#27: Manchurian Candidate

This week, Dave and Gunnar talk about: spying, conspiracy theories, boxing and calculus in Ohio, Klingons in Illinois, the return of Nirmal, a ball peen update, and LUG parenting teachable moments.

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• Don King‘s Ohio training compound is close to Mike Tyson‘s Ohio abandoned mansion with tiger cages in Trumbull, OH
• Indian Government To Ban Use of US Email Services For Official Communications
• Google Facebook privacy disappointment of the week: Facebook To Overhaul Data Use Policy
• Sponsorship opportunity #1: Gunnar Advanced Computer Eyewear
• Life imitating art? From 2011: The Onion: Facebook “Is Truly A Dream Come True For The CIA”
• NSA compromised crypto standards?
• Tencent is giving away 10 TB worth of free cloud storage, Baidu and Qihoo 360 offer 1 TB
• Bruce Schneier on conspiracy theories
• “Secrets belong to a small assortment of individuals, and inevitably become hostage to private agendas.” — Malcolm Gladwell
• Watch Ask a Korean dismantle Malcolm Gladwell
• Praveen Swami in 2010: Wikileaks ‘secrets’ reveal the paranoid mindset of internet activists obsessed with conspiracies
• There’s always HavenCo
  • Gunnar’s friend Evan Rose built the Sealand and HavenCo websites back in the day!
  • Evan in hindsight: “Holy sh*tsnacks, that’s ugly”



• Career advice PSA: Public cloud salesmen should not flock to be smart watch salesmen


• OhioState’s calculus MOOC is on GitHub
  • Jim Fowler makes Dave want to take calculus again



• Dave presenting via web with David A. Wheeler and Josh Davis at GovLoop Government Innovators Virtual Summit on September 10


• Gunnar keynotes NC DataPalooza on September 12


• Dave receiving AFCEA DC AFCEAN of the Month award at AFCEA DC’s Monthly Luncheon on September 16


• Dave as panelist at GovLoop Agency of the Future on September 17


• Gunnar presenting at NIST Cloud Computing and Mobility workshop on October 1-3


• Dave as panelist at Symantec Government Symposium on October 2


• Gartner ITxpo on October 6-10


• Red Hat Government Symposium registration now open!


• Illinois Government Website Offers Klingon Translation, but not Vulcan
  • Related: Star Trek III is back on Netflix streaming but Dave and Lauren don’t see the Klingon or Vulcan subtitle options on our Roku



• Movie of the week: There Will Be Blood


• A Partner We Like: Booz Allen Hamilton’s US Army Red Hat Summit Innovation Award video and success story are now live!


• Concerning trend: First the NFL, now IT suffers from the consequences repeated head trauma


• Sponsorship opportunity #2: The Economist app is amazing: articles in their distinctive font, and podcasting all rolled into one


• Sponsorship opportunity #3: We learn what “peening” is, and it’s not as inappropriate as you might think, thanks to Trey Oats and Adam Clater


• Parenting lesson learned: Don’t be a helicopter LUG parent and let your child find her own presenters

Cutting Room Floor

• “Major Says” lives!
• Eric Mill of Sunlight posts a how-to for adding HTTPS your website for $0
• Mark Bohannon‘s Open Source in Government update

We Give Thanks

• Jim Fowler for making math education even more interesting and useful.
• Trey Oats and Adam Clater for peening best practices.
• Mel McGee for answering Lauren’s call to present on wearable computing at the Akron LUG!