Curmudgeon's Corner

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan do not talk about MacOS Updates and Weather apps, because Sam forgot to hit record for that part. But you do get Ivan complaining about the difficulty he had with a new HDMI based receiver system. After that though, they get to business on the serious stuff. They cover a little bit about developments in seven separate non-US countries, then move on to developments in the US Congress, and finally the latest Trump related nonsense. Show Details: Recorded 2022-12-10 Length this week 2:09:28 (0:01:39 -0:30:59) But First Recording Incompetence HDMI Issues Usage Patterns (0:32:05-1:27:15) International Ukraine Russia Israel Iran China Germany Peru (1:30:01-2:09:06) US Politics 51-49 Senate Sinema Lame Duck McCarthy CC Slack Highlights Grany Wahl The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is “The Oh of Pleasure” (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan endeavor to do a "Potpourri" type show, with lots of little topics. And they succeed for about half the show, talking about podcast listening speeds, AI advancements, management styles, and more. But then in the second half they crashed into Elon and Twitter again, and that was the rest of the show. Because of course it was. Show Details: Recorded 2022-12-03 Length this week 2:14:21 (0:00:01-0:01:50) Cold Open (0:02:13-1:13:27) Potpourri Podcast Listening Speeds Old Radio Shows AI Advancements Ages People Did Things Management Styles (1:14:28-2:13:51) More Twitter Chaos Kanye and Other Toxic People Low Information People Moderation Is Hard Hunter Biden's Laptop Twitter Still Up Putin Falls? The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is “The Oh of Pleasure” (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is “Celestial Soda Pop” (Amazon MP3 link) Both are from the album “Deep Bre

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner since it was a slow holiday week, Sam and Ivan have a less serious less long less newsy show. They talk about things being slow. They talk about Thanksgiving. They talk about Orion. They talk about streaming. And then they review a few movies. No Twitter talk. No Musk talk. No Trump talk. Sometimes it is good to have a week without those kind of things. Show Details: Recorded 2022-11-26 Length this week 1:44:50 (0:00:01-0:08:02) Cold Open Planning Orion (0:08:28-0:36:30) But First Thanksgiving The Slow Season (0:37:06-1:03:47) Streaming World Disney Overextends Streaming Usage Patterns Content Ecosystem (1:04:26-1:44:21) Movies! Ivan Movie: Causeway (2022) Sam Movie: Wreck-It Ralph (2012) Ivan Movie: Inception (2010) Sam Movie: The Godfather Part II (1974) The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is “The Oh of Pleasure” (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is “Cel

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan discuss the Musk, and Bankman-Fried, and Holmes, all of whom have been in the news this week for their disastrous implosions. Then of course there is more on the fallout from Election 2022. But also, sleeping TikTokers, Home Repair, the challenge of deactivating things, and more! Show Details: Recorded 2022-11-19 Length this week 2:26:56 (0:00:22-0:33:16) But First Sleeping TikTokers Ivan Home Repair Deactivating Things (0:33:55-1:27:21) Fraudsters and Hucksters Old Commercial Elon Musk Sam Bankman-Fried Elizabeth Holmes (1:28:28-2:26:31) Politics Rule vs Coin Congressional Results McCarthy's Challenge Generational Turnover Trump Stuff Artemis I Games in Meetings The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is “The Oh of Pleasure” (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is “Celestial Soda Pop” (Amazon MP3 link) Both are from the album “Deep Breakfast” (iT

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan spend most of their time discussing the aftermath of Election 2022. Would you expect anything else? You'll find out the result of last week's coin flip challenge. Absent things that still aren't called. Duh. Also discussion of the red wave that wasn't, where Democrats made mistakes even so, the failure of the election deniers, how this all impacts Trump, and more. Before all that though, some news about a falling TV, more on Twitter, and the benefits of keeping up holiday decorations year round. Show Details: Recorded 2022-11-11 Length this week 2:13:08 (0:01:14-0:34:49) But First Falling and Failing TVs Twitter Implosion Continued Crypto Meltdown Donaghy Wins! Holiday Decorations (0:35:26-2:12:46 International Updates Coin Flip Challenge Results Congress Still Up In The Air Why No Red Wave? Election Deniers Conceding Dem Florida Meltdown Dem New York Failure Trump Stuff Crazy House Scenarios When

