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Episode 260 - SHANEBOT 5000

We’re down a man this week due to a vicious voice-removing cold. Anth hangs in there and Shane makes and appearance… sorta. Give it a listen and join in! Stay in Touch Follow the team on Twitter:   @anthonymarco   @shanebee

Episode 259 - A Drone Again Naturally

We’re rockin’ it hard this week. Drones, mass dystruction, copyright trolls, and other stuff. Give it a listen and join in! Stay in Touch Follow the team on Twitter:   @anthonymarco   @shanebee

Episode 258 – Don't Fear The Reaper Drone

We’re rockin’ it hard this week. Drones, destruction, and stuff. Stay in Touch Subscribe to the blog  here . Point your podcatcher  here . Follow the team on Twitter:   @anthonymarco   @shanebee

Episode 257 – Some Kind of Cyber Dracula

Preamble What’s going on? We’re in… transition. Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our  irc channel  anytime — #dyscultured @ irc.zeronode.net. Stay in Touch Subscribe to the blog  here . Point your podcatcher  here . Follow the team on Twitter:  @acurrie   @anthonymarco   @shanebee   @wiseman

Episode 256 - I Can't Get Behind That Oosterman

Preamble What’s going on? We’re in… transition.

Episode 255 - Numismatic Kryptonite

Preamble What’s going on? We’re in… transition. Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our  irc channel  anytime — #dyscultured @ irc.zeronode.net. Stay in Touch Subscribe to the blog  here . Point your podcatcher  here . Follow the team on Twitter:  @acurrie   @anthonymarco   @shanebee   @wiseman

Episode 254 - We Love You So Much, Our Country Is Fucked

Preamble What’s going on? We’re in… transition. Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our  irc channel  anytime — #dyscultured @ irc.zeronode.net. Stay in Touch Subscribe to the blog  here . Point your podcatcher  here . Follow the team on Twitter:  @acurrie   @anthonymarco   @shanebee   @wiseman

Episode 253 - Cliffhanger

Our Google+ Hangout happened here Preamble Two new iPhones in 50 seconds, via The Verge’s YouTube channel . Cana-duh Canada betrays world, hands crypto keys to NSA . Priva-see How the NSA and GCHQ are undermining the very fabric of the Internet . Google’s response: more and better encryption . Going Mobile How the NSA hacks your phone . Freedom Can Epic Privacy Browser save the day? Copyfight Brits be damned, The Pirate Bay stays on Google . No Thanks For The Memory Wilikeaks publishes 9/11 pager intercepts . Never forget the terror we unleashed, in fear, upon ourselves . Pew-Pew Bitcoin kiosks coming to five Canadian cities . Hubris. Bell has it . Shout-outs It’s Mike Gifford’s birthday today — at least, that’s what a Google+ notification told me… Music From Isosine’s Mashup Manifesto III , Currie’s own mashup of the first two tracks. Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our irc channel anytime — #dyscultured @ irc.zeronode.net. Stay in Touch Subscribe to t

Episode 252 - TPP gets Spirited Away... Ponoes!

Our Google+ Hangout happened here Preamble Apparently our American friends hate mobile providers too . Cana-duh Further proof that Canada is at the kiddie table in TPP Talks . Priva-see Some folks’ privacy is more important than others , it seems. Freedom Google and Uber could transform America . Canada too, rite? Going Mobile Surprising no one, Microsoft officially gobbles up Nokia. Here’s what they got . Thanks For The Memory Hayao Miyazaki to retire. How’s this for a legacy? Codec Watch An update on Pono (not a Miyazaki film). Pew-Pew Time to rethink those selfies . Sell your Netflix stock (or just don’t use it). Fuck you too , Verizon. Shout-outs We don’t bake gluten free, but we like tweets from those who do . Music Best Totoro cover ever, via YouTube . Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our irc channel anytime — #dyscultured @ irc.zeronode.net. Stay in Touch Subscribe to the blog here . Point your podcatcher here . Follow the team on Twitter: @acur

Episode 251 - Verizon Twerking Canada?

