Curmudgeon’s Corner: Until I Hit That Wall

On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner podcast, Sam and Ivan’s main topics are the tension between locked down and open computing device philosophies, the European refugee crisis, and Election 2016. In the Lightning Round we talk about social media, the Iran deal, the new Google logo, Kanye for President, Kermit and Miss Piggy, and much much more!

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Recorded 2015-09-03

Length this week – 1:42:54

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Show Details:

• (0:00:10-0:13:13) But First
  • Where Sam has Lived
  • Agenda
  • Cracked Phone
  • Raleigh-Durham Airport
• (0:13:56-0:28:06) Computing Philosophies
  • Apple hates Kevin Drum
  • Customization vs Supportability
  • Market for Both
• (0:28:45-0:42:56) Refugees
  • Fleeing to Europe
  • Drowned Syrian Boy
  • What do you do?
• (0:44:05-1:13:03) Election 2016
  • Mt. McKinley to Denali
  • Ben Carson Surge
  • This Week’s Trump Talk
  • Bush Advertising
  • Tribalism on Issues
  • Republican Loyalty Oath
  • Clinton falling apart?
  • Biden run?
  • Fun scenarios
• (1:14:23-1:42:34) Lightning Round
  • Facebook Hits a Billion
  • Orkut
  • Iran Deal done
  • Friendster
  • Book: The Scarlatti Inheritance
  • MySpace
  • Kanye West 2020
  • Kermit and Miss Piggy
  • GeoCities
  • Google Logo
  • Kim Davis and Gay Marriage
  • Classmates
  • Compuserve
  • Market Update
  • Putin Workout
  • Interstitial Ads