Stolendroids Podcast

There is much malarkey amok in this episode. Ruffians and hooligans running this way and that, spreading shenanigans, and other such undesirable behavior! Not least of which is the unsavory business of young Master Collin and his indiscretions with a certain Russian bird, who will remain nameless. Quite unsettling, this turn of events.

On a random side note: It turns out that there was a racing horse named Shenanigans, who foaled another famous racing horse, Ruffian. Imagine my troubles when trying to find an image for this episode that WASN'T a horse!

Headlines:

• BitWalk your way to a richer, slimmer you!
• We're getting more news from social media.
• An unofficial app makes PS4 behave like Xbox One
• AdBlock users get locked out Yahoo mail
• Dell has its own Superfish problems
• Hilton to Zohner: How would you like a free year of identity protection?
• LG Urbane 2 canceled for . . . image quality?
• Apple acquires FaceShift
• Your Apple Watch is a $17K hand warmer
• Zuke eats crow, wants a Fossil watch
• Europe's "Right To Be Forgotten" law is really effecting some websites
• Windows 10 proves the skeptics right. Skeptics claim they are always right
• T-Mobile making it rain up in here for Sprint customers

Zuke’s Favorite: Captain America - Civil War

Schmidty’s Favorite: Raspberry Pi Zero

Zohner’s Favorite: The Wah Wah Machine

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While some might say that the 1980s produced the greatest cartoons ever, I could argue that those from the 1990s were far superior. Not only are they better overall, but I believe that 90s cartoons have greater staying power than their 80s counterparts. Let me explain.

Even though the 80s gave us amazing shows like Thundercats and Masters of the Universe, have you watched them recently? I have. Masters of the Universe was almost painful to watch, and my kids had lost all interest within five minutes.

I can hear the haters now, "You're just not a real fan! Plus, you're probably too young to truly appreciate them!" Nope. Gen Xer here. I had the action figures. I watched the cartoons (all of them) every day after school. I woke up at 5:30 every Saturday morning and sat on the couch until the animation ended. So this isn't a case of me not appreciating or understanding what came out of the 80s. This is an objective opinion that the subsequent decade had overall better cartoons.

Watch any cartoons from the 80s and then watch Batman: The Animated Series or Animaniacs. How do they compare? If your experience is like mine, they don't. Almost everything about cartoons in the 90s was better. And that's why we're here today...

With the Great Time Out/quarantine/lockdown still in effect, it's important to have some enjoyable viewing options, so our panelists each brought their top five cartoons from the 90s to the table for discussion on this week's show. And we know that there are A LOT of shows that could have made the list but didn't, but that's where you come in. Let us know what your favorite cartoons from the 90s are. Did we include any on our lists that we shouldn't have? And are there any glaring omissions that we should have discussed? Let us know in the comments below or on Facebook or Twitter.

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Schmidty may have actually poisoned himself and we think Collin might actually work for Gizmonic Institute. Also, Russia is kind of cray-cray when it comes to Apple, Tesla caters to soccer moms, and VW may have made the worst decision in the history of the automobile. Even worse than the Nova.

Headlines:

• Russia thinks Apple is too . . . well, you know.
• Apple Utterly Fails the LA School System, Ordered to Pay
• Dear Government: Get Your Act Together. Hacking Exists!
• Zohner joins T-Mobile. Inevitably they are hacked.
• New Linux Botnet Doesn't Understand Subtlety
• VW's Fraud Is More Expensive Than Previously Thought
• Tesla Gives Soccer Moms Futuristic New Ride
• Nest Releases Communication Protocol Into The Wild
• Someone Bought Google . . . for $12
• Google & Microsoft Drop Patent War. Hug It Out Instead
• Nexus 6P, 5X, and Pixel C
• Tony Hawk 5: So Bad You'd Think It's A Metaphor

Zuke’s Favorite: Tesla has gone to plaid

Zohner’s Favorite: Are you S.P.E.C.I.A.L.?

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If there's one thing that the Internet loves it's cat videos. Note that I said "cat videos," not "Cats videos." There is a big difference there. While there are some people who enjoy those types of videos, they are what we would consider wrong. They also probably need very intense counseling. On the other hand, if you have a friend who is afraid of cats, the trailer for Cats is the perfect video to send as a prank. After which they will probably need very intense counseling. Either way, mental health professionals win and everyone else (except for furries) lose. I do believe though that we may have been too harsh with Sonic the Hedgehog.

Headlines

Geek News:

• Edward Furlong returns to the Terminator franchise
• Olivia Munn calls out Fox for not knowing about the X-Men
• Will Taron Egerton be the next Wolverine?
• Cats... WTF?

Tech News:

• Lawmakers want FaceApp to be investigate

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Sometimes you say something that sounded funnier in your head than it did out loud. And sometimes you say you're going to catch it in a post, but don't. And sometimes you do. This was one of those ones where we did.

Everyone is hacked again, but more importantly, we can't get any more free pizza! AT&T is way behind the times and so is the President's phone.

Headlines:

• Domino's doesn't like to give away free pizza
• AT&T gets Wi-Fi calling
• Obama finally gets an upgrade
• An actual use for that old iPad
• Apple has a new IoT app
• Deleting apps in iOS 10 doesn't really delete them
• Napster: The Return
• 70k hacked government and corporate servers are for sale
• Korean hackers stole fighter jet blueprints
• Hackers find over 100 bugs in defense systems
• Russians hack the DNC
• The fitness tracker that not only tells you when you're burning calories, it also burns you
• Amazon ships dangerous cargo
• This is how Judgement Day happens
• Microsoft to buy LinkedIn
• Google burying bad press for Hillary
• Anonymous makes ISIS look pretty gay

Zuke’s Favorite: Hart vs Cordon

Zohner’s Favorite: T-Rex has skills

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