Episode 95: #95: Run By Horses

01/09/2015 56 min

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Episode Synopsis

This week Dave and Gunnar talk about: San Jose’s license-plate opportunity, AT&T’s wifi opportunity, UK government’s Oracle opportunity, and DISA’s email opportunity.

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Gunnar’s font and dotfile guidance
License plate reader led police to man who killed reporter, cameraman
Forget license plate readers on police cars, how about on garbage trucks?
D&G Security Doghouse: Adobe and AT&T

Adobe Digital Editions 4 lets you install Norton Security Scan by default
Hackers Exploit Adobe Flash Vulnerability In Yahoo Ads
Swift on Security has an eloquent piece on the nightmare of general purpose computing.
AT&T Hotspots: Now with Advertising Injection

Meanwhile: Ad Blockers Will Prevent You From Seeing $22B Worth Of Unwanted Ads This Year




UK government reportedly working to end its reliance on Oracle
UK government inks fresh deal with Oracle
D&G Bait of the Week: DISA cracks down on email storage
Widespread Use of Yammer Social Network at VA Ran Afoul of Agency Rules, Watchdog Says
HHS won’t stop using Yammer despite security warning at VA


Lauren and the Fighting Unicorns picked up by…

Crain’s Business Cleveland: A young group of fans
The Plain Dealer: NASA robotics tournament in Brook Park inspires youth, volunteers




How to make a minority look like a majority with Social Networks

Julian sez: “epistemic closure”



Cutting Room Floor

1982 DC Comics Style Guide
Stock photos from the 1970s
Mad Max Ancient Mythology
A-ha’s “Take On Me” Performed by North Korean Kids with Accordions
The Chickeneers (via jduncan and jcallaway)
Oracle doesn’t need your security help, so stop reverse engineering their code already (h/t matt.micene)
Passion comes from work and experience not the other way around (h/t matt.micene)