Twisdom from pattonoswalt, October 30, 2016 at 09:19PM

Alice wanted to be Raven for Halloween. Designed & sewed her own costume. "You have to be Raven's dad."

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October 30, 2016 at 09:19PM

TechTalk appearance: Ep 417: WordPress, PHP, Tweetbots and a Pi – Oh My!

SHOW SUMMARY: Radiothon this week!
News Update

• Salesforce backs off of Twitter
• FAA issues emergency Note 7 alert!
• Much love for WordPress, PHP and some Pi
• Cutting the cord with Jay
• Living la vida cloud-a?

Geek Trivia Answer
This week, we provide the answer to:

What happens if the name Hurricane Matthew if it gets retired?

Podcast Only Song of the Week
Whilk & Misky – “Smalltown Boy”

TechTalk appearance: Ep 416: Trust Doesn’t Scale

SHOW SUMMARY: What’s scarier? Evil clowns, politics these days, or exploding phones? We cast our vote in this rather disorganized show … listen in to find out!
News Update

• Cubs win number 1! 3 more to go …
• Galaxy Note 7 explodes on the scene! (No, really – it literally. Explodes. Flames and all.)
• First word on the Google Pixel (interview with Verizon to be coming soon)
• Verizon drone LTE coverage – could it be flying over a town near you soon?
• Maybe a little politics (again)

Geek Trivia Answer
This week, we provide the answer to:

What was the first year – and contest – that computerized vote calculation was used?

Podcast Only Song of the Week
Small Crimes by Nilufer Yanya

TechTalk appearance: Ep 415: Getting Ticky Wit’ It

SHOW SUMMARY: Robbie “Science FTW” Rigel joins us today for a great tech/science cross-over!
News Update

• All things old are new again – even Commodore 64 in Poland!
• Go commando with Google, and get rid of those folders!
• Exchange server makes us cry, but most new MS products are pretty OK.
• Hackers are attacking our voting machines!
• Review of The Tick: new, old, and animated! (Jay’s recommendation is to watch “Little Wooden Boy and the Belly of Love”)

Geek Trivia Answer
This week, we provide the answer to:

What was the original Google search index programming stack written in?