Nerd Stalker

Adolfo Foronda

We believe in tech, agile, design, and a better you.

  1. 08/05/2020

    Cheap NAS, Smart Gimp, Flying Cars and Cheap Rent

    Stories of the week: Trump says he will ban TikTok in the US https://buff.ly/2D1CKzo Here's a recap of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' congressional testimony https://youtu.be/84C1-NiWvQE Big Tech’s big week: Historic antitrust hearing and record profits put industry giants in spotlight https://buff.ly/30f2lNZ Data isn't just being collected from your phone. It's being used to score you. https://buff.ly/3169Iqh Why people should stop designing prosthetics that look realistic—and start designing ones that work https://buff.ly/2PiCRsN “Speed” Round: GIMP is Quietly Working On Its Own Version of "Smart Objects" - And Its Just as Good as Photoshop's  https://buff.ly/2XfewIv Pandemic gets Japan's automated delivery services on the road https://buff.ly/3g1eBHq by @JapanToday San Francisco apartment rent prices are dropping fast as tech companies embrace remote work and unemployment rises https://buff.ly/3gk6INr Flying Cars Are Legal, Says Newly-Passed New Hampshire Law https://buff.ly/2Xhi6C7 by @IntEngineering Tips of the Week: Gimp https://www.gimp.org/ NAS Update with Social Greg Support The Show: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker PayPal donations to https://paypal.me/foronda

    30 min

  2. 07/30/2020

    Pentagon Admits to Having UFO's and Why Your Manager May Suck

    Stories of the week: Pentagon Has 'A Lot More' Classified UFO Videos, Ex Head of https://buff.ly/3g4mCLK Source code leaked from exposed repos of many companies, including Nintendo, Microsoft, Adobe, Lenovo, AMD, Qualcomm; it's unclear how much of it is proprietary https://buff.ly/30SL9g6 Face masks are thwarting even the best facial recognition algorithms, study finds      https://buff.ly/2X1quFI Some people might already be immune to coronavirus thanks to the common cold https://buff.ly/3g5Tl3d “Speed” Round: Airbus' self-flying plane just completed taxi, take-off, and landing tests https://buff.ly/30IRBGE Alexa Echo snooping-blocker from MSCHF could protect your privacy https://buff.ly/3g0Nv33 Google will let employees work from home until at least next summer  https://buff.ly/3jKxLn6 It’s easier to manage four people than one person https://buff.ly/3hIFY9G Tips of the Week: Clean Your Dirty Microwave With a Lemon https://buff.ly/3f2UyXD Teach Your Kids to Take a Meditative 'Snow Break' https://buff.ly/30RIu6H  Support The Show: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker PayPal donations to https://paypal.me/foronda

    24 min

  3. 07/19/2020

    Fk It Let's Move To Barbados and Work Remote

    Stories of the week: Russian spies 'target coronavirus vaccine' https://buff.ly/2DJcFot Bill Gates and Elon Musk Didn’t Get Hacked—Twitter Did by https://www.reviewgeek.com/47803/bill-gates-and-elon-musk-didnt-get-hacked-twitter-did/ Attorney General Barr accuses Hollywood, Big Tech of collaborating with China https://buff.ly/32lZcgR A San Francisco Exec Is Building a City-Wide Surveillance Network https://buff.ly/3fAQTBG Thanks to subscriber Tom Pinkowski for this “Speed” Round: How to Start Your Own Learning 'Co-Op' at Home https://buff.ly/3fCpvmL Roomba gets supersized https://buff.ly/304g8Wn If You're Working Remotely, Do It in Barbados https://buff.ly/32oyVyr Amazon’s new ‘smart’ shopping cart uses sensors to enable cashier-less stores https://buff.ly/2CA9fnw Tips of the Week: New Microsoft Edge https://buff.ly/2Tr2lYg How to Make Your PC Automatically Turn On on a Schedule https://buff.ly/393AzqE Support The Show: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker PayPal donations to https://paypal.me/foronda

    25 min

  4. 07/13/2020

    The Scumbag Episode

    Stories of the week Michael Lofthouse of Solid8 is a piece of sh1t https://buff.ly/2Zd3vZE The Micromobility Revolution: How Bikes And Scooters Are Shaking Up Urban Transport Worldwide” https://buff.ly/2ZbrR6c Elon Musk says a Neuralink update is coming in August https://buff.ly/2W488DA Microsoft’s solution to Zoom fatigue is to trick your brain https://buff.ly/38SpHfb Feds give Ghislaine Maxwell paper clothes due to fear she might kill herself https://buff.ly/3iP7G5E “Speed” Round: In an ominous sign for the economy, 32% of US fell short on July housing payments  https://buff.ly/3ffhi7z What is the AVIF Image Format... Chrome and Firefox is getting it https://buff.ly/2DqUoMK Baseball stadium invites dancing robots to mask eerie emptiness during game  https://buff.ly/2ZgxRe5 Giants commit to cardboard cut-outs instead of fans for 2020 season https://buff.ly/2Ognxw1 Tips of the Week: First new “The Far Side” cartoons from Gary Larson since 1995 https://buff.ly/3izZCG5 7 Tips to Make the Web More Readable on an iPhone https://buff.ly/2ZSvgpR Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker PayPal donations to https://paypal.me/foronda

