MWGIC-EP-000102: Bad Tech - Awesome Tech - Super Space - Magic Mushrooms In Space

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ABkEuPl1xdM

Show Notes:

Midwestern Geek In Cali Podcast On YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCruRVw-zY8hqnfI7pWDpfGw


Midwestern Geek In Cali On Twitter:

https://twitter.com/MidwestGeekCali


Google plans to kill support for third-party cookies that track you all over the internet:

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/14/google-chrome-to-end-support-for-third-party-cookies-within-two-years.html


Hundreds of millions of cable modems could be hacked due to 'Cable Haunt' flaw:

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/cable-haunt-modem-flaw


DRAM breakthrough puts us one step closer to instant-on PCs:
** Note from Dan: I give an easy-to-understand explaination of why this is a BMFD **
https://www.pcgamer.com/dram-breakthrough-puts-us-one-step-closer-to-instant-on-pcs/


Scientists May Have Discovered Universal Memory, DRAM Replacement:

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/304980-scientists-may-have-discovered-universal-memory-dram-replacement?source=Computing


Signal update makes it easier to keep track of files and storage, regardless of encryption:

https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/01/13/signal-update-makes-it-easier-to-keep-track-of-files-and-storage-regardless-of-encryption/


Strange objects found near the Milky Way's supermassive black hole:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/15/world/milky-way-objects-black-hole-scn/index.html


How the tiny exoplanet-hunting ASTERIA satellite showed scientists what cubesats can do:

https://www.space.com/asteria-proved-cubesats-can-study-exoplanets.html


The earthly limit on satellite ambitions:

https://www.axios.com/satellites-infrastructure-amazon-spacex-space-f4614a68-8d17-4feb-a2c4-867c3f7a4112.html


Elon Musk drops details for SpaceX Mars mega-colony -
SpaceX CEO wants to put a million people on the Red Planet by 2050:

https://www.cnet.com/news/elon-musk-drops-details-for-spacexs-million-person-mars-mega-colony/


Elon Musk shares details about SpaceX’s Starship, including estimated 20 to 30-year service life:

https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/17/elon-musk-shares-details-about-spacexs-starship-including-estimated-20-to-30-year-service-life/


NASA WANTS TO GROW A MOON BASE OUT OF MUSHROOMS:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/nasa-grow-moon-base-mushrooms


Prehistoric trees in Australia saved from wildfires in secret mission:

https://abcnews.go.com/International/prehistoric-trees-australia-saved-wildfires-secret-mission/story?id=68326916


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Video - MWGIC-EP-00074: The X Files 25th Anniversary Is Out There!

Show Notes:

Variety - "After 25 Years, The Truth Is Still Out There For 'The X-Files'."

Mattel Releasing Mulder & Scully Barbie Dolls For X-Files 25th Anniversary

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/x-files-25th-anniversary-marathon-bbc-america

"Even if you're not a habitual X-Files rewatcher, you might want to celebrate the 25th birthday of the franchise in style this year, and in that case BBC America has you covered. The network — the American home of Doctor Who that's also known for frequent reruns of classics like Star Trek — announced Tuesday that it will celebrate a quarter century of The X-Fileswith a five-day marathon of the show's classic first nine seasons and both feature films: The X-Files (1998) and The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008).
The marathon will kick off at 6 a.m. EST on Monday, Sept. 10, and continue throughout the week, finally wrapping up on Friday, Sept. 14."

Video - MWGIC-EP-00071: Dark Poetry And The Public Goblins Of Wales

Show Notes:

"Dark Poetry And The Public Goblins Of Wales: Dark poetry influenced by the California fires, Public domain book excerpt on the Goblins and Elves of 19th-century Wales, brief Dan updates, future show plans, and more."

"The Month Of Mars" - a dark poem influenced by the Holy Fire and how visible Mars has been in the night sky this month:

http://grymwyre.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-month-of-mars.html


Public Domain -

"British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1880)"

https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/british-goblins-welsh-folk-lore-fairy-mythology-legends-and-traditions-1880/

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MWGIC-EP-OOO65: Brief Update And New Backdrop

Show Notes:

Just a quick hello literally five minutes after I got the new backdrop setup. I've been working on it for two days.

Video-MWGIC-EP-00063: Big Change And Blessings

Show Notes:

Major change in career, (Even beyond last episode's news) future plans for the show, new segment.

Video - MWGIC EP-00062 - Dan News And Knock-Your-Socks-Off Internet Trends

Show Notes:

What's been happening with me personally this week - good news - some interesting tech trends, and hints of a couple of major changes in networking technology that will be in full roar around 2020, and about one of the coolest volunteer gigs in the world, which I happen to do.

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Video - MWGIC-EP-00054: The Beach Ball Effect And A New ComiCon Adventure Coming

Show Notes:

A 2005 Dan Prediction: The Beachball Effect

Effect of shifting water weight on Earth's crust due to climate change.

Scientists say: Climate has an effect on Plate Tectonics!

https://www.environmental-research.ox.ac.uk/scientists-say-climate-effect-plate-tectonics/

Climate change is linked to tectonic plate movement

Scientists always thought tectonic movements affect climate because it creates new mountains and trenches in the sea. The opposite is is also true.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/climate-change-is-linked-to-tectonic-plate-movement/

ComiCon Revolution Ontario

http://www.comicconrevolution.com/ontario/

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Video-MWGIC EP-00034: Brief Notes - New TV Series And Certification - Fusion Paradigm Shift

Show Notes:

TV Series on Hulu - Siren - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siren_(TV_series)

Futurism article on a new paradigm in producing energy from nuclear fusion:
https://futurism.com/a-startup-claims-to-have-found-a-solution-to-stabilize-nuclear-fusion/

Thank you for listening (and watching)!

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Video - MWGIC EP 00031: How To Set Your DNS Servers For Privacy

Thank you for listening!