• Gunnar builds a Gemini-powered virtual team: It's all about perspective.
  
• Farewell Pocket, hello Wallabag or Instapaper?
  
• Ethically sourced “spare” human bodies could revolutionize medicine
  
  • His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
    
• Fake Passport Generated by ChatGPT Bypasses Security
  
• An episode of The Simpsons? Fake speakers found in Chinese Volvos.
  
  • The Simpsons: I know a genuine Magnetbox, Panaphonic, & Sorny when I see one.
    
• The Commodore 64’s Forgotten CD-ROM
  
• Google's Co-Founder Says AI Performs Best When You Threaten It
  
• Erich Morisse asks: What If We’re Mean To AI and It's Faster?

Cutting Room Floor

• The Business Cards of American Psycho
  
• Alarm App Demands You Watch Advertisement to Hit "Snooze" Button
  
• Influenders
  
• Middle-Aged Man Trading Cards Go Viral in Rural Japan Town

Character Card: Dave Egts, the Tech Conduit

• Class: Information Broker/Wandering Scholar
  
• Level: 10 (Represents seasoned experience in gathering and disseminating information)
  
• Key Stats:
  
  • Intelligence: 14 (Keen interest in technology and current events)
    
  • Wisdom: 13 (Experienced in presenting information and guiding discussions)
    
  • Charisma: 15 (Engaging host, able to connect with listeners and Gunnar)
    
  • Dexterity: 11 (Likely adept at navigating digital interfaces)
    
  • Constitution: 10 (Average resilience)
    
  • Strength: 9 (Less emphasis on physical prowess)
    
• Skills:
  
  • Information Gathering: +4 (Constantly bringing up news and interesting links)
    
  • Persuasion: +5 (Convincing in his role as host)
    
  • Technology Lore: +4 (Knowledgeable about various technologies, especially AI)
    
  • Networking: +3 (Maintains connections, has an intern)
    
  • Podcastcasting: +5 (Years of experience hosting the "Dave and Gunnar Show")
    
• Equipment/Tools:
  
  • The Scroll of Cutting Room Findings: A collection of intriguing and often bizarre information snippets.
    
  • The Referral Link Amulet: Grants minor luck when promoting digital services.
    
  • The Microphone of Amplification: Enhances his voice and presence.
    
• Special Abilities:
  
  • Rapid Link Retrieval: Can quickly recall and share relevant information from his vast mental archives.
    
  • Interruption Evasion: Skilled at navigating conversational tangents and bringing the focus back.
    
  • Beard of Minor Intimidation: Once grew a beard that reportedly scared children. (Grants a +1 to Intimidation checks, but only when visibly bearded).
    

Character Card: Gunnar Hellekson, the Organized Sage

• Class: Productivity Master/Lorekeeper
  
• Level: 10 (Represents deep knowledge and refined organizational skills)
  
• Key Stats:
  
  • Intelligence: 15 (Deeply analytical and knowledgeable in various subjects)
    
  • Wisdom: 14 (Offers insightful perspectives and well-reasoned opinions)
    
  • Charisma: 12 (Engaging in discussions, though sometimes focused on his own systems)
    
  • Dexterity: 12 (Likely efficient with digital tools and interfaces)
    
  • Constitution: 11 (Average resilience)
    
  • Strength: 8 (Less emphasis on physical pursuits)
    
• Skills:
  
  • Organization: +6 (Master of Todoist and the PARA method)
    
  • Lore (Technology): +4 (Extensive knowledge of tech trends and concepts)
    
  • Lore (Games): +4 (Passionate about Dungeons & Dragons and video games like Fallout)
    
  • Insight: +4 (Able to identify underlying issues and biases)
    
  • Digital Note-Taking: +3 (Proficient with InstaPaper)
    
• Equipment/Tools:
  
  • The Immaculate Todoist Ledger: A constantly updated record of tasks, goals, and accountabilities.
    
  • The InstaPaper Tome of Summaries: Contains AI-generated summaries of vast amounts of information.
    
  • The D&D Dice of Fate: Used for both entertainment and occasional insightful pronouncements.
    
• Special Abilities:
  
  • Systematic Efficiency: Can optimize tasks and processes for maximum productivity.
    
  • Lore Recall: Able to access detailed knowledge on a wide range of topics, especially related to technology and games.
    
  • Twitter Banishing Aura: Once permanently deleted his Twitter account, creating a zone of social media detachment around him.
    
  • PARA Method Mastery: Can impose order on chaotic situations with a well-defined system.

We Give Thanks

• Erich Morisse for having us think about AI kindness!

