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Grape Job!
This week, Dave (https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave) and Gunnar (https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar) talk about fake faces, fake video calls, fake parking lots, fake bagpipes, fake lollipops, and fake gas leaks!
Kobo Clara Color (https://us.kobobooks.com/products/kobo-clara-colour)
Libby (https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby)
Paperlike Screen Protector (https://paperlike.com/products/paperlike-for-ipad) and Bumper Case (https://paperlike.com/products/paperlike-bumper-case)
Kindle Scribe (https://www.amazon.com/Kindle-reading-writing-journaling-sketching/dp/B0BQPS527F)
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim_at_Tinker_Creek)
Good-Bye to All That (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good-Bye_to_All_That)
Kindle Unlimited (https://www.amazon.com/Browse-Kindle-Unlimited-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=9069934011)
Ghost Fleet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Fleet_(novel))
D&G This Week in Mask Technology: Full-Face Masks to Frustrate Identification (https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/12/full-face-masks-to-frustrate-identification.html)
How a digital ‘you’ can sit through your agonizing web conference calls (https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/23/how-a-digital-you-can-sit-through-your-agonizing-web-conference-calls/)
Infinite Jest (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_Jest)
D&G This Week in Fluorescent Vests: Police flag Pittsburgh man for Steelers parking lot scam (https://triblive.com/local/police-flag-pittsburgh-man-for-steelers-parking-lot-scam/)
Speaking of fluorescent vests: NYC Wants You to Stop Taking Traffic Cam Selfies, But Here's How to Do It Anyway (https://www.pcmag.com/articles/nyc-wants-you-to-stop-taking-traffic-cam-selfies-but-heres-how-to-do-it)
This USB-C mouthpiece turns your phone into a musical instrument (https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/12/this-usb-c-mouthpiece-turns-your-phone-into-a-woodwind-instrument/)
Zamfir (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gheorghe_Zamfir)
Licking this “lollipop” will let you taste virtual flavors (https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/11/licking-this-lollipop-will-let-you-taste-virtual-flavors/)
Scratch And Sniff Stickers And The Gas Panic Of ’87 (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/03/scratch-and-sniff-stickers-and-the-gas-panic-of-87/)
Order yours today: T!E Natural Gas Mercaptan Scratch and Sniff Stickers (Set of 30) (https://nef1.org/product/natural-gas-mercaptan-stickers/)
Cutting Room Floor
* Browse 64 Years of RadioShack Catalogs Free Online … and Revisit the History of American Consumer Electronics (https://www.openculture.com/2024/08/browse-64-years-of-radioshack-catalogs-free-online.html)
* The Commodordion Gets A Big Usability Upgrade (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/28/the-commodordion-gets-a-big-usability-upgrade/)
* Tetris packed inside a PDF file to run in any PC browser — Pdftris runs from a 60KB PDF (https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pdftris-is-a-tetris-game-inside-a-pdf-which-runs-in-any-modern-pc-browser)
* They've only gone and made Doom run in a PDF file (https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/doom_delivered_in_a_pdf/)
* Protect Your Site With A DOOM Captcha (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/01/protect-your-site-with-a-doom-captcha/)
* Minimal Linux OS runs in a 6MB PDF document in Chrome — LinuxPDF leverages RISC-V emulator (http://tomshardware.com/software/linux/minimal-linux-os-runs-in-a-6mb-pdf-document-in-chrome-linuxpdf-leverages-risc-v-emulator)
This week, Dave (https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave) and Gunnar (https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar) talk about fake faces, fake video calls, fake parking lots, fake bagpipes, fake lollipops, and fake gas leaks!
Kobo Clara Color (https://us.kobobooks.com/products/kobo-clara-colour)
Libby (https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby)
Paperlike Screen Protector (https://paperlike.com/products/paperlike-for-ipad) and Bumper Case (https://paperlike.com/products/paperlike-bumper-case)
Kindle Scribe (https://www.amazon.com/Kindle-reading-writing-journaling-sketching/dp/B0BQPS527F)
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim_at_Tinker_Creek)
Good-Bye to All That (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good-Bye_to_All_That)
Kindle Unlimited (https://www.amazon.com/Browse-Kindle-Unlimited-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=9069934011)
Ghost Fleet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Fleet_(novel))
D&G This Week in Mask Technology: Full-Face Masks to Frustrate Identification (https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/12/full-face-masks-to-frustrate-identification.html)
How a digital ‘you’ can sit through your agonizing web conference calls (https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/23/how-a-digital-you-can-sit-through-your-agonizing-web-conference-calls/)
Infinite Jest (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_Jest)
D&G This Week in Fluorescent Vests: Police flag Pittsburgh man for Steelers parking lot scam (https://triblive.com/local/police-flag-pittsburgh-man-for-steelers-parking-lot-scam/)
Speaking of fluorescent vests: NYC Wants You to Stop Taking Traffic Cam Selfies, But Here's How to Do It Anyway (https://www.pcmag.com/articles/nyc-wants-you-to-stop-taking-traffic-cam-selfies-but-heres-how-to-do-it)
This USB-C mouthpiece turns your phone into a musical instrument (https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/12/this-usb-c-mouthpiece-turns-your-phone-into-a-woodwind-instrument/)
Zamfir (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gheorghe_Zamfir)
Licking this “lollipop” will let you taste virtual flavors (https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/11/licking-this-lollipop-will-let-you-taste-virtual-flavors/)
Scratch And Sniff Stickers And The Gas Panic Of ’87 (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/03/scratch-and-sniff-stickers-and-the-gas-panic-of-87/)
Order yours today: T!E Natural Gas Mercaptan Scratch and Sniff Stickers (Set of 30) (https://nef1.org/product/natural-gas-mercaptan-stickers/)
Cutting Room Floor
* Browse 64 Years of RadioShack Catalogs Free Online … and Revisit the History of American Consumer Electronics (https://www.openculture.com/2024/08/browse-64-years-of-radioshack-catalogs-free-online.html)
* The Commodordion Gets A Big Usability Upgrade (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/28/the-commodordion-gets-a-big-usability-upgrade/)
* Tetris packed inside a PDF file to run in any PC browser — Pdftris runs from a 60KB PDF (https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pdftris-is-a-tetris-game-inside-a-pdf-which-runs-in-any-modern-pc-browser)
* They've only gone and made Doom run in a PDF file (https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/doom_delivered_in_a_pdf/)
* Protect Your Site With A DOOM Captcha (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/01/protect-your-site-with-a-doom-captcha/)
* Minimal Linux OS runs in a 6MB PDF document in Chrome — LinuxPDF leverages RISC-V emulator (http://tomshardware.com/software/linux/minimal-linux-os-runs-in-a-6mb-pdf-document-in-chrome-linuxpdf-leverages-risc-v-emulator)
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