TIC TEK TOE

TIC TEK TOE, episode 012. Welcome to a bold experiment into the future of something or other. Let's be honest. It's hard to tell. Is it a podcast? Is it a virtual reality (VR) show? Is it just two guys mucking about in AltspaceVR and trying to see if it's possible to tie your shoes when there's only one controller? Marcel has been playing with VR for a long time, but Evan is a relative newcomer an...

TIK TEK TOE, Episode 011. In this episode, Evan finally returns from a bout with a virus, but not that Virus, even though three weeks before, he was in China, in that part of China. We also talk about how to track said virus, restaurant ambiance, stupid government laws regarding privacy and copyright, social media alternatives, the new Star Trek series, "Picard," being guilty until proven innocent...

TIK TEK TOE, episode 010.  It's 2020 and time for episode 010 of the show. In a rare event, Marcel and Evan meet at a fast food restaurant following one of the most embarrassing events of Marcel's life wherein his car was both stolen and not stolen. The guys discuss other forms of embarrassment including Ricky Gervais at the recent Golden Globes, new takes on old monsters, The Order, Buffy, s...

TIK TEK TOE, episode 009.  In this final episode of the decade, or at least, this year, Marcel and Evan riff on Christmas gifts, VR games, Jumanji, Open Hardware vs closed borders, The Witcher, and several other diversions. Somewhere in there, they reminisce over the last decade of free software, a free and open Internet (the Overnet), and lots of other things you really don't want to miss. O...

TIK TEK TOE, episode 008.  Marcel and Evan discuss Dora the Explorer, the Magic School Bus, how Adam ruins everything, Open Source in the Phillipines, the value of old hardware, consumer vs creator devices, licences (again) and .org (again). Cloud gaming makes another appearance and Marcel totally geeks out on the concept of human chimeras and how this might impact DNA evidence and even, wait...

TIK TEK TOE, episode 007. Marcel and Evan discuss Ryan Reynold's continued redemption with Detective Pikachu, martial arts movies, VR arcades, whether a decade starts on a 0 or 1, what kind of decade FOSS has had, or is about to have had, the Internet Society and .ORG vs the Girl Scouts (our money is on the Girls Scouts), on-demand culture, Drake (yeah, that Drake), and perineum sunning.  Onc...

TIK TEK TOE, episode 006. Today, Marcel and Evan discuss where our listeners are in the world, why neither Marcel nor Evan gets a kick from caffeine, what the options are when you really need that kick, open source licenses, politics, good superheroes, bad superheroes, fallen heroes, not talking about politics, whether pepperoni makes a good cough suppressant, and, $DEITY help us, Don Cherry. Also...

TIK TEK TOE, episode 005 . Today, Marcel and Evan discuss politics, or at least, what the recent Canadian election actually said about open ideas, oil, the Prime Minister, and the environment. We talk about Unix turning 50 and how Linux wormed its way into pretty much becoming Unix, and Marcel gives Evan some superhero homework. Once you're done listening, or right now for that matter, make sure y...

TIK TEK TOE, episode 004. Today, Marcel and Evan vote early, but not often, talk strange politics, whine about telecom charges, consider open Internet, discuss the Four Freedoms, software licenses, DUNE, George Carlin, and Dave Chapelle.  And once you're done, make sure you share this podcast with your friends, family, neighbours, enemies . . . just share and recommend.  Links From the S...

TIK TEK TOE, episode 003. Today, Marcel and Evan decide to rename the show, so now it's called, "Tic Tek Toe" and not "Trash-Talking FOSS". The guys talk about VR fitness, courtesy of Marcel's Oculus Quest, Distrowatch, Lucky Charms cereal (no, really), and whether or not you have a right to be erased from the Internet.  And once you're done, make sure you share this podcast with your friends...

Tic Tek Toe, episode 002 : In this episode, Evan and Marcel discuss the recent events surrounding Richard Stallman resigning from both M.I.T. and the Free Software Foundation. We also talk about another controversy, namely the ongoing security and trade concerns around Huawei and whether we should be worried about their new laptops running Deepin Linux. Even before Huawei was on Trump's list, ther...

This is TIC TEK TOE, episode 1. In this, the first episode, Evan and Marcel discuss the signs that hell has frozen over as Richard Stallman speaks at Microsoft. They also discuss the end of Linux Journal and how that relates to traditional publishing, how to make money in an increasingly free digital age, and a new exploit targeting Linux servers. Sort of. Also, Marcel wants to register a complain...