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[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/305964372″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] New episodes of Happy Hour are available every week. As mentioned, you can download this podcast via iTunes or plug in our RSS feed link into your favorite podcasting app. Note: Subscribing to the podcast feed will guarantee the latest episode is downloaded as soon as possible. Hosts: Benjamin Mayo Zac Hall Here’s what we discussed in this episode: Sponsor: Blue Apron — visit BlueApron....

While the Harry Potter series does have two canon LGBT characters, many fans have felt like other characters would have been better choices for representation. While Dumbledore and Grindlewald were gay, this wasn’t actually revealed in the books themselves. Also, many people felt that the way their relationship was handled wasn’t that positive and that having other examples of LGBT representation was necessary. While this didn’t happen, many fans have enjoyed shipping certain couples together and creating headcanons in fandom that certain characters were queer....

The wizarding world of Harry Potter is full of all kinds of mysterious creatures and beings, and they all seem to coexist and intermingle with wizards and witches in a variety of different ways. One of the most integral parts of wizarding society is goblins, a kind of humanoid magical creature that share a lot of commonalities with wizards along with some very distinct differences. Goblins are a race or species of magical creatures that both exist within the wizarding world and who have a society and culture of their own....

The wonderful wizarding world of Harry Potter is a fictional universe that it seems like everyone in the world loves to inhabit and explore. These characters, places, and ideas inspired the imaginations of children and adults all over the globe, and even though the original Harry Potter series has been over for years now the popularity of the film and book franchise has barely waned at all. And like any super popular film and book franchise, the Harry Potter series has become the subject of many an internet meme....

Google Deal with Disney We’ve been saying for years that it’s only a matter of time before YouTube goes head-to-head with Netflix, the TV networks, and the cable industry to become a full, end-to-end provider for the music and movie studios. And that’s what YouTube is getting with the Disney deal. The next step as we see it will be original YouTube content–quality studio-grade content, not zit-popping-in-the-mirror vids. Why run a show on NBC or HBO if the viewers are on YouTube?...

Google made some announcements today regarding its work with the Quickoffice team since acquiring the company in June. On top of noting work to take advantage of Quickoffice conversion technology in Google Docs, Google launched a free version of the QuickOffice iPad app exclusively for Google Apps for Business customers today. There are also free iPhone and Android versions of the app for creating and editing Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files coming to Apps customers in the near future:...

Although hundreds of thousands of invitations have gone out for Google Wave already, I’m still getting emails from some groovyReaders requesting invites. The forum topic for Google Wave Invites has also heated up a bit recently. So with all that in mind, I figured it would be appropriate to spin up a groovy Google Wave Invite Donation thread similar to the Google Voice Donation thread which was very successful. So, to kick things off let’s review the RULES for how this is going to work....

Launched just a week ago, Grounded is making quite the buzz already. It is in its early stages, and only a few weapons are available as of now. The most potent weapon from the list is the Mint Mallet, which is the only Tier 3 weapon in the game right now. The Mint Mallet is an ultimate weapon that can easily stun almost any insect that you may encounter. The damage on this weapon is second to none right now....

HTB is an excellent platform that hosts machines belonging to multiple OSes. It also has some other challenges as well. Individuals have to solve the puzzle (simple enumeration plus pentest) in order to log into the platform and download the VPN pack to connect to the machines hosted on the HTB platform. The walkthrough Note: Only write-ups of retired HTB machines are allowed. The machine in this article, named Networked, is retired....

Check out our hands-on video with the new cases: As you’ll see in our video above, totallee offers some of the best affordable thin iPhone cases around with a branding-free approach that we absolutely love. Branding-free means you won’t find any company logo or text anywhere on the case, which is especially nice for the transparent case (pictured below). The collection includes a selection of colors for its very popular thin cases including frosted clear, frosted black, solid black, navy blue and red, all with a soft and grippy matte finish....

