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 gifts to give... and get this holiday. So before you stand around for hours this Black Friday, spend some time with us.

Holiday Gift Picks

Dwayne:

1. GoPro Hero (Entry Level) ($130.00)
2. Quirky/Wink Smarthome Kit
   1. 20% off your first if you subscribe to their email list.
   2. Norm Thermostat ($80)
   3. $40.00 Window Sensor
   4. $15 connected light bulbs
   5. Smart water sensor (for leaks) ($35)
   6. Smart Garage controller ($100)
3. Powergen 5200 mAh external battery
4. AnyGlove
5. DKnight Magicbox Ultra-Portable Wireless Bluetooth Speaker

Tosin:

1. Elgato Game Capture HD PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 Recorder for Mac and PC up to 1080P
2. OREI HD-102 1x2 1 Port HDMI Powered Splitter Ver 1.3 Certified for Full HD 1080P & 3D
3. Belkin 12 Outlet Pivot Plug Surge Protector with 8 Foot Cord
4. Timbuk2 Command Laptop Messenger Bag (Black, Large)
5. Hitachi DS10DFL 12-Volt Peak Li-Ion 2-Speed Drill/Driver

Andrew:

1. GoPro Hero 4 (4k @ 30FPS) (1080p 60FPS) (Remote Control) $399
2. DJI Phantom 2 w/Zenmuse 3-Axis Gimbal
3. iMac w/5K Retina display
4. CircuitScribe
5. Health tracker / fitness band

Health Tracker talk

• Fitbit 68% of health market

Audible Book of the Week

• The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help by Amanda Palmer
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Media Picks

• Alien: Isolation
• Gravity Falls Episodes
• Cowboy Bebop: The Complete Series - Amazon Exclusive Edition (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
• Set of AMC tickets
• Netflix

The Drill Down Videos of the Week

• Go Pro Hero: Overview

• Go Pro: To Climb an Iceberg in 4k

• DJI Phantom 2 with Gopro Hero 4 in 4k: Bellingham, WA

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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.

This week, darknets go dark, Obama backs Net Neutrality, Internet satellites, To Spotify or not to Spotify, A new game from Blizzard, and much much more.

What We're Playing With

Andy, Dwayne & Tosin: Interstellar (Spoiler-free. Full spoiler review at end of show)

Headlines

• In major strategy shift, Microsoft Office unlocks free editing on iOS and Android tablets and phones
  • Open-source .NET, free Visual Studio, support for Linux, Mac, Android and iOS
• Global Web Crackdown Arrests 17, Seizes Hundreds Of Dark Net Domains
• Touchdown! Rosetta’s Philae probe lands on comet
  • New Meme: we can land on a comet but…. (kim kardashian example)
• Elon Musk’s Next Mission: Internet Satellites

Audible Book of the Week

• A User's Guide to the Universe: Surviving the Perils of Black Holes, Time Paradoxes, and Quantum Uncertainty by Dave Goldberg, Jeff Blomquist
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Music Break: We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together by Taylor Swift

Hot Topics

• Obama says FCC should reclassify internet as a utility
  • FCC pushes back against Obama on net neutrality
• Taylor Swift and Spotify
  • Details on spotify (Free: $10/mo, 50m subscribers and 12+ million paying subscribers
  • Swift pulls her music from Spotify
  • Others pull their music from Spotify
  • 1989 and commercial performance
  • Taylor Swift Would Have Made $6M This Year On Spotify (1989 Pulled In $12M In A Week)
• YouTube announces plans for a subscription music service

Music Break: Brazilian Star Wars by FAROFF

Final Word:

• Bill Cosby’s massive social media fail
• 'Star Wars Episode VII' gets official title
  • 11 Star Wars Titles Better Than 'The Force Awakens'

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Blizzard Debuts New IP 'Overwatch' At BlizzCon With A Beta In 2015
  • Blizzard's Cancelled MMO Titan Became Overwatch
• Rosetta: the ambition to turn science fiction into science fact

Drill Bits: After The Show

• SPOILERific discussion of Christopher Nolan's Interstellar

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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.

This week, a spaceflight tragedy, police can unlock your phone with your fingerprints, YouTube looks smoother, a new perk for Amazon Prime users, Tim Cook speaks out, and much more...

What We're Playing With Andy, Dwayne & Tosin: Google Inbox

Headlines

• Court Rules Police Can Force Users to Unlock iPhones With Fingerprints, But Not Passcodes
• YouTube now supports 60fps playback, and video games look amazing

• Virgin Galactic spaceship explodes, killing 1 pilot
• Amazon Prime customers now get unlimited cloud storage for photos

Audible Book of the Week

• Proof: The Science of Booze by Adam Rogers
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Music Break: Proud by Heather Small

Hot Topics:

• Tim Cook: "I'm Proud to be Gay"
  • Tim Cook Just Changed America In A Way Steve Jobs Never Could
• CNN caught using Microsoft Surface as iPad kickstand
• What’s Behind the Great Podcast Renaissance?

Music Break: Break on Through by The Doors

Final Word: Actors & Tech

• Seth Rogen to Play Apple Co-Founder Wozniak in Steve Jobs Biopic
  • Christian Bale Exits Steve Jobs Movie
• Matthew McConaughey TV ads help steer Lincoln’s sales spike

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• HondaVideo - The OtheR Side

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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.