Grumpy Old Geeks

Yosemite upgrade hell. Pros and cons of too much tech. Unplugging for fun, profit, and sanity. Breech fatigue is now a thing plus hacks of the week. Ed Snowden's drinking habits and new film career. Good books and music biz epitaphs. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/80 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In their best episode yet, we discuss the NFL and not paying their taxes, flying cars, drone racing, San Francisco doing something right, Bugzilla, Silk Road, the open source security farce, big social data, Twin Peaks, and even more goodies! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/79 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week the guys go full Luddite and discuss the erosion of humanity from too much technology and the vapid obsessions of an always on society. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/78 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Big fingers required. Apple just won't stop screwing up. Facebook gets drones. The great gay exodus and the future of Ello. Bash is broken and nerds everywhere pull an all-nighter. Kevin Mitnick is cashing in. And oh so much more... Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/77 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Stay the hell out of our thought experiments! You're stuck with Twitter's shenanigans for a few years. Jason dumps his technolust. Brian got his Uber reach-around finally. The 1099 economy hits new lows. We review some crappy young adult novels. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/76 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Best value at a bar. Ask A Geek: why we don't build apps, why we work on the web, and what's up with our personal projects. How to handle getting hacked. Pizza and domestic violence. They love crowdfunding money, not so keen on providing those rewards. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/75 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Arguments about the nature of security and The Fappening. Uber needs a come to Jesus moment soon. Musicians as CEO's. Musicians as stalker/hacker victims. Some Joan Rivers love. Home Depot customers are allegedly screwed. And don’t trust your cellphone! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/74 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

iPhone 5 recall. The NFL is what? Podcast Nazis. Google drones. Wordpress GOOD news. Hacks of the week. Tony Soprano silliness. App downloads discussed. Facial recognition makes good. Don't buy ice cream. More on the click-bait wars. Facebook explains. Listen or subscribe in iTunes or get the FREE Grumpy Old Geeks App! 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 iPhone 5 battery recall Hat-tip to @mtemal The Real Super Bowl Question: Should The NFL Be A Nonprofit? Who Owns Your iTunes Library After Death? Podcasters Roundtable Episode 33 - Open Mic Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: John Oliver Literally Destroys Piñatas (Web Exclusive) Time To Do Everything Except Think Facebook wants you to know that Messenger is not spying on you Get the Facts About Messenger The Price of Admission by Dan Savage Watch a Small Child Ruthlessly Bully Ricky Gervais in New Audi Ad Why Mark Zuckerberg’s war on click bait proves we are all pawns of social media Most smartphone users download zero apps per month Your cellphone is killing you: What people don’t want you to know about electromagnetic fields Google shows off 'Project Wing' delivery drones Inside Google's Secret Drone-Delivery Program Is The Universe A Hologram? Conscious Brain-to-Brain Communication in Humans Using Non-Invasive Technologies. DQ Breach? HQ Says No, But Would it Know? Oops! Mozilla left thousands of email addresses and passwords lying around (again) JPMorgan, other banks hacked, and FBI looks to Russia for culprits Automattic Acquires BruteProtect To Help Keep WordPress Users Safe Suspected child abuse fugitive caught by facial recognition after 14 years The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam Trilogy Book 2) by Margaret Atwood No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State by Glen Greenwald William Gibson talking about coining the term Cyberspace. The Iconic Moleskine Notebook Goes Digital Counting Crows Frontman Adam Duritz Explains Why No One Can Find Him On Tinder Neil And Pegi Young Divorce After 36 Years Of Marriage Mythbusters Finale - Plane Boarding Tests Utopia About Utopia Did Tony die at the end of The Sopranos? David Chase Says He Was Quoted Out of Context, and the Sopranos War of Words Rages On Are you proud of yourself, @savedyouaclick? The War - A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Zara Pulls Kids' T-Shirt That Looks Like a Nazi Camp Uniform Feeling the buzz: where do phantom phone vibrations come from? I Dream of TV Newsletter Reid's Chocolates See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We’re back on track this week with some mockery of ice buckets, enhanced security section with copious tinfoil hattery, and enough news to choke a horse. Basically, we’re back in the saddle! