Episode 73 • The Germans Let Me Down
The Germans don’t want to talk about their Oktober Fest-Märzen, the Drink Coffee Do Stuff guys don’t want to talk about their Olympic blend, and Peter is about to vacation in Germany. But first… Peter’s FULL REVIEW of applying for Greek citizenship vs. applying for German citizenship.
The brew
The Topics
- The Brews
- Peter’s game night recording sessions
- Discord is a performance pig
- Peter will buy an M4 MacBook Pro
- Contractors and communication – it’s an issue
- Peter’s trip to Germany
- Peter’s lack of Greek citizenship
- Peter’s gain of German citizenship
- Peter’s German itinerary
- Computer glasses
The Links
Episode 72 • Bean Boy Had One Job
Peter is Perplexity’d, Overcast is updated (and Scott likes it, so HA!), MKBHD does NOT make YouTube face, and 7-Eleven and Peter’s Vermont house are both getting makeovers.
The brew
The Topics
- The Brews
- 7-Eleven in America Tries to Get Hip
- The Perplexity Podcast - Discover Daily by Perplexity
- Motor Oil Coffee and other drinks
- Overcast got an update
- Voice to Text Transcription
- MKBHD Does Not Make YouTube Face
- The Vermont lifestyle - Peter’s Vermont house progress report
- Overcast vs. Apple Podcasts
The Links
Episode 71 • Bundle This, TextMate
Peter has a history of living in dungeons full of dragons, Home Depot has a history of screwing up expensive orders, Scott has a history of fighting with Audio Hijack, and both hosts have a history of drinking coffee on this podcast.
The brew
The Topics
- The Brews
- The Rogue Amoebas
- Fastmail lays people off
- Peter’s Vermont money spending
- Home Depot ordering adventures
- The diminishing returns of the Internet
- The cost of keeping IT systems working
- No one could survive without computers telling them that $3.95 is $0.05 less than $4
- Warp AI
- UNIQLO
- D&D nostalgia
- Raycast AI
The Links
- Nightcap Noir Decaf | Joe | Trade Coffee
- Specialty Instant Coffee – Joe Coffee Company
- COLOMBIA – DOMA Coffee Roasting Company
- Rogue Amoeba | Quality Audio Software for MacOS
- Rogue Amoeba | SoundSource: A Superior Sound Control
- Rogue Amoeba | Audio Hijack: Record Any Audio on MacOS
- Philadelphia-headquartered Fastmail lays off staff, union says
- Warp AI: AI at your command
- Women’s, Men’s and Kids’ Clothing & Accessories | UNIQLO US
- Raycast AI
- FriendsWBrews
- Friends With Brews Podcast
Episode 70 • The Condensed Tabs of Ronnie
Peter and Scott start off on a roll until Scott has to inform Peter about who exactly Andrew Huberman really is, but it’s all uphill from there. Until the conversation about disinformation and gullibility. But there’s browsers, computer setups, and Furiosa!
The brew
The Topics
- The Brews
- Boring them with technology - our connection issues
- Trade Coffee
- The Andrew Huberman tangent
- The fall of Peter - our fitness updates
- Safari, Arc, and Chrome
- Living off the land - to customize computers or not to customize computers
- Computer life updates
- One desk setup to rule them all
- Display resolutions
- Share Mouse
- AI
- Disinformation and discourse – changing minds
- Transcripting the Savage World - GPT4o vs. Claude vs. Llama 3
- Furiosa
The Links
- Dapper & Wise Roasters Decaf Colombia Amigos Del Huila
- Broadcast Coffee Decaf Colombia Palo Rosa
- Safeway Signature SELECT Coffee Whole Bean Dark Roast Italian Roast
- Tamper Coffee Odin
- Trade Coffee
- Default Browser Switching
- Share Mouse and Keyboard with multiple Mac and Windows computers.
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga | Rotten Tomatoes
- FriendsWBrews
- Friends With Brews Podcast
Episode 69 • Force Fed a Can of Blueberry Badness
Peter is back, and this is good news for Scott! This time Peter is not AI, but for some reason he and Scott talk nonstop about AI anyway. Tools, workflows, valid concerns vs. boogeyman concerns. Also blueberry poison.
The brew
The Topics
- The Brews
- AI
- AI transcripts and summaries
- Our AI tools and workflows
- Meta Llama
- Ollama
- ChatGPT Plus
- OpenAI API
- Raycast Pro with AI Add-On
- Notion AI
- Warp AI
- Codeium
- GitHub Copilot
- 🎙️ MacWhisper
- AI Concerns - logical concerns vs. boogeyman concerns
The Links
- Sool Màkku Blueberry Pack
- Broadcast Coffee Decaf Colombia Palo Rosa
- Màkku Review: an Ancient Korean Libation Transformed for the Modern Drinker | WIRED
- danielmiessler/fabric
- Hello GPT-4o | OpenAI
- Meta Llama
- Ollama
- ChatGPT Pricing | OpenAI
- Pricing | OpenAI
- Raycast - Your shortcut to everything
- Notion Pricing Plans: Free, Plus, Business, Enterprise, & AI.
- Pricing and plans for Warp
- Codeium · Free AI Code Completion & Chat
- GitHub Copilot · Your AI pair programmer
- 🎙️ MacWhisper
- FriendsWBrews
- Friends With Brews Podcast