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan talk more about the ongoing implosion at Twitter and they take their final pre-election shot at discussing Election 2022, including getting predictions on the record, to see if Sam making predictions based on looking at poll averages ends up any better than Ivan flipping a virtual coin. And before that serious stuff, a bit on on Powerball and both Sam and Ivan dealing with various devices. Have fun, and if you are eligible to vote in the US, vote! Show Details: Recorded 2022-11-05 Length this week 2:23:40 (0:00:00-0:02:25) Anchor (0:02:47-0:43:03) But First Powerball Apple Watch Activation Paying for Extra Devices Networking Issues (0:43:45-1:27:57) Twitter Verification Layoffs Kneejerk Changes Users Fleeing? Advertiser Exodus (1:29:58-2:23:12) Election 2022 We Don't Know Jack Democratic Slide Coin Flip Challenge What Rs Will Do Ads for Ancient Tech The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme m

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan discuss tech, including problems with the advertising model, and of course Elon actually taking over Twitter. And they discuss politics, including the assassination attempt on Nancy Pelosi, how everybody thinks the other party wants to destroy America, how absolutely everything just comes down to gas prices, and more. Before all that though, a bit about editing the podcast, AI art, and a couple books! Show Details: Recorded 2022-10-29 Length this week 2:01:06 (0:00:33-0:22:32) But First Podcast Editing AI Art Ivan Book: Iron Curtain (2012) Ivan Book: Berlin (2003) (0:24:33-1:17:50) Tech Advertising Models Sector Rotation Unhealthy Incentives Elon's Twitter Twitter Alternatives (1:18:51-2:00:35) Politics Pelosi Assassination Attempt Destroying America Gas Prices Are Everything Looking At Odds QR Code Menus The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our in

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan take a break from Election 2022 in the US and instead talk about the chaos in UK politics, and the latest updates on Elon Musk's possible takeover of Twitter. Before that Ivan recaps his recent trip to California, and the Curmudgeon's have some feedback from a listener. Enjoy! Show Details: Recorded 2022-10-21 Length this week 2:05:43 (0:00:53-0:40:06) But First Ivan: Small Failures Sam: Offensive Table Rigging Sam: Matt Feedback Ivan: California Travels Sam: Mornings (0:40:56-1:23:13) UK Stuff How We Got Here All About Brexit What Did Truss Do? What's Next? Breakup? (1:24:14-2:05:11) Twitter Bad Deal Death Spiral Ways Out? Filtering, Moderation, and Algorithms Slack Highlights The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is “The Oh of Pleasure” (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is “Celestial Soda Pop” (Amazon MP3 link) Both are from the album “D

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Ed joins Sam to talk about dishwashers, assembling things, and old appliances. Oh, and the January 6th hearings, the various cases against Trump, and Election 2022, concentrating on Pennsylvania this time, but also including a round of of some other interesting states. Boom. There's a show. Show Details: Recorded 2022-10-14 Length this week 2:00:00 (0:00:01-0:02:38) Cold Open (0:03:00-0:24:30) But First Dishwasher Assembling Things Old Appliances (0:25:11-1:02:15) J6 and Trump Stuff J6 Summary Afghanistan Order DoJ's Turn Trump Cases Getting Away With It (1:03:15-1:59:28) Election 2022 PA/AZ Governor PA/UT/FL Senate Ranked Choice Voting Systematic Poll Errors? Pollsters Found Sam The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is “The Oh of Pleasure” (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is “Celestial Soda Pop” (Amazon MP3 link) Both are from the album “Deep Breakfast” (i

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan celebrate making it to 800 episodes of this podcast. Not even counting the original college radio show on WRCT. That is a lot of episodes and many years. Wow. In any case, they also talk about Election 2022, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, the importance of leadership, Musk/Twitter, nukes, and even more. A very full show for the 800th episode. Yay! Show Details: Recorded 2022-10-08 Length this week 2:22:04 (0:00:01-0:04:44) Cold Open Enhanced Foreheads Ivan Movie: Gattaca (1997) Throat Animals (0:05:06-0:36:10) But First Round Number Milestone Wedding Disaster Dominican Republic Brazilian Election Leadership and Empathy (0:37:11-1:24:13) Election 2022 Herschel Walker If It Were Reversed? DeSantis and Biden Interpreting Polls McMullin In Utah (1:25:57-2:21:33) Potpourri Crimea Bridge Musk/Twitter Russia Nuke Threat Pot Pardons USB-C Mandate Too Soon The Curmu

