Episode 67 • It’s Terrible but I Loved It
It’s a wonderful coffee day! Peter and Scott ponder the enbleepification of things, heaters dying, loans that refuse to be born, rotators with cuffs, Wi-Fi with the number 6, and some things they’re watching.
The brew
The Topics
- The Brews
- Selling things on eBay
- PayPal vs. eBay Payments
- Dying heaters, buying heaters, and applying for loans
- USB-C to Lightning adapters
- Rotators and movies
- eero Pro 6E
- Wi-Fi 6 vs. Wi-Fi 7 router prices
- The Enbleepification of everything
- What we’re watching
The Links
Episode 66 • I Was a Federico, Almost
Ronnie can’t drink tannins but doesn’t know why, Scott and Ronnie used to podcast together but don’t know why, Ronnie and Scott had iPads Pro and don’t know why, because now they’re fully back on Mac laptops (and they do know why).
The brew
The Topics
- The Brews
- The ancient past history of Ronnie and Scott podcasting
- Pocket Sized Podcast
- Haberdashery
- Marriage, families, and food
- The Mandela Effect
- Constellation
- 3 Body Problem
- Tea tannins, hot drinks, cold drinks
- The body is a temple – the rules of consumption
- We use computers!
- Mac revival - Ronnie and Scott, the prodigal sons, return
- iPadOS limitations
- Apple Silicon Macs
- Games
- Windows
- Virtualization
- Action Retro
- Linux
- Apple Music
- Minecraft
- Mac Cool Stuff Found
- Mac revival - Ronnie and Scott, the prodigal sons, return
- The Liner Project
- History
- China
- The Cultural Revolution
- Simplified Chinese characters vs. traditional Chinese characters
- China
- Las Vegas
- F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix
- Track layout and construction
- Vegas Sphere
- Vegas Events
- F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix
- Sports
- Vic’s bathroom
The Links
- Hibiscus Tea | Traditional Medicinals
- J-BASKET BANCHA KAWAYANAGI TEA 48/8.00 OZ - JFC International
- Constellation
- 3 Body Problem
- Friendly Streaming Browser
- Emperor of the Fading Suns - Wikipedia
- GOG.com
- WineHQ - Run Windows applications on Linux, BSD, Solaris and macOS
- Whisky - Run Modern Windows Games on macOS
- Run Microsoft Windows software on Mac and Linux | CodeWeavers
- Run Windows on Mac with a virtual machine | Parallels Desktop
- Action Retro
- Pop!_OS by System76
- Home | Cider Collective
- Mission Control Plus | Put the “control” back in Mission Control.
- Magnet – Window manager for Mac
- Amphetamine
- Welcome to Bunch - Bunch.app
- AltTab - Windows alt-tab on macOS
- Bartender 5 - Take control of your Menu bar
- BrightIntosh
- The Liner Project
- FriendsWBrews
- Friends With Brews Podcast
Episode 65 • A Teacup for Your Tempest
Peter has a Tempest (mic), Scott has a Bochi Bochi (beer), 3 bodies are a problem, technology is good but annoying, but Godzilla X Kong and Tonkatsu sandwiches are good and not annoying.
The brew
The Topics
- The Brews
- 3 Body Problem
- Synchronizing Voicemail
- Apple is selling the M1 MacBook Air at Walmart
- Something good – Warp terminal
- Something good and annoying - Comma 3X
- Godzilla X Kong
The Links
Episode 64 • The Accidental Decaf Podcast
Peter and Scott decaffeinate themselves, but not intentionally at first. Software quality is declining, Scott and Peter’s bodies are declining, and Notion and AI continue to be products in the lineup of tools they both use.
The brew
The Topics
- The Brews
- Post-Covid brain fog?
- General quality of software is declining (?)
- Decaf coffee
- The Decaf Coffee Collection | Buy Decaf Online | Trade Coffee
- Accidental decaf drinkers
- Counter Culture Coffee Slow Motion – Decaf
- Fitness updates
- Scott’s stress fracture (maybe?)
- Altra Escalante 3
- Peter runs again!
- Ugh, the Savage Worlds Orc
- Scott’s Notion update
- Notion is great for documentation
- It doesn’t insist on using Markdown for something that’s never going to leave Notion or get published
- Markdown is GREAT for portability but SUCKS for the writing experience and sometimes even the note reading experience
- Notion is great for documentation
- AI updates
- ChatGPT vs Claude
- Dall-E image generation
- Peter’s game images
- Is AI art going to destroy the universe for artists?
The Links
- Good Citizen Coffee Co Palmera
- Wegmans Decaf Espresso Whole Bean Roast
- Better Offline | iHeart
- The Decaf Coffee Collection | Buy Decaf Online | Trade Coffee
- Slow Motion – Decaf – Counter Culture Coffee
- Men’s Escalante 3— A Refresh to a Classic Road Running Shoe. | Altra Running
- H.V.M.N. — Health Via Modern Nutrition
- FriendsWBrews
- Friends With Brews Podcast
Episode 63 • Linus Hates Everything
Peter’s got the healing meniscus, Scott almost stole a dog, Linus Torvalds hates everything, and ChatGPT CLEARLY hates Linus.
The brew
The Topics
- The Brews
- Peter field trips?
- Cybersecurity tutoring
- Peter health update
- Healing meniscus
- Carpal tunnel
- AI keyboard (wait, what?)
- Lonely wet dog
- Scott takes a walk and finds a dog
- CharaCorder One “intelligent” keyboard replacement
- Warp Terminal
- ChatGPT draws Linus Torvalds
The Links
- Wegmans English Breakfast Black Tea
- Broadcast Coffee Colombia Del Campo
- Amazon.com: CharaChorder One - Intelligent Keyboard Replacement with Chording Enabled 3-D Tactile Switches for Typing, Gaming, Coding, and Data Entry : Electronics
- CharaChorder - Type at the speed of thought®
- Warp: Your terminal, reimagined
- FriendsWBrews
- Friends With Brews Podcast