Our Google+ Hangout happened here Preamble Did Canada just get cool again ? Cana-duh Bell directs Bell how to report on Bell . Problem? Priva-see German government warns against NSA, via Windows 8 . Freedom Encrypted IM — now with Pirate Bay pedigree ! Copyfight Of course you can’t use Chromecast to stream your own content, stupid … Going Mobile Verizon already having an impact on wireless prices here. The NeverEnding Story Defeated . Pew-Pew Leaked email reveals Steve Jobs to be history’s greatest monster (not really). Probably the worst field trip ever for Telus employees. With Ubuntu Edge gone bust, could this be Currie’s next phone ? Shout-outs Thank-you, Alex Blackie , wherever you are. Music Russian rockers Madison Road with their free track, “Burst Into Flames” — via Jamendo . Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our irc channel anytime — #dyscultured @ irc.zeronode.net. Stay in Touch Subscribe to the blog here . Point your podcatcher here . Follow

Episode 250 - Pimp My Snowmobile

Our Google+ Hangout happened here Preamble Glenn Greenwald on Twitter: “ Most amazing feat of US Govt is to get journalists to take the lead in demanding the criminalization of journalism .” Cana-duh Open Media’s to-do list for incoming Industry Minister James Moore. Khaki Pants BitTorrent (the company) makes TV shows now . Copyfight Google Play eBooks don’t travel well . Tired Old Media TIME Magazine hack calls for the assassination of Julian Assange , also on Twitter. Going Mobile The Big Three are actively blocking plans to bring cellular service to TTC. Freedom How great swaths of the web will shortly become Area 451 . The NeverEnding Story UK agents destroy Guardian hard drives , fail to grasp basic concepts of “redundancy”. SIU charges Toronto cop with second-degree murder . Who wants to bet this won’t stick? Pew-Pew Samsung sued over poor working conditions . Again. A stealth snowmobile? Only in Cana-duh … Shout-outs Happy belated,  Michael Maiatico ! Music The Wunder Bunch w

Episode 249 - EXPROPRIATE!!!

(MP3 here / Google+ Hangout here ) Preamble Mystery Science Theater 3000 would be very proud of this # fair4canada parody . Cana-duh Verizon delays plans to save Canada . Khaki Pants Social media as propaganda — not just for China and Russia anymore! Priva-see There’s just no escaping Facebook . Freedom Kids can’t use computers, and why that’s important . Going Mobile WIND Mobile switches over to 2 year tabs, doesn’t raise plans . The NeverEnding Story Lavabit does the right thing for users (including Snowden). Meshnets are cool . Pew-Pew A rare victory against The Nanny State . Worst. Launch Event. Ever . Shout-outs Who is Podcast Addict …? Music French rockeurs (?) Fresh Body Shop , with their free track “ Kids In Toy Land “. Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our irc channel anytime — #dyscultured @ irc.zeronode.net. Stay in Touch Subscribe to the blog here . Point your podcatcher here . Follow the team on Twitter: @acurrie @anthonymarco @shanebee @

Episode 248 - Beware the Rocket's Red Glare

Google+ Hangout happened here . Preamble A fairly shit-quality video about what’s supposedly Fair for Canada . Cana-duh If you thought our cops were bad … Priva-see TOR network compromised . Surveillance: from bad to worse . Copyfight 1,700 websites go dark to protest Russian version of SOPA . Going Mobile The cheap Canadian mobile phone service that isn’t available in Canada. Khaki Pants Community owned networks ftw! The NeverEnding Story Bell corrects billing error, raises rates to match Rogers and Telus. More bad news in the latest Snowden leak . Pew-Pew Canada and Mexico join US Homeland . Going to Japan? Beware the Bluetooth bidet assaults . Shout-outs Props to b0ngh1tt3r for submitting the most links this week. Music An American perspective on Canada, via Jamendo . Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our irc channel anytime — #dyscultured @ irc.zeronode.net. Stay in Touch Subscribe to the blog here . Point your podcatcher here . Follow the team on T

