#21: Slaves to Fashion

This week, Dave and Gunnar talk about the worst virus remediation ever, the NSA all up in your phone, fashion advice from Dan Walsh, and a whole bunch of Gunnarbait.

This episode is dedicated to Seth Vidal. Please visit this page of Seth Vidal memorial events.

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• Gunnar’s housewarming gift to himself: The Uplift desk
• Smoking with skeumorphism, round 2:
  • Anti-Smoking Cage Helmet
  • An asthma-inhaler-looking Nicotine delivery device isn’t as cool as an electronic cigarette
  • What if they looked like Neuroin inhalers?



• AT&T Considers Selling Your Browsing History, Location, And More To Advertisers. Here’s How To Opt Out


• MIT Project Reveals What PRISM Knows About You


• This week in Gunnarbait: Security-Enhanced Android: NSA Edition
  • Reality check: Yes, the NSA contributed code to Android. No, you don’t have to freak out about it



• Get your very own “setenforce 1” tshirt


• For first time ever, feds asked to sit out Defcon hacker conference
  • Researchers Now Pulling Out of DEF CON In Response To Anti-Fed Position



• US government agency destroys hardware to clear malware


• No More 3D TV On The BBC Please, We’re British — And Glasses Are A Hassle


• Movie of the week: Bots High


• Survival Research Labs


• More Gunnarbait: Google Explains Why Its Cloud Service Is Different When It Comes To Lock-In


• Events
  • Mil-OSS, August 7th and 8th in Charleston, SC
  • Drupal4Gov, August 14 and 15th in DC



• Adam Clater wants an open standard instead of Dropbox


• Gunnar’s mom is using OpenShift (really!)
  • Joe Biden sings the praises of the Villages



• Gunnar plays with OwnCloud
  • OwnCloud on OpenShift thanks to Isaac Christoffersen
  • Liberate your Files: A Solution from Vizuri using ownCloud, OpenShift, & Red Hat Storage Server by Isaac Christoffersen, Matt Richards, Ted Brunell

Cutting Room Floor

• Mosh: SSH over UDP for stateless terminals
• Once you’ve mastered the Purdie Shuffle, try the Amen Break
• A piece of Gunnar’s childhood for sale
• Raspberry Pi powered anthropomorphic coffee making robot
• Hyper realistic 3D printed spider octopod robot
• RepRap Morgan: 3D printer that prints its own parts
  • Hardware design and controller firmware on GitHub



• Scratch-controlled barking robot dog! How Girls Should Serve Raspberry Pi


• How to Travel Around the World for $418


• Documents Reveal How the NSA Cracked the Kryptos Sculpture Years Before the CIA


• “Linux for Workgroups”: Linux 3.11’s feature set now confirmed

We Give Thanks

• Major Hayden for the Defcon tip
• Adam Clater for getting us to think about a more open Dropbox
• Isaac Christoffersen for the OwnCloud on OpenShift Quickstart
• Evan Rose reminding us of the Amen Break