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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

(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...

(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 Tou...

(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 ....

(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. S...