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan discuss Hurricane Ian and all the surrounding issues. Then they mostly skip domestic issues to take a tour of some international developments. The UK, Italy, Ukraine, Russia, Iran. A whirlwind tour. Before all that though, Ivan talks about a movie, they discuss the DART mission hitting an asteroid, and Alex brings up mental health days, which might help some stress Ivan is having. Oh, and stay tuned to the very end, for some talk about Barney too! Show Details: Recorded 2022-10-01 Length this week 2:11:20 (0:00:01-0:01:14) Anchor (0:01:39-0:39:40) But First Stressed Ivan Ivan Movie: Fail Safe (1964) DART Mission Mental Health Days (0:41:02-1:15:26) Hurricane Ian Lee County Ignoring Warnings Barrier Islands Rebuilding Insurance (1:17:27-2:10:49) International Ray Lynch United Kingdom Italy Ukraine Russia Iran Barney The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by 

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan discuss Trump. Cause you can't avoid that in a week where he loses so badly on multiple fronts. But They also talk about the growing demonstrations in Russia and Iran, as well as the impact of Hurricane Fiona in Puerto Rico, and the continuing fallout from DeSantis shipping asylum seekers from Texas to Massachusetts. Full show! Show Details: Recorded 2022-09-23 Length this week 2:12:13 (0:00:01-0:04:01) Cold Open (0:04:27-1:00:20) But First Not But First Hurricane Fiona Immigration Again (1:01:27-1:38:38) Trump DoJ and Documents NY AG on Fraud (1:39:19-2:11:40) International Russia Iran The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is “The Oh of Pleasure” (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is “Celestial Soda Pop” (Amazon MP3 link) Both are from the album “Deep Breakfast” (iTunes link) Please buy his music and support his GoFundMe.

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan talk about Biden Stuff, Trump Stuff, and Other Stuff. Welp, that about covers everything. Oh, more specifics? Welp, on Biden they discuss how he has just been sort of quietly doing the job and getting things done competently, even if he doesn't always get the credit. On Biden, what else, his legal issues and other continuing problems. And the other stuff… they discuss people complaining about the Little Mermaid being black, rides at Disney, the Martha's Vineyard Migrants, and of course Election 2022. Show Details: Recorded 2022-09-16 Length this week 2:16:05 (0:01:14-0:31:32) But First Microphone Stand Black Ariel and Hobbits and Stuff Disney Ratatouille Ride (0:32:06-1:00:31) Biden Stuff Basic Competence Judges Railways Ukraine Legislation (1:01:11-1:34:07) Trump Stuff Special Master Trump DC Trip Closing In Really Bad (1:35:50-2:15:34) Other Stuff Martha's Vineyard Migrants Republic

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner: The Queen is Dead, Long Live the King. Some people in the world may not be as mournful as others. Bernie Shaw also died, and his former network CNN seems to be on the way to the same. Oh yeah, Bannon was indicted and there was more Trump legal drama too. And Ukraine is on a major offensive pushing The Russians back. Before they talk about all that though, Sam and Ivan talk about early mornings and flat tires. Enjoy! Show Details: Recorded 2022-09-10 Length this week 2:14:04 (0:00:23-0:30:27) But First Early Mornings Flat Tire (0:32:11-1:25:56) Dead People Queen Elizabeth II Bernie Shaw CNN (1:27:57-1:55:39) Legal Stuff Bannon Trump (1:56:13-2:13:33) Ukraine & Stuff Ukrainian Offensive Contact Stuff Briber Bou The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is “The Oh of Pleasure” (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is “Celestial Soda Pop” (Amazon MP3 link) Both are

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Ivan couldn't make it, and Sam couldn't do it at the normal time, and it was a holiday weekend, so rather than a regular current events show, Sam is joined by Alex to catch up on reviewing shows, movies, and books that Sam has consumed lately, mostly with Alex watching too. Uh, and Sam's dog Miley sometimes weighs in too, with Alex's help. And after the eight actual existing things that get reviews, they talk about things Alex wants to get created that don't actually exist yet. So yeah. That kind of week. Back to a normal current events show next week! Show Details: Recorded 2022-09-03 Length this week 1:39:10 (0:00:01-0:01:51) Cold Open (0:02:13-0:36:29) Shows, Movies, and Books 1-4 Sam Show: Castle (2009-2016) Sam Movie: The Godfather (1972) Sam Book: The Thomas Berryman Number (1976) Sam Show: Tiny Creatures (2020) (0:37:40-0:58:12) Shows, Movies, and Books 5-8 Sam Movie: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) Sam Movie: Unfr

