.. title: Episode 21 - Holey Ballsack, Pokey!
.. slug: episode-21-holey-ballsack-pokey
.. date: 2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC-05:00
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Listen Now
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{{% mako_audio url=https://archive.org/download/urandom-021/urandom-021.mp3 %}}

Hosts
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- `Lyle <link://slug/about-lyle>`__
- `Pokey <link://slug/about-pokey>`__
- `Thaj <link://slug/about-thaj>`__
- Cobra2

Feedback
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- `Get in touch with us! <link://slug/feedback-details>`__

  - `Mega Slippers! <https://twitter.com/MegaSlippers/status/956522054991347715>`__

Album of Month
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- Last Month was `Post Human Era: Help, I Invented The Internet <https://posthumanera.bandcamp.com/album/help-i-invented-the-internet-2>`__ 

  - Thaj: I like the _idea_ of this album. But its not my cup of tea
  - Lyle: Not my cup of tea
  - Pokey: I picked it. I see it as a sci-fi rock-opera / musical audiobook 
  - Cobra2: I didn't listen to this

- This month is Cobra2's pick: `Rehab, Southern Discomfort <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Discomfort_(Rehab_album)>`__

Random Topics
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- The Internet Apocalypse of 2018
- Pokey is now semi live on Mastodon
- Show notes on nextcloud / replace gapps.

  - `DavDroid <https://www.davdroid.com/>`__
  - `Tasks <https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.tasks/>`__
  - `Keepass <https://keepass.info/>`__
  - `Termux <https://termux.com/>`__

- `Cobra2's setup <https://www.unixporn.pro/i/AIQXOhV.jpg>`__
- `Shoes for Pokey! <https://po-zu.com/products/porg>`__
- I don't know if I agree with this, but its `interesting <https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/7ozorn/luke_is_george_lucas_tlj_spoilers/?ref=share&ref_source=link>`__
- `We need to standardize our government <https://xkcd.com/927/>`__
- `Searx.me <https://searx.me/>`__
- `scaleway <https://www.scaleway.com/>`__ cheap vps and bare metal servers on EU backbone comparison to `linode vps. <https://www.linode.com/>`__
- LnB has poor taste in music but Bait/Switch continue to be fantastic
- PSA - You can't get good at anything unless you actually do it.
- Pokey was TOTALLY right about `JourneyQuest <https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB600313D4723E21F>`__
- `youtube_dl <https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/>`__ and `mps-youtube <https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube>`__ are saviors and remarkably cool.
- `Chronicles and Commons <http://mixedsignals.ml/cnc/>`__ podcast (just in case I can't get Klaatu to record before we publish)
- `mpradio <https://gitlab.com/ThajASara/mpradio>`__
- Album of the month
- Ask Urandom!
- Gaming on linux .com has announced the `2017 Game of the year awards. <https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/the-linux-2017-goty-awards-are-now-over-heres-the-winners.11083>`__
- Black Lightning is very good.
- Cobra2 bitcoin status
- `Mycroft 2 <https://mycroft.ai/kickstarter-mark-2/>`__ - or actually more about `Common Voice <https://voice.mozilla.org/>`__
- `Linux Mint 18.3 <https://linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=246>`__
- Show publishing automation and hosting