Our snarkiest special guest Dr. Mike returns to help Marc lambaste the tech industry... In this episode, we invent the word Techxit to describe liberation from deceptive Cloud services, we call Microsoft "The Cat in the Hat" for sending out update attacks that fix one thing and break 10 others, and bask in the nostalgia of 90s swap-meet computer shows, replete with Big Gulps, old Toyotas, and awkward teenagers. Oh yeah, and we balk at the existence of Star Wars cuckoo clocks.

Bonus bonus content: Now included at the very end is a sound test/outtake you're sure to enjoy if you're from western NY.

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We're back for a new season!

In this episode we discuss the lives of Gary Starkweather (inventor of the laser printer), Tony Fadell (inventor of the iPod and Nest), and Coach Bob Bradley (inventor of being nice to people instead of having Twitter wars).

Special guest is printer expert Pete Skidmore and music from the very talented guys of The Funeral Portrait!

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In tonight's episode, the brilliant psychologist and computer programmer Udochi Okeke joins us:

We talk about her latest projects, which include writing a dictionary and resurrecting an ancient African alphabet.

We then discuss how the traditional idea of decentralized communities are always going to be more effective than modern cities full of lonely cloud-worshipping people.

Finally, we explore how electric cars and smartphones rely on conflict metals - so you might want to think twice before you throw your week-old iPhone in the garbage.

Thanks to N-Dub City for the epic music!

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This is the second episode of The Computer Exorcist Bonus Show!

Friend of the show Dr. Mike calls in and co-hosts tonight, as we delve into some articles that were too lengthy to get into on the regular show.

Hope you like tangents! We go off on a lot of them as we delve into the tech industry's bad attitude, HTC smartphones that aim to decentralize your data (instead of suck all your photos away from your phone and then wipe them out when you forget your password, like Apple does), and a Wired mag article about realistic robots. It's all here, including some "garbage plate" references...

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Welcome to the first episode of The Computer Exorcist Bonus Show!

In this episode, we interview data analyst Gregor Gordon of PhysXanalytics.com - He talks about how tech companies and small businesses monitor customer interest. We also go into his unusual career path and life (going from coffee barista to climber of Mt. Everest) and how that has served to make him a more capable and interesting person.

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