Aug. 22, 2014

72: The Grumpy Old Geeks Nominate You!

72: The Grumpy Old Geeks Nominate You!
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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/72Listen or subscribe in iTunesIf 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 TugBoatHosted by Libsyn Use the coupon code “gog” while signing up & receive up to 2 months free!Show NotesIce Bucket Challenge‘Severe’ drought covers nearly 99.8% of California, report saysCalifornia drought: 17 communities could run out of water within 60 to 120 days, state saysSlingshot (water vapor distillation system)Why Facebook is for ice buckets, Twitter is for FergusonThe Ice Bucket Challenge Has Raised More Than $13 Million — Meanwhile, Medical Research Has Been Cut By BillionsThe Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Adam Carolla’s Settlement with the Podcasting TrollPremier League warns about posting goal videos onlineNFL Asks Musicians for Money to Play Super BowlThe NFL has a REVENUE of over 9 billion per year.Does Facebook think users are dumb? “Satire” tag added to Onion articlesAnd 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 UberSnapchat Is Now The #3 Social App Among MillennialsTwitter now officially says your timeline is more than just tweets from people you followI Visited Pirate Bay’s Peter Sunde In Prison, Here’s What He Had To SayMotorcyclist crashes, flips and sticks a perfect landing on a car’s roofLast Call – The end of the printed newspaper. By Clay ShirkyMeet Product HuntHospital network hacked, 4.5 million records stolenProfessor hacks University Health Conway in demonstration for classWhat can Brown do to you?Lorem Ipsum: Of Good & Evil, Google & ChinaDressed For ExcessTechnology Can Make Lawful Surveillance Both Open and EffectiveHacking Into Traffic Lights With a Plain Old Laptop Is Scary SimpleWhite House cybersecurity czar brags about his lack of technical expertiseStealing 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 TorYour Anonymous Posts to Secret Aren’t Anonymous After AllNormalWhich Apps Are Eating Your Battery? Normal Will Tell You.The WalkOriginally featured on Episode 38 on December 15th, 2013WordfenceSource Code ProiStat Menus 5 is outAphex Twin Announces New Album SYRO Via the Deep WebTruth And IlizaDan Carlin’s Hardcore History – #53 finally out!Common Sense with Dan Carlin – Show 279 – If It Even Saves OneGeeks and BeatsGluten Poorly ExplainedThe Secret History of the Hidden TrackYou can watch an ‘unaltered’ version of Star Wars in HD today, if you bend the lawBored Elon MuskIn 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 BelleciResistance Pro Wrestling