Grumpy Old Geeks

Bots, bots & bots; Tesla's real innovation; Apple ends allowances; augmented reality caffeine environments; no texting in AMC; Homeland Security hates Quicktime; blocklisting Sweden; the IllumiBowl; Star Wars history; the worst Kickstarter, ever; BEES! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/156 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/priv...

Panama Papers & Wordpress security; AirBnb's revisionist history; NFL no longer tax exempt; buy a failing business; the 1099 economy; the singularity is not near; 3d printing coolness; robot naughty bits; bots, bots & more bots; spies in the skies! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/155 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#...

Google's April Fool's joke; Gig economy falters; millennials love Facebook; Spotify pivoting to video, because money; Messenger becoming a platform; hospitals need security, badly; FBI opening more phones; not so smooth drone operators; the Rift is here. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/154 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/pr...

It's our 3rd anniversary show & there were drinks; we meander through biocoding, universal basic income, VR, death of Moore's Law, Apple is 40, basic security (again!), drones, things we're sick of there even being a debate about & Bad Santa 2. Or 3. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/153 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privac...

Modern life is rubbish; fast food moves to robots; Uber gets disrupted; Alzheimer's breakthrough; DARPA derps; Feds find Fappening phisher; Amazon Echo; funded fan films; sponsored content kills journalism, internet; LSD microdoses for internet addiction. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/152 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/p...

Social media can be good, really; music startup fails; brain pain via dyslexia & FBI; McAfee & idiots; drones in the USA; 8k/VR Olympics; Darth Maul; old school spying; printing Wikipedia; the trouble w/ popular music & transporters; Rugmpy Dlo Eegks FTW! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/151 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/p...

Financial & emotional repercussions of social media; app bubble burst; big data & Banksy; Yahoo & Linkedin WTFs; McAfee, show your work; do not use 23andMe; active listening; X-Files; 3-Body Problems; no science on Sci; good & bad casting; listener love! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/150 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/pr...

Uber's not to blame; don't write open letters to your boss; more journalism woes; Facebook emojis; Team Apple; Project Shield; Shatner & Nimoy; apps for everything; Vinyl, AbFab, Massive Attack & the Cure; where to live; the contest winner! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/149 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-s...

Apple takes a stand against the US Government; Twitter loses Stephen Fry, many others; Snapchat publishing; Moore's Law on the ropes; hospital pays off hackers; new scifi reads; Kanye again; AbFab, PeeWee, Daredevil, (T)error; the great unbundling begins. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/148 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/p...

Brian’s recording from his Lanai; Jason charms a Lyft driver; Stupid Hackathons; Google kills Picassa, Jason longs for Flicker; Twitter Pivots; Flash is finally dead; no one is registering their drones; Top Gear jumps shark; Gravity waves & sheet cake. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/147 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/priv...

The greatest hits collection: streaming & bandwidth charges; Uber logo idiocy; Alphabet, Amazon & Apple; Yahoo still clueless; copyright infringements; self-driving hack targets; drones & bananas; photoshop tricks; Top Gear, X-Files, Billions & Serial. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/146 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/priv...

The Grumps strike again, RIP Abe; more income inequality news, so meditate the pain away; our robot overlords are on the way; what's going on at Twitter?; Amazon on the march; Ello, Peach; X-Files; Hipster Vodka; Tyson takes on B.O.B.; Cthulhu wallpaper! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/145 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/pr...

The Internet's taken a scatological turn this week; bad news from the WEF; Tidal's billing problem; Verizon kills Net Neutrality; blinding us with science; quantified break-ups; coffeeshop cube-farms; your stupid password; building a better pyramid. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/144 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy...

Facebook's death-feed; RIP middle class, Bitcoin, desktops, Soundcloud, Foursquare; sexual harassment in Silicon Valley; going post-mobile; hidden Airbnb cams; Internet of Things hackery; Cloverfield 2?; Epic Tea Time; silly, Snapchat is for kids! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/143 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#d...

The grumps abide news from CES; pre-net life; Lumosity lied; Zuck's Hoodie Home AI; taking down power grids; Everkey vaporware; Oculus Rift, Drone B4UFLY & cutting cords with Tablo; drunk movie reviews; Sobchak meets Trump; the great dogs pants debate. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/142 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/priv...

Sending out 2015 and ringing in 2015 2.0 with robot birds, leaving it at the office, suing Spotify, stealing art, crowdfunding intellectual properties, Uber, legislating not-hoverboards, voter record hacks, crazy McAfee, saving Matt Damon & Star Wars. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/141 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/priva...

A holiday potpourri of delights: Force blockers; internet famous, cash poor; Elon Musk; Taylor Swift; music windowing; driverless cars; phishing, hacking & drone nets; the fate of Abrams; schadenfreude'n Shkreli; new Yule log v2; Tiffani Amber Thiessen! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/140 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/pri...

Marissa Mayer, Martin Shkreli, Airbnb, Zano, Trump, Apple Music, Silicon Valley job production & other fails; whiskey pronunciations; to-do apps & “offboarding”; Ricky Gervais & Carrie Fisher; emoji history; passive aggressive texting; orgasmic fungus. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/139 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/priv...

Kickstarter, delayed; 7,728 years of Adele; Zuckerberg does good, gets yelled at; Apple changing cables again; Li-Fi from light bulbs; big hacks & lifetime subscriptions on the Dark Web; Pornhub wins Christmas; sipping whiskey with Nick Offerman. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/138 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do...

Ello again; the digital prophet has no clothes; streaming is the future unless we make money; 30 years of Windows; Man in the High Castle; Jason on a Train; you can't un-McConaughey McConaughey; Emojis; science based actuary tables; genetic wanderlust. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/137 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/priv...

More fun and lack of profit with Kickstarter; solving the last problem in the world, Dog Vacays; on asking permission; VHS FTW; gamified gunning; Rumblr & 3nder; announcing the announcement about an announcement; it's going to be ok; where is Luke? Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/136 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#...

Working on spec; paying rent with reach; #BenCarsonWikipedia & the Temple of Grain; Oyster dies & Amazon goes brick & mortar; Candy Crush worth more than Star Wars; Mr. Null; the TSA snowjob; Pandora Pods... One; Muons!; Security, HAH! takes a bow. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/135 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#...

Yet another spying bill dressed up as cybersecurity; slowing down the net for fun & profit; Google gets podcasts; YouTube didn't Google it's pay scheme's name; IoT's password distributing kettle; survival tips on the crapper; Bruce Campbell; booze comet! http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/134 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-s...

Jason's taking a personal day so guest host Fergal Lyons joins to talk waterparking, Star Wars, parenting in the digital age, Uber, hacking your fitbit & plane tickets, religion, AbFab & Mythbusters all while drinking high alcohol content beers. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/133 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-...

Brian's back from Europe; drunk on a plane movie reviews; Jason's figuring out sportsball; no nudes is good nudes at Playboy; Twitter execs don't tweet; Tesla robot car; aliens!; the age of profile anxiety; Flash is bad throughout the known universe. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/132 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privac...