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Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod.

Each Sunday, Brad Shoemaker and Will Smith discuss a new technology topic. Come for the long-form co

Episodes

Total: 303

22: Like a '70s Oldsmobile

2020/2/16

Our super-definitive ordering of every Windows concludes with the all the modern ones: XP and SP2, V

21: WINDOWS ON TRIAL

2020/2/9

Don't miss Will's old magazine reviews of Windows 2000 and Millennium Edition. It's like traveling t

Information security is more important than ever these days, so it's time to talk best practices, fr

19: The Codec-sperts

2020/1/26

It's that time again: emails! We're computer-heavy this week with questions about our favorite PC ca

This week we're getting NASty... network-attached storage, that is. From wi-fi-enabled USB drives to

17: Jimmy Dean Organic

2020/1/12

Another Consumer Electronics Show has come and gone, and while we dodged the Vegas bullet this year,

16: Heavy HDMI

2020/1/5

Will and Brad turn Qs into As in another mailbag edition of the Tech Pod. Topics include getting han

15: Bob Iger Will Eat You

2019/12/30

A new decade is nigh, so what better time to look back on the tech trends that defined the twenty-te

14: It's Just Math

2019/12/22

This week we dip our toes into the wild world of ray tracing, from the physical basics to emerging A

13: Tech the Halls!

2019/12/15

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12: I Have a Website!

2019/12/1

You ask and we answer! This week, we tackle relevant tech topics like chicken farming, vaporware, dr

11: Spatchcock Central

2019/11/24

The annual giving of thanks is almost upon us, so Brad and Will sat down to chew the well-rendered b

10: The Corgi of Cars

2019/11/17

That self-driving car GIF Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our

Apologies for the crackling in the audio! A recording snafu forced us to use a backup recording that

The best reference material I found on quantum computing (It's a comic).Scott Aaronson's blog with a

The technological singularity may or may not be looming in our future, so we attempt to get to the b

6: Spray the Frame Hose

2019/10/20

This week we crack open the time capsule with the first episode we ever recorded, about screens! Fro

5: Punch a Couple of Nuns

2019/10/14

This week, we talk about supply chain. Why did the iPod Nano beget the iPhone? What's the big deal w

This week we had the brilliant idea of talking about food tech while we were starving. Pressure cook

Here's the mid-'90s memo outlining the use of private address ranges like 192.168.0.0 for internal n