Grumpy Old Geeks

Grumpy Old Geeks

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    73 min

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Grumpy Old Geeks episodes

  • 18: A Cornucopia of Crazy Making

    Celebrity weddings, hearty stouts, class clowns ruin it for everyone, private armies, another kickstarter rip-off, Japan rules at crazy, and Kanye West is still a total douchebag. They also discuss the future of making money on the internet.

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    Shownotes:

    John Rzeznik Is Married

    Jimmy Beaumont & The Skyliners

    Jason's step-dad comes in at 2:46

    Ten Fidy

    Stone Farking Wheaton w00tstout!

    University Suspends Online Classes After More Than Half the Students Fail

    Apple Developer site hack: Turkish security researcher claims responsibility

    Apple releases status board in reaction to hacked dev portal

    Monsanto Buys BLACKWATER the largest mercenary army in the world

    Selfie-Loathing: Instagram is even more depressing than Facebook. Here’s why.

    Awesome FREE Instagram Exporter

    The Wayback Machine

    The Archive Documentary

    This is not a conspiracy theory

    Kanye West sells $120 t-shirts: On the Emotional and Literal Value of Bravado. Seriously?

    Bizarre "Bagel Head" Injections Become Latest Beauty Trend in Japan

    Heard App

    IFTTT App

    NeverWet promo video

    NeverWet, the viral "magic" spray doesn't work. At all.

    Behind the scenes at a McDonald's photo shoot

    Arby's meat on Snopes

    Who Owns the Future? by Jaron Lanier

    Flattr

    1 hr 15 min
  • 18: A Cornucopia of Crazy Making

    Celebrity weddings, hearty stouts, class clowns ruin it for everyone, private armies, another kickstarter rip-off, Japan rules at crazy, and Kanye West is still a total douchebag. They also discuss the future of making money on the internet.

    Subscribe to the Grumpy Old Geeks on iTunes and give us a five star rating. You know you want to!

    Shownotes:

    John Rzeznik Is Married

    Jimmy Beaumont & The Skyliners

    Jason's step-dad comes in at 2:46

    Ten Fidy

    Stone Farking Wheaton w00tstout!

    University Suspends Online Classes After More Than Half the Students Fail

    Apple Developer site hack: Turkish security researcher claims responsibility

    Apple releases status board in reaction to hacked dev portal

    Monsanto Buys BLACKWATER the largest mercenary army in the world

    Selfie-Loathing: Instagram is even more depressing than Facebook. Here’s why.

    Awesome FREE Instagram Exporter

    The Wayback Machine

    The Archive Documentary

    This is not a conspiracy theory

    Kanye West sells $120 t-shirts: On the Emotional and Literal Value of Bravado. Seriously?

    Bizarre "Bagel Head" Injections Become Latest Beauty Trend in Japan

    Heard App

    IFTTT App

    NeverWet promo video

    NeverWet, the viral "magic" spray doesn't work. At all.

    Behind the scenes at a McDonald's photo shoot

    Arby's meat on Snopes

    Who Owns the Future? by Jaron Lanier

    Flattr

    1 hr 15 min
  • 17: There is no spoon
    Philosophizing it up this week the guys talk Seneca and Stoics, creepy homeschooling, in praise of Microsoft (sorta), plagiarism, remixing, and downright thievery. Other topics also include some new and not so new apps, and a silly Facebook story.
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    Shownotes:
    On the Shortness of Life by Seneca
    Letters from a Stoic by Seneca
    Goodbye Facebook, Hello Life
    There is no spoon
    Connections Academy
    Mikala's horrible life
    HomeSchool Reviews
    Awesome IE VM's for testing from Microsoft
    Surface RT losses sting in Microsoft's Q4 2013
    NextDesk Air
    NextDesk Treadmill
    The new Grumpy Old Geeks Website
    Subscribe to The Weekly Grump
    Horror-film blogger Spiderbaby caught up in plagiarism row
    Article Spinning
    Everything is a Remix
    Joshua Rewasiewicz REMIX of "Come Together" and "Closer"
    Why San Francisco sucks part #138
    VLC for iOS is Back!
    How lazy are you? a.k.a. Outbox Mail
    Earth Class Mail
    Prius Drivers Suck
    Facebook, the early years: handing out a master password like candy
    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
  • 17: There is no spoon

    Philosophizing it up this week the guys talk Seneca and Stoics, creepy homeschooling, in praise of Microsoft (sorta), plagiarism, remixing, and downright thievery. Other topics also include some new and not so new apps, and a silly Facebook story.

