The Goods from the Woods - Episode #106 – “S’mores Indoors” with Eric Moore
In this episode, the Goods from the Woods Boys (sans Goodnight) welcome back the funny fella from Pella, Eric Moore! In this episode we talk about the calamity that is Guy Fieri's "S'mores Indoors" pizza, the new Smash Mouth E.D.M. song, and middle school torch songs that kind of make us lose it. We also hear an NPR interview with a write-in candidate for the City Council of Rancho Cucamonga, CA: Butt Rock Brett (@ButtRockBrett). Follow Eric on Twitter @EricTerryMoore. Song of the week this week: "Happy Song" by Bone Dali. Follow the show @TheGoodsPod Rivers is @RiversLangley Dr. Pat is @PM_Reilly Mr. Goodnight is @SepulvedaCowboy Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt at: http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod
More or Less: Behind the Stats - WS More or Less: Menstrual Syncing
It is a commonly held belief that if women spend enough time together, their bodies start to communicate through chemical signals, known as pheromones. Eventually the women?s bodies will start to menstruate at the same time.
But where does this idea come from? And is it really true? We look at the evidence and wonder ? could it be down to chance?
African Tech Roundup - Mark Zuckerberg Goes On A Charm Offensive In Nigeria And Kenya
Mark Zuckerberg’s much-publicised trip to the continent spawned dozens of think-pieces in the blogosphere this past week.
Many pundits clearly view Mark’s 'surprise' visit to Nigeria and Kenya as an affirmation of the continent’s importance as a valuable source of under-utilised tech talent, and as a hot-bed of home-grown innovation. Others read it as a pre-cursor to a massive wave of foreign investment that's expected to wash over the continent’s technology industry. We, on the other hand, can’t help sensing the calculated profit motive wrapped up in Mark’s impeccably orchestrated African safari.
'Connecting Africa’ is no doubt a huge priority for Facebook, given the growth of the continent’s increasingly affluent middle class, the availability of relatively cheap labour, and the hundreds of millions of impoverished Africans who are prime for education— read monetisation. Now, on some level Mark Zuckerberg must care about humanity and all, but it is curious how readily many of us have fallen for the man's trademark charm and humility without questioning his obvious self-interest.
In this week’s African Tech Round-up episode, Andile Masuku shares more insights gleaned from DEMO Africa 2016. Look out for snippets of conversations he had with the Publisher of CIO East Africa magazine and CEO of DEMO Africa, Harry Hare, the Principal Investment Officer for Africa at Singularity Investments, Lexi Novistke, as well as two promising startup founders who made it to the final pitching phase of this year’s competition (but didn’t win a spot in the top five), Ismael Rachdaoui of nextwi (Morocco), and Brian Ondari of AirKlip (Kenya).
Music Credits:
Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Music licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Serious Inquiries Only - AS273: The Marketplace of Ideas, with Peter Coffin
Here’s part 2 of my discussion with Peter Coffin! In this one, we finish up talking free speech and then wade into the topic of his second mini doc. This one is about what created Trump and Peter’s opinion on the marketplace of ideas. Free Speech Video Trump Marketplace of Ideas Video
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PHPUgly - 26:Difficult People
Show notes: https://github.com/PHPUgly/podcast/blob/master/shows/ep26.md Topics Using Stasis to host composer dependencies We were mentioned on PHPDeveloper.org Dropbox hack leads to dumping of 68m user passwords PHP 7.1 RC1 VueJS v2.0.0-rc.4 Atom.io Qualys SSL Labs Have I been pwned World's Biggest Data Breaches The hosts Eric Van Johnson Twitter / Github / Blog / About.me Tom Rideout Twitter / Github / About.me John Congdon Twitter / Github Follow us on Twitter @PHPUgly Email us at Podacast@phpugly.com
African Tech Roundup - Angel Investor Farouk Jivani on adopting a hands-on approach to investing in early-stage startups
Farouk Jivani is a business consultant-turned angel investor who has invested in a couple of Kenyan startups-- one of them being the music downloads platform, Mdundo.com.
In this chat, Farouk describes the allure of African markets to angel investors based abroad, and shares on what it's like to be a hands-on investor in early-stage businesses that have the potential to be the next big thing.
African Tech Roundup - Tsholo Mogotsi on the City of Joburg’s smart-city aspirations
Tsholo Mogotsi in the Director for Economic Development Facilitation at the City of Joburg. In this chat with Andile Masuku Tsholo talks about the City of Joburg's commitment to lead the continent in providing it's citizens with the most advanced web-enabled infrastructure. He also sheds light on the role of public institutions in promoting innovation on the continent.
Curious City - How Chicago Beaches Get and Keep That Nice Fine Sand
Here’s why you shouldn’t that "sand between your toes" experience for granted!
More or Less: Behind the Stats - Irish Passports
Britons entitled to Irish passports After the Brexit vote in June, so many Britons applied for Irish passports that Ireland?s foreign minister had to ask them to stop ? pointing out that the UK remains, for now, in the EU. If some of the figures that have been quoted are correct, the Irish passport service may find itself completely inundated in future. But does one in four Britons really have Irish heritage? We reveal the dubious history of that number and attempt to estimate the number of Britons who are actually entitled to dual nationality with Ireland.
Do women?s periods sync? It is a commonly held belief that if women spend time together, their bodies start to sync and they will have their periods at the same time. But where does this idea come from? And is it really true? We look at the evidence and wonder ? could it be down to chance?
Numbers in music Marcus du Sautoy takes us on a journey through some of his favourite musical pieces, pointing out the interesting mathematical patterns hidden in the compositions.
Dangerous algorithms Cathy O?Neil, a data scientist and activist, has written a new book, ?Weapons of Math Destruction.? She is concerned about the proliferation of certain kinds of algorithms ? that help make important decisions, but that could be based on unfair statistics with hidden biases. She explains how to look out for them, and what we can do to protect ourselves.
Desk of Good News ? organ donations We look at the trends for organ donations and transplants.