68: Open Source Shenanigans with Sean Bonner

Miscreant and misanthrope Sean Bonner joins us this week to talk about his art/music project, Hope X, open hardware, Safecast, and more. We also run down some cool new books and the general tomfoolery on the Internet this week. You know the drill. http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/68 Listen or subscribe in iTunes If you like the show please click here and give us a rating or review in iTunes. It helps us out and lets us know people want more episodes! If you’d like to donate to the show please check out our page on TugBoat Hosted by Libsyn Use the coupon code “gog” while signing up & receive up to 2 months free! Show Notes Didn’t Read Facebook’s Fine Print? Here’s Exactly What It Says Facebook Explains Why It Wants to Be a Retail Store The tech utopia nobody wants: why the world nerds are creating will be awful Help shape OS X Yosemite. LittleBits Now Lets You Build Your Own DIY Smart Home Sean Bonner Exhibition listing on Subliminal Projects, for VITA E MORTE exhibition which opens July 26th Preview of artworks Main CMHHTD project website Stream CMHHTD songs Both CMHHTD EP’s on iTunes (new one is pre order) First CMHHTD EP on Pirate Bay The Majority Of Today’s App Businesses Are Not Sustainable And as if on cue Yahoo! buys Flurry for $300MM Airbnb Host Seeks Help In Evicting Squatter From Palm Springs Home Comcast’s worst nightmare: How Tennessee could save America’s Internet Grumpy Old Geek Pro-Tip: If you steal something, do not post photos of you on social media with said stolen items. Israeli women are showing support for the IDF — by showing their boobs Meet the Online Tracking Device That is Virtually Impossible to Block Snowden: Dropbox is an NSA surveillance target, use Spideroak instead Edward Snowden: ‘If I end up in chains in Guantánamo I can live with that’ – video interview SpiderOak This is how you invent a person online Amped – Daniel H. Wilson Amped – Douglas E. Richards Wired – Douglas E. Richards Earth Awakens (The First Formic War) – Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston The future of warfare: Why we should all be very afraid Operation Shakespeare: The True Story of an Elite International Sting The Art of Intelligence: Lessons from a Life in the CIA’s Clandestine Service by Hank Crumpton This Is the Best 5,453-Word Interview With Bronson Pinchot About Audiobooks You Will Ever Read Tower 2 Game of War – Fire Age Comic-Con: ‘Firefly’ Cast Reunite for Online Game How to Follow Soccer Now that the World Cup Is Over Led Zepplin: Mothership Alien Autopsy: William Barker on Schwa, two decades later Orphan Black Blake Lively’s Preserve lifestyle site: another pandering mess of e-commerce ‘Pirates of the Caribbean 5′ Gets Summer 2017 Release Date High Schoolers Ponder the Meaning of ‘Fashion’ in 1984 Brian’s record collection See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.