203: What Really Grinds Our Gears

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203: What Really Grinds Our Gears

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77 minutes

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Apr 3, 2017

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Revolting against experts; mobile app report; Musk's empire; burnin' down the Samsung store; killer drones, here & abroad; sold out to the ISPs; chatbots; MySpace photos; Neal Stephenson & Daniel Suarez; storage solutions; IT; Britpop; Rogue One on VHS. Full show notes at http://gog.show/203

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Apr 3, 2017

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Covering tech news, security, movies, tv shows, and books for tech savvy adults. A no-holds-barred show about the Internet and how it's affecting our lives for good or bad. Hosts Jason DeFillippo & Brian Schulmeister have over 40 years of online experience and aren't afraid to tell it like it is.

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06: Yeah, that sounds expensive.: We have our first guest! Rudy Jachan of Timey Wimey TV and Galacticast fame kindly joined us this week for an awesome conversation about coding, getting old, and how Hollywood works. There is a bit of problem with the audio on this episode and we apologiz by Grumpy Old Geeks
67 min listen
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. by Grumpy Old Geeks
68 min listen
26: Sympathetic Belch Response: After some extreme technical difficulties the guys shat out one of their best episodes to date. Not really but c'mon. They can't all be winners. Amiright? Just kidding! It's awesome as always. Jason has a new iPhone 5S so what else ya gotta say? by Grumpy Old Geeks
75 min listen
20: Booze, beef and books with Mike Malinin: Mike Malinin, drummer for the Goo Goo Dolls joins the guys this week to discuss vat grown beef, the decline of beer, and how to not use your Kindle properly when going on tour. by Grumpy Old Geeks
75 min listen
21: Ye Good Old Days with Scott Beale: Ye Good Old Days with Scott Beale by Grumpy Old Geeks
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12: And now for something completely different: The gents try a new peppier format and introduce some new segments. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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08: I'll bet you think this podcast is about you. Don't you?: Brian is back from Hawaii and Jason has advice for the young ones and shares his experience enduring the interview process. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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01: How to make money on the Internet. Sorta.: In the inaugural episode of Grumpy Old Geeks we meet the guys for the first time as they walk us down a bit of memory lane. Jason explains to Brian how people make money on the Internet and some nefarious things people should watch out for. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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04: How we got our groove: This week the guys talk about free online education, how free software can bite you in the ass and wonky design. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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13: Upward spiral of innovation: Dr. David Teter joins the guys this week to talk clean water, nuclear weapons (no shit) and the Edward Snowden debacle among other things. If we disappear it's because of this episode. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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07: Must learn balance Daniel-san!: In this episode the geeks talk about how they've gotten screwed by bad business practices and dish out some serious wisdom on how you can avoid the same fate. by Grumpy Old Geeks
55 min listen
28: Hitmen & Hookers: In a world where the government has collapsed, journalism is a ghost, and people really use the word "twerk"... Two grumpy geeks take to the Internet to bring you their weekly dose of fart jokes and gravitas. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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02: No, we are still not the media.: In this episode we solve the problem of useless profile photos for a cause. Tear Kickstarter a new one and tell you how to be healthy and travel in style. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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09: Tend your own garden: Jason realizes he's a whiny brat and starts to eat his own dogfood. A conversation ensues about the dangers of giving up your content to so many sites that you don't own and Brian tries to make his brain grow. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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10: Who checks the lady boys?: Joey Rabier a.k.a. Joey the Intern from TechTV/G4/Revision3 joins Jason and Brian this week for some serious inappropriateness that's guaranteed to offend the entire family. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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05: We're all screwed...: How Facebook is screwing up their privacy initiative, what you need to get started with security and some awesome sci-fi books! http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/ by Grumpy Old Geeks
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23: The Best Technology Podcast Ever!: The Best Technology Podcast Ever! by Grumpy Old Geeks
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30: The American Dream 2.0: Jason tempts the fate of the Pod Gods and gets smote upside the head. The American Dream is a fallacy. Scaling back can lead to a happier and healthier life. Kickstarters, podcasts, and books we actually like! And we visit the happiest place on Earth. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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42: The Answer to the Ultimate Question: Jason is injured, sleep deprived, and at an existential crossroads so we call in Dr. David Teter and Jordan Harbinger to sort out this mess of a nerd which is totally appropriate for episode 42. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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19: Meat and booze camp with Shane Nickerson: Shane Nickerson is on the show this week to talk creativity after 40, how awesome podcasting for yourself is, the fundamental problem with crowd funding, and the future of meat and booze camp. The guys also get threatened by a publisher and other stuff. by Grumpy Old Geeks
75 min listen
11: Social media burnout. Fact or Fiction?: Jason and Brian discuss social media burnout, the evils of tech support, and a movie review of a hacker classic. by Grumpy Old Geeks
69 min listen
17: There is no spoon: Jason and Brian talk Seneca and Stoics, creepy homeschooling, Microsoft, plagiarism, remixing, downright thievery, iOS apps and Facebook. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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03: You just gotta hump it!: Nostalgia, Romance, Cash and the HuffPo disaster. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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29: Coin Ops & Sweat Shops: Mike Vinikour joins GOG this week for a fascinating talk about the dirty underbelly of how video games are really made and interesting career paths. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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50: Over the Hill: Brian has officially joined the middle-class and hates his life! Between his contractors banging around and Jason's neighbors fleet of lawn mowers it was a miracle we got this thing done. Please enjoy episode 50 where we did nothing at all to celebrate! by Grumpy Old Geeks
68 min listen
38: No real limits of any kind apply here...: In this pre-holiday run up we clear out our libraries and dump our brain buckets on you. Books may be the new TV but we talk some TV too. Zombies tech takes leap forwards and Snowden is still chillin in Russia. Basically, the usual, but fresher! For... by Grumpy Old Geeks
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32: Big butts, statistics, and hot sauce!: Happy Halloween from the geeks! Our first Halloween episode is very long and extremely salty. Definitely NOT for the puritanical. Hot sauce. Big butts. Facebook riddles. Stupid nerds. Smart writers. Nefarious employees. Inept government. More! by Grumpy Old Geeks
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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. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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2013 Year End Special: Thanks to everyone who has listened to our show and joined us as guests this year! Have a safe and happy New Years and see ya on the flip side! by Grumpy Old Geeks
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39: Beyoncé doesn't take Bitcoin: Sean Bonner joins the guys in the studio this week to enlighten us on Bitcoin and other baubles. Brian gets belligerent about Beyoncé news. Billionaire Bill Gates plays Santa, and more news about how everyone is saying screw-it to privacy. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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