11: PDF Slumber Party

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11: PDF Slumber Party

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Mar 26, 2015

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This time on Rocket, your hosts debate the merits of the new Linux Code of Conduct, despair at Ted Cruz's domain name problems, get pumped up over the new Mission Impossible trailer, and discuss the good and bad parts of dog ownership.

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Mar 26, 2015

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Countdown to excitement! Every week Christina Warren, Brianna Wu and Simone de Rochefort have accelerated geek conversation. Tech, comics, movies, games and books, no galaxy is off limits! Hosted by Christina Warren, Simone De Rochefort, and Brianna Wu.

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