Episode 34 • What is a Computer?
Peter drinks something sour, Scott drinks something sour, and they both talk about window managers, outliners, and why they both are on the same page with respect to Mac vs. iPad Pro for getting work done.
The brew
The Topics
- The Brews
- Future Peter topics
- Window manager update
- Bike Outliner
- What is a computer? Why are some iPad Pro pro users switching away from it back to the Mac as their main pro workflow machines?
- Secure ShellFish
The Links
- Rodenbach Classic Belgian Sour Ale Oak Aged
- Prairie Artisan Ales Blueberry Boyfriend
- Tony’s Coffee Cafe Carmelita
- AutoGPT
- AgentGPT
- Best Note Taking App - Organize Your Notes with Evernote
- Notion – Your wiki, docs & projects. Together.
- Lasso - Window Manager for macOS
- Bike Outliner: Outline writing, lists, and notes app for Mac
- Secure ShellFish – SSH Client for iOS
- FriendsWBrews
- Friends With Brews Podcast
Episode 33 • Memory Lane is Full of Old Computers
Scott balances out a bad beer with a good beer. Peter cuts his own hair. Peter sets up Auto-GPT and Chat-GPT in a cage match, the guys talk about text editors and IDEs, and then both Peter and Scott drone on for almost an hour about the old days of computing.
The brew
The Topics
- The Brews
- GPT showdown – Auto-GPT vs. Chat-GPT
- Text editors
- Visual Studio Code
- Notepad++
- TextMate
- Panic Nova
- Formative computing experiences
- CHM – Computer History Museum
- Peter
- Timex Sinclair
- Tandy Color Computer
- Tandy 1000sx
- Leading Edge Products computer
- Zeos
- OS/2
- Scott
The Links
- Cascade Lakes Pineapple IPA
- Cascade Lakes Salted Caramel Porter
- Schöfferhofer Pomegranate
- CHM – Computer History Museum
- Leading Edge Products
- Zeos
- OS/2
- Macintosh 128k
- Today in Apple history: Macintosh 512K, aka ‘Fat Mac,’ brings 4x memory
- Mac Plus
- Packard Bell Pentium 60 PC
- Netcom Netcruiser
- NETCOM NetCruiser (Version 2.0) : Netcom On-Line Communication Services : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
- Windows 95
- Windows 95 Turns 25: When Windows Went Mainstream
- Mac mini
- OS X 10.4 Tiger
- MacBook Pro
- FriendsWBrews
- Friends With Brews Podcast
Episode 32 • Tripping Fences
Is Peter real, or is he just a voice synthesis dream? All the GPTs, Scott hates bad drivers, Peter's running shoe obsession, and lots of Apple Watch failures for both Scott and Peter.
The brew
The Topics
- The Brews
- Bad drivers
- Washington drivers are slow uphill and fast downhill
- Oregon drivers are afraid of curves
- Boston drivers are only afraid of blinkers and stoplights
- Feedback
- How to say Spigen
- The mathematics of Peter’s life
- Peter runs
- Peter’s Apple Watch Ultra
- Playback emo mode
- No cadence, no real-time speed
- Scott’s watchOS issues
- Messages crashes
- Activity notifications are buggy
- The Amazon of Bluetooth
- Emo Philips
- Old School Athletes
- All the GPTs
- MacGPT
- Privacy and OpenAI
- S-GPT
- Petey - iOS AI Assistant
- ChatGPT usage fees
- The AI elephant in the room - LLM training energy consumption
- PeterGPT – a new Peter generated by 11ElevenLabs
The Links
- Urban Family Brewing Co. Yacht Rocket
- Brooklyn Brewery Special Effects Hoppy Amber
- About Us – Spigen Inc
- The Cheap Marathon
- Altra Escalante 2.5
- Altra Men’s Escalante Racer Road Racing Shoe
- Altra Men’s Escalante 3
- Emo Philips
- MacGPT
- Introducing S-GPT, A Shortcut to Connect OpenAI’s ChatGPT with Native Features of Apple’s Operating Systems - MacStories
- Petey - AI Assistant on the App Store
- 11ElevenLabs Prime Voice AI
- FriendsWBrews
- Friends With Brews Podcast
Episode 31 • Ironic Hot Cold Brew
Bart Busschots joins Scott with a hot cold brew coffee, and they talk about their Macs, Bart's career path in IT, collaboration and communication, self-awareness, teaching, and Bart talks about a new admin toy he's been playing with.
The brew
The Topics
- The Brews
- Mac setups
- Mac Studio
- MacBook Pro 14”
- Apple Studio Display
- Elgato Wave XLR
- Audio-Technica Microphones
- Shure BETA® 87A
- Rogue Amoeba Audio Hijack
- Rogue Amoeba Loopback
- Bart’s path to system administration and computer security as a profession
- Remote vs In-Person working and collaboration
- Self-Awareness and interpersonal communication
- Learning to be wrong
- Teaching
- Ansible
The Links
- Starbucks Blonde Espresso Roast
- Numi Organic Tea Matcha Toasted Rice
- How To Make Cold Brew Coffee
- Elgato Wave XLR
- Audio-Technica Microphones
- Shure BETA® 87A
- Rogue Amoeba | Audio Hijack: Record Any Audio on MacOS
- Rogue Amoeba | Loopback: Cable-Free Audio Routing
- Maynooth University
- Steelmanning
- Ansible is Simple IT Automation
- Bart Busschots
- FriendsWBrews
- Friends With Brews Podcast
Episode 30 • A Little Less Distinctly Different
Scott's bluetooth is out of control. Peter wins big in the class action lawsuit world, and takes inspiration from the works of Hokusai. Both Peter and Scott learned to type at one point, and Roy Kent plays hide and seek with Elmo.
The brew
The Topics
- The Brews
- Some podcasting volume technicality nonsense
- Brewing tea
- Hokusai
- Using AI to generate artwork based on superhero derivatives, in Hokusai style
- Gordon Moore
- Bluetooth demons
- Scott’s bluetooth is really wonky on his Mac while using the iPhone for Continuity Camera at the same time as his AirPods Pro.
- Peter’s mouse sleeps
- Peter’s class action windfall
- Roy Kent plays hide and seek with Elmo
- Typing and analog typewriters
- A Growth Industry: Typewriter Stores
- How we learned to type
- Apple Watch Bands
- Hush
The Links
- Harney & Sons Kagoshima Green Tea
- Jack’s Abby Pineapple, Guava, Passion Radler
- Rogue Amoeba | Loopback: Cable-Free Audio Routing
- Rogue Amoeba | Farrago: Robust, rapid-fire soundboards
- Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence | Museum of Fine Arts Boston
- Moore’s law - Wikipedia
- Apple’s $95 Million Settlement Over Refurbished Replacement Devices Not Being ‘Equivalent to New’ Moves Forward - MacRumors
- Elmo Plays Hide and Seek with Brett Goldstein and Grover | Sesame Street Season 53 - YouTube
- A Growth Industry: Typewriter Stores
- Amazon.com: Spigen Lite Fit Ultra Band Designed for Apple Watch Band for Apple Watch Ultra (49mm), Series 8/7 (45mm), Series SE2/6/SE/5/4 (44mm) and Series 3/2/1 (42mm) Nylon Solo Loop - Orange : Cell Phones & Accessories
- Hush | macOS app for enhancing spoken audio
- FriendsWBrews
- Friends With Brews Podcast