Episode 97 • Greg Is a Reindeer
Sunday, 01 Mar 2026 •
56 minutes
Coffee! Watches! Troubleshooting! Gifts! And if we send you a video, PLAY IT!!!
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The brew
The Topics
- The Brews
- Snowy Owl Coffee Roasters Mexico Oaxaca Cerro la Bruja
- Water Avenue Coffee Rogue Valley Dark Roast
- Arq vs Carbon Copy Cloner
- Software sucks
- Troubleshooting
- Mac mini remote access
- VT water pressure
- Garmin Forerunner 965
- Manual Coffee Grinder
- Christmas Gifts
- Irish Cream
- Knob Creek Whiskey (9 year old)
- Massage
- Veuv la Clicquot champagne
- Gin
- Marvel lego characters
- Do you play videos people send you?
- Peter’s nifty: gpx.studio — the online GPX file editor
The Links
- Snowy Owl Coffee Roasters
- Rogue Valley Dark Roast – Water Avenue Coffee
- Santa’s Powers Are STUPID
- Cloud backup software for Mac and Windows : Arq
- Carbon Copy Cloner: macOS Backup Software - Bombich Software
- Relive | Run, Ride, Hike & more
- Garmin Connect
- Strava | Running, Cycling & Hiking App - Train, Track & Share
- Amazon.com: World’s First 60g Large Capacity Manual Coffee Grinder, Portable Hand Coffee Bean Mill with 40 Adjustable Settings, Ceramic Conical Burr Grinder for Espresso, Pour Over, Camping, Travel, Gift, etc : Home & Kitchen
- gpx.studio — the online GPX file editor
- Footpath Route Planner | Footpath Route Planner
- Middlesex Fells Reservoir Trail Clockwise | Footpath Route Planner
- FriendsWBrews on Mastodon
- Friends With Brews Podcast
Episode 96 • The Honey and the Sugar Dried Up
Peter goes to the Genius Bar. Peter drinks coffee and Scott drinks tea. Listen while we Watch (or talk about watches, anyway).
The brew
The Topics
- The Brews
- The honey in the Mac
- Foundry Virtual Tabletop
- Sophos advice
- Sophos XGS 88
- AirPods Pro 3
- Amazon is a terrible company with good customer service
- Single reviews backlog
- AeroPress Premium Coffee Maker
- How much coffee?
- Garmin 965 review
- What about the Apple Watch?
The Links
- La Colombe Coffee Roasters Decaf Monte Carlo Dark Roast Coffee
- Numi Hojicha
- Foundry Virtual Tabletop
- XGS Series Firewall Appliances - 2nd Gen Desktop Models
- AirPods Pro 3 - Apple
- AeroPress Premium Coffee Maker | Glass and Metal Coffee Maker
- Garmin 955, 965, and 970 Product Comparison
- FriendsWBrews on Mastodon
- Friends With Brews Podcast
Episode 95 • Workshopping Our Cult
Cults are bad, unless they're good. Peter and Scott talk about the psychology of changing your beliefs. Also, Ghostty, AI, and COFFEE!!
The brew
New Seasons Market Cottonwood Whole Bean Coffee
The Topics
- The Brews
- Scott switches to Ghostty
- Ghostty is simple and fast
- Warp’s BS became too much
- zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions: Fish-like autosuggestions for zsh
- The AI tools Scott pays for
- Claude (and Claude Code), ChatGPT
- Why Engineers Can’t Be Rational About Programming Languages
The Links
- Whole Foods Whole Bean Italian Roast
- New Seasons Market Cottonwood Whole Bean Coffee
- Ghostty
- Warp
- zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions: Fish-like autosuggestions for zsh
- Why Engineers Can’t Be Rational About Programming Languages
- You’re all wrong - YouTube
- Misconceptions, Misinformation, and the Logic of Identity-Protective Cognition by Dan M. Kahan :: SSRN
- FriendsWBrews on Mastodon
- Friends With Brews Podcast
Episode 94 • Espresso Edition – Turks in the Upper Left
Peter's fasting, but he still drinks coffee. Scott was coffee fasting, but now he's not. Peter's got the Sophos jacket, and they both have thumbs up for their drinks!
The brew
The Topics
- The Brews
- The Sophos jacket
The Links
Episode 93 • Big 50
Welcome to the Menu Bar! No, that was a different podcast. But we do talk about menu bar management apps, watches, Overcast, and airlines!! And the stupid Ecobee.
The brew
The Topics
- The Brews
- Trail Animals Running Club Stone Cat
- Menu bar management apps
- Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar watch vs. Apple Watch Series 10
- Default phone view
- Overcast streaming
- Airline Wi-Fi
- Ecobee thermostat comfort settings
The Links
- FOGBUSTER Coffee The Original Fogbuster
- Portland Coffee Roasters Endless Summer
- Trail Animals Running Club Stone Cat
- Hidden Bar
- Bartender 6 - Take control of your Menu bar
- Ice - Menu Bar Manager
- Little Snitch — Network Monitor and Application Firewall for macOS
- Garmin Forerunner® 955 Solar | Premium Running Watch
- Apple Watch Series 10 - Apple (AM)
- FriendsWBrews
- Friends With Brews Podcast