Episode 102
Ebola has an experimental treatment… that appears to work!
There’s an arms race for hacking wireless car locks.
There’s a new law that cell phones can be unlocked by consumers.
On-demand, rentable private security guards.
OKCupid is *also* experimenting on its users.
The show now has a bitcoin address, so throw us some: 1AgDzfrTb1tH4oY9BH4qMydz6EwJAJBkq5
We’re also mining them!
Spoiler Alert:
The Guardians of The Galaxy are A Thing.
San Jose does (or doesn’t?) have a drone.
Is it actually “caring” if machines are providing the care?
Opportunity rover reaches a record travel milestone.
Extraterrestrial (maybe) radio bursts detected by multiple radio telescopes.
Testing out living on Mars… by living in Hawaii.
Facebook’s moving their messaging features into its own app.
It’s Silicon Valley Beer Week!
Spoiler Alert:
Starship Troopers has particularly bad elements, notably their user interfaces. /strong>
As the podcast reaches into triple digits, we’d like to extend a special thank-you this time to Skylar de Witte for interviewing and guest-hosting this episode and Garrin O’Brien for remixing our already awesome theme song into the epic version for this auspicious occasion.
Spoiler Alert:
July 25th is also our two year podcasting anniversary
Say Hello to your Clip Show!
Spoiler Alert:
This is NOT the 100th episode. That’s coming soon!
Comcast treats customers badly on their way out. Also, it’s Tuesday.
Telepresence robots, rolling into an office near you.
Be like us: 3d print an enclosure for a raspberry pi that looks like an old-school NES and fill it with emulated gaming goodness.
Twitter updates its analytics engine, now see how (un)popular you are in graph form!
A Tesla driver in Norway wants his car’s data. Will he get it?
The color black just got a bit blacker.
Bic gathers handwriting samples to create a universal human-based typeface.
True Detective is a really good show
Spoiler Alert:
Two years on and we’re still working on transitions.
Joined this week by Steve (@silvasdesign).
We talked quite a bit about Roller Coasters: favorite ones, tall ones, spinny ones, wooden ones, metal ones!
We had to mention the coaster mishap at Magic Mountain that happened TWO DAYS AGO.
Steve also operates a MakerBot 3d printer!
Bonus: there’s a Dropcam pointed at the MakerBot!
Spoiler Alert:
This is actually the 100th episode (counting the “origin story” 0th episode and the separately recorded 12b episode) Hooray!
Joined this week by Vikas (@vkux).
we had a healthy discussion of soccer: the World Cup, scoring (not a lot), game length (90 minutes), flopping (for Capri Sun), and biting (Not A Thing).
Vikas is an Arsenal supporter.
There is not a common share icon, and that may not be a big deal.
Which one of these can be a selfie icon?
Spoiler Alert:
MTV’s Rock n Jock basketball was A Thing in the 1900s. Alan remembers.
No Fly List deemed infringing on constitutional rights.
The National Parks Service declares drones illegal.
The FAA disallows use of drones for commercial delivery.
Google Glass can be used to steal passwords just by looking at them.
Open source router software lets one share wifi bandwidth securely.
Bittorrent Sync has a different approach to storing data in the cloud.
For those not so into “clouds” a new browser plugin that turns them into “butts”.
Bonus flickr pool of the results of the above.
Spoiler Alert:
This Star Wars / Guardians of the Galaxy mashup trailer makes us want to watch Star Wars. Even more than usual.
Special Guest Uday Gajendar!
Follow him on twitter: @udanium
Read his blog, Ghost in the Pixel (http://ghostinthepixel.com )
We talk about startups, noticeably the one he joined, CloudPhysics.
Some more talk about Brazilian cherry hardwood floors, beauty, rigor, culture, leadership, discipline.
We wonder what ever happened to Brendan Fraser?
A quick aside about The New Yorker article about Disruptive Innovation. (Bonus snark from Slate)
Uday has tasted whiskeys. On a boat.
Spoiler Alert:
This show (like last show) had a recording screwup… which was also Alan’s fault.
Police departments are increasingly militarized. (Or militarised)
A company in Seattle has a brand of cold-brewed coffee with cannabis extracts they’re calling Legal.
Alan’s on a juice cleanse.
Turing Test beaten under somewhat questionable circumstances.
Don’t think too much about retweets and likes.
Gmail implementing full end to end encryption of email.
Brendan has a ranking of Alans. Guess where this podcast’s Alan ends up!
Spoiler Alert:
Alan is not the #1 Alan