Grumpy Old Geeks
Jason DeFillippo & Brian Schulmeister with Dave Bittner
We dissect the tech news train wrecks of the week, calling out what went wrong and who’s to blame. Think of this podcast as if Kurt Cobain threw down with Tom from MySpace, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg in a back alley brawl. No mercy, no filter—if tech had a walk of shame, this would be it.
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Aug 21, 2015 • 1h 8min
124: Come and Knock on My Door
Jason slammed for Apple Watch, Brian slammed for Uber; that whole Ashley Madison thing; the real cost of YouTube stardom; Amazon burn & churn; AT&T sells you out; Tarintino, Matt Damon, Patrick Stewart & Simon Pegg plus Bill Murray in Underoos!
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Aug 14, 2015 • 1h 10min
123: ABC, As Easy as Episode 123
Apple Music almost as broke as musicians; Google, sorry, ABC's MusicKey MIA; rent explosions; Sesame Street for the privileged; CIA apology drafts; OverSuccess & Superheros; Blackberry Redux; Top Gear, Westworld & We Are Blood; turn on Ludicrous Speed!
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Aug 7, 2015 • 1h 9min
122: The Middleman Economy
Big data for cities, transparency in music, the Middleman Economy, no good deed goes unpunished, our first salvo against Canada, Facebook's illegal video problem, hacking through audio, Germans invent Warp Drive & we've got a Berenst#in Bears problem.
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Jul 31, 2015 • 1h 14min
121: We Don't Need Another Hero
Your job will never love you; WIFI isn't making you sick; mind your own business, twitter vigilantes; RIP Google+; Win10; air-gapped hack, Rowhammer, Black Darts, hacking sniper rifles, breaking Brinks, FBI plane surveillance & the Hoff, oh my vlog!
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Jul 24, 2015 • 1h 2min
120: Podcasting from the Parking Lot
San Fran fails to fall into the ocean, NASA finds new ones; Americans working longer, 80s lessons learned; Russell Brand vs. Uber, Instagram #ban, jerks with drones; hackings cars, butt dialing & self redacting fonts; M. Night Shyamalan's Electric Banana.
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Jul 17, 2015 • 59min
119: The First Rule of Glee Club
Apple Music fail, Neil Young hissy-fit, Sinead slam. Sharing economy & Internet of Things stumbling blocks, Java & Flash on the ropes, geek reminiscing & disappointments: Armada, Coin & singing, dancing Fight Club. I am Brian's exploding brain.
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Jul 10, 2015 • 1h 5min
118: The Bug Out Episode
The world is running down and we're bugging out to Canada and Estonia. Ecological collapses, depressed start ups, death by selfie, Greeks without Apple Music, Reddit burns, the Hacking Team fallout... maybe we need a guided meditation. F That.
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Jul 3, 2015 • 1h 2min
117: The Rental Economy
You own NOTHING & double billed for it. Beats headphones suck, does Beats/iTunes mashup Apple Music? Facial recognition faux-pas. Uber ups & downs. Facebook wants to stream, too! Robot uprisings, cable cuttings, corporate sponsored documentaries, oh my!
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Jun 26, 2015 • 1h 1min
116: Australian Justice
Taylor Swift takes down Apple, or does she? France says non to Uber. Microsoft charging for Win10, or are they? CIA can't keep propaganda straight, or can they? Pratchett Estate says no more Discworld, we say more Long Earth. And screw you, Belle Gibson.
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Jun 19, 2015 • 48min
115: Game of Bored
The episode that almost didn't happen flies by with talk of flying, Apple Music, AT&T & Uber spankings, new Top Gear hosts, committing future sins, drone regulations, post-App landscapes, American Gods, Game of War, Star Wars Battlefront & Cyndi Lauper!
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