Introduction

Grumpy old geeks is a weekly talk show hosted by bryan schimeister and jason to philippo. This week, dave bitner will not be joining us because his mother passed away this week. The episode officiall, comes out friday, april 20 ninth, when i will be as old as wilford brimley was when cocoon was released.

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The Brimley/Cocoon Line; Elon Musk & the Twitter buyout; Truth Social's masterplan; Meta is a money pit; Ford's electric F-150; NFT phishing scams; virtual homes in the metaverse; taking off your Google Pixel Watch to eat; Discovery+; the Batman; Our Flag Means Death (of comedy); Supergirl; Danny Elfman; Severance; bitcoin got boring; when tech delights; Apple Self Service Repair; eero Pro; Sonos Roam; useful websites; the Sandman Omnibus; regret; the Art of Impossible; Milk Street & cook books on Kindle.

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