Episodes

Brandon, Brian, and Ryan discuss supporting open-source communities, Ryan's first React native app, roles in developing software, MidwestJS, and Twitter followees. BONUS: iPhone 8 rumors after show!

Andrew talks about his brother leaving, his car getting fixed, then joins Steven to talk about Microsoft, Flash, AMD, Talos 2, GNOME, passwords, and a few other things.

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Ian and Ryan sat down for several hours to record four Second Opinion reviews all in one sitting! This episode is the combined Fringe of all of them.

Surprising no one, Ryan Rampersad has bought another phone! He comes on the show to tell Ian R Buck all about the Galaxy S8 Plus and whether the infinity display really is amazing or just a gimmick.

After a hiatus, Andrew explains why his new computer has been crashing, Steve has lots of RASPBERRY!, then they both talk about Windows, procedural planets, HTTPS, decompression bombs, the trials of multicore, and hard drives.

After spending five weeks livestreaming Tales from the Borderlands, Ian R Buck and Stella Cannon sit down to talk about the favorite (and least favorite) parts of the game.

Brandon, Brian, and Ryan discuss naming conventions in JavaScript, Bootstrap 4, UIkit, easter eggs, and other shenanigans!

Brandon, Brian, and Ryan discuss Groovy, Grails, Rails, hostel Wi-Fi in Europe, VueConf, Ryan's new website deployment pipeline, and numerous Twitter accounts!

Net Neutrality is a vitally important concept for maintaining an open internet, but it has faced many legal hurdles. Join Ian R Buck as he dives into the topic. This episode will be updated whenever there are new developments.

Ian and his mom Amy enjoy traveling together, but usually Amy relies on travel books to find attractions. On a recent trip to Chicago, Ian planned everything out using the Google Trips app; can it completely replace an expert travel guide?

Ryan, Brandon and Brian talk about Tavis' return, Windows 10 S and the new Surface Laptop, Ryan's pursuit of the Samsung S8+ and of course - Twitter Followees!

After a month, Steve and Andrew talk about smelly voicemails, RASPBERRY!, Windows, Debian, AMD, Firefox, Opus, indie gaming, Firewire, SSH, and other neat tidbits.

The original Monument Valley is one of our favorite mobile games, so we were very excited when a sequel was announced at WWDC! Brian Mitchell has played it, and he gives us his thoughts on how it compares to its predecessor.

Ian and Brian talk about their tendency to over-edit episodes they care about.

Before the show, Ryan remembers the good old days of studio based podcasting with Ian.

Andrew Bailey and Ian R Buck discuss E3 2017: EA, Microsoft and their new Xbox, Bethesda, Ubisoft, Sony and of course Nintendo.

Ian has had the Nvidia SHIELD tablet for over 2 years now, and he's learned a few lessons along the way that can be applied to other purchasing decisions. Join us as Ryan helps Ian get to the bottom of everything.

Ian and Ryan waste no time getting around to recording the show, but still manage to find time to make fun of Brandon's crazy schedule. After the show, Ryan tries to give Ian advice on how to set up his website.

Ryan and Brandon discuss WWDC 2017's keynote: new Macs, updates in iOS 11, a new iPad and a new product - HomePod!

Ryan found a developer in the wild! Listen to the post-fringe for Ryan's Developer hour!

Along with the usual show prep, Andrew talks about his bike riding, Steven installs uBlock Origin to keep his laptop cool, and Andrew renews his blog's TLS certificate. Also, some Youtube was watched later.

In light of massive living arrangement changes, Steven explains to Andrew how to use vim, while Andrew pontificates on CPU manufacturers, then both talk about patents, Windows, Wikipedia, Linux utility fun (not vim), t-time, and flint strikers.

Ian joins Tyler Zabel and William Miller in a special crossover episode! Tyler and William cover Marvel news weekly on their show The RAFT, so they definitely know what they're talking about when it comes to Agents of SHIELD.

Ian and Ryan both have unconventional recording setups. They talk about Ian's home-buying process, wonder how Audacity works on Macs, and unfortunately stop recording before having a really good discussion about how to find podcast collaborators.

Google has given us a glimpse of their plans for the next year! Join Ian and Ryan as they unpack the biggest announcements, in half the time it would take to watch the entire keynote.

Andrew types into the show docs, while Steven reads, then they watch the trailer to Agent 426.

Andrew talks about the story behind last week's podcast, Steven talks RASPBERRY!, then they talk about lots of exploits, Python, Linux, SQL, and viewer feedback!

Andrew buys parts for a new PC, and builds it, while Steven hangs around.

Brian tells Ian about an 11 hour video by PBS. Later, Ian and Brandon completely fail to stay on-topic.

Almost all of the social networks that we use are centralized, meaning that one company owns everything. Ian, Brandon, and Brian explore what a social network would look like if it were distributed, meaning that there are many servers owned by different people that still communicate with each other.

Andrew eats strawberries, while Steven talk about Raspberry stories.

The same old guys (Andrew and Steve) go at it again with RASPBERRY!, Ubuntu, Electron, bash, Steam, and some other things they forgot.

As with every triple-ender, the call starts with 15 minutes of troubleshooting microphone systems.

Ryan, Brian, and Ian hack together a review of Mr. Robot, an edgy show about computer programmers trying to take down an Evil Corporation.

Andrew hunts for the Windows Vista shutdown sound, and explains Road Redemption to Steven.

Andrew talks about how he got fired, then Steve jumps in, and they talk about XFCE, Orange Pi, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, AMD, Google, Ubuntu, and so much more. It's been a while!

It's been four months, and Brian, Brandon and Ryan recount the last few months of time, and discuss the next iPhone and the latest Galaxy S8, the expectation of "frameworks" to last, React Native lessons and more!

Before the show, Brian has a party parrot, and we hangout a bit before the show for the first time successfully in months.

Brandon and Brian try to figure out what is a Second Opinion, and Brandon types. A lot.

Brandon Johnson and Brian Mitchell sit down to gush about Westworld, their new favorite show. They talk about the creative talent behind it, the moral implications of the show's premise, and reminisce about the phenomenal soundtrack.

After Steve plugs in his microsoft, he and Andrew discuss mechanical keyboards, game stories, podcast topics, and daylight savings time.

After talking about Chris' scheduling, Andrew and Steve talk about RASPBERRY!, the tinker board, Amazon, Firefox, Cloudflare, Windows, AMD Ryzen, emoji, and MediaWiki.

After figuring out Skype for the first time in a while, Andrew and Steve talk about keyless entry to cars, keypads, and automatic colorization.

After mentioning what Trump is doing, Andrew and Steve talk about AMD Ryzen, benchmarks, web bloat, hardware extravagence, neural net colors, and PuTTY.

Brian and Ian discuss some of the latest download numbers for the network, since Ryan recently gave them access to the Podtrac data.

Copyright law can be big and complicated, but that doesn't mean it is impossible to understand! Join Brian Mitchell and Ian R Buck as they delve deeper into this subject that affects almost everyone's lives.

Despite refusing to be on the actual review, Caleb Buck shows up during the Fringe with some comments and theories about Rogue One.

Time for another Star Wars movie review! You know what that means: Ian Buck is never going to stop talking. Ian Decker and Tanushri Buck manage to get in a few words here and there.

Andrew talk about how PC gaming is dead, Steve explored Firefox changes, talk about video games and Firefox extensions. Also, Youtube was having problems.