In normal circumstances falling in love is a beautifully uncomplicated matter, but for Harry Potter, love was as tricky as learning how to use his Patronus. When everything that goes bump in the night in the Wizarding world wants to either eat or kill you, it is understandable why Harry would guard his heart, but that was all before he found his soulmate Ginny, or according to some fans, drank a love potion....

Game of Thrones creator, George R. R. Martin, says he intends to release the series’ long-awaited next book, The Winds of Winter, by summer next year and lists exactly what fans can do to him if he doesn’t meet that target. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire novels have always enjoyed a dedicated and passionate following but the mammoth success of HBO’s Game of Thrones has elevated the books to the very top of the fantasy fiction pile....

What was the attack that Godzilla used to destroy King Ghidorah at the end of Godzilla: King of the Monsters? Though its name is never mentioned in the movie, Godzilla fans may recognize it as a nuclear pulse, a powerful but rarely used attack that Godzilla has employed in the past. Though Godzilla nearly killed Ghidorah in their second battle in Godzilla: King of the Monsters, the titular monster was pushed to his limit in their final showdown....

New Chromecast Entertainment Apps According to a post on the Google Chrome Blog today, Chromecast is adding seven more apps including Comedy Central, Sesame Street Go, Nickelodeon, EPIX, YuppTV and ENCORE Play. All of these apps, sans TuneIn, will require you to have a cable subscription to access their on-demand shows. And one of those allows you to stream broadcasts from over 100,000 radio stations, and millions of Podcasts with the TuneIn Radio app....

For a moniker that sounds so harmless, Littlefinger was quite the opposite. Actually named Petyr Baelish, he grew up with the Tully children after Lord Hoster Tully of the Riverrun took him as his ward. Due to his conniving schemes, Baelish rose through the ranks. From the Lord of minor holdings, he became one of the most important players in the Game of Thrones. Achieving tall statuses such as Master of Coin, Lord Protector of Vale, Lord of Harrenhal required meticulous planning and execution....

The toy industry is by far the most lucrative when it comes to children’s products. Every single show, movie, or book series aimed at kids is quickly followed by a line of toys in order to make a quick buck with the merchandising rights. Toys like the original G.I. Joe and the Star Wars action figures had been around for awhile, but it was in the ’80s and ’90s that the action figure business really started to balloon....

Finally, in part because of that mounting pressure, the corporate world seems to be listening. A key reason for the current momentum behind green business initiatives is simply a shift in the economic equation, according to Google’s new sustainability director. “I think the biggest acceleration has been innovation, which has driven new ways of working new technologies that’s really changing,” Justin Keeble, Google Cloud’s Managing Director of Global Sustainability, told ZDNet....

Warning: SPOILERS for Guardians of the Galaxy #3 If Marvel fans were shocked to see a whole new crew replace the Guardians of the Galaxy, we can’t wait to see how they react to the news that Star-Lord has been removed as Captain, and leader of the team. And his replacement is the last person we expected… actually, it’s the last person we ever dreamed possible. When the news first broke that Marvel was rebooting the Guardians of the Galaxy, it seemed a useful twist of fate, since the fate of the Guardians movies (and their director) seemed uncertain....

Over its five seasons on the air, AMC’s hit drama Breaking Bad played host to plenty of interesting supporting characters, from one episode wonders to long-term antagonists. Arguably the most intriguing member of the series’ supporting roster was New Mexico meth kingpin Gustavo “Gus” Fring (Giancarlo Esposito), who spent his days operating his legal front business Los Pollos Hermanos, and his nights committing all kinds of heinous acts in pursuit of total control of the drug world....

Back in the summer we went hands-on with Pioneer’s budget-minded MVH-1400NEX CarPlay head unit (review). What we found was an excellent no-frills aftermarket head unit with a clean design. The MVH-1400NEX with its ~$300 entry-level price point was nice, but it lacked wireless CarPlay capability, which made it a non-starter for users desiring a wire-free experience. Enter Pioneer’s ~$800 AVIC-W8400NEX, a truly wireless CarPlay aftermarket head unit. Is it worth paying more for wireless connectivity?...