    Subscribe to the Grumpy Old Geeks on iTunes and give us a five star rating. You know you want to!

    Shownotes:

    On the Shortness of Life by Seneca

    Letters from a Stoic by Seneca

    Goodbye Facebook, Hello Life

    There is no spoon

    Connections Academy

    Mikala's horrible life

    HomeSchool Reviews

    Awesome IE VM's for testing from Microsoft

    Surface RT losses sting in Microsoft's Q4 2013

    NextDesk Air

    NextDesk Treadmill

    The new Grumpy Old Geeks Website

    Subscribe to The Weekly Grump

    Horror-film blogger Spiderbaby caught up in plagiarism row

    Article Spinning

    Everything is a Remix

    Joshua Rewasiewicz REMIX of "Come Together" and "Closer"

    Why San Francisco sucks part #138

    VLC for iOS is Back!

    How lazy are you? a.k.a. Outbox Mail

    Earth Class Mail

    Prius Drivers Suck

    Facebook, the early years: handing out a master password like candy

    1 hr 22 min
  • 17: There is no spoon

    Philosophizing it up this week the guys talk Seneca and Stoics, creepy homeschooling, in praise of Microsoft (sorta), plagiarism, remixing, and downright thievery. Other topics also include some new and not so new apps, and a silly Facebook story.

    Subscribe to the Grumpy Old Geeks on iTunes and give us a five star rating. You know you want to!

    Shownotes:

    On the Shortness of Life by Seneca

    Letters from a Stoic by Seneca

    Goodbye Facebook, Hello Life

    There is no spoon

    Connections Academy

    Mikala's horrible life

    HomeSchool Reviews

    Awesome IE VM's for testing from Microsoft

    Surface RT losses sting in Microsoft's Q4 2013

    NextDesk Air

    NextDesk Treadmill

    The new Grumpy Old Geeks Website

    Subscribe to The Weekly Grump

    Horror-film blogger Spiderbaby caught up in plagiarism row

    Article Spinning

    Everything is a Remix

    Joshua Rewasiewicz REMIX of "Come Together" and "Closer"

    Why San Francisco sucks part #138

    VLC for iOS is Back!

    How lazy are you? a.k.a. Outbox Mail

    Earth Class Mail

    Prius Drivers Suck

    Facebook, the early years: handing out a master password like candy

    1 hr 22 min
  • 16: Sum Ting Wong
    Asiana Fox Faux Pas, the death & ressurection of Hulu, Atari Alums hit the slums, Jobs screwing Apple from beyond the grave, dorky algorithms, DEF CON biting the hand that spies, stalkers delight in new creepy, more crap you can't afford.
    Subscribe to the Grumpy Old Geeks on iTunes and give us a five star rating. You know you want to!
    Shownotes:
    On the Shortness of Life - Kindle Edition
    San Diego Zoo Safari Park
    Why you don't rely on interns.
    The Death of Hulu
    Owners call off Hulu sale, to inject cash instead
    Judge In Apple Price-Fixing Trial Used This Video Of Steve Jobs Chatting With Walt Mossberg To Prove Apple's Guilt
    Seriously?!
    Prismatic
    FEDS, WE NEED SOME TIME APART.
    Hackers convention ask government to stay away over Snowden
    Secure Ideas will not be presenting at DEF CON this year
    General Alexander Black Hat Keynote
    DEF CON 20 Videos
    Background Check app
    Intelius Date Check
    Patrick Smith's Ask the Pilot
    Touch of Modern
    The 50 Most Perfectly Timed Photos Ever
    Quit on 5 by 5
    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
    1 hr 8 min
  • 16: Sum Ting Wong

    Asiana Fox Faux Pas, the death & ressurection of Hulu, Atari Alums hit the slums, Jobs screwing Apple from beyond the grave, dorky algorithms, DEF CON biting the hand that spies, stalkers delight in new creepy, more crap you can't afford.

