Grumpy Old Geeks

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. Subscribe to the Grumpy Old Geeks on iTunes and give us a five star rating. You know you want to! Shownotes: On the Shortness of Life - Kindle Edition San Diego Zoo Safari Park Why you don't rely on interns. The Death of Hulu Owners call off Hulu sale, to inject cash instead Judge In Apple Price-Fixing Trial Used This Video Of Steve Jobs Chatting With Walt Mossberg To Prove Apple's Guilt Seriously?! Prismatic FEDS, WE NEED SOME TIME APART. Hackers convention ask government to stay away over Snowden Secure Ideas will not be presenting at DEF CON this year General Alexander Black Hat Keynote DEF CON 20 Videos Background Check app Intelius Date Check Patrick Smith's Ask the Pilot Touch of Modern The 50 Most Perfectly Timed Photos Ever Quit on 5 by 5 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Several thousand miles and a few weeks later Brian and Jason re-unite over the Internet to keep things going. Topics include: overcoming analysis paralysis, the sad demise of Google Reader, app redemptions and the defense of their honor. Subscribe to the Grumpy Old Geeks on iTunes and give us a five star rating. You know you want to! Shownotes: Analysis Paralysis Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice 3D Food Printing in SPAAAAAAAACE! Patrick Stewart's Moving Words On Domestic Violence RSS Lockdown by Marco Arment Trivie Camera Noir Wool by Hugh Howey Letters from a Stoic by Seneca On the Shortness of Life by Seneca Best productivity blog ever made. Punk Vinyl a.k.a. MXV 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 are joined by renowned comedian and photographer Felicia Michaels and some serious tomfoolery ensues. Subscribe to the Grumpy Old Geeks on iTunes and give us a five star rating. You know you want to! Shownotes: Felicia Michaels Felicia on Twitter Felicia on Instagram Beauty and Da Beast Podcast She said what!?! Podcast Fab Grabs $150M At $1B Valuation (And Is Raising Another $100M+ More) Dead cat bounce Instagram adds video, 15 seconds - 8 more than vine for you long-lasters. Doritos on Vine Round the world "The Devil's Tree" - A horror feature Susanna Lee Peeping Comics Let's Date: fun & easy social dating Bang with Friends Match.com Scammers Top Dating Site 'Plenty of Fish' Announces Big Changes No longer Der Weinerschnitzle Nerve Clayton James Cubitt OK Cupid Snopes Russell Brand shocks tv news anchor Crazy People Crazy People Trailer - Jaguar. For men who'd like handjobs from beautiful women they hardly know. How To Protect Against Laptop Webcam Hacking Kicksend Gabriel Iglesias Stand-up, Stripped-down (Side note: Co-host Jason built this freakin' site!) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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. Subscribe to the Grumpy Old Geeks on iTunes and give us a five star rating. You know you want to! Shownotes: Dr. David Teter Karl Hyde - "The Boy With The Jigsaw Puzzle Fingers" Facebook adds hashtags Facebook kills search ads Google grabs maps app Waze in billion-dollar deal Douchy MySpace Video SOMA Water Kickstarter SOMA Water press release claiming removal of heavy metals and "other contaminants" California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Certified Residential Water Program To Freak or Not To Freak, That Is the Question Executive Order 12333--United States intelligence activities ACLU - FAA FOIA Documents Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator Sandia attenuation technology may help resolve arsenic environmental crisis in Bangladesh Sandia arsenic-catchers could help communities supply safer drinking water affordably Arsenic Water Technology Partnership See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The gents try a new peppier format and introduce some new segments. Love it or hate it? Let us know at podcast@grumpyoldgeeks.com! Subscribe to the Grumpy Old Geeks in iTunes and give us a five star rating. You know you want to...' Shownotes: Couple who hosted self-help radio show found dead in joint suicide at Brooklyn home Florida woman claims massive Powerball pot, pockets more than $370 million "In the digital economy, we'll soon all be working for free – and I refuse" By Suzanne Moore in The Guardian "Chicago Sun-Times lays off its photo staff" - Chicago Tribune Zosia and Clara Mamet’s Kickstarter meets little support Camera Noir by Pacific Helm LLC NSA Collecting Phone Records for Millions of U.S. Verizon Customers Obama administration defends 'critical' NSA phone records collection The Next HOPE: Privacy is Dead - Get Over It by Steve Rambam Joe Hill NOS4A2: A Novel This is why I'm broke - curated awesomeness The Smart Passive Income Podcast