Episode 247 - Truth, Justice and The American Way

Google+ Hangout happened here . Preamble Amanda Lang an unlikely hero in “debate” with BCE’s George Cope . Cana-duh It’s legal to record our cops, though you may be arrested anyway . Freedom Bradley Manning not guilty of aiding the enemy, still faces up to 136 years in prison . Priva-see How exercising your user rights could make you the bad guy . Going Mobile  The Big Three’s cash grab, by the numbers . Khaki Pants All about the PayPal Mafia . Too Seksy That was unexpected… UK porn filter will censor other content too . Huawei guilty by association ? The NeverEnding Story US government apparently wants our passwords now . Incumbent telco CEO just wants a fair chance . Pew-Pew Netflix: TV isn’t just TV anymore . Microsoft accuses Microsoft of copyright infringement. Shout-outs Culeta and I use the same VoIP service . Maybe you should too… Music Courtesy of Rathole Radio Episode 106 , here’s Windsor rockers The Blue Stones and their PWYW track, Rolling with the Punches . Dyscuss Some

Episode 246 - KEEP PORN AND CARRY ON

Google+ Hangout happened here . Preamble Mark Shuttleworth’s “ crazy, beautiful idea “. Cana-duh How a small town in Alberta became the digital envy of the nation . Too Seksy UK PM plans porn filter , then backpedals . But no backpedaling for this Winnipeg MP . Priva-see SIM cards hacked , but you don’t really have to worry. Going Mobile Ubuntu crowdfunds its first smartphone . Thanks For The Memory Alan Turing given posthumous pardon . The NeverEnding Story Rogers/Telus CEOs play good cop / bad cop . Racist on-air mistake? What racist on-air mistake ? Pew-Pew Google’s brand-new Chromecast — guess where it’s not yet available? Good guy Greg pays it forward at Winnipeg Edmonton Tim’s. Shout-outs MMD keeps the heat on that Telus shill — the proof is in the comments ! Music If tonight’s ep clocks in at three hours it’s because Anth is playing something from Phish … Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our irc channel anytime — #dyscultured @ irc.zeronode.net.

Episode 245 - Odroneobama

Google+ Hangout happened here . Preamble That’s some fine journalism there … Cana-duh Telus exec defends high cost of wireless in Canada. Going Mobile Bell and Telus respond to Canada’s new wireless code. Copyfight HBO issues takedown request for VLC. Priva-see Everything you need to know about PRISM… with bonus infographic ! Khaki Pants Why we can no longer trust Microsoft . Freedom Bitcoin exchanges get a helping hand from the Internet Archive . Pew-Pew Edward Snowden nominated for Nobel Peace Prize . What your iPhone doesn’t want you to type . From the obvious department: legal alternatives are a successful deterrent to piracy. Shout-outs We’re a bit thin on feedback this week, but we’ll take what we can get . Music See you if can spot the Canadian connection in the latest episode of RAP NEWS . Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our irc channel anytime — #dyscultured @ irc.zeronode.net. Stay in Touch Subscribe to the blog here . Point your podcatcher

Episode 244 - Snag A Charta Wholly Fail

Google+ Hangout happened here . Preamble NSA college recruitment drive goes horribly wrong. Listen to the rest of it here . Cana-duh Google, Bell deny mass surveillance of Canadians . Guess it’s just a FAD , anyway… Priva-see U.S. court rejects “state secrets” defense. Khaki Pants Google reportedly pays Adblock Plus to show you ads anyway. Copyfight Jay-Z/Samsung “exclusive”: everybody wins ? Going Mobile How Koodo and Rogers will deal with the new wireless code. Tired Old Media Who owns what in Canadian media. Pew-Pew DND sells part of missile defence system. By mistake . Ontario coders get their school back . Vancouver startup vows to out-fiber Google . Bell Mobility picks the wrong guy to fuck with. Shout-outs Good guy Tom Morello gives the right answer on Twitter . Music Album of the summer ain’t Jay-Z, it’s Daft Punk — and since we can’t play Daft Punk … Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our irc channel anytime — #dyscultured @ irc.zeronode.net.

