The Show Notes

Franco-Belgian comics Tintin The blue lotus Tintin in Tibet Destination Moon /  Explorers on the Moon  (Elon Musk's rocket before Elon Musk, or is it the other way around? ;) Asterix Camera falls from airplane and lands in pig pen Seinfeld European carry-all North Coast Brewing Co.  Old Rasputin Barrel Aged Stout , quite amazing Basic income unconditional basic income  "is a proposed system of social security in which all citizens or residents of a country regularly receive an unconditional sum of money, either from a government or some other public institution." France RMI: recipients "must commit to finding work within 3 months of the first payment of benefit" Charles Stross: A nation of slaves

Berries myrtilles groseilles sureau  ( elderberry ) aussi en confiture cassis belladone Humor The Expert (Short Comedy Sketch) Swiss to vote on $3.4 bln purchase of 22 Saab fighter jets Invading Switzerland? Try Before 8 or After 5 Tech Changes in Gmail's upcoming mobile app Bay Area Foster City Marina Center proposal Maker Faire Bay Area 2014 TV Series Sherlock Game of Thrones  "is the first novel in A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of high fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin" Game of Thrones "is an American fantasy drama television series created for HBO by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss" Game of Thrones wiki Misc On " average cost per day to patient for ICU ": seems to be around $10,000-$20,000, but seems anecdotal.

awesome , the window manager "It aims to […] make it possible for the user to productively manage windows with the use of keyboard." Wi-Fi Direct "A Wi-Fi standard that enables devices to connect easily with each other without requiring a wireless access point" Sounds similar to Apple's AirDrop . Questions about email Why is spam still working? Is it? Why are email authentication/signatures still not commonly in place? "Native" apps on Google Chrome OS, from the FAQ : "all applications are web applications […] To write applications that will benefit from native code execution we recommend using NativeClient, an open source project that allows web apps to run native code securely within a browser" Chariot élévateur , AKA "un forklift"  Satya Nadella on Why Office For iPad Took So Long "Windows 8 users still waiting for a touch-friendly version of Office,"

Mefistofele Selection of good parts from 1989 production: Dai campi, dai prati Se tu mi doni un'ora di riposo L'altra notte in fondo al mare Ah! Amore! misterio! Celeste, profondo Victoria de los Angeles "L'altra notte in fondo al mare" Full recording with Pavarotti/Freni/Ghiaurov The Devil's Advocate (1997)

lithium battery going bust if unused for a long time National orgasm day and national masturbation month BMW i3 electric car The Paradox of Our Time , "A widely-circulated essay known as "The Paradox of Our Time" was penned by George Carlin"

Mandarin doesn't have an age or gender neutral term for sibling , but instead has 4 terms: older brother, younger brother, older sister, and younger sister. The Complicated Chinese Family Tree  (really complicated, but this is a fun video!) Tim Cook's modest home Sleeping in cars

Melatonin "is a hormone found in animals, plants, and microbes. In animals, circulating levels of melatonin vary in a daily cycle, thereby allowing the entrainment of the circadian rhythms of several biological functions Many biological effects of melatonin are produced through activation of melatonin receptors, while others are due to its role as a pervasive and powerful antioxidant, with a particular role in the protection of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA. "The full effects of long-term exogenous supplementation in humans have not yet been ascertained." Not to be confused with  melanin , "a broad term for a group of natural pigments found in most organisms". Cliff Click Chinese School (discussed another week) BBC 4 Live Coding Scala.js , 1 hour video of Li Haoyi demoing Scala.js ThinkPad X1 Carbon A worthy competitor to the  Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition ? eBay Now Competitor to Google Shopping Express Delivery in 1-2 hours Different and ...

Water intoxication Why I Am Not a Christian by Bertrand Russell (35 min video, and worth every minute of it)