PHP Town Hall Podcast Composer - PHP Package Manager Laravel PHP Framework Suzanne Casamento - Fingerprints Fantasy Dating Mammoth See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jason and Brian discuss social media burnout, the evils of tech support, and a movie review of a hacker classic. Subscribe to the Grumpy Old Geeks in iTunes and give us a five star rating. You know you want to...' Shownotes: Kia Forte Techathlete Games - Jasons day job while on vacation Skinny Puppy Student science experiment finds plants won't grow near Wi-Fi router Tim Ferriss and Sperm Count Michelob Ultra Gazelle How Teens Are Really Using Facebook: It's a 'Social Burden,' Pew Study Finds What Really Happens On A Teen Girl's iPhone Top 15 Most Popular Social Networking Sites Facebook opens up on platform growth, ads, and Parse, reveals 1B stories are being shared daily Hackers Gleaming the Cube Netflix's Sarandos scoffs at stock drop on 'Arrested' reviews Elementary See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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. I'm just going to leave this episode here and you do with it what you will. We'll be returning to our regularly scheduled programming next week unless Jason dies in a ball of flames from his cross country air travels. Subscribe to the Grumpy Old Geeks on iTunes and give us a five star rating. You know you want to! Shownotes: Our guest this week is Joey the Intern Revision3 TechTV Kent's Tshirt The Newsroom Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip And Not a Single Fuck Was Given That Day Pigeon, handling life like a boss Crypteks on Kickstarter People complaining about not getting their Crypteks stuff Why Kickstarter 'can't' and won't protect backers once a project is funded Bitcoin Mining Has An Absurd Environmental Impact Cannes: Zach Braff's Kickstarter Film Lands Full Financing   Amy's Baking Company - This Is The Most Epic Brand Meltdown On Facebook Ever Amy's Baking Company on Yelp Abercrombie and Fitch CEO Backlash Sees Greg Karber Hand Out Clothes To The Homeless The Jenna Marbles Paradox: Why Are YouTube Videos So Terrible? It's Getting Harder to Make Money on YouTube The Purge Movie Smitten teen girls stir up #FreeJahar mania for Boston Marathon bombings suspect Suicide Club Meet an Inmate GoDaddy.com CEO Bob Parsons' Elephant Hunt Sparks Outrage PETA Kills Animals Penn and Teller - P.E.T.A. (Full Episode) Sea Shepherd's Idiotic Antics Cost Australian Taxpayers "Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars" Paul Watson, Sea Shepherd Founder, Vows To Continue Work While On The Run Paul Watson: out of jail, but still in trouble Japanese whalers run over Sea Shepherd boat Alternate view of crash Scrimshaw Pilsner - North Coast Brewing Co. US government: zero-day vulnerabilities wanted - we pay bitcoins Bang With Friends Isn't Actually That Anonymous Writer Evan Ratliff Tried to Vanish: Here’s What Happened Secret photos KYMS Free: Hide and lock photos, videos, documents See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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. Subscribe to the Grumpy Old Geeks on iTunes and give us a five star rating. You know you want to! Shownotes: Oh shit, him again? Melissa Joan Hart's Kickstarter Campaign Canceled After Project Falls Extremely Short Of Goal Lefsetz Letter Asahi Super Dry No More Sharecropping! After Instagram controversy, a watchdog site tracks shifting Terms of Service Rocket Arena Quake Live Lumosity See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Brian returns from Hawaii, Snapchat is busted hardcore, and Kickstarter is kicked in the nuts. Again. Jason reveals his tips on interviewing for tech jobs, his addiction for hardcore gaming, and love for quality television. Brian talks about his love of trivia and his unjustified hatred for Farscape. Subscribe to the Grumpy Old Geeks on iTunes and give us a five star rating. You know you want to! Shownotes: I won't give Zach Braff one dime by Ken Levine Zane Lamprey OMG, "Deleted" Snapchat Sexts Can Actually Be Recovered For $300, a Utah Company Can Recover Vanished Snapchats Newcastle Brown Ale: "Ocean" Dots Trivie Sci-Fi Becomes Syfy: Why? Defiance Friday the 13th: The Series See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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. Subscribe to the Grumpy Old Geeks in iTunes and give us a five star rating. You know you want to...' Shownotes: Rackspace Derek Powazek Pegging Jason Schupp Irish Music Cruise iPhone waterproofing LoseIt Fuck You. Pay Me Coachella Muji Moleskine Pattern Recognition Markus Pierson Fab.com Brian's Bottle Opener See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.