Episode 243 - Edward Snowjob

(MP3 here / Google+ Hangout here ) Preamble An Edward Snowden update, via CNN . Cana-duh Eight ways we’re winning, digitally . And one more . Going Mobile Tough times for incumbent Canadian telcos: Exhibit A here ; B here . Priva-see Silicon Valley’s finest to protest against NSA spying . Khaki Pants Stupid blogs will print anything for pageviews. Tired Old Media Though largely nixed by Hollywood prix, Google still pix blockbuster flix . Copyfight The Pirate Bay turns 10 . The NeverEnding Story Meet PRISM’s little brother, Socmint . The internets can’t seem to decide what Glenn Greenwald is . Gun-crazy U of T student prints his own 3D weapon . Pew-Pew Kickstarter is coming to Canada . Zomg, DIY transhumanism !!1! Radiowave porn ? Shout-outs A special shout-out this week to our Victoria friends, though the alleged bomb threat there yields more questions than answers … Music Good god, the cheese! Here’s the official anthem for the 2013 Calgary Stampede . Dyscuss Something to say? Leav

Episode 242 - Heaping Plates Of Justice!

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(MP3 here / Google+ Hangout here ) Preamble Rockstar reporter Glenn Greenwald is our new hero, via YouTube . Cana-duh Opposing views on Bill C-309: Exhibit A here , B here . Priva-see Surprising no one, British spy agency revealed to be NSA’s bitch . Patently Absurd One of the worst patents ever gets upheld in U.S. court. Going Mobile What’s the deal with Mobilicity, WIND and Verizon ? Copyfight BitTorrent teams up with Public Enemy for crowdsourced music . Tired Old Media 6 companies control 90% of media in ‘Murica (vs. Canada’s 2 or 3). Khaki Pants Best cease-and-desist ever? The NeverEnding Story Whistleblowing re-branded as Insider Threats . Big Data: The good, the bad and the ugly . Yet another reason to consider CyanogenMod . Pew-Pew Vic Toews retires from politics . Canadian ambassadors not popular on Twitter . Grenada cops, more so . Shout-outs Donate to WikiLeaks before July 1st, when VISA tries to fuck them over again . Music It’s back to the ’90s with Rob Szabo ‘s Groove

Episode 241 - The New Face of Cyber Diplomacy

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(MP3 here / Google+ Hangout here ) Preamble An assemblage of Apple adjectives from WWDC, courtesy of The Verge . Cana-duh Our brave new world of digital diplomacy . Mmkay… Priva-see How CyanogenMod is giving Android users their privacy back . Spy vs. Spy Waitaminnit, that’s not a power brick … Going Mobile Verizon considering bid for WIND Mobile ? Copyfight Lawsuit filed against “Happy Birthday” rights holders. And this page of prior art might win the case. Tired Old Media Spielberg, Lucas predict massive implosion in film industry. Khaki Pants Here’s a list you don’t want to be on … The NeverEnding Story The TPP is as bad as you think, says Member of Congress Alan Grayson . Google’s VP9 video codec gets Chromium preview ahead of Chrome, YouTube debuts. Pew-Pew How Bell will circumvent adhere to Cana-duh’s new wireless code . MySpace deletes blogs, asks users to vote on the idea of getting them back. Shout-outs Thanks to Sean Soderman for the heads-up re: a missing audio file.

Episode 240 - Tinfoil Hat Tribunal

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(MP3 here / Google+ Hangout here ) Freeform Podcasting at it’s finest Well we didn’t have shownotes, jingles (for the most part!), or Andrew this week… Nor did we record at the right time or day of the week. But we did get around to addressing some of the latest and greatest breaches of your security as provided by the NSA, CSEC and any number of other alphabet agencies. For background and reference to articles discussed in this episode please refer to the Dyscultured Reddit Shout Out’s A quick shout out to MMD for finding us and joining in on the chat for episode #240. Also apologies for the time we didn’t seem to be attentive while Google Hangouts left us hanging. Music A great soundtrack for the Tinfoil Tribunal… Limblifter – “Tinfoil” … Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our irc channel anytime — #dyscultured @ irc.zeronode.net. Stay in Touch Subscribe to the blog here . Point your podcatcher here . Follow the team on Twitter: @acurrie @anthonymarc

