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320: Maybe Somebody Hates Brian Eno
Episode 320
We're back to start the new year with the second and final installment of our ranking of startup sounds. To close out the tier list we consider later consoles like the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, mor…
Published on 3 days, 3 hours ago
319: An Amuse-bouche for Your Device
Episode 319
As is tradition (?) around here, over the holidays we're doing another extended ranking, and this year it's a two-part tier list of... every startup sound we could find across video game consoles, ha…
Published on 1 week, 3 days ago
318: System B or systemd?
Episode 318
As the end of the year rolls up on us, we attempt a little personalized year-in-review, looking back at 2025 without dwelling on the various tech crises we've already talked about ad nauseam. Instead…
Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago
317: Schrödinger's AirPod
Episode 317
It's briskly, unusually cold here in the Bay Area this year, so what better time to crack open another tray of cold opens for your bite-size listening pleasure. This time we discuss such micro-topics…
Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago
316: I Don't Like the Sparkle
Episode 316
Things are getting so dire in the PC-building space that we had to revisit the subject again this week, primarily to discuss the sudden and shocking end of longtime RAM and SSD maker Crucial, with a …
Published on 1 month ago
315: Work-in-Progress Till I Die
Episode 315
The end of November brings a fresh crop of your questions, this month addressing subjects like getting lost in a corporation's Kafka-esque support infrastructure, video game voice chatting with Inter…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
314: We Hope, We Wish, We Ask, We Request
Episode 314
It's a news roundup this week, with a ton of recent goings on to discuss, including the sudden explosion in RAM prices (and a similar looming problem with SSDs), Microsoft announcing plans to shove A…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
313: Chan's on the Move
Episode 313
It seems like this week's big salvo of Valve hardware announcements is all anyone's talking about right now, particularly the Steam Machine, and who better to fill in a bunch of hands-on details with…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
312: The Original Tree Puncher
Episode 312
Online game design veteran Raph Koster recently posted a new piece about how he thinks about game design, which got us talking about the history of online multiplayer, so then we figured, why not tal…
Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago
311: The Fab Floor
Episode 311
PC World's Adam Patrick Murray stops by this week to discuss the trip he and Will recently took to visit Intel's new 18A chip fabrication facility in Arizona. Settle in for a wide-ranging chat about …
Published on 2 months ago