Curmudgeon's Corner

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner podcast, Ivan is back, and he and Sam cover the usual hodgepodge of topics. There is the latest Trump and Fox News stuff. There is Silicon Valley Bank and how we've got several Senators out of commission. Also the time change, and Ivan sees some ice skating. Plus lots and lots of veering completely off topic in between. Because of course that happens. Show Details: Recorded 2023-03-11 Length this week 1:56:41 (0:00:41-0:30:39) But First Time Time Time Hockey Night (0:31:41-1:06:35) Lightning 1 Trump Stuff Silicon Valley Bank (1:08:36-1:56:10) Lightning 2 Fox News Missing Senators 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 Ivan is out, so Sam, joined by his son Alex, talks about slow news weeks, and what hides behind them. And since it is indeed a slow news week there is talk of cleaning, dogs, books, and movies. And Sam "anchors" this in the right week, but recorded that little bit on his phone, which sounds awful. You'll all ignore that and pretend it was fine, right? Show Details: Recorded 2023-03-04 Length this week 1:36:35 (0:00:01-0:01:40) Cold Open (0:02:02-0:32:13) But First Cleaning Our Dog Jetski Dr. Miss Pups Movie (0:33:14-0:52:31) Slow News No Must Talks Incremental Developments Non-Negotiable Issues (0:53:15-1:35:31) Media Reviews Sam Movie: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) Sam Movie: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) Sam Book: How to Read the Air (2010) Alex Book : Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980) Sam Movie: 2023-01-18: Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon (2010) The Curmudgeon’s Corner th

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner your lovable curmudgeons Sam and Ivan talk about Ukraine on the anniversary of Russia's escalation. Plus MTG's national divorce proposal. Spoiler: It is a bad idea. Also, thoughts on car shopping, a visit to Olympia, and a discussion about social media. But mostly non-Twitter social media this time. So less Elon. So everybody should appreciate that. Show Details: Recorded 2023-02-25 Length this week 1:57:20 (0:00:01-0:05:07) Cold Open (0:05:30-0:44:26) But First Car Shopping Visiting Olympia (0:45:03-1:11:18) Ukraine Biden Visit State of the War What's Next? (1:12:43-1:56:48) Other Stuff National Divorce Social Media 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 revisit the topics of balloons, chatbots, and Twitter. But there is also talk of Election 2024, the Fox News v. Dominion case, the toxic train derailment, and more. Plus bonus bell ringing, and the excitement of a mug being broken, live on tape! Well, not tape. There is no tape. And it isn't live. The mug did not survive. But you all understand. Right? Show Details: Recorded 2023-02-18 Length this week 1:48:11 (0:00:22-0:43:19) Part 1 Bell Ringing Fat Chewing More Balloons More ChatBot (0:43:50-1:11:08) Part 2 Nikki Haley Toxic Train (1:11:51-1:47:38) Part 3 More Twitter Fox News v. Dominion Jira Conspiracy 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.

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about Twitter's slow implosion again, the impending injection of AI Chatbots into search results, more on spy balloons, and Ivan goes on one of his trademarked epic rants, this time about Section 230. Plus some riffing on Minority Report type technology, and curmudgeonly complaints about aging. Fun stuff. Woo! Show Details: Recorded 2023-02-11 Length this week 2:03:52 (0:01:09-1:13:54) First Part Minority Report Tech Ivan is old and so is Sam Twitter Stuff Section 230 (1:14:54-2:03:20) Second Part AI Chatbots and Search Shooting Balloons Turkey Earthquake Coast Guard Rescue 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, Ivan was not available, so Sam has his 13 year old son Alex as a cohost again. Alex doesn't have much to say when the topics are Twitter, the Chinese balloon, his father's trip back to the office, and how a driveway cam actually was useful. But he does have a handful of things to add in the back half of the show, when they talk about some movies and books. Enjoy! Show Details: Recorded 2023-02-04 Length this week 1:37:30 (0:00:48-0:20:00) But First Back to the Office Driveway Prowl (0:21:09-0:42:44) Newsy Stuff Twitter API Paywall Stupid Chinese Balloon (0:43:24-1:36:35) Media Stuff Stupid Balloon Update Alex Book: ALeXMXeLA Book 2 Sam Book: History of Lewis County Kentucky (1912) Alex Sound Effects Sam Movie: Man of Steel (2013) Sam Book: Reign of Terror (2021) Sam Movie: Annie Hall (1977) Sam Movie: Mater and the Ghostlight (2006) The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Ly