Episode 239 - The Long Lens of the Law

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(MP3 here / Google+ Hangout here ) Preamble An intro to tonight’s top story by Peter Mansbridge . CanaDUH Canada’s new wireless code . And the award for best dissection goes to Howard Chui . Priva-see Montreal cops to get 21st century weapons . Toronto cops beat up reporters now… Copyfight ARM’s anti-piracy processor for mobile phones. Going Mobile Ottawa kills Telus-Mobilicity deal . The NeverEnding Story Google must comply with NSLs, says federal judge . Prenda seeds it own porn . Pew-Pew No porn on Google Glass . Former Microsoft Manager now Marijuana Mogul . Shout-outs Best reddit comment ever. Music Well that was unexpected … Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our irc channel anytime — #dyscultured @ irc.zeronode.net. Stay in Touch Subscribe to the blog here . Point your podcatcher here . Follow the team on Twitter: @acurrie @anthonymarco @shanebee @wiseman

Episode 238 - Duffman Has A Bad Feeling About This!

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(MP3 here / Google+ Hangout here ) Preamble How to get Toronto’s crack-smoking mayor to call you a racist, via NOW Magazine . CanaDUH The Duffy buck stops here . Priva-see Toronto man tries to film cops, with predictable results . Freedom! WordPress turns 10 . Khaki Pants What is Starpilot ? Going Mobile Foolproof sexy pics app not so foolproof . The NeverEnding Story The verdict is in on robocalls . 3D printing saves a life . Pew-Pew Headphone tech = faster Internet . Zomg, my money smells like maple syrup !!1! Shout-outs Jim Henshaw shows us how to roll our own Rob Ford crack video . Music Music worth paying for… The Heavyweights Brass Band with their cover of Beat It. Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our irc channel anytime — #dyscultured @ irc.zeronode.net. Stay in Touch Subscribe to the blog here . Point your podcatcher here . Follow the team on Twitter: @acurrie @anthonymarco @shanebee @wiseman

Episode 237 - Are You There God? It's Me, Robbie!

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(MP3 here / Google+ Hangout here ) Preamble Wolf Blitzer gets an unexpected answer from Oklahoma tornado survivor. CanaDUH Downloading torrents. Everybody’s doing it . Copyfight Teacher uploads book for students, with predictable results . Going Mobile How Ottawa failed to break the big three’s wireless stranglehold . Khaki Pants Competition Bureau to investigate Google Canada , and why it probably won’t matter. Pew-Pew Bell liable for 911 charges to customers who didn’t receive service, plans appeal . Cellular contracts are so fucked up here that there are professional contract negotiators now. Finally, some good news: How’d you like to charge your phone in twenty seconds ? And this, ladies and gentlemen, is crowdfunding at its very best . Shout-outs Props to fellow Drupal user and listener Mike Gifford . Music Swan Song for Mobilicity? Here’s Doin’ It Unlimited , one of the many guerilla videos on their YouTube channel. Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in

Episode 236 - Planet Earth Is Blue And There's Nothing I Can Do

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(MP3 here / Google+ Hangout here ) Preamble “Minister Paradis… is a lame duck.” OH SNAP ! CanaDUH Guess who’s falling behind the rest of the world on open data and government ? Priva-see Saudi surveillance . If it can happen there… Khaki Pants The Facebook Home disaster . Going Mobile All hail… Koodo ? Tired Old Media YouTube deals “ a coup ” for Canadian producers. The NeverEnding Story Neflix rearms for a Canadian onslaught . Canipre v. TekSavvy reaches a wider audience via the CBC and Macleans . U.S. Homeland Security becomes aware of Bitcoin, acts predictably . Pew-Pew Zomg, 2013 World Press Photo of the Year UZD PHOTOSCHLOP FILTERZ !!1! As jokes go, file this one under too easy . Shout-outs What do this and this have in common? Find out tonight! Music Because David Bowie in space , that’s why. Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our irc channel anytime — #dyscultured @ irc.zeronode.net. Stay in Touch Subscribe to the blog here . Point your podcatcher

