Episode 194 - Resistance is McFutile

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Preamble

• Dan Bull on the shenanigans of Lord Finesse, via this YouTube vid.

Cana-duh

• A great day for Canadian copyfighters.
• So why is this uni student so confused?

Khaki Pants

• Redditor turns to Twitter for amazing reconstruction of tragic shooting.

Copyfight

• What happened, Avaaz? You used to be cool.
• P.S. sign the damn petition.

AppleAppleApple

• How embarrassing…
• How even more embarrassing…

Goin’ Mobile

• Canadian Business Magazine not bullish on RIM’s survival.
• So much for the power of conversation.

Tired Old Media

• This week’s example of The Streisand Effect.

The Fuck…?

• Human cyborg physically assaulted by the staff of a Parisian McDonald’s.

It’s Not News, It’s Pew-Pews

• Dotcom judge steps down.
• Qantas ditches BlackBerry for iPhone.
• Someone found a hardware partner… Jolla!
• Here comes Facebook voter registration.

Shout-outs

• A summer challenge from Currie.
• And thanks to our retweeters. (soon to be redditors?)

Music

• Well obviously, it’s Defending Mac Miller by Dan Bull.

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