Episode 87: #87: Always Cat6, Never Cat5

This week Dave and Gunnar talk about: airlines meeting security researchers, Firefox meeting advertisers, FitBit meeting dogs, Roomba meeting Orwell.

So I was in a local trolleybus earlier today, fiddling with the in-bus entertainment system. pic.twitter.com/qZ0d3Y6Q9r

— Martijn Grooten (@martijn_grooten) May 16, 2015

Feds Say That Banned Researcher Commandeered a Plane

Swedish Chamber of Commerce would appreciate you spending some time with Gripen.

Meanwhile: United Will Reward People Who Flag Security Flaws—Sort Of
Uber continues to be deplorable. That self-driving car partnership with CMU? More like a poaching vehicle.

Robot Hall of Fame

Firefox wants to optimize your ad experience: Firefox Will Soon Get Sponsored Suggested Tiles Based On Your Browsing History
Screengrab
Researchers want to optimize your Firefox experience: Firefox’s optional Tracking Protection reduces load time for top news sites by 44%
MiBand for $15

Ingrid’s plant gadgets
Planet Money on Xiaomi
OpenBand open source Android app for MiBand

Fitbit meets dog collar: DogTelligent
Optimizing your vacuum drone experience: The Next Roomba May Recognize All Your Crap
Palate cleanser: Video of cat wearing shark costume riding Roomba
The Open Organization by Jim Whitehurst
Watch FICO gush about how awesome OpenShift is
Slack as memo-list

Cutting Room Floor

HT Robin Price: Learn Vim the Web 2.0 way with OpenVIM
14 of the Most Depressing Place Names in North America
Don Draper reviews children’s books
Mad Men in the 21st century
New Seinfeld episode!
Fira Code font includes programming ligatures

We Give Thanks

Robin Price for the VIM tip!

This week Dave and Gunnar talk about: airlines meeting security researchers, Firefox meeting advertisers, FitBit meeting dogs, Roomba meeting Orwell.

So I was in a local trolleybus earlier today, fiddling with the in-bus entertainment system. pic.twitter.com/qZ0d3Y6Q9r

— Martijn Grooten (@martijn_grooten) May 16, 2015

Feds Say That Banned Researcher Commandeered a Plane

Swedish Chamber of Commerce would appreciate you spending some time with Gripen.

Meanwhile: United Will Reward People Who Flag Security Flaws—Sort Of

Uber continues to be deplorable. That self-driving car partnership with CMU? More like a poaching vehicle.

Robot Hall of Fame

Firefox wants to optimize your ad experience: Firefox Will Soon Get Sponsored Suggested Tiles Based On Your Browsing History

Screengrab

Researchers want to optimize your Firefox experience: Firefox’s optional Tracking Protection reduces load time for top news sites by 44%

MiBand for $15

Ingrid’s plant gadgets
Planet Money on Xiaomi
OpenBand open source Android app for MiBand

Fitbit meets dog collar: DogTelligent

Optimizing your vacuum drone experience: The Next Roomba May Recognize All Your Crap

Palate cleanser: Video of cat wearing shark costume riding Roomba

The Open Organization by Jim Whitehurst

Watch FICO gush about how awesome OpenShift is

Slack as memo-list

Cutting Room Floor

HT Robin Price: Learn Vim the Web 2.0 way with OpenVIM
14 of the Most Depressing Place Names in North America
Don Draper reviews children’s books
Mad Men in the 21st century
New Seinfeld episode!
Fira Code font includes programming ligatures

We Give Thanks

Robin Price for the VIM tip!