    Subscribe to the Grumpy Old Geeks on iTunes and give us a five star rating. You know you want to!

    Shownotes:

    On the Shortness of Life - Kindle Edition

    San Diego Zoo Safari Park

    Why you don't rely on interns.

    The Death of Hulu

    Owners call off Hulu sale, to inject cash instead

    Judge In Apple Price-Fixing Trial Used This Video Of Steve Jobs Chatting With Walt Mossberg To Prove Apple's Guilt

    Seriously?!

    Prismatic

    FEDS, WE NEED SOME TIME APART.

    Hackers convention ask government to stay away over Snowden

    Secure Ideas will not be presenting at DEF CON this year

    General Alexander Black Hat Keynote

    DEF CON 20 Videos

    Background Check app

    Intelius Date Check

    Patrick Smith's Ask the Pilot

    Touch of Modern

    The 50 Most Perfectly Timed Photos Ever

    Quit on 5 by 5

    1 hr 8 min
  • 16: Sum Ting Wong

    Asiana Fox Faux Pas, the death & ressurection of Hulu, Atari Alums hit the slums, Jobs screwing Apple from beyond the grave, dorky algorithms, DEF CON biting the hand that spies, stalkers delight in new creepy, more crap you can't afford.

    Subscribe to the Grumpy Old Geeks on iTunes and give us a five star rating. You know you want to!

    Shownotes:

    On the Shortness of Life - Kindle Edition

    San Diego Zoo Safari Park

    Why you don't rely on interns.

    The Death of Hulu

    Owners call off Hulu sale, to inject cash instead

    Judge In Apple Price-Fixing Trial Used This Video Of Steve Jobs Chatting With Walt Mossberg To Prove Apple's Guilt

    Seriously?!

    Prismatic

    FEDS, WE NEED SOME TIME APART.

    Hackers convention ask government to stay away over Snowden

    Secure Ideas will not be presenting at DEF CON this year

    General Alexander Black Hat Keynote

    DEF CON 20 Videos

    Background Check app

    Intelius Date Check

    Patrick Smith's Ask the Pilot

    Touch of Modern

    The 50 Most Perfectly Timed Photos Ever

    Quit on 5 by 5

    1 hr 8 min
  • 15: The Boys are Back in Town
    Several thousand miles and a few weeks later Brian and Jason re-unite over the Internet to keep things going. Topics include: overcoming analysis paralysis, the sad demise of Google Reader, app redemptions and the defense of their honor.
    Subscribe to the Grumpy Old Geeks on iTunes and give us a five star rating. You know you want to!
    Shownotes:
    Analysis Paralysis
    Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice
    3D Food Printing in SPAAAAAAAACE!
    Patrick Stewart's Moving Words On Domestic Violence
    RSS
    Lockdown by Marco Arment
    Trivie
    Camera Noir
    Wool by Hugh Howey
    Letters from a Stoic by Seneca
    On the Shortness of Life by Seneca
    Best productivity blog ever made.
    Punk Vinyl a.k.a. MXV
    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
    56 min
  • 15: The Boys are Back in Town

    Several thousand miles and a few weeks later Brian and Jason re-unite over the Internet to keep things going. Topics include: overcoming analysis paralysis, the sad demise of Google Reader, app redemptions and the defense of their honor.

    Subscribe to the Grumpy Old Geeks on iTunes and give us a five star rating. You know you want to!

    Shownotes:

    Analysis Paralysis

    Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice

    3D Food Printing in SPAAAAAAAACE!

    Patrick Stewart's Moving Words On Domestic Violence

    RSS

    Lockdown by Marco Arment

    Trivie

    Camera Noir

    Wool by Hugh Howey

    Letters from a Stoic by Seneca

    On the Shortness of Life by Seneca

    Best productivity blog ever made.

    Punk Vinyl a.k.a. MXV

    56 min

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