Episode 235 - You Say Good Buy, And They Say Silo

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(MP3 here / Google+ Hangout here ) Preamble Hey kids, BitTorrent says it’s cool for pay for shit now … CanaDUH That $3-billion BCE/Astral deal is good for Canadians? Prove it, says CRTC . Going Mobile Speaking of silos … Tired Old Media Redditors to marketers: Stop telling us how to be Canadian ! Priva-see Another reason to not make phone calls . Khaki Pants Facebook’s newest security innovation: your friends . Thanks For The Memory RIP Ray HarryHausen . The NeverEnding Story From bad to worse for Prenda . Welcome to the era of open-source guns . Pew-Pew So all those jokes about Staples weren’t so far off … Movie piracy worse than ever. IMAGiNE that ! Shout-outs Zomg, moar blog commentz !!1! Music An absolutely cringe-worthy Maple Laffs anthem from another era. Please be eliminated soon! Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our irc channel anytime — #dyscultured @ irc.zeronode.net. Stay in Touch Subscribe to the blog here . Point your podcatcher here . Follo

Episode 234 - I'm Not An Engineer

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(MP3 here / Google+ Hangout here ) Preamble Samsung’s billion-dollar worldwide GS4 marketing campaign in action . CanaDUH That’s a lot of breaches , yo. Tired Old Media Some tough questions for that all-Canadian movie channel. Making cents of/in streaming music services . Going Mobile On the economics of SMS , and its future . Ontario looks to regulate cell phone contracts . Thanks For The Memory The world wide web’s first site is back online . The NeverEnding Story Google Fiber the remedy for stagnant ISPs . CISPA DOA, for now . Is there anything 3D printers can’t do ? Pew-Pew Bitcoins are taxable, says CRA . Awesome. Impressive. Fascinating. Stupid . I guess this is a generational thing …? Shout-outs Help the PPCA keep their official party status . Music From 1988’s  Today , here’s Galaxie 500 and their track, Tugboat . Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our irc channel anytime — #dyscultured @ irc.zeronode.net. Stay in Touch Subscribe to the blog here .

Episode 233 - Bigfoot Municipal Park

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(MP3 here / Google+ Hangout here ) Preamble Political attack ads: You’re doing it right . CanaDUH City of Vancouver has a digital strategy , says Vancouver-based lobbying group. Priva-see Can Facebook, Google and Twitter be trusted ? Freedom Japanese ISPs urged to block TOR . Bonus insight into Japanese judicial system here . Khaki Pants reddit reflects on a witch-hunt . Tired Old Media Why Canaduh sucks at TV . Going Mobile A weekend with Bell’s MiFi and LTE . The NeverEnding Story San Diego police confirm that camera phones are the new guns . Pew-Pew That’s some fast Internet , yo. Toddlers need treatment for iPad addiction . Chechen President responds to Boston bombings on Instagram . Shout-outs Our superstar web designer is thinking about a new theme for our humble site. Egg him on! Music Deliberately using this to plug this . For the rest of the story, watch this . Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our irc channel anytime — #dyscultured @ irc.zerono

Episode 232 - Paradis By The Dashboard Lights

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(MP3 here / Google+ Hangout here ) Preamble The Boston Marathon bombings, via Boston.com — wise words about that here . Cana-duh OpenMedia campaign gets Industry Minister’s attention. Khaki Pants RyWi rants about anti-social media . Possibly-related link from WIRED here . Copyfight Swedish Pirate Party crowd-sources settlements . Tired Old Media The economics of Girl Talk . Going Mobile If at first you don’t succeed, merge ? Thanks For The Memory The Archive of Historical Computer Software is here, and it is very, very large . Pew-Pew Google prepares for your death . Amazon Android app store coming to Canada . BlackBerry 10 by the numbers . What happens when you give 4chan images of the Boston Marathon? This . Shout-outs Thanks to the Miro Guide for acknowledging our existence . Music From All Day here’s Girl Talk, with “Jump on Stage”. Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our irc channel anytime — #dyscultured @ irc.zeronode.net. Stay in Touch Subscribe t

