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


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• 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!