Restored Faith in Humanity - What Had Happened Was Ep. 37 - a grumpyhawk collective production

by Susan M Omand, Omand Original, All Rights Reserved

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What Had Happened Was is a grumpyhawk collective podcast co-hosted by grumpyhawk (that would be me) and Benjamin Combs. In this "week-in-review style" show, we cover and comment on stories with a tech, science, weird, strange, or pop culture sort of angle. Visit grumpyhawk.com to read and hear more from the collective. 

This week grumpyhawk and Benjamin Combs talk about Batkid and the City of San Francisco, the World's Coolest Dad, DRM'd cars, a product that makes no sense, and the RIAA is now trying to brainwash children. All in this weeks episode Restored Faith in Humanity.

Show Notes:

1. Batkid Saves San Francisco
2. Dad makes Prosthetic Hand using 3D Printer - Thanks Wolven!
3. Renault creates a car that has a battery with DRM
4. Coin
5. Fuck you RIAA

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Thor and More (*rimshot*) - What Had Happened Was #36 - a grumpyhawk collective production

by Susan M Omand, Omand Original, All Rights Reserved

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What Had Happened Was is a grumpyhawk collective podcast co-hosted by grumpyhawk (that would be me) and Benjamin Combs. In this "week-in-review style" show, we cover and comment on stories with a tech, science, weird, or strange sort of angle. Visit grumpyhawk.com to see and hear more from the collective. 

On today's episode of What Had Happened Was, grumpyhawk and Benjamin Combs discuss the Marvel Universe, Thor, Captain America, and the new Marvel Netflix joint venture, Xbox One needing a day one patch, War of the Worlds wasn't quite the pandemic it has been trumped up to be, a House Intelligence Chair who lacks intelligence, and Blockbuster es no más. All on today's episode "Thor and More."

Show Notes:

1. Marvel creating four superhero shows exclusively for Netflix, premiering in 2015
2. Xbox One won’t play games out of the box, requires day-one patch
3. The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic
4. "You Can't Have Your Privacy Violated if You Don't Know Your Privacy Is Violated"
5. Blockbuster ending all in-store movie rentals on Saturday, November 9th

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Condiments and Corporations - What Had Happened Was Ep. 35 - A grumpyhawk collective production

by Susan M Omand, Omand Original, All Rights Reserved

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What Had Happened Was is a grumpyhawk collective podcast co-hosted by grumpyhawk (that would be me) and Benjamin Combs. In this "week-in-review style" show, we cover and comment on stories with a tech, science, weird, or strange sort of angle. Visit grumpyhawk.com to see and hear more from the collective. 

On today's episode of What Had Happened Was, Benjamin and grumpyhawk discuss how McDonald's will no longer serve Heinz Ketchup because they hired an executive from Burger King, Sriracha might have to shut down one of its plants, Time Warner Cable loses clients during recent CBS spat, ISOhunt is already resurrected, and a fast food worker tries to stab a customer. All of this and more on today's episode "Condiments and Corporations."

Show Notes:

1. McDonald's squeezing out Heinz ketchup
2. Sriracha hot sauce factory's smell makes tempers flare in small town
3. Time Warner Cable lost record 306,000 subscribers amid CBS blackout
4. Beloved torrent site Isohunt resurrected by outside group
5. Overland Park Burger King worker fired for allegedly trying to stab customer

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Post Hoc Consciousness

Subjective experience, in the theory, is something like a myth that the brain tells itself. The brain insists that it has subjective experience because, when it accesses its inner data, it finds that information.

Quite so. Read about it here.

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Happy Halloween - What Had Happened Was Ep. 34 - A grumpyhawk collective production

by Susan M Omand, Omand Original, All Rights Reserved

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What Had Happened Was is a grumpyhawk collective podcast co-hosted by grumpyhawk (that would be me) and Benjamin Combs. In this "week-in-review style" show, we cover and comment on stories with a tech, science, weird, or strange sort of angle. Visit grumpyhawk.com to see and hear more from the collective. 

Happy Halloween friends and random interneters, on today's episode of What Had Happened Was we're discussing the OUYA going to Target, a literal killer clown, a story that makes you ask "What the fuck, LinkedIn?", Toyota is recalling cars because of spiders, and A. Lee Martinez makes an appearance to talk to us about Star Trek - The Original Series. All of this on today's episode, Happy Halloween.

Show Notes:

• Ouya coming to all Target stores later this month
• Assassin dressed as a clown kills Mexican drug lord in surprise attack at family gathering
• LinkedIn ‘Intro’duces Insecurity
• LinkedIn says email-scanning tool Intro has 'the most secure implementation we believed possible'
• 870,000 Toyotas Recalled Due to "Spider-Related Problem" 

 And as always we want to thank A. Lee Martinez for coming on and talking to us today about Star Trek: The Original Series, it's always good to hear his opinions about relevant pop culture. You can find more about A. Lee Martinez on his website, his twitter, or get his books from Amazon.

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