Episode #231 - Instaslammer

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(MP3  here  / Google+ Hangout  here )   Preamble Let’s call it a surprise shall we … Cana-duh RBC BAD ? Hoote not so sweet? Copyfight Access copyright against fair dealing! US Patent office lowers standards to fix backlog ? Issues self Patent for idea Freedom Instagram again in the news. Mobile App attacks are under way Mobile Trio to exit lobby group, claim big player bias Tired Old Media Bubble Check, Check 1, Check 2 Aereo we go again this week. Pew-Pew No one like video ads then? Lasers and Drones in the same headline. $%(&#^(#! Shout-outs The A B C’s Music Lee Reid and John P- Written Large

Episode 230 - UN-DONE by BSOD

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(MP3 here / Google+ Hangout here ) Preamble An honest cable provider … Cana-duh DSL rates drop in Ontario. Oh Shane what say ye West Coast Supreme court rules in favour of … why didn’t we have this protection already? Freedom So long as you don’t poke the Google Tired Old Media Millions of mini antennae, but is anything really on? Aereo is like rabbit ears for you smart device. Privacy Citizen, please return your Glass to it’s upright and recording position Copyfight Want to resell your MP3s online? You must this one blew up the Reddit ReDigi loses in US District Court copyright fight. The G&M covered it here Prenda lawyers take the fifth Khaki Pants A little less spam with your Google News Getty getting in on some Instagram scratch Pew-Pew Alerts on watch ? Bigger is not bettar ? Condom company cooks one up Shout-outs What would we do without Saint Reddit Music Stripped down in RyWi’s living room: The Wilderness of Manitoba Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Com

Episode 229 - Don't Make Your Dog Dance

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(MP3 here / Google+ Hangout here ) Preamble   A partially-printed AR-15 . Eep. Cana-duh Jesse Brown, George Burger and Robert Lantos — oh, my! (the opposite of) Freedom Homeland Security has a look at Canadians’ health records, with predictable results . Privacy FBI wants in on your GMail. In real time . Copyfight Help the FSF fight Hollyweb . Khaki Pants A Tiny Tiny solution to Readergate. Also, this . Going Mobile With WIND Mobile apparently up for sale , there are two ways T-Mobile USA could save it. Here’s one . The Neverending Story A small victory in the ongoing fight against the TPP. YOU ARE NO LONGER BEING TRACKED. Check out our new sharing buttons, courtesy of Bruce Schneier (via Mark ST). Pew-Pew Corrupt congressman caught bragging on Twitter about pro-CISPA payola. There’s a Bitcoin ATM now. Shout-outs Our thoughts are with Gary Miller and his dad … Music An ode to mainframe computers, via YouTube . Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our irc

Episode 228 - Does The Pope Dys In The Woods?

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(MP3 here / Google+ Hangout here ) Preamble From reddit to YouTube, Explain Like I’m Five . Cana-duh, Fuck Yeah! Toronto tech startup’s brave new Android keyboard . Canada loves Square even more than ‘murica . Chromebooks are coming . Do we care? Freedom UK government inks mandate for open source software . Privacy Federal judge finds NSLs unconstitutional and bans them . The Internet is a surveillance state . Copyfight Supreme court to Jamme Thomas-Rasset: “ Nope .” Khaki Pants God damn it, Google … Going Mobile An introduction to the Android modding community . God damn it, Android … The Neverending Story Wireless mythbusters debunked. Again . Pew-Pew The 1982 directory of Internet users . “My Amazon bestseller made me $12,000 nothing .” Are you ready for 3D-printed guns ? How about the image toaster ? Shout-outs Sometimes it’s the little things. Props this week to redditor Sachryriel . Music Everything Everything was at SXSW?!! Here’s their free track, COUGH COUGH . Dyscuss Someth