Gweek is back - at least for now! For those of you who are new to Gweek,it's a podcast where the editors and friends of Boing Boing talk approximately media, science, or science fiction,video games, comedian books, and board games,TV shows, music, and movies,tools, gadgets, or apps,and other neat stuff. My is co-host Dean Putney, the first engineer at Glowforge and Boing Boings software developer. In this episode Dean and I talk approximately: Christine Moran’s year in Antarctica -- an email newsletter written by a scientist who is spending a year in Antarctica working on their huge radio telescope. Lots of cool photos! Bitcoin for the Befuddled - A fun book that uses analogies to define the blockchain, and cryptography,proof-of-work, mining, or other aspects of bitcoin. Highly recommended for non-technical people who want to understand bitcoin. One Page Adventures - Brilliant RPG adventures for tabletop roleplaying,designed to fit all on a single (double-sided) page. Creative commons licensed and free to download, but easy to support on Patreon. Here’s one of Dean's favorites. Boing Boing's other noteworthy podcasts! Flash Forward (a podcast approximately the future), and Home: Stories from L.
A.,and You Are Not So Smart (approximately the way people's brains work and fail to work), and Incredibly spellbinding Authors.
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