Podcast Episodes

285: More Free Space Than Free Time

Episode 285

By listener request, we're talking about our personal file organization and storage layouts this week, with a focus on our desktop computers--including how we use our OS-level home folders, whether t…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

284: Shatner's Sap Shack

Episode 284

Where does Robocop's data spike rank on our big list of connectors? What do you do with an old cable modem or cable box? What's the fastest discontinued product in tech history (and is it the Microso…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

283: Nook NUC: A NUC for Your Nook

Episode 283

It's been 16 frigid months since our last all-intro episode, but now we're pulling the ice tray out of the freezer and offering you another cube of cold opens, covering everything from surge protecto…

Published on 5 months ago

282: You Can't Contest the Knob Feel

Episode 282

We've both gotten our hands on CRT televisions recently--Will's one from his youth and Brad's a much more modern set--and we've spent a bunch of time tinkering with them, getting our MiSTers to play …

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

281: Fully Ray-Traced Metal Mario

Episode 281

With the wraps finally being taken off the Switch 2 this week, PC World's Adam Patrick Murray joins us for a handheld state of the union this week, with a closer look at some of the technical aspects…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

280: Pay-to-Reject Cookies Should Be Illegal

Episode 280

Links mentioned on this episode:

ShaderGlass: https://mausimus.itch.io/shaderglass

Articles on Apple's sealed/immutable system layout in recent MacOS versions:

https://eclecticlight.co/2021/10/29/how-ma…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

279: $30,000 to Take Off a Pair of Glasses

Episode 279

The Game Developers Conference has come and gone for another year, and this week we have a potpourri mostly focused on our experiences at the show, with a particular focus on some emerging dev tools …

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

278: rare-platypus-1372

Episode 278

Email hasn't gotten any less complicated since the last time we covered it, but we have tried a few new options for wrangling our ever-increasing number of inboxes. This week we dig into some of our …

Published on 6 months ago

277: Very Ultra

Episode 277

The PC hardware market has finally settled down with the release of AMD's new Radeon 9000 series and no more major CPU or GPU product launches later this year. So we assess the state of the PC union …

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

276: The Greatest Treasure of the Sith

Episode 276

We've done it: we've brought on Rob Zacny -- host of (among many other things) A More Civilized Age: A Star Wars Podcast -- to dissect and attempt to make sense of the rules of technology in the Star…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago