1×06 hellyeah! show: we’re ready to believe you

In this cerebral episode of the hellyeah! show, we discuss the impending Amazon tablet and the slippery iPhone 5, Emory takes us on a tour of internet paradigms, insects prove to be terrifying creatures, SSL certificate authorities are not as secure as they should be, and Spock’s brain is not in its proper place.

Check out the show notes after the break…

introduction

• “best practices for fail-free living”
• advice on how to not let technology ruin your day
• “we’re ready to believe you”

Emory’s backups

• Duplicity + S3

new devices on the horizon

• Amazon tablet is definitely a thing
• http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/02/amazon-kindle-tablet/
• another iPhone prototype is loose
• http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20099899-37/apple-loses-another-unreleased-iphone-exclusive/#ixzz1WdxCNhAI

internet networking paradigms

• SDSL vs. ADSL
• cloud computing vs. peer-to-peer
• why we need more engineers in congress

Emory’s phobias: insects

• centipedes
• earwigs

DigiNotar

• another SSL CA got hit
• http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=11565
• emory “untrusted” their CA certificate in Keychain.  deal with it.

ControlPlane for Mac

• http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/39644/controlplane
• location-based machine configurations

Jekyll update

• Emory tells us how Jekyll is working out

Star Trek: TOS S3E1

• Spock’s Brain