Not A Thing!

Episode 131
Say goodbye to privacy and Hello, Barbie.

FAA is against drone footage on youtube.

NASA launches four satellites to map the magnetosphere.

HBO is releasing it’s on-demand streaming service separately from the TV channel subscription.

Star Wars movies sound cool again.

3D printing is now happening at the molecular level.

A booby trapped USB drive for killing laptops.

Will Ferrell played for 10 Major League Baseball teams. Today.

Spoiler Alert:
We DON’T talk about Net Neutrality this episode

Episode 130
Net Neutrality Special Episode!

A good overview of the FCC Ruling.

A deep dive into Title II of the Telecommunications Act.

Verizon’s Morse Code complaint press release to the FCC.

Spoiler Alert:
We actually talked the whole show about one topic!

Episode 129
Chicago police allegedly running the domestic equivalent of a CIA black site.

Yahoo vs. the NSA, and Yahoo makes compelling arguments.

Google is banning adult content on their Blogger websites.

Magic Leap hopes to bring hologrpahy to the masses.

We both saw the movie Kingsman recently.

Alan took a shotgun class in Sacramento.

Brendan got on the Nerdist podcast. (Skip to about 59:20)

Spoiler Alert:
This podcast is fully armed and operational

Episode 128

Kaspersky Labs exposes the “Equation Group” behind a number of hacks linked to the NSA

CMU accepts 800 Computer Science students… only to retract that acceptance.

The algorithm for finding Waldo that you never knew you needed.

The Marines have (war) balls. (hat tip to @kevinvsimms)

Diversification of drug cash crops in Mexico.

A new Alien movie directed by Neil Blomkamp is confirmed! (Bonus concept art!)

Spoiler Alert:
Alan has not seen Alien Resurrection

Episode 127

We stood in line for 6 hours to drink Pliny the Younger.

The founder of the Silk Road (talked about in our first show) was convicted of narcotics charges.

Samsung has a TV that comes with a privacy policy.

Paparazzi got you down? Wear a jacket.

Someone programmed a facial recognition and messaging bot to automate the online dating process.

Babies can now (sort of) have 3 parents!

There are a few notes for those looking to colonize Mars.

Spoiler Alert:
It’s the Friday the 13th, and killing a sorority house full of girls is Not A Thing.

Brendan also watched Jupiter Ascending

Episode 125
We saw a bunch of Sketchfest Shows!

Police departments urge Google to drop the cop tagging feature of mapping app Waze.

Youtube seems unduly harsh in leveling the playing field with respect to indie musicians.

Purveyor of the finest in inflight warez, Skymall files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

A point-by-point (arrowhead by arrowhead?) takedown of that viral speed archery video.

DARPA grows ever closer to Judgement Day and the Rise of the Machines with the unveling of the “Unplugged” version of their Atlas bipedal robot.

UAV accidentally crashes in drug smuggling scam.

UAV accidentally crashes when flown by a drunk man. Around the White House.

Spoiler Alert:
Alan didn’t like Horns

Episode 124
Alan made it back from Vegas and Brendan is healed up, so the show’s back on!

After one year, mariujana legalization in Colorado doesn’t seem to have any bad effects.

Marriott backs off blocking personal wifi (calling back to the last episode)

Attorney General Eric Holder limits “Equitable Sharing” aka the police asset forfeiture programs.

In Obama’s State of the Union address, he calls for more cybercrime regulations.

A profile of a company that does on-demand DDOS attacks.

The EFF released an app… but because of their stance on DRM and Apple they didn’t release it on IOS.

Spoiler Alert:
Brendan didn’t like the Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies

Episode 123
Marriott’s looking to block wifi.

The specs for fully encrypted, end-to-end email (aka Darkmail) were released.

About 2 in 5 Americans didn’t take a single day of vacation last year.

Colleges are offering scholarships for e-sports.

People sure do watch a lot of porn online. (potentially NSFW link)

Satellite provider Dish offers an internet-streamed-only channel package called Sling.

Venezuela’s running out of french fries.

Alan saw Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Into the Woods. Brendan saw The One I Love. All recommended for different reasons.

Spoiler Alert:
Brendan couldn’t think of anything in time for this week’s show start.

Episode 122
The Baktun in Review!

Spoiler Alert:
We both got banjoleles for Xmas