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan talk about all the latest Trump Mar-A-Lago stuff including the redacted affidavit, the possible damage to US intelligence activities, all the extra chances Trump got, and the news about a new person infiltrating Mar-A-Lago, and more. They also discuss the latest Election 2022 news including the primary results in Florida, the trends being shown by special elections, Biden's recent bump in approval, etc. Oh, and of course, before that they talk about food, naps, and a movie. Show Details: Recorded 2022-08-27 Length this week 2:01:45 (0:00:23-0:27:16) But First Food and Naps Ivan Movie: Top Gun Maverick (2022) (0:29:16-1:06:52) Trump Stuff Redacted Affidavit Damage Assessment Special Master Request Extra Chances for Trump Mar-A-Lago Infiltrations Trump Getting Frantic? (1:07:34-2:01:09) Election 2022 Florida Stuff Special Elections R's Scrambling Voter Engagement Economic Factors Contact Info

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about Election 2022 including Cheney's loss, Democrats over performing in special elections and jungle primaries, and other signs for November. Before that it is scandal scandal scandal, as they discuss Trump, Weisselberg, Guiliani, and even the worst of them all, Sanna Marin of Finland. The show starts though with Sam's trip to Canada, and Ivan complaining about men still behaving badly toward women. Show Details: Recorded 2022-08-20 Length this week 1:54:34 (0:01:03-0:32:11) But First Sam Travels Men Behaving Badly (0:33:18-1:16:40) Scandals Trump's Changing Excuses Why Did Trump Keep The Stuff? Weisselberg Plea Georgia Case Critical Mass? Finnish Dancing (1:18:23-1:54:03) Election 2022 Cheney Palin Signs for November Trump Endorsements Florida Dems Polls Catalytic Converters The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is “The Oh of P

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan discuss charging stations for electric vehicles, having lulls at work, Sam's impressions of Encanto, and how Disney+ is loaded with nostalgia traps, including the 1979 masterpiece "The Black Hole". Oh, you wanted actual news and current events? OK, fine, they do spend almost an hour on the raid on Mar-a-Lago, Trump pleading the 5th, and other investigative updates, and the potential impact on politics. And then even more time on economic trends as well. So plenty of that too. Show Details: Recorded 2022-08-11 Length this week 2:12:24 (0:00:01-0:07:32) Cold Open (0:07:55-0:43:55) But First Electric Car Chargers Work Lulls Sam Movie: Encanto (2021) Disney+ Nostalgia Traps (0:45:37-1:37:15) Trump Feds at Mar-a-Lago Pleading the 5th Other Investigation Threats of Violence Critical Mass? Election 2022 (1:38:02-2:11:53) Economy Inflation Reduction Act Trends and Numbers Rent Pressure Contact Info

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan's biggest topic is Election 2022, including Sam's wife Brandy winning her primary, other primary results, the Kansas abortion result, and all the factors that could be impacting the general elections in November. But of course there is more too. They talk Pelosi in Taiwan, Alex Jones, a stolen laptop, mourning the loss of email as way people did long form person to person communication, and even more. And a good time was had by all! Show Details: Recorded 2022-08-05 Length this week 2:18:37 (0:00:23-0:41:56) But First Podcast RSS Change Mourning Email Online Social Work Things Stolen Stuff (0:42:33-1:27:11) Election 2022 Brandy Wins! Republican Primaries Kansas Abortion Result Factors for November (1:29:12-2:06:28) Potpourri Pelosi Taiwan Trip Killing al-Zawahiri Britney Griner Alex Jones (2:09:46-2:18:07) But Last Contact Us More Fax Servers Online in 1979 The Curmudge

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan discuss what looks like a break in the legislative logjam in DC, the January 6th related investigations, and recent economic news. But also a few other things, like Ivan once again discussing travel travails, Sam discussing long Covid, Ivan discovering a much beloved (by him anyway) service is shutting down, a teaser for a story about Dorfus, and finally, the joys of reanimating dead spiders! Have fun! Show Details: Recorded 2022-07-30 Length this week 2:04:53 (0:00:01-0:02:24) Cold Open (0:02:48-0:31:26) But First Ivan: Travel Issues Sam: Long Covid (0:32:05-0:56:43) Legislative Logjam Manchin Fake Out? Democratic Successes Information Deficits Election 2022 (0:58:49-1:21:54) J6 Investigations Wiki of the Day Secret Service Stuff DOJ Efforts J6 Committee (1:22:56-2:04:22) Economy Definition of Recession Who is Being Hit Prognostication Death of Fax Necrobotics Dorfus Teaser