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Episode 171 Airlines are looking to auction off seat upgrades. The US is lifting the ban on federal funding for needle exchange programs. Apple is adding a Night Shift feature to reduce blue light in phones at night. Security company Knightscope release their security robots for rent. A pioneering vasectomy device can be reversed with […]

Episode 170 Baktun in Review! We look back over 2015 to see what were Things. Especially movies. Brendan’s top 10 movies of 2015 Spoiler Alert: We only talked a little Star Wars.

Episode 169 Special guest-host Todd Rosenthal (@trodesign) comes back as a guest! Elon Musk’s SpaceX lands their rocket after delivering an orbital satellite. Spoiler Alert: We talked a lot of Star Wars. A lot.

Episode 168 There was a bomb threat (hoax) that closed the entire Los Angeles school district. Philips uses DRM to block 3rd-party lightbulbs. You can now buy insurance against online trolling. Researchers are studying how people’s emotional state affects web surfing. Tokyo has a drone squad for hunting and catching other drones! A new video […]

Episode 167 Brendan is back! The Elf on the Shelf and the surveillance state. No more desks in Marriott hotels. A declassified CIA manual from 1944 about Sabotage. Raspberry Pi not cheap nor small enough? How about the Zero? Pentagon Chief orders all combat jobs be made available to women. When Donald Trump and a […]

Episode 166 Brendan was out this week, so we had TWO guest hosts: Jason Campbell (http://visualcraft.co/v1) and Todd Rosenthal (@trodesign) We talked about a number of topics but wanted to highlight: The School of Visual Philosophy. The Onion’s review of Spectre. Spoiler Alert: Brendan will definitely be back next week.

Episode 165 People are being hospitalized after using a “synthetic drug” called Spice. Charlie Sheen had an Non-Disclosure Agreement for sexual relations. They are building a special exclusive terminal at LAX. Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket successfully took off and landed. Someone has designed and released plans for a 3d-printed revolver. Anonymous uses their hacking […]

Episode 164 Blaming terrorism on encryption is Not A Thing! Faster (and ad-free) web-browsing by turning off Javascript. The NIH fully retires chimpanzee experimentation. A website called Law and the Multiverse reconciles criminal statutes to Batman’s evidence! Spoiler Alert: This might be our shortest episode ever.

Episode 163 Accountability of the police via body cameras is A Thing! A company is transliterating tweets onto stone tablets in cuneiform. Daily Fantasy Football ordered to cease and desist in New York. The Trans-Pacific Partnership was released… and it’s got some bad stuff in it. Spoiler Alert: We’re James Bond movie fans. Thus, we […]

Episode 162 Special Note: Dudeist Priest and Not A Thing Podcast Host Brendan married one of our listeners (to someone else!) Congrats Alysia and Jeff! Your marriage is A Thing! Special Note 2: Not A Thing Podcast Host Alan is participating in Movember. Washington to create Safe Exchange Zones for safer person-to-person sales after seeing […]

Episode 161 Youtube to offer a ad-free videos and music via subscription. The Department of Transportation has new regulations on flying with e-cigarettes. Patient to receive titanium sternum and rib cage. Someone partially 3d-prints a hand-portable railgun. Space junk spotted and tracked and expected to fall to earth. Spoiler Alert: We’re back on the air!

Episode 160 The Democratic Debate was streamed for virtual reality. Daily Fantasy Football is really just gambling. Chinese fashion watch! Plant sprout headbands! Now you can read Playboy for the articles. California passes the nation’s best digital privacy law. You (not you) can shoot (without bullets) a drone (technically UAV) out of the sky. We […]

Episode 159 Samsung uses a defeat device for its TV energy efficiency ratings. Do Samsung and Volkswagen contribute to the Internet of Things That Lie? Is Peeple the “Yelp for People” a good idea? Bonus: or is Peeple the peephole of the future? Extra Bonus: The street “No Name Uno” in Gilroy. Here’s a letter […]

Episode 158 Volkswagen recalled a lot of diesel engine cars (including Alan’s!) Scientists urge prosecuting climate deniers using the RICO act. Apple pulls an app that aggregates news about drone strikes… the same wee it launches its news app. A group is interested to bring the Concorde supersonic jet back. Happy Birthday can now be […]

Episode 157 We talk to “Sketchy Characters” Gina Smith (floats like bricks) and Julie Meridian (juliemeridian.com) They are going to have a booth at APE: the Alternative Press Expo on October 3rd and 4th in San Jose. We mentioned the art of Amazing Larry by Jenn Oaks, and the original video. Also the game FTL: […]

Episode 156 The “war on cops” deserves the use of quotes around it. The TSA’s universal lock keys have been 3d-printed. (bonus: the 3d files!) Securing your luggage with firearms. Children getting drunk on hand sanitizer. Scientists deconstruct the 5-second rule. New, better filters for astronauts drinking their own urine. Spoiler Alert: “He IS the […]

Episode 155 China fixed its bad pollution problem. Briefly. Scientists engineer a way to prevent ice cream from melting. Will there be tastings for marijuana infused wine? Google to change their “mobile friendly test” to discourage full-page app banners. Amazon allowing downloads and offline watching of previously streaming-only content. Drug runners hide cocaine in printer […]

Episode 154 In Oakland, the police can’t record more license plates because their hard drive is full. Twitter blocks the Politwoops political transparency accounts globally. Facebook is launching a personal assistant to their portfolio of services. Amazon looks to expand their same-day delivery service to include booze! Chinese woman drinks entire bottle of cognac to […]

Episode 153 An update on the Ashley Madison hack – a large amount of user data was just released. Disney to create Star Wars theme parks. HBO partners with Sesame Street. This year’s keynote speaker at Blackhat nails the state of the internet. Warrantless search of a laptop jeopardizes the case against an arms dealer. […]

Episode 152 Google restructures to be Alphabet. The APA will no longer participate in national security interrogations. Scientists analyze the tobacco residue in Shakespeare’s pipes. Tourists can now ride around the world on container ships. Are satellites the next battlefield in war? Astronauts to put microgravity-grown-food on the menu. Spoiler Alert: Alan and Brendan would […]