Each Sunday, Brad Shoemaker and Will Smith discuss a new technology topic. Come for the long-form conversations about virtual reality, space travel, electric cars, refresh rates, and a whole lot more. Support the pod on Patreon: http://patreon.com/techpod
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 11 days 19 hours 55 minutes
episode 32: 32: Bless the Drive
Time for another Q&A! This week we discuss listener-submitted emails about the ultra-sandboxed future of Windows 10X, a short mouse retrospective, waiting for the right time to build a new PC, electron beams 'n electromagnets, questionable phone upgrades, and our personal histories of taking stuff apart and putting it back together...
episode 31: 31: Virtuals on Virtuals on Virtuals
This week we reach into our grab bag of homebound projects to chat about the tech stuff we're up to lately, from Will's ray-traced camera obscura and adventures in Behringer mixing to Brad's efforts to bring a FrankenMiSTer to life and get to the bottom of the great shingled hard drive scandal of 2020. Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon...
episode 30: 30: The Neighborhood Software Pirate
Special guest time! Digital Eclipse's Mike Mika joins us to talk about the early days of programming video games, how not to get murdered by your arcade machine, reverse engineering classic games without source code, the coming CRT apocalypse, and what the new console hardware means for old games. Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod
episode 29: 29: Have Laser, Will Cut
In this grab bag of an episode, we cover topics ranging from ground loop isolators to the MiSTer, fixing holes in air mattresses, modern uses for 3D printing, an in-depth primer on coronavirus testing, reclaiming that precious blue screen of death, and more stories from our quarantined home life. Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod
episode 28: 28: Low Bidet-lability
Special guest Kishore Hari joins in to help us break down the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic before moving on to your emails, including bugout kits for your car, teleworking, and, yes, another NAS question. Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod
episode 27: 27: The Week That It Happened
Microsoft and Sony dumped a treasure trove of Xbox and PlayStation hardware specs this week, and we do our best to break down the APIs and SOCs, ponder ultra-fast flash storage and ray tracing, speculate about how the new boxes will affect development going forward, and more!
episode 26: 26: Come On Downe to Dongle Towne!
Here's Will's ridiculous portrait ultra-wide monitor: https://imgur.com/a/yy3EJNp
episode 25: 25: Put a Doober in the Wall
Anker 5-port 60W USB Charger
Anker Quick Charge 3.0 Battery
Anker Wireless Charging Pad
Anker Wireless Charging Stand
episode 24: 24: The Mad Max Threshold
Disaster preparedness: nobody wants to think about it, but everybody needs to. This week we cover the basics of the federal emergency checklist, discuss the magic of UV disinfection, run through Brad's very robust survival kit, and talk over some options for power outages, food shortages, and even sleeping out of doors.
episode 23: 23: Some Real Karen Energy
Q&A time! On our latest emails episode we cover topics like Raspberry Pi media servers, backing up old Nintendo games, dystopian uses for biometric data, COM ports in 2020, Will's travails with Netflix customer chat, and the ancient, forgotten magic of LightScribe.