Episode 17 • The Most Mundane Halloween
Beer AND coffee again! It was a slow week in social media (or was it?). Peter's work status is complicated. Scott asks questions about it. The Japanese love themselves a mundane Halloween, and we're here for it! Peter loves speakers in the ceiling, and Scott says you should check out a certain William Gibson book TV adaptation.
The brew
The Topics
- The Brews
- Rectangle Pro
- Calorie Strategy – total calories and net calories
- The clear and complete Friends with Brews update
- We are now Friends with BREWS, not Friends with Beers
- New website at https://friendswithbrews.com
- Fully indexed search capability.
- Filter searches by brew or episode, filter by brew type (beer or coffee or tea)
- Fully indexed search capability.
- Elmo Mollusk buys Twitter
- Japan’s Mundane Halloween
- Peter is busy with work
- Cool stuff found
- Sonos is a lot better these days
- Niles in-ceiling speakers
- The Peripheral TV adaptation on Amazon Prime
- William Gibson’s The Peripheral novel
The Links
- Hoegaarden White
- Rogue Santa’s Private Reserve Honey Mama’s
- Backporch Coffee Roasters Single Track
- Terminal Gravity Festivale
- Rectangle Pro
- Twitter is now an Elon Musk company
- Japan’s Mundane Halloween
- Niles in-ceiling speakers
- The Peripheral TV adaptation on Amazon Prime
- William Gibson’s The Peripheral novel
- FriendsWBrews
- Friends With Brews Podcast
Episode 16 • Coffee Drinker, Huh?
Now we drink brews of all kinds! And we like to complain a LOT about software while we do.
The brew
The Topics
- The Brews
- Elgato Wave XLR
- Software problems
- Dictation and Siri
- Apple software timing bugs
- Haptic alarms
- Find us!
The Links
Episode 15 • The Pivot
It's the middle of the day, so things are slightly different today! We've traded one kind of brew for another. This is why we're Friends with Brews now! Oh, did I mention the pivot? Pivot to brews of all kinds, pivot to MacBooks, pivot to rest days!
The brew
The Topics
- The Coffee
- The Pivot
- Back to the Mac
- Peter’s M2 MacBook Air
- Scott’s Mac plans
- Current late 2015 iMac 27” 5k
- iPad Pro 12.9”
- Goal: a new M2-based MacBook Pro and Studio Display
- Scott needs to make more money (according to Peter)
- Rest days and calories
The Links
Episode 14 • Let's Believe!
The world may be burning, but Peter and Scott want to believe! Climate change, Ted Lasso, watches, corporate values vs. marketing, and more!!
The brew
The Topics
- The Beer
- The world is burning
- Oregon is trying to catch on fire again
- General climate change depression
- Ted Lasso Season 2
- Sports watches ARE a thing
- The confusion about sports watches from Apple nerds
- New iPhones, AirPods Pro, and AirTags
- Values vs. marketing – does Apple actually care about safety?
The Links
Episode 13 • Professional Podcasting
Adam joins Peter and Scott to blur the lines of professional podcasting and talk beer, cholesterol, fitness, kids growing up, and lavender farms!
The brew
The Topics
- The Beer
- Janet Jackson music video declared a cybersecurity exploit
- The effects of Marijuana
- The effects of cholesterol
- FoodNoms
- Walden Local Meat
- Diets and calorie tracking
- Fitness and workouts
- Kids growing up
- Empty nesting
- Shared hobbies and meaningful conversations
- The when and where of music
- Not in nature
- Yes when working out
- Fitness tracking
- watchOS 9 with heart rate zones
- Fitbit 3 and 4
- Yahoo! spam
- Managerial training
- Work communication styles
- Communication protocols
- Salutations vs. getting right to the point
- Yuengling - America’s oldest brewery
- Siracusa Says
- Netflix sharing
- Tailscale
- Adam’s lavender farm
The Links
- Tennessee Brew Works Walk The Lime American Wheat Ale
- Ground Breaker Brewing Olallie Ale
- Trillium Brewing Thresh Pale Lager
- Black Abbey Brewing Company The Rose
- Janet Jackson music video declared a cybersecurity exploit
- FoodNoms
- Walden Local Meat
- The Murph Challenge
- MTDISC
- Yuengling - America’s oldest brewery
- Siracusa Says
- Tailscale
- FriendsWBrews
- Friends With Brews Podcast