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about stuff. Lots of stuff. On the serious side, the killing of Tyre Nichols, political violence, and the age old gun debate. Plus an update on Trump's social media and the classified docs stories. But on the lighter side, bees, sabertooth tigers, transcripts, and dreams. Show Details: Recorded 2023-01-28 Length this week 2:00:35 (0:01:15-0:39:38) Part the First Ivan and the Bee Mating Patterns of the Sabretooth Tiger Podcast Listening and Transcripts (0:42:25-1:19:38) Part the Second Killing of Tyre Nichols Guns Guns Guns Political Violence (1:22:26-2:00:01) Part the Third Ivan Needs a Massage Trump's Social Media Classified Docs Everywhere CC 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 “Deep Breakfast” (iTunes link

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan spend the most time talking about the current wave of tech layoffs. The other "serious" topics are Tesla cutting prices and Twitter cutting off the third party clients. But they also talk about a classic movie, and complain about the perils of sitting and sleeping. Show Details: Recorded 2023-01-21 Length this week 1:58:52 (0:01:16-0:17:43) Lightning One Sitting Standing (0:19:44-1:17:00) Lightning Two Tech Layoffs Tesla Price Cuts (1:18:43-1:57:25) Lightning Three Twitter Kills 3P Sam Movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 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.

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan get some preliminaries out of the way in the opening segment, then try to catch up on recent politics and such. The Speaker race, the new Republican House, George Santos, Biden's own classified documents scandal, and more! Show Details: Recorded 2023-01-13 Length this week 1:44:15 (0:00:25-0:32:47) But First Section 230 Editing Travails NOTAM Outage Following Processes (0:33:31-1:40:10) Politics Speaker Battle Concessions to the Rebels California Senate George Santos Biden Classified Docs Inflation Brazil Slackaroo (1:40:34-1:44:12) Hot Close 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 comment a little on the recent Speaker of the House Drama before getting down to business reviewing their predictions from a year and a week ago about what would happen in 2022. What were they right on? What were they wrong on? Should you trust their prognostications ever? Did they improve on previous years, or just get worse? Listen and find out! Show Details: Recorded 2023-01-06 Length this week 2:24:18 (0:01:11-0:40:22) Speaker Votes (0:44:03-1:07:35) Politics (1:08:42-1:20:36) International (1:21:13-1:32:09) Economy (1:35:03-1:55:52) Technology (1:56:53-2:11:08) Hodgepodge (2:11:58-2:23:57) Results 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.

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner… Sam and Ivan's annual prediction show. The Curmudgeon's think about 2023 and spew out their best guesses about what will happen in the next year in the categories of politics, international, economy, technology, and the classic hodgepodge. This year, many of the items being predicted are requests from listeners. So thank you listeners! And yes, before they go to sleep, some younger folks in Ivan's family make some fun noise too. But it is all in good fun. And a year and a week from now, you'll be able to come back and see how good these predictions are! Show Details: Recorded 2022-12-31 Length this week 2:43:12 (0:00:23-0:54:46) Politics (0:56:29-1:12:48) International (1:13:38-1:41:31) Economy (1:42:10-2:11:12) Technology (2:12:19-2:42:47) Hodgepodge 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 B

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan do tech and politics. Big surprise. Well, kinda tech. All about Elon and Twitter and Tesla again. Plus more on migrating off of Twitter to Mastodon. So they can toot. For politics, you've got J6, Trump's taxes, the Omnibus, and even some on Ukraine. But before all that, some chatter on movies and TV. Have fun! Show Details: Recorded 2022-12-24 Length this week 2:32:03 (0:00:01-0:02:04) Cold Open (0:02:26-0:40:17) But First Some Quick Ones Sam Movie: The Mitchells vs the Machines (2021) Ivan TV: Jack Ryan (2018-Present) Bad TV Endings Long Running TV Shows van Movies: Mission Impossible Series (1996-Present) (0:41:00-1:40:39) Tech Elon's Twitter Hijinks Tesla Stock Slide Chaotic Twitter Amplifying Toxicity Facebook Moderation Mastodon Migration Mastodon Clients and Instances (1:42:40-2:31:28) Politics J6 DoJ Referrals J6 Final Report J6 Witness Intimidation Trump Taxes Preview Omn

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Ivan split the bulk of the show between two man-child narcissists who have been leaving a trail of destruction behind them as they rampage through the world. If you guessed Elon and Donald, congratulations, you figured out the obvious. Anyway, aside from the latest adventures of those two wacky rich people, Ivan brings news of a problem with a fish tank, a movie recommendation, and some thoughts on earthquakes. And Sam shares some sad personal news. Show Details: Recorded 2022-12-17 Length this week 1:53:16 (0:01:19-0:20:20) But First Miley Fish Tank Ivan Movie: Sing (2016) Earthquakes (0:21:10-1:14:26) Elon Prediction Requests Unopened Lego Twitter Alternatives Stay or Go? Toxic Elon Moderation Flight Tracking Arbitrary Elon Twitter Value (1:16:28-1:51:41) Donald Prediction Requests Trump Cards Free Falling Polls J6 Referrals? Other Trumpy Things CC Slack Highlights The

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