Episode 138 - Unleashing the Hell

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Cana-duh

• Bill C-51 ain’t no fun.
• The Rise and Fall of “KvonFinckyCRTC“.
• Unfortunately the real von Fincky is still going strong.
• “Psh, Netflix ain’t no thang”, says Rogers CEO.

Oh Shit Now You Have Unleashed The Hell

• AnonOps comes to Canada.
• Fuck this shit, I’m investing in Bitcoin…
• Could Pirates Be Your Friends?
• War coming to Canadian soil this century?
• Here’s why we might be singled oot.

Tired Old Media

• CBC TV: From arts champion to glorified karaoke club.
• Risk is the latest board game to become a movie. There are others?
• From the obvious department: Big content is strangling American innovation. REALLY?
• Warner Brothers goes all John Candy on Mel Blanc.
• Richard Dreyfuss just got a bit cooler.
• But the irrefutable fact is that anything + Samuel L. Jackson = awesome.

AppleAppleApple

• 2001 fans might remember that HAL just worked, too.
• So what are the alternatives? Here’s one. Here’s a bunch more.
• Apple store employee starts union.

Mobilicious

• Rogers to launch super-fast LTE mobile network in Ottawa.
• “They must be making crazy money off roaming.” — understatement of the year?

Pew Pew!

• N.Z. inventor readies ‘jetski for the skies‘. Oh, and we now have hoverbikes too.
• But you already knew we were in another tech bubble, rite?
• Globe & Mail calls for pot decrimimal… decrinimal… demininal… oh man, I’m so high right now.
• The Da Vinci Code in an Oreo cookie?

Shout-Outs

• Everybody say hi to Jerzy Jarmasz!

Music

• Fucked Up and their track Queen of Hearts. For serious.

Dyscuss

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Up Next

• To submit story ideas for next week’s show use the hashtag #dys139.
• Episode 139 will record on Thursday, June 23th at PAB 2011 in Ottawa! More deets to follow…