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Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod.

Brad Shoemaker, Will Smith

Each Sunday, Brad Shoemaker and Will Smith discuss a new technology topic. Come for the long-form conversations about virtual reality, space travel, electric cars, refresh rates, and a whole lot more. Support the pod on Patreon: http://patreon.com/techpod
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54: Lack Rack!

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09/27/20 • 68 min

The emails cometh, and bringeth with them questions and tips about why nobody can order a 3080 or PS5, the eyeball-saving properties of red nightlights, rounded vs. angular phone design, consumerism in tech and ethics in coding, and, yes, how to make your own Lack rack.

Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod

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09/27/20 • 68 min

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53: The Mass-to-Volume Ratio

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09/20/20 • 68 min

Nvidia bought ARM. Nvidia bought ARM! It's one of the biggest semiconductor deals in history, so we dive deep into what it all means, from some basics on CPU architecture to the implications for the mobile, enterprise, and machine-learning markets. One of our nerdiest episodes yet!

Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod

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09/20/20 • 68 min

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52: It's an App Basket!

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09/13/20 • 62 min

Playing video games remotely has gotten surprisingly good lately, so this week we decided to sit down and figure out the what's what of home game streaming. From older options like Steam Link to the Parsecs and Moonlights of today, not to mention some of the recent high-quality, low-latency backend tech that's making it possible, there's a lot to unpack. Join us!

Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod

Some useful links for this week's show:

Moonlight - https://moonlight-stream.org/

Steam Link - https://store.steampowered.com/steamlink/about/

Parsec - https://parsecgaming.com/

Raspberry Pi 3 - https://amzn.to/35xiL7y

Raspberry Pi 4 - https://amzn.to/2FfcDWN

URI vs. URL - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier#URLs_and_URNs

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09/13/20 • 62 min

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51: The Man With the Spatula

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09/06/20 • 100 min

Last week Brad and Will got to attend a virtual deep dive on Nvidia's new 30-series GPUs, and in this ep we attempt to break down all the new ray-tracing optimizations, DirectStorage capability, whole-system latency reduction, push-pull cooler designs, V-shaped PCBs, and more. Be warned, it's a lot!

Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod

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09/06/20 • 100 min

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50: Two Is One, One Is None

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08/30/20 • 71 min

Our 50th episode doesn't quite have 50 emails, but it's close: tune in for listener mails about bugout bags, evacuation tips, data over HAM radio, the resilience of municipal fiber, and very, very high-end broadcast video.

Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod

Show art credit: Chechu Risk

Gemini (a Gopher-like protocol)

Camera Clamp

Tripod Extender

(Use 2x Camera clamps + one tripod extender to make a monitor arm mountable camera mount)

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08/30/20 • 71 min

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49: Proto-Prepping

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08/23/20 • 71 min

With the latest round of California wildfires heavy on our minds, this week we ended up with a wide-ranging conversation about what to take with you when you evacuate, climate change, PCs as space heaters, crawl space water cooling, and the genius of Douglas Adams.

Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod

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08/23/20 • 71 min

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48: Grip Is Good

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08/16/20 • 77 min

Following up on our software unitasker ep from a few weeks ago, we're now moving into the physical realm. This week we run down a few of our favorite devices, trinkets, and doodads that make it just a little bit easier to get things done.

Here's a quick list of the stuff we mentioned on this ep which should be easy to search for:

Brad

Genki Covert Dock by Human Things
Retractable cables (Digital Ant's look pretty good)
Charging station (bamboo or other)
Articulated HDMI extenders (Monoprice is a good bet for these)

Will

Anker Multiport USB Chargers
MagSafe-like USB cables - Digital Ant Gen-X Micro
A good headlamp - Black Diamond Spot 325
USB-powered lights stuck under the bottom edge of your monitor
USB pantry/closet light Amico Motion Sensor Closet Light
Soldering extra hands - KOTTO Third Hands
Unipod thingy for webcam/whatever - Dinkum Systems Action Pod Pro
Cable grabbers - Bluelounge CableDrop
Nano bubble grip surface

Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod

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08/16/20 • 77 min

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47: Key-Hoarding

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08/09/20 • 72 min

This week we very carefully lower ourselves into the unthinkably deep rabbit hole of mechanical keyboards. If you've ever wanted to know your MX reds from your blues, tenkeyless from 65%, keycaps, backlights, and more, this episode is for you.

Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod

Some mech keyboard resources:

Drop: https://drop.com/

Keyboard Catalog: http://keyboardcatalog.com/

Deskthority: https://deskthority.net/

NovelKeys: https://novelkeys.xyz/

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08/09/20 • 72 min

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46: The Suborbitable Caterpillar

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08/02/20 • 58 min

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeemails this month address questions like: Where the heck are the color e-ink readers? Can we imagine a world without DNS? What in the world is a sputtering target? Want a quick 'n easy cable-organizing tip that will BLOW YOUR MIND?

Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod

Here's the magical hanging cable organizer in all its full-size glory: https://imgur.com/a/r4URJ0G

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08/02/20 • 58 min

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55: Five Altairian Dollars a Day

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10/04/20 • 57 min

Brad just read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for the first time (and Will reread it for the eleventy-thousandth), and now we're here to discuss the book's cheeky sci-fi Anglicisms and cavalier relationship with reality and metaphysics, its endless influence on pop culture, the career of Douglas Adams, and more. Thanks to all of our supporters who made this episode possible!

Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod

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10/04/20 • 57 min

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How many episodes does Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod. have?

Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod. currently has 195 episodes available.

What topics does Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod. cover?

The podcast is about Ios, Space, Tech, Games, Apple, Microsoft, Tesla, Podcasts, Google, Technology, Science, Amazon and Android.

What is the most popular episode on Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod.?

The episode title '54: Lack Rack!' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod.?

The average episode length on Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod. is 69 minutes.

How often are episodes of Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod. released?

Episodes of Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod. are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod.?

The first episode of Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod. was released on Sep 12, 2019.

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