Episodes

Ian has a new bike, Cotton Bureau is celebrating their 5th year anniversary, and Westworld is too tempting to talk about before the official review begins.

After a long wait, we finally got a follow-up to HBO's Westworld! Does the second season hold up, does it answer the many questions we were left with, do they have more classic rock songs redone as orchestral pieces?? Ian and Brian have all those answers and more for you!

Brian is on a serious time constraint, so he and Ian waste very little time on The Fringe.

Today, more and more online content is being published on centralized platforms. That hasn't always been the case, since the internet was created as a decentralized system. Join Ian R Buck and Brian Mitchell as they explore the pros and cons of each approach, and try to figure out what the optimal way to publish content is!

Despite its status as an Anthology movie, Solo had a lot to live up to as the backstory for one of Star Wars' most popular characters. Join Ian, Mike, Dan, and Quentin for a spoiler-free overview, followed by a spoiler-filled deep dive.

Truly, a Fringe to remember! Longer than the episode it accompanies, Mike and Ian end up talking about USB-C for a long time, and Ian reveals his unusual preferences for units of measurement.

Brian Mitchell and Ryan Rampersad discuss WWDC 2018: iOS performance updates, watchOS maturity, tvOS surrounds, macOS in the desert and of course no long awaited hardware updates!

Before the show, Paul Horn shows up, and then Brian dictates his tweet-notes to Ryan as he creates show notes in real time.

Motivating yourself to get out there and go for a run can be tough, and many apps have been created to help with that. Some tell a story, some prompt you to hit a daily goal, and some like the upcoming Run An Empire pit you against other players. After a month of trying out the beta, Ian R Buck is ready to share his impressions.

You've probably been getting lots of emails about companies updating their privacy policies. They're all doing this at the same time because the EU's General Data Protection Regulation just came into effect. Find out what it means for you with Ian R Buck.

After talking about the show stuff, Andrew and Steven talk about futuristic text, Amazon, server room missles, and old game graphics. Also, this episode contains an old show recorded moments before Andrew started building his computer last year. Forward to 26 minutes into this Fringe.

Andrew joins Steven on his "last" show to talk RASPBERRY!, Ubuntu, TCP flow control, Microsoft, Magento, POWER, and Cisco.

Apple made a very unexpected decision in 2017 to come out with a new version of the MacBook Air, which is very different from the rest of the laptops they are currently selling. Join Ian R Buck and Ryan Rampersad to find out what Apple has done to make this classic device relevant in 2017.

Ian comes up with a brilliant idea for compensating for the fact that he is unsure what episode number the Second Opinion is.

After a hiatus, Andrew and Steve return to talk about AMD, Python, Java, SSDs, hard drives, and responsive images. Neat!

Google has plenty of new announcements for us this year, including Android P features, machine learning, a revamp of Google News, machine learning, Google Lens rolling out to more phones, and machine learning! Sit down with Ian R Buck and Betsy Dadabo to hear all about it.

Ian and Betsy sort the show notes, then complain about teachers patronizing other adults like they were children.

Ryan Rampersad is back at it again with a new phone! He liked the S8+ so much that he upgraded to the S9+, but was it a significant upgrade?

Ian has some ideas for a network-wide fundraiser.

After explaining how to do a joke, Andrew and Steve prepare for the show.

If machines become more capable than humans in every way, the world will certainly be in for a wild ride. What will this mean for our society, our morality, and our understanding of ourselves? Ian R Buck is joined by Ian Decker and Mike Sandberg to delve deep into this mind-blowing topic.

Ian and Ian chat for a while. Then Mike shows up, but doesn't start recording right away. Enjoy hearing two thirds of a conversation!

Steven and Andrew return to talk RASPBERRY!, operating systems, vulnerabilities (as usual), warranties, shady URLs, PDFs, Payara, and a smartphone (with a blast from the past).

