2×09 hellyeah! show: from my cold, dead hands

In this driven episode of the hellyeah! show, we discuss the unlocked Samsung Galaxy Nexus, The State of the Web, boutique water, Emory’s love affair with the Fujitsu Scansnap S-1300, Alan’s recent Netflix activity, Intel’s smartphone, the U.S. Postal Service, and Google Drive.

Check out the show notes after the break…

Emory’s stuff

• Google directly selling Samsung Galaxy Nexus unlocked for $399

• https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=galaxy_nexus_hspa

• http://theoatmeal.com/comics/state_web_spring

• Fujitsu Scansnap S-1300

Alan’s stuff

• Netflix activity

• Trekkies (1997)
• Apocalypse Now (1979)

• not available in the U.S. (sells for $420 in India)
• a 1.6 GHz single core, hyperthreaded 64-bit x86 CPU
• http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2012/04/the-first-intel-smartphone-comfortably-mid-range-eminently-credible.ars?clicked=related_right

USPS threatening to halt Saturday delivery

• May 15 deadline for Congress to resolve funding issues
• this scenario has happened before

• 1947, 1957, 1968, 1975, 1987, and 2001

• First-Class Mail usage on the decline
• $238 billion projected losses by 2020 (up to $33 billion per year)

Google Drive

• Google Docs vs. Google Drive standardization issues
• no symlink support???!!!
• data ownership questions

• “the EFF found little about [Google’s terms] that was more suspicious than in any other similar cloud service”
• http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2012/04/your-google-drive-files-now-in-googles-promo-materials.ars?clicked=related_right

• 7 GB free storage
• improved client software
• http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2012/04/microsoft-takes-on-dropbox-with-major-skydrive-update.ars

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