The Drill Down

Bound-2

This week, the NSA is up to its dirty tricks again & tech companies beef up their security in response, SOPA may be back in a secret treaty uncovered by WikiLeaks, are Amazon employees working themselves sick? and will cellphone use finally be allowed on planes?

Hot Topic

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: Against Privacy by Cold War Kids

More Headlines

Music Break: Whip the Llama's Ass by Wesley Willis

Final Word

The Drill Down Video of the Week

James Franco & Seth Rogen recreate Kanye's Bound 2 music video

Side-By-Side Comparison With Kanye's 'Bound 2'

Outro: Bound by Ponderosa Twins Plus One

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Geeks Of Doom’s The Drill Down is a roundtable-style audio podcast where we discuss the most important issues of the week, in tech and on the web and how they affect us all.

Hosts are Geeks of Doom contributor Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Box tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan. Occasionally joining them is Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor.

Direct download: The_Drill_Down_-_Show_304.mp3
Category:technology -- posted at: 7:30am EDT

TDD 303

The holiday season is coming up and The Drill Down would like you to be ready for it. So as we do every year around this time, we’ve prepared a list of what we consider the perfect tech gifts to give... and get this holiday. So before you stand around for hours this Black Friday, spend some time with The Drill Down.

Dwayne:

  1. Chromecast
  2. Kindle
  3. iPad Mini
  4. Netflix (For a year)
  5. Playstation 4 / Xbox One

Tosin:

  1. Chromecast
  2. Pebble
  3. Games: Tomb Raider, Rocksmith
  4. Arduino
  5. Archer episodes

Andrew:

  1. No 2013 Next-Gen Consoles / GTA V
  2. iPad Air
  3. Breaking Bad: The Complete Series [Blu-ray]
  4. iOS games: Device 6 / Haunting Melissa / Fetch - A Boy and His Dog
  5. Olympus OM-D E-M1 camera

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: Shopping by Pet Shop Boys

The Drill Down Video of the Week
The ‘Breaking Bad’ Alternate Ending You All Wanted (Video)

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Geeks Of Doom’s The Drill Down is a roundtable-style audio podcast where we discuss the most important issues of the week, in tech and on the web and how they affect us all.

Hosts are Geeks of Doom contributor Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Box tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan. Occasionally joining them is Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor.

Direct download: The_Drill_Down_-_Show_303.mp3
Category:technology -- posted at: 8:00am EDT

Marvel-Defenders

This week, Twitter stock launches, Snapchat turns down Facebook, a new 3d printer using sound and lasers, Russians bring malware into space, Netflix makes a super deal with Marvel, and as it turns out, This IS The End for DVD rentals...

What We're Playing With

Andy: GameStick
Tosin: Universal Media Server
Dwayne: iPhone 5s

Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: The Avengers by Alan Silvestri

More Headlines

Music Break: Fuck Shit Stack by Reggie Watts

The Drill Down Video of the Week

Mexican Standoff (Freddie Wong, ft. Key & Peele)

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Geeks Of Doom’s The Drill Down is a roundtable-style audio podcast where we discuss the most important issues of the week, in tech and on the web and how they affect us all.

Hosts are Geeks of Doom contributor Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor. Occasionally joining them is Box tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan.

Direct download: The_Drill_Down_-_Show_302.mp3
Category:technology -- posted at: 8:00am EDT

Google-barge

This week, the Blendover & Tardisblend podcast's Greg Davies joins us to discuss tech giants are pissed over NSA snooping and are ready to act, Google launches the Nexus 5, patent war goes nuclear, the end of DVD rentals?, the biggest proposed buildout of citywide fiber yet, and what are those mysterious barges Google has docked off US shores?

What We're Playing With
Greg: Boombug

Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: Why Can't We be Friends by War

Hot Topic

Music Break: Free Fallin' by Tom Petty

The Drill Down Video of the Week

Skydivers’ miraculous escape as planes collide

Bonus: Deleted Return of the Jedi Scene Redeems Obi-Wan

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Geeks Of Doom’s The Drill Down is a roundtable-style audio podcast where we discuss the most important issues of the week, in tech and on the web and how they affect us all.

Hosts are Geeks of Doom contributor Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Box tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan. Occasionally joining them is Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor.

Direct download: The_Drill_Down_-_Show_301.mp3
Category:technology -- posted at: 8:00am EDT

TDD 300

This week, the NSA taps Yahoo & Google data centers without their knowledge, NSA spying makes Germany want to secede from the Internet, Netflix wants to stream blockbuster movies at the same time they're in the theaters, and Turkey builds an intercontinental tunnel linking Europe to Asia. Then, to celebrate The Drill Down’s 300th episode, we discuss the technology that has personally moved us, from our early experiences to our most recent connections...

Headlines

Audible Book of the Week

Music Break: Feels Like the First Time by Foreigner

Hot Topic: The tech that changed our lives

  • Then
    • Tosin: Super Nintendo
    • Andy: Computer Rig Building
    • Dwayne: Digital Camera

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Geeks Of Doom’s The Drill Down is a roundtable-style audio podcast where we discuss the most important issues of the week, in tech and on the web and how they affect us all.

Hosts are Geeks of Doom contributor Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor. Occasionally joining them is Box tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan.

Direct download: The_Drill_Down_-_Show_300.mp3
Category:technology -- posted at: 8:00am EDT

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