Whats The Rumpus?

Find out how Futurama’s Bender became the head of the Washington D.C. School Board. A Frenchman sues Google. Are Railgun’s close to being a reality? The Chinese public wreck Google Plus for the rest of us. Facebook is spying on us. Go grocery shopping with a cart that follows you around. All this, plus an … Continue reading "Episode 89: Drunk on Champagne and Weird Bread" --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whats-the-rumpus/support

HUD glasses, self-sanitizing water bottles, and 3D robot dinosaurs, oh my! We discuss these topics, plus is there a Kickstarter for Porn? All this, plus this week’s Epic Fail, Oh Asia You So Crazy, a Recent Study, and the Question of the Week makes a triumphant return! Show notes available at http://wiki.whatstherumpuspodcast.com/88 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whats-the-rumpus/support

This week cancer robots have free range of Nevada highways, Pinterest makess money, EFF fights patents, and Google+ teaches you how to cook.  A fifth grader discovers a new molecule and Steve Jobs wins an award.   Tune in to find out what this week’s “Oh Asia, You So Crazy!” is and we’re bringing back … Continue reading "Episode 87: Super Secret Breakfast Bacon Hut" --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whats-the-rumpus/support

The 3rd Annual BasementCast!  If you weren’t there, you certainly missed out!  There was a Bacon Explosion, homebrewed beer, and some interesting commentary on current events. Show notes available at http://wiki.whatstherumpuspodcast.com/86 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whats-the-rumpus/support

Yet another outtake episode due to technical difficulties.  Next week is Basement 3.  Come join us at 5pm EST in the basement of 1201 College Ave in Houghton, MI! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whats-the-rumpus/support

Two weeks until BasementCast 3! Adrian is working on getting the live cast working for it so if you can’t be with us in person, you can be there via the Internet. This week, our fine and well-pedigreed hosts discuss SOPA’s big brother ACTA, 3D printing, a new free college, gnu (and blowjob) scanners, Super-WIFI, … Continue reading "Episode 84: Comcast Totally Sucks" --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whats-the-rumpus/support

In this week’s episode, Adrian and James discuss the takedown of Megaupload and the raid of Kim Dotcom’s “lair”.  Anonymous shows what they think of the Megaupload takedown.  As if you hadn’t heard enough about SOPA, over 7000 sites participated in an Internet Blackout on Wednesday Jan 18th.  The repercussions of Wikipedia’s blackout were felt … Continue reading "Episode 83: herpderpodcast" --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whats-the-rumpus/support

Google is caught misbehaving by Kenyan startup Mocality.  Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo. Reddit has decided to turn their SOPA Blackout into a Learn-In.  A new drug has been developed that may keep you sober no matter how much you’ve had to drink.  Amazon will begin collecting Indiana sales tax starting in 2014.  … Continue reading "Episode 82: Cancer Ink" --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whats-the-rumpus/support

Join the Revolution! Apparently you can be sued for pirating a movie by the recording industry, even if you don’t own a computer or internet access – a retired woman in Germany found this out the hard way. We talk about SOPA and a workaround that could be used if SOPA is enacted. Universal Music … Continue reading "Episode 81: The Rumpus Revolution!" --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whats-the-rumpus/support

A new beer cooler prevents unwanted photos.  The WtR crew takes a stance on Duckface.  Is the TSA on its way out the door?  The fate of WebOS is finally decided.  Internet censorship?  We say no thanks!  Siri is Apple’s broken promise to the world.  The Rick Perry campaign is apparently not very Internet savvy.  … Continue reading "Episode 80: I Used to be a Podcaster Like You Then I Took an Arrow in the Knee" --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whats-the-rumpus/support

A Taiwanese man sues two people after one of them clicks the Facebook “like” button for a post the other made.  A pron video was accidentally played on an LED billboard in Wenzhou, China.  Google Maps plans to start charging for usage.  Amazon Prime members will be able to borrow Kindle books for free in … Continue reading "Episode 79: The Stinkiest Chamber Pot on the Internet" --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whats-the-rumpus/support

Due to unforeseen technical difficulties, this weeks episode is replaced with an outake episode.  Enjoy! Show notes available at http://wiki.whatstherumpuspodcast.com/078 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whats-the-rumpus/support

10 things only bad managers say.  The creator of Unix and C died at the age of 70.  Siri says some weird things.  A computer virus hits the US Predator and Reaper drone fleets.  Netflix kills Qwikster.  The bassist from Weezer predicted his own death.  In the vein of the Likeable Consitution, there is now … Continue reading "Episode 77: Wonderbread" --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whats-the-rumpus/support

Steve Jobs dead at 56.  Siri means something completely different in Japan.  PassMyWill allows you to send your passwords to your loved ones posthumously.  A theater professor’s Firefly poster deemed threatening by campus public safety.  Make your own speed vest to show motorists how fast you’re going.  Fakegirlfriend.co is a new service that will pose … Continue reading "Episode 76: Never go Siri to Mouth" --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whats-the-rumpus/support

OnStar begins spying on customers’ GPS location for profit.  Okite is an iPhone alarm clock app that sends an embarassing tweet every time you hit the snooze button.  The Onion’s joke about “screams and gunfire” coming from inside Congress backfires.  There is a new danger for urban cyclists: Biker’s Lung.  Iran blocks TOR, TOR unblocks … Continue reading "Episode 75: The Internet’s Dumping Ground" --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whats-the-rumpus/support

Did Netflix’s price hike kill their business?  Nope!  Chuck Testa!  The U.S. Constitution is now available in a Facebook-likeable format.  An unfortunate typo causes the hero of a romance novel to have an “accident” on his lovers floor.  Heard of the bleeoo project?  It’s an oral history of modems.  The Peepoo is a personal, single-use, … Continue reading "Episode 74: Peepoo’d on the Floor" --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whats-the-rumpus/support

FEMA determines how bad a hurricane is by checking if the local Waffle House is open.  Listen in to find out how to determine how old your globe is.  Domino’s plans to open a pizza joint on the moon.  A company has devised a “green” way to dispose of human remains by liquifying the corpse.  … Continue reading "Episode 73: Sex Lemonade" --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whats-the-rumpus/support

We explain how to use an RJ-45 keychain amd a wall dock to never misplace your keys again.  A man uses Portal 2 as an engine to propose to his girlfriend.  Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple, nothing changes. IBM builds a data drive that can back up the entire Web 60 times.  Donnie … Continue reading "Episode 72: Overextending the Metaphor" --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whats-the-rumpus/support

Henry Morgan’s long-lost flag ship discovered.  All of the Internet went down last week thanks to Amazon Web Services.  Abercrombie and Fitch cancels a customers account for being too loyal.  The Hipster Trek Tumblr is the best site on the Internet.  Anonymous vows to destroy Facebook on November 5th.  The first annual Defcon for Kids … Continue reading "Episode 71: Flim-Flams and Charlatans" --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whats-the-rumpus/support

What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?  Skedaddle hides a secret, password-protected file drawer underneath you Mac’s desktop.  Virtual pets starve after bungled resolution to Second Life.  Is itching psychological?  Savvy bettors have learned how to beat the Massachusetts lottery.  A vindictive Walmart security guard accused a couple of shoplifting, gets husband … Continue reading "Episode 70: The Squirmy One" --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whats-the-rumpus/support