The JaK Attack! Podcast

The JaK Attack! Podcast


The JaK Attack! Episode 2018.45

July 04, 2018

Welcome to show number 2018.45

It’s not possible to talk about Independence Day without bringing up Team America! – “F*ck Yeah!!!”
Jon thinks Kung Fury is totally underrated
04:50 – Jon takes us on a trip down memory lane

Jon’s lame-o profile page is at jonwatson.ca
Bitcoin sucked in 2013 and it sucks now
Jon gets completely distracted about Bitcoin purchases and anonymity
Backing up to the ‘aughts, let’s look at Win4Lin
We are briefly interrupted by Jon’s Pager Duty alert. Creeeepy.
Innotek used to own VirtualBox.
Anyone remember VMWare Player?
podcasting articles in Linux Journal and Linux Pro magazine. Props to Mark Rais at ReallyLinux.com
Citadel Groupware is the coolest thing Jon has ever seen (article)
Kelly’s Acer laptop did not do well in Linux trials in the early ‘aughts.

29:30 – Kelly’s Corner

It is so hot in Canada right now that flies are walking. FLIES!
Happy 4th ‘Murica!
Some fun fact about USA. We use the word “fun” in a way that means “weird”.

One American consumes the same resources as 32 Kenyans. That is the weirdest statistic evah.
I can’t type the rest, you gotta listen for this weirdness.

Here’s some actually fun facts about Canada.

”eh” is in the Canadian Oxford dictionary. Yeah. The Canadian one.
Santa’s postal code is H0H 0H0. And only elves that work for Canada Post answer them.
And then there is some discussion about de-militarized borders and things get ugly.

46:50 – Cooperstown News

Who was that ambulance driver?

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