bronson Pinchot About Audiobooks You Will Ever Read
Tower 2
Game of War – Fire Age
Comic-Con: ‘Firefly’ Cast Reunite for Online Game
How to Follow Soccer Now that the World Cup Is Over
Led Zepplin: Mothership
Alien Autopsy: William Barker on Schwa, two decades later
Orphan Black
Blake Lively’s Preserve lifestyle site: another pandering mess of e-commerce
‘Pirates of the Caribbean 5′ Gets Summer 2017 Release Date
High Schoolers Ponder the Meaning of ‘Fashion’ in 1984
Brian’s record collection
1 hr 19 min
July 25, 2014 68: Open Source Shenanigans with Sean Bonner
Miscreant and misanthrope Sean Bonner joins us this week to talk about his art/music project, Hope X, open hardware, Safecast, and more. We also run down some cool new books and the general tomfoolery on the Internet this week. You know the drill.
http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/68
Listen or subscribe in iTunes
If you like the show please click here and give us a rating or review in iTunes. It helps us out and lets us know people want more episodes!
If you’d like to donate to the show please check out our page on TugBoat
Hosted by Libsyn
Use the coupon code “gog” while signing up & receive up to 2 months free!
Show Notes
Didn’t Read Facebook’s Fine Print? Here’s Exactly What It Says
Facebook Explains Why It Wants to Be a Retail Store
The tech utopia nobody wants: why the world nerds are creating will be awful
Help shape OS X Yosemite.
LittleBits Now Lets You Build Your Own DIY Smart Home
Sean Bonner
Exhibition listing on Subliminal Projects, for VITA E MORTE exhibition which opens July 26th
Preview of artworks
Main CMHHTD project website
Stream CMHHTD songs
Both CMHHTD EP’s on iTunes (new one is pre order)
First CMHHTD EP on Pirate Bay
The Majority Of Today’s App Businesses Are Not Sustainable
And as if on cue Yahoo! buys Flurry for $300MM
Airbnb Host Seeks Help In Evicting Squatter From Palm Springs Home
Comcast’s worst nightmare: How Tennessee could save America’s Internet
Grumpy Old Geek Pro-Tip: If you steal something, do not post photos of you on social media with said stolen items.
Israeli women are showing support for the IDF — by showing their boobs
Meet the Online Tracking Device That is Virtually Impossible to Block
Snowden: Dropbox is an NSA surveillance target, use Spideroak instead
Edward Snowden: ‘If I end up in chains in Guantánamo I can live with that’ – video interview
SpiderOak
This is how you invent a person online
Amped – Daniel H. Wilson
Amped – Douglas E. Richards
Wired – Douglas E. Richards
Earth Awakens (The First Formic War) – Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston
The future of warfare: Why we should all be very afraid
Operation Shakespeare: The True Story of an Elite International Sting
The Art of Intelligence: Lessons from a Life in the CIA’s Clandestine Service by Hank Crumpton
This Is the Best 5,453-Word Interview With Bronson Pinchot About Audiobooks You Will Ever Read
Tower 2
Game of War – Fire Age
Comic-Con: ‘Firefly’ Cast Reunite for Online Game
How to Follow Soccer Now that the World Cup Is Over
Led Zepplin: Mothership
Alien Autopsy: William Barker on Schwa, two decades later
Orphan Black
Blake Lively’s Preserve lifestyle site: another pandering mess of e-commerce
‘Pirates of the Caribbean 5′ Gets Summer 2017 Release Date
High Schoolers Ponder the Meaning of ‘Fashion’ in 1984
Brian’s record collection
1 hr 19 min
July 18, 2014 67: Wanted! 1000 Crazies Like Us.
This week, Jordan Cooper joins us to talk about new media, blow job machines, and shares some awesome tips and tricks to build your online fanbase. We also talk about burnout and getting old and giving up on the Internet. It’s a HAPPY SHOW!
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Show Notes
I made my husband try a sex robot
A Better To-Do List: The 1-3-5 Rule
TO-DO LISTS ARE RUINING THE PLANET!
The Death of Journalism, by the numbers
The Developer’s Dystopian Future
Confessions of an ex-developer
The Most Terrifying Thought Experiment of All Time
Jordan Cooper
Blenderhead Media
Tech Douche Bags
New Air BnB Logo amuses the Internet for a day
Without further ado…
Ex-dictator Manuel Noriega sues Activision over ‘Call of Duty’ game
Amazon is testing “Kindle Unlimited,” an ebook subscription service for $9.99/month
Et Tu, IBM? Apple’s Latest Move Is Not Good News for Microsoft.
Microsoft set to axe 18,000 jobs
Pinboard Turns Five
Microsoft tells users to stop using strong passwords everywhere
You can’t hide from the Internet…
‘Hidden from Google’ site remembers the pages Google’s forced to forget
Statement Before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism
Lifehacker Pack for Mac: Our List of the Essential Mac Apps
The Best Way to Point Your Wi-Fi Router Antennas: Perpendicularly
Overcast: Podcast Player – Overcast Radio, LLC
You Can’t Use Facebook’s New iPhone App — Unless You’re Famous
Game of War – Fire Age
“Word Crimes”
Weird Al Is Tired of Your “Word Crimes” in New Video
Paul McCartney re-releases five of his classic albums as iPad apps
Want to innovate? Become a “now-ist”
Vending machines are twice as likely to kill you than a shark is.
Philipp Lahm
https://twitter.com/NeinQuarterly
https://twitter.com/depresseddarth
https://twitter.com/AlanWattsDaily
Does It Have Legs 19: Ghostbusters!
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
1 hr 48 min

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