Ryan, Brian and Brandon begin spring with a serious phone encryption discussion, the obligatory talk on React, speculation on upcoming Apple events and of course, new Twitter Followees!

Everyone made it to the studio to record this quarter's episode of PodKit!

Steve talk about Bitcoin, and Andrew is still trying to find a reasonably priced GPU.

Andrew and Steve are back with some RASPBERRY!, Google lawsuits, Java (or is it Jakarta?), BluRay, AMD, Let's Encrypt, passwords, and TOTP.

Ian and Ryan put their Computer Science degrees to good use by failing to troubleshoot Skype, relying on guest David to install Chrome on his computer so they can use Hangouts instead.

They say theater is a dying medium, but they've been saying that since the advent of radio! In fact, theater has adapted as new technologies become available. What new developments are on the horizon?

Amazon takes a very different approach from Google's for their streaming stick: it has a remote, it is heavily focused on mainstream video providers, and it's actually a stick! Ryan Rampersad joins Ian R Buck to tell us all about it.

Even when he isn't reaching for the keyboard, Ian can't avoid hitting the spacebar. Luckily, they were right at the beginning and didn't lose much.

Brandon confuses us with blueprints from the past and present, and more.

Brandon, Ryan and Brian discuss workplace distractions, disruptions and the their causes and dealing with them, Brian joins our React fan club, a note on Brandon's upcoming talk and new twitter followees!

The Chromecast was our first glimpse into a world of watching TV without a remote. Ian R Buck and Ryan Rampersad both use it heavily, but have different views on a few critical aspects of it.

Ian struggles to organize the show notes before Brian arrives. Ryan talks a bunch about JavaScript something-something, despite the fact that Brandon isn't there.

Imagine a world where you don't have to buy anything because you readily have access to it. Ian R Buck and Brian Mitchell discuss the technologies that could get us there, and the possible consequences of such a system. Ian also interviewed special guest Melody Hoffmann about AirBnB and the sharing economy, which is a current example of an access system.

Steve enjoyed his porkchop, but Andrew isn't a fan of sour kraut, which reminds Andrew of his Berlin trip. Steve talks about his shack, and possible fake crime in GTA. They start talking about personal stuff around 21 minutes in.

Steve and Andrew are excited to talk about RASPBERRY! hosted IoT, fake real missiles, Libreoffice, AMD, Mozilla, MPEG, Xerox, and threats of being a barista.

The Chromecast Audio is a unicorn: really cheap, useful on a daily basis, and integrates so seamlessly into your life that you forget it's there. Come hear Ian R Buck tell Ryan Rampersad why this is his smart speaker of choice!

Andrew and Steve read the news and talk about themselves. Some.

Andrew and Steven talk about RASPBERRY!, false alarms, Ubuntu, Firefox, encryption standards, and old mainframes.

Smart speakers are here to stay, and Google's second iteration is smaller and cheaper. Ian and Ryan talk about how the ecosystem has changed since last year, as well as comparing the capabilities of the Mini to the Original.

Ian and Ryan sit down for a nice, long triple recording session.

The Extra Dimension episode this Fringe is attached to was a practice round for Ian's plan to make an audiobook. Please give him feedback on what went well and what he can improve on!

Ian R Buck makes an audio adaptation of his senior seminar paper from 2015.

Andrew and Steve get together to do a podcast in who knows how long.

Steve wakes Andrew up to have a podcast in 2008. After sorting things out, they talk about Spectre, Meltdown, iPhone batteries, blockchains, Chrome, ADSL, Amazon, Crytek, Excel, and a few other things, because it's been a while.

Just a quick placeholder explaining why we don't have a proper review up this weekend.

Harkening back to when this network was fun and not too serious, Ian, Brian, and Ryan stay in the studio way too long and goof off for a really long time.

A lot happened in the world of technology in 2017! Ian R Buck, Brian Mitchell, and Ryan Rampersad analyze the major stories to glean lessons about what is coming in the future.