Episode 52: #52: Sixteen Tons

04/06/2014 30 min

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Episode Synopsis

This week, Dave and Gunnar talk about Apple’s lock-in empire, autonomous vehicles, and improvisational theater as a way of life.



Southwest adds non-stop flights from Canton-Akron to DCA
Soylent Youngstown: This Ohio cricket farm is first in US to raise ‘chirps’ for human consumption
Scratch (the creative learning environment from #MIT) version 2.0 now open source!
Swift: Apple owns the language, the tools, the means of distribution, and demands 30% of your revenue

Sixteen Tons


Banality of Evil: Apple’s not quite sure why you’re locked in
Winners of FBI Corporate Hackathon Competition announced
Russians capture cigarette-smuggling drone
Google’s Next Phase in Driverless Cars: No Steering Wheel or Brake Pedals

Tim Lee says this will normalize car sharing


OpenWorm Kickstarter
Dave and others from Red Hat at the AFCEA DC Emerging Technologies Summit 2014 on Friday, June 13
OpenShift Enterprise 2.1 now available!

Free OpenShift O’Reilly book by Steven Citron-Pousty and Katie Miller


RHEL6 STIG has been freshly updated
Dan Risacher uncovers Gunnarbane: “SDN is as big as the original packetization in the network,” declared Stephen B. Alexander, senior vice president and CTO for Ciena. “We can light fiber as much as physics will allow. We can create terabit flows; but you’ll want to slice these terabits into different missions. SDN will virtualize networks—user-bespoke networks,” he stated
3 Ways Embracing the Principles of Improv Can Change Your Life

Cutting Room Floor

Advice to a Young Programmer from Tom Lee
My Friend Totoro, Bus Stop Scene via Oculus Rift
Pornburger.me is exactly what it sounds like
Unlock Android with a manicure
New Hobby: DOD Infographics
Today in cognitive surplus: Auto Buds h/t Rebecca Williams
Collective Noun Collective
Handmade, Artisanal Plungers
The Hipster Logo Design Guide
Word of the Day: Cumulocentrism
PSA: Reset your Bitly password!
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We Give Thanks

Dan Risacher for giving Gunnar a seizure
Rebecca Williams for giving us something to talk about