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/72 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 Ice Bucket Challenge ‘Severe’ drought covers nearly 99.8% of California, report says California drought: 17 communities could run out of water within 60 to 120 days, state says Slingshot (water vapor distillation system) Why Facebook is for ice buckets, Twitter is for Ferguson The Ice Bucket Challenge Has Raised More Than $13 Million — Meanwhile, Medical Research Has Been Cut By Billions The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Adam Carolla’s Settlement with the Podcasting Troll Premier League warns about posting goal videos online NFL Asks Musicians for Money to Play Super Bowl The NFL has a REVENUE of over 9 billion per year. Does Facebook think users are dumb? “Satire” tag added to Onion articles And the Onion responds. Should Twitter, Facebook and Google Executives be the Arbiters of What We See and Read? People Keep Getting Into Strangers’ Cars Because They Think It’s An Uber Snapchat Is Now The #3 Social App Among Millennials Twitter now officially says your timeline is more than just tweets from people you follow I Visited Pirate Bay’s Peter Sunde In Prison, Here’s What He Had To Say Motorcyclist crashes, flips and sticks a perfect landing on a car’s roof Last Call – The end of the printed newspaper. By Clay Shirky Meet Product Hunt Hospital network hacked, 4.5 million records stolen Professor hacks University Health Conway in demonstration for class What can Brown do to you? Lorem Ipsum: Of Good & Evil, Google & China Dressed For Excess Technology Can Make Lawful Surveillance Both Open and Effective Hacking Into Traffic Lights With a Plain Old Laptop Is Scary Simple White House cybersecurity czar brags about his lack of technical expertise Stealing encryption keys through the power of touchResearchers pilfer decryption keys through Ethernet and human touch side channel. Honorable spies anonymously leak NSA/GHCQ-discovered flaws in Tor Your Anonymous Posts to Secret Aren’t Anonymous After All Normal Which Apps Are Eating Your Battery? Normal Will Tell You. The Walk Originally featured on Episode 38 on December 15th, 2013 Wordfence Source Code Pro iStat Menus 5 is out Aphex Twin Announces New Album SYRO Via the Deep Web Truth And Iliza Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History – #53 finally out! Common Sense with Dan Carlin – Show 279 – If It Even Saves One Geeks and Beats Gluten Poorly Explained The Secret History of the Hidden Track You can watch an ‘unaltered’ version of Star Wars in HD today, if you bend the law Bored Elon Musk In order to preserve the state’s natural beauty, billboards are completely banned in the state of Vermont, and have been for over 45 years. ‘MythBusters’ drops hosts Kari Byron, Grant Imahara, Tory Belleci Resistance Pro Wrestling See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Show Notes More at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/72 Why #Ferguson Wasn’t Trending For Some Social Media Users Last Night Why Jargon Feeds On Lazy Minds BREAKING: Apple iPhone 6 Pics — Drool, Geeks! ALSO BREAKING: They’re fake. Shocking… What Makes BuzzFeed Worth $850 Million? BuzzFeed’s boss explains why the site has been quietly deleting thousands of its own posts. Another nightmare Comcast customer service call surfaces I Liked Everything I Saw on Facebook for Two Days. Here’s What It Did to Me NYPD Sends Out Official Memo Telling Officers They’re Allowed to Be Photographed Lyft Accuses Uber of Ordering and Canceling 5,560 Lyft Rides Edward Snowden: The Untold Story USB ‘critically flawed’ after bug discovery, researchers say Why the Security of USB Is Fundamentally Broken The Internet’s Vulnerable Backbone Oryx and Crake SitOrSquat: Restroom Finder by P&G Productions SitOrSquat.com Bald Bryan App The Film Vault Fox News Host Calls Robin Williams ‘Such A Coward’ Rush Limbaugh Says Robin Williams Killed Himself Because Leftists Are ‘Never Happy’ This Is A Masterclass In How To Win A Twitter Fight InfoSec Taylor Swift – @SwiftOnSecurity Good Morning, Vietnam The Fisher King What Dreams May Come Does It Have Legs Good Morning Internet See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.