Special Guest Emilio Passi! Follow @epassi on twitter!
We talk (a little) about design and getting into creative modes.
A good amount about cooking — try the celery soup!
A hearty bit about guitar and learning and getting better at it.
That led to possibly the most profound thing ever said on this podcast.
Spoiler Alert:
“My friends, there is no such thing as a free lunch” – Emilio
Special Guest Gina Smith!
Check out her art blog!
We talked gaming:
Game Boy iterations, controller mis-sizing, Bravely Default, Towerfall Ascension, Sportsfriends (specifically, Super Pole Rider).
This episode was (not) brought to you by Sony Playstation Vita!
X-Men Days of Future Past (spoiler free!)
A musical she worked on adapting the video game Persona 4.
2/3rds of this podcast are going to PAX!
Bonus: LeVar Burton is Kickstarting to bring Reading Rainbow back.
Bonus2: Another friend of the podcast Chris Arkenberg has a writeup about his visit to a robot restaurant!
Spoiler Alert:
A while ago Alan wrote up Stargate SG-1 reviews of every season.
Episode 91
Prisoners shown pirated movies by correctional officers.
How a drug cartel became a lime cartel.
US to halt CIA’s phony vaccinations for information gathering purposes.
California takes steps to require warrants to monitor cellphone and computer data.
An article against forcing people to wear bicycle helmets. But please wear helmets.
Memory competitions are A Thing.
Reading on a screen vs. reading on paper.
Bonus: the Spritz speed reading algorithm demonstration.
Spoiler Alert:
Godzilla (2014) was awesome. Godzilla (1998) was not.
Episode 90
Citizen pulls over drunken cop.
Anti-surveillance mask created by an artist with an IndieGoGo campaign.
Time to take some action! New FCC rules are in public comment mode. Here‘s the EFF’s helpful page.
Mozilla (an open source browser) paradoxically adds DRM (a closed source technology).
Vibram settles a class-action lawsuit about their (admittedly a little weird) Five-Fingers shoes.
Antarctic ice sheet destabilizing.
Spoiler Alert:
We will acknowledge a flat earth. For a sponsor. Just ask.
Episode 89
Alan’s in Anaheim and has nothing good to report except The Pint House in Fullerton is A Thing.
Russia set to introduce a swearbot to find and remove obscenities.
#MyNYPD is back in the news for raiding a home 12 times… to arrest a deceased man.
io9 does a fun article about the stuff surrounding the classic movie Flash Gordon.
Star Wars day was this week, and we discovered the Despecialized Edition of the trilogy.
Spoiler Alert:
Star Wars is a trilogy.
Episode 88
A policeman commits excessive force, but is called on it by his superior!
The FCC proposes rules allowing Comcast’s extra fee Netflix paid this week. Here’s Netflix’s response.
Google may be backing off their Google+ offering.
Gaming apocrypha confirmed: Atari’s ET games found in the desert.
Boarding airplanes algorithmically
Patrick Stewart is returning to TV
Spoiler Alert:
The cast of the new Star Wars movie is announced with an amazing picture
Episode 87
The hashtag campaign #myNYPD backfires horribly.
Poker star cheats at baccarat in an interesting, but not surprising way.
Fifteen-year-old stows away in wheelwell of jet plane to Hawaii.
A look back at the Century Domes of San Jose.
Pennies on their way out in Canada.
A novel way to look at Game of Thrones piracy.
We talk a little Captain America The Winter Soldier.
Spoiler Alert:
The F*ck the Police segment of the show continues
Flash your headlights! It’s free speech.
Need to take a breather? Why not rent it?
Condoleeza Rice joins the dropbox board of directors which causes some backlash.
The Heartbleed bug in openssl is a big deal.
Bob Ross painted a lot of happy little trees. Let’s see how many.
Elon Musk picks a fight over who gets to launch spy satellites.
Spoiler Alert:
The Not A Thing! Podcast is not vulnerable to the heartbleed openssl bug
Episode 85
Inspection shows half of cars investigated at LAPD had recording equipment tampering.
Air Force reveals unmanned secret space plane in use nearly 500 days.
Navy to test railgun at sea.
Also, Navy is testing fuels made from seawater (noisy ad warning!)
How in all the realm has Westeros not gone through the industrial revolution?
We chat a bit about Game of Thrones and Silicon Valley.
Spoiler Alert:
reddit may be full of spoilers, but also interesting posts about Game of Thrones
Episode 84
Google announces a new voice for its self-driving cars.
Facebook combines Instagram with Oculus Rift for more realistic VR.
A new Snowden leak reveals the entities behind the NSA.
Google’s algorithms have been quite busy as of late.
JJ Abrams new documentary shines light on the filmmaking process.
Michael Bay’s latest project features explosions. In the desert.
Just when you thought Lifetime wouldn’t make a Paula Deen biopic…
Spoiler Alert:
Brendan and Alan are the newest employees acqui-hired by Facebook