The Fringe

Brandon tells Ian about CGP Grey's podcast, we get a peek at technical problems that happened during the episode proper, and we discuss archive file formats. Exciting stuff!

Brandon struggles with Fedora, and the usual shenanigans happen.

Pay no mind, this is a test post to see if our CMS can handle MP4 files.

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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

Andrew eats strawberries, while Steven talk about Raspberry stories.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Setting up for recording at Ian's house is still not second nature.

Brandon and Brian discuss science-fiction books, producing the show, our websites, and Brandon's sad quadcopter.

Setting up a double-ender is a lot harder than expected. Ian has to troubleshoot on the fly, and Ryan has the brilliant idea of recording a merged version as well as a backup.

Andrew and Steve discuss a few news articles on the show, and how they use laptops.

Before the show, Brandon talks about his experience in SMJC and CSCI, among other things - plus - t-shirts at the end!

Buck and Decker set up a rudimentary, temporary studio in their office at home. Let's hope it sounds good!

Fresh off a three-hour live stream, Ian, Brian, and Ryan talk for three more hours!

Ryan shows off his new Pixel phone and looks at some possible smartwatches. Meanwhile, we revisit a time-traveling technique we haven't seen since the golden age of ATN.

Andrew talks about his journeys, then watches a few Youtube videos with Steven, while both talk about show topics.

Brandon, Brian, and Ryan talk about some stuff, probably peerjs and a new watch for Ryan? 🤔🙄😒

Brandon Johnson and Brian Mitchell talk about mechanical keyboard, Thunderbolt 3, and more while preparing the show notes for the October 2016 Apple Event (NS49).

After strugging with Skype, Chris is finally able to hear Andrew and Steve, then they start reading 101 ways that your project is doomed.

Ryan, Brian, and Brandon talk about the Mary Berry Backeoff, HipChat, and who knows what else before and after the iPhone 7 review.

Brian, Ian, and Stella spend 40 minutes wondering where Brandon is before the show.

Ryan struggles to hunt down the source of the buzzing in our headphones, while Ian looks for advice on teaching the basics of a CMS.

Ryan and Ian look forward to Google's October 4th event while ranting about the disappointing communication apps they recently launched.

Steven reads about flat earthers, Andrew talks about arrowheads, and make some comments on the show notes.

Ian, Ian, and Ryan discuss the handling of mail stuff, and nearly stay long enough for Buck to get drunk from exhaustion.

After eating, Andrew and Steve mention the new iPhone, an alternative file browser, Steam, Steve's games on Steam, and Steve starts to download something from Steam.

Organizing six people for a podcast episode is quite the challenge.

During the Fringe, the news breaks that Marco is including ads in Overcast and we all go crazy.

Brian and Ian struggle to work with Ryan's studio setup while Brandon waits for them to call him.

During and after dinner, Andrew talks about struggles with setting up VPNs, and Steve reads some Linux trivia, then both enjoy some Pittsburgh Dad.

Brian works on the Nexus CLI tool and we all would love nice cameras.

Among other things, Roxie throws up in the studio in the middle of an episode recording.

Steve talks about how his Ubuntu broke (not Windows 10), Andrew explains how one would remotely unlock a booting server, Steve downloads his Google takeout, and live blogs on The Fringe, then finds out why no one expects the Spanish Inquisition.

In the middle of talking about things, Andrew talks about the music on the podcast, Steve looks at the things you can do without JS, then talk about SSH.