DTNS 2780 – Stop Driving on My Lawn!

Daily Tech News Show / June 8th, 2016

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comAnother study shows talking on a cell phone hands-free makes you a worse driver. So why do we keep doing it anyway? Lamarr Wilson and Tom Merritt put down their phones for a minute and discuss.

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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 123

Cordkillers / June 8th, 2016

Summer Movie Draft, Game of Thrones (606, 607), Preacher (Pilot), Daredevil (206-209) Justified (207, 208). 

00:58 – Summer Movie Draft

04:52 – Game of Thrones (606, 607)

18:32 – Preacher (Pilot)

24:06 – Daredevil (206-209)

26:27 – Justified (207, 208)

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Today in Tech History – June 8, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / June 8th, 2016

20140404-073853.jpg1637 – Rene Descartes published “Discourse on the Method for Guiding One’s Reason and Searching for Truth in the Sciences”, which formed the basis of the modern scientific method. It’s also the source of the quote “I think, therefore I am.”

1949 – George Orwell’s book Nineteen Eighty-Four was published. The book still affects notions of privacy and inspired the iconic Apple commercial that introduced the Macintosh computer.

1955 – Tim Berners-Lee was born in London. He grew up to develop the World Wide Web.

2008 – Apple announced Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

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#257 – Shakespeare Was A Genre Writer

Shows/ Sword and Laser / June 7th, 2016

You may be surprised to learn Gillian Anderson’s role in American Gods. You may be surprised that China did not previously have official SciFi awards. But you should not be surprised at all to think of Shakespeare as an SFF author.

DTNS 2779 – Will It Bend?

Daily Tech News Show / June 7th, 2016

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comDo we want rollable bendable screens for our phones and tablets? As the prospect becomes more realistic Patrick Beja and Tom Merritt talk about what rollable bendable screens might be good for.

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Today in Tech History – June 7, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / June 7th, 2016

20140404-073853.jpg1954 – Computer science hero Alan Turing died. His death was ruled a suicide from eating an apple containing cyanide. Turing formulated the famous Turing test and broke code at Bletchley park during World War II.

1975 – Sony introduced the Betamax video recorder for sale. It would lose the format war to VHS but find a niche in broadcast production.

1980 – The first US solar power plant was dedicated at the Natural Bridge National Monument, Utah.

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DTNS 2778 – Da Da DUH!

Daily Tech News Show / June 6th, 2016

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comYes we know YOUR accounts or safe, but Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt go over good account protection practices so you can tell your friend. Your friend Mark. Zuckerberg.

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Today in Tech History – June 6, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / June 6th, 2016

20140404-073853.jpg1933 – The world’s first drive-in movie theater opened in Camden, New Jersey. Richard Hollingshead Jr. had developed the system by using a 1928 Kodak projector mounted on the hood of his car and aimed at a screen pinned to some trees.

1984 – Soviet programmer Alexei Pazhitnov completed the first playable version of Tetris, one of the best-selling video games of all-time, was released. It was popularized by Hank Rogers who bought the rights and distributed it.

1995 – The Los Angeles Times reported that Father Leonard Boyle was working to put the Vatican’s library on the World Wide Web through a site funded by IBM.

2013 – The Guardian published another leak from Edward Snowden about the PRISM project used to gather data held by Google, Facebook, Apple and other US tech companies. The tech companies denied “back door access” to their systems.

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