• Grammarly
• Pocket
• Feedly
• Blogtrottr
• Slack
• Remember the Milk
• Todoist
• Drafts
• DayOne
• 1Password
• Bitwarden
• uBlock Origin
• Video Speed Controller
• GL.iNet Flint (GL-AX1800)
• Chromebooks
• Thermoworks Thermapens
• Radbike Radrunner 2
• Yamaha MT/FZ-09
• Anything from Tom Bihn
• Raspberry Pi 5 (coming soon!)
• Scratch
  • The Great Guinea Pig Escape
• Turing Tumble and Spintronics

We Give Thanks

• Carolyn Ford for the topic idea and being a D&G superfan!
• The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
• The D&G audience for spending your time with us through the years!

• GovCon Expert David Egts Joins MuleSoft as Public Sector Field CTO
• Pocket
• Drafts
• The Pentagon may require vendors certify their software is free of known flaws. Experts are split.
  • Related: Brondell S1000-E Swash 1000 Elongated Bidet Toilet Seat With Remote Control
• Meet the Polish LARPers Who Pretend to Be American
  • Cleveland Dyngus Day
  • An Excursion Through This Polish Village Will Make You Feel Thousands Of Miles Away From Cleveland

Cutting Room Floor

• This Pipe Does Not Exist
• This Image Does Not Exist
• AI generated-brands
• GhostlyStock: Freely-usable images summoned from beyond the aether. Energized by AI.
• Last Shift Office Chair
• You Don't Even Have to Sit Up Under Your Own Power With This Motorized Gaming Bed
  • I Cannot in Good Faith Recommend This Japanese Desk Tent
• Dr. Dre, Medieval Version
• Killing In The Name Performed By The North Korean Military Chorus (Rare Footage)
  • Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine / Rockin'1000 in Frankfurt

We Give Thanks

• The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!

• 'It’s a Moral Imperative:' Archivists Made a Directory of 5,000 Coronavirus Studies to Bypass Paywalls
  • Coronavirus Is Not The ‘Corona Beer Virus,’ What People Are Googling
  • See also: Plague Inc. maker: Don’t use our game for coronavirus modeling
    • Lemonade Stand
    • PharmaSim
• To-Read: Civilization and Capitalism 15th-18th Century, Vol. 1: The Structures of Everyday Life by Fernand Braudel
• Beria: Stalin's First Lieutenant
• Cry for help? Dave read 9M words in Pocket, equivalent to 122 books. He’s a one-percenter.
• Kid’s Bulletproof Hoodie (Unisex)
• Turn Your Cat's Face Into A Wearable Mask
• AirPod Carrying Strap
• New USB cable kills your Linux laptop if stolen in a public place
• Getting Your Team to Do More Than Meet Deadlines
  • See also this shameless plug: 10 tips to run more effective meetings in 2020

Cutting Room Floor

• OpenStreetMap Haiku project generates poetry about your location
• Welsh Password Generator
• New tweet generator mocks venture capitalists
• LaCroix flavor generator
  • See also

We Give Thanks

• The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!

• Just sayin’: 13 'brain belts' where the world's smartest people reside
• Vogue: 6 Reasons Akron, Ohio, Should Be On Your Radar
• Pocket
• Tom Bihn Tristar and Daylight combo
• Hyatt Regency DFW International Airport
• 465k patients told to visit doctor to patch critical pacemaker vulnerability
• Meanwhile: Game Boy Advance Hiding In a Medical Device
• Fake domain names with unicode characters: Chrome, Firefox, and Opera users beware: This isn’t the apple.com you want
  • Try this: Go to https://www.xn--80ak6aa92e.com/
    • YMMV depending upon browser (works on Firefox, but not on Chrome)
• Coinhive: "Monetize Your Business With Your Users' CPU Power"
  • D&G Term of the Week: Cryptojacking
    • Coinhive Is Rapidly Becoming a Favorite Tool Among Malware Devs
    • Chrome Extension Embeds In-Browser Monero Miner That Drains Your CPU
    • Showtime Websites Used to Mine Monero, Unclear If Hack or an Experiment
    • Someone Made an Ad Blocker But for Cryptocurrency Mining
• Symantec CEO: Get Commercial Software Off National Security Systems
• Exclusive: Symantec CEO says source code reviews pose unacceptable risk
• Would You Video Chat With An Airline Customer Service Rep?

Cutting Room Floor

• Robots, Now Wielding Nunchucks
• The Dadbag
  • See the whole product line
• Sony Releases New Earbud Detangling Spray
• Quickly Find the Hipster Neighborhoods in Any Major City With This Tool
• Emacs client for Slack brings Zawinski's Law of Software Envelopment to 2017
  • See also Emacs client for Rocketchat (HT Anthony Green)
• Greek philosopher or ailment?
• Memory Chemicals: For more information, please reread

We Give Thanks

• Anthony Green
• The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!