544: Men of a Certain Age
Grumpy Old Geeks11 Mar 2022

544: Men of a Certain Age

The Amanda Palmer Method; Truth Social stumbles; Heardle through the grapevine; wings in the metaverse; Amazon Basics tied to forced labor; Twitter launches Tor service; Limewire is back... with NFTs; Musk is a free speech absolutist; executive order on crypto; Star Trek; After Yang; the Cure & Eddie Izzard; Upload is back; Dekalog & Three Colours; Dropbox drops update for macOS; Clash Royale anniversary; A.G. Riddle; more iOT rants; Samsung hack; RadioShack; Obi-Wan and Star Wars Galatic Starcruiser; Things Dave Likes; disco number twos.

Show notes at https://gog.show/544/


FOLLOW UP

I quit my dream job in TV to become a TikToker, and it was the best decision I've ever made

Donald Trump is furious about the stumbling launch of his social media app Truth Social, report says

'Heardle' is like 'Wordle' for the musically inclined


IN THE NEWS

Wingstop has filed a trademark to sell chicken wings in the metaverse

Amazon suppliers reportedly have ties to forced labor camps in China

HBO hit with class action lawsuit for allegedly sharing subscriber data with Facebook

Twitter Launches Tor Onion Service Making Site Easier to Access in Russia

LimeWire is back... as an NFT marketplace

Musk says Starlink won’t block Russian media outlets ‘unless at gunpoint’

Tesla violated labor laws by blocking union organizing, judge rules

Biden's executive order on cryptocurrencies zeros in on 6 priorities and 'urgency' in exploring the creation of a US digital dollar

Cryptocurrency Is No Fix for Russia’s Sanctions Woes

Coinbase blocks over 25,000 Russian-linked crypto addresses


MEDIA CANDY

Star Trek: Discovery

Star Trek: Picard

A Small-Scale Sci-Fi Film That Asks the Genre’s Biggest Question

After Yang

BitTorrent is Still the King of Upstream Internet Traffic, But for How Long?

Robert Smith just told us The Cure’s new album title at the BandLab NME Awards 2022

Eddie Izzard - Wunderbar

Eddie Izzard - Dress to Kill

Upload Season 2

YouTube offers popular podcasts $50K in cash to pivot to video

Common Sense 323 – Gas Up the Cold War

Dekalog

Three Colours trilogy


APPS & DOODADS

Dropbox releases official update for its macOS app with M1 support

Google says the latest Chrome on Mac outperforms Safari

Jason’s Character in Clash Royale

A Book of Secrets: Finding Solace in a Stubborn World by Derren Brown


AT THE LIBRARY

The Extinction Trials by A.G. Riddle


SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Dave’s iOT update - Kind advice via Twitter from Kyle Correa

Homebridge

HOOBS

Stacey on IoT Podcast

Samsung confirms hackers compromised its systems and stole Galaxy source code

Don’t celebrate RadioShack’s crypto pivot — it’s just a Tai Lopez scheme

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Pluto Pillow

LumiLux Toilet Light with Motion Detection Sensor - 16-Color LED Bathroom Toilet Bowl Light (White)

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