Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod.
Episodes
40: Gigantic Flaming Luminous Orb
21 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Oh, the horror! This week we recount some of the tech disasters from our past. From near-miss electrocutions to ruined prototype hardware, PC-building...
39: The Eternal Optimist
14 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Things are rough out there, so this week we recorded a free-wheeling episode about tech-ish self-care strategies for things like exercise, meditation,...
38: Embrace, Extend, Extinguish
07 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for infosec episode, the sequel! Will recounts the hackery he's dealt with since our initial podcast about online security a few weeks ago, ...
37: Mr. Reginald Edit
31 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
36: The Frankencoder Liiiiiiives
24 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With everyone trapped indoors, streaming video on the Internet is an especially good way to connect with people right now. This week we did a broad su...
35: Every Polygon Is a Pixel
17 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With the advent of another generational Unreal Engine tech demo, it's time to have a live watch party and then mull over what the UE5 tech means for a...
34: My Other Computer Is a Datacenter
10 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Friend of the pod Brian Fitzpatrick of Tock Inc. and ORD Camp stops by to talk about the early days of big data at Google, shipping 1500-pound rack se...
33: Prudiest Common Denominator
03 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
By all accounts, Apple is moving its laptops to ARM sooner than later. What's this transition going to mean for existing MacOS software? How many days...
32: Bless the Drive
26 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Time for another Q&A! This week we discuss listener-submitted emails about the ultra-sandboxed future of Windows 10X, a short mouse retrospective, wai...
31: Virtuals on Virtuals on Virtuals
19 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
30: The Neighborhood Software Pirate
12 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 arca...
29: Have Laser, Will Cut
05 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 p...
28: Low Bidet-lability
29 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Serious Eats Food SafetyThe YouTube Food VideoSocial Distancing Strategies for Curbing COVID-19COVID Tracking Project As always, we couldn't make thi...
27: The Week That It Happened
22 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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, ponde...
26: Come On Downe to Dongle Towne!
15 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Here's Will's ridiculous portrait ultra-wide monitor: https://imgur.com/a/yy3EJNp Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access t...
25: Put a Doober in the Wall
08 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Anker 5-port 60W USB ChargerAnker Quick Charge 3.0 BatteryAnker Wireless Charging PadAnker Wireless Charging Stand Support the Pod! Contribute to the ...
24: The Mad Max Threshold
01 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
d.Light Solar Lantern + Phone ChargerMPOWERD inflatable Solar LanternBigBlue 5V 28W Solar ChargerAnker Backup BatteryLifestraw Personal SizeLifestraw ...
23: Some Real Karen Energy
23 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 da...
22: Like a '70s Oldsmobile
16 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our super-definitive ordering of every Windows concludes with the all the modern ones: XP and SP2, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, and 10. Remember the Start Screen...
21: WINDOWS ON TRIAL
09 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Don't miss Will's old magazine reviews of Windows 2000 and Millennium Edition. It's like traveling through time! Support the Pod! Contribute to the Te...
20: It's Like a USB Condom
02 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Information security is more important than ever these days, so it's time to talk best practices, from two-factor authentication to Yubi keys, passwor...
19: The Codec-sperts
26 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's that time again: emails! We're computer-heavy this week with questions about our favorite PC cases and understanding video formats, but we also m...
18: A Cave for Your Hard Drives
19 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're getting NASty... network-attached storage, that is. From wi-fi-enabled USB drives to Synology to FreeNAS and beyond, this episode is a...
17: Jimmy Dean Organic
12 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Another Consumer Electronics Show has come and gone, and while we dodged the Vegas bullet this year, we still read all the news: Bluetooth LE audio, f...
16: Heavy HDMI
05 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Will and Brad turn Qs into As in another mailbag edition of the Tech Pod. Topics include getting hands-on with Half-Life: Alyx, next-gen console minsp...
15: Bob Iger Will Eat You
30 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A new decade is nigh, so what better time to look back on the tech trends that defined the twenty-tens... teens... whatever. From smartphones to 3D mo...
14: It's Just Math
22 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week we dip our toes into the wild world of ray tracing, from the physical basics to emerging APIs, a brief history of GPU design, what the ray t...
13: Tech the Halls!
15 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Programmable lights: www.twinkly.comHomebridge: https://github.com/nfarina/homebridge Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get acce...
12: I Have a Website!
01 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
You ask and we answer! This week, we tackle relevant tech topics like chicken farming, vaporware, drive-by-wire, upgrading a 486 to a 586, and what wi...
11: Spatchcock Central
24 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The annual giving of thanks is almost upon us, so Brad and Will sat down to chew the well-rendered bird fat about a few of the technologies they're th...
10: The Corgi of Cars
17 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
That self-driving car GIF Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, a monthly bonus episode, your nam...
9: Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
10 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Apologies for the crackling in the audio! A recording snafu forced us to use a backup recording that wasn't as high quality as we would have liked. Su...
8: The One Where We Go Dark
03 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The best reference material I found on quantum computing (It's a comic).Scott Aaronson's blog with a ton of good quantum computing info.Larry Osterman...
7: Singularities All Around Us!
27 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The technological singularity may or may not be looming in our future, so we attempt to get to the bottom of singularities past and present, quantum i...
6: Spray the Frame Hose
20 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week we crack open the time capsule with the first episode we ever recorded, about screens! From their humble origins with the first analog TVs t...
5: Punch a Couple of Nuns
14 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we talk about supply chain. Why did the iPod Nano beget the iPhone? What's the big deal with batteries? What does the Gmail launch have to ...
4: A Bomb That Sits on Your Stove
06 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week we had the brilliant idea of talking about food tech while we were starving. Pressure cookers! Air fryers! The Maillard reaction! N-nitrogen...
3: 340 Trillion Trillion Trillion
29 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Here's the mid-'90s memo outlining the use of private address ranges like 192.168.0.0 for internal network use. If you happen to be Robert G. Moskowit...
2: Captain Crunch's Electric Car
23 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Batteries power everything from phones and laptops to cars now, but it feels like the technology is lagging behind. Brad and Will talk about different...
1: We're Gonna Need JNCOs For That
15 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Brad and Will contemplate their own mortality while discussing this week's Apple event. Topics include Apple's newest iPhones, Watches, iPads, and ser...
0: Sweatpants Tech Podcast
12 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this inaugural episode, Brad and Will share their technological origin stories and why they've always loved tech. Hear the reason they're making a ...