    26 min

  5. 07/06/2020

    Dropping Dropbox Then Going To A Walmart Drive-In

    Stories of the week Walmart will soon open drive-in movie theaters https://buff.ly/38mCtSB What America Asks of Working Parents Is Impossible https://buff.ly/2NEdUHo by @jpinsk via @TheAtlantic I just canceled my Dropbox subscription. What the Dutch can teach the world about remote work https://bbc.in/2D4iJI2 by @WhatKatieBWrote via @BBC_Worklife “Speed” Round: UFC Confirmed To Host 9 Events In Las Vegas In August https://buff.ly/3ipYIf5 Update. California University Pays Million-Dollar Crypto Ransom  https://bit.ly/2VDWQpu via @cointelegraph The Smart Way To Come Back To Jiu-Jitsu After A Long Time Off https://buff.ly/3ijQy89 Drones take on the wings: @DeuceDrones to deliver chicken wings The drone startup signed a deal with @BWWings franchisee Potter Wings Mobile for drone deliveries by @JasonPReagan via @drone_life https://bit.ly/2BYcwNa Tips of the Week: You Should Mute Your Smart Speaker's Mic More Often https://buff.ly/2ZB67j2 Google collects a frightening amount of data about you. You can find and delete it now https://buff.ly/2NFyIhG

    30 min

  6. 06/29/2020

    Breaking Leases, All The Kids Are Doing It

    Stories of the week San Francisco Tenants Break Leases At Alarming Rates https://buff.ly/2NuIymn TikTok Users, K-Pop Fans Take Credit for Inflating Expectations to Trump Tulsa Rally https://buff.ly/2Ys3lNU Work-life balance was never going to work https://buff.ly/2B1HdBa Where Will We Pee When We're Out in Our Half-Reopened States? https://buff.ly/2BxXSMy “Speed” Round: Quora goes permanently remote-first Link Olympus is giving up on camera https://buff.ly/2VuJSub Robot actress to star in big-budget sci-fi movie https://buff.ly/3g0mCvA There’s a Wire Above Manhattan That You’ve Probably Never Noticed https://buff.ly/2VgGy5z Tips of the Week: Keeping your private information private https://buff.ly/2CDiYtn Now you can think longer about recalling that email in Gmail https://buff.ly/2V4ols2 Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker PayPal donations to https://paypal.me/foronda

    17 min

  7. 06/22/2020

    The Nerd Stalker Rage Cage

    Stories of the week I sent an email to IDEO about the long-standing racism in the design industry and they wrote me back. eBay Execs Thought Sending Dead Pigs, Live Spiders To Small News Website Was A Good Idea https://buff.ly/2YIEtQC Tech company Buffer is adopting a 4-day workweek https://buff.ly/3dcSZ8O In defense on working at the office https://t.co/qJlZefNbo5?amp=1 “Speed” Round: The FBI used a Philly protester’s Etsy profile, LinkedIn, and other internet history to charge her with setting police cars ablaze https://buff.ly/2YIzM9z Now any US business can buy Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot for $74,500 https://buff.ly/3foihlE Colin Kaepernick joins board of Medium https://buff.ly/30UFCrl Silicon Valley's elite wants yet again to abandon land and live on floating cities in the middle of the ocean that operate outside of existing governments https://buff.ly/2BfQy80 Tips of the Week: Bed Specs Laying down Book/Phone Reading Periscope Eyeglasses https://is.gd/BRhPgT How to Always Show Full URLs in Google Chrome https://buff.ly/2N6h0U4 Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker PayPal donations to https://paypal.me/foronda

    29 min

  8. 06/15/2020

    Military vs Bitcoin and Underwater WiFi

    Stories of the week Pentagon Documents Reveal The U.S. Has Planned For A Bitcoin Rebellion https://buff.ly/3fiVDLF IBM is exiting the face recognition business https://buff.ly/37bJ5Tg and so is Amazon Electric Blockaloo: Minecraft's virtual music festival with Deadmau5 and Steve Aoki is going to be utterly bonkers https://buff.ly/3dVnrFk Would You Enjoy Having Your Own Enclosed Office “Cubicle” Pod with AirPurifier? “Pods each have automatic doors that operate with FacialRecognition, so there’s no need to touch and contaminate them.” https://is.gd/pTQIgO “Speed” Round: Aqua-Fi could bring Wi-Fi-like tech to the underwater world https://buff.ly/2AhCWsY Imagine an 'Android Pro' subscription https://buff.ly/37ttoqZ Apple Shares WWDC Details Including Keynote Time, Developer Forums, 1-on-1 Developer Labs, and More https://buff.ly/2Ap2C6I Designer envisions a detachable camera module for phones, and it’s pretty cool https://buff.ly/3040OKO Tips of the Week: 5 tips to brush up on your Docs, Sheets and Slides skills https://buff.ly/2XSmGYh Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker PayPal donations to https://paypal.me/foronda

    22 min
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We believe in tech, agile, design, and a better you.

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  • Creator
    Adolfo Foronda
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2020
  • Episodes
    38
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Adolfo Foronda