3×07 hellyeah! show: Ballmer, hardly knew ‘er!

In this appreciative episode of the hellyeah! show, we discuss the Chrome Barrage bag, VISA fraud, Steve Ballmer’s fond farewell, “selfies”, a clueless Quebec hotel, wireless service plans, newspaper DNS security, sophisticated phishing attacks, Parallels Access, Netflix originals, The Last of Us, voice acting, Payday 2, and the Nintendo 2DS.

Emory’s stuff

• Chrome Barrage

  • http://bit.ly/1dV0lek

• Tuesday was Liz Appreciation Day

  • http://bit.ly/1710llN

• My VISA card got ganked somehow and I can’t figure out how

  • There is no hope for any of us.

Alan’s stuff

• Divekick!

• “Alan FM” on Rdio

internet & news

• Buh-bye Ballmer

  • http://bit.ly/1clSrJf

• Selfie in the OED

  • http://bit.ly/17q2rOB

• Quebec hotel sues a guy for a review mentioning their bedbugs

  • http://bit.ly/1dV4xe8

• Wall Street Journal’s Wireless Service Calculator!

  • http://bit.ly/1clSDIx

  • but be careful…

 

privacy & hygiene

 

• Newspapers getting popped

  • Domain hacks

• Pintrest and Stumbleupon patch flaws that leaked email addresses of users

  • http://bit.ly/1dV2iYd

  • “So what”

gear

• Parallels “Access” is a desktop-to-iPad service

  • http://bit.ly/1dV1tOY

 

entertainment

• Netflix original series: “Orange is the New Black”

• The Last of Us patch includes new multiplayer mode “interrogation”

  • a delightful game that values defensive strategy

• Emory didn’t buy Splinter Cell Blacklist

• Payday 2

• Nintendo 2DS

• interesting opinion piece by Polygon: http://www.polygon.com/2013/8/28/4668102/opinion-nintendo-2ds-proves-the-company-knows-its-audience

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