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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2/16/26 |  Recharging✨ | electric vehiclescharging confusion+3 | Alex LoweJim Starling | Charging Status EV PodcastCrossed Wires+2 | Discord | EVscharging+5 | — | 1h 27m 00s | |
| 2/2/26 |  Ollie's Space Junk✨ | retro gamingKickstarter+3 | Gedeon Maheux | Ollie's ArcadeThe Iconfactory | — | retro gamingOllie's Arcade+5 | — | 1h 24m 45s | |
| 1/6/26 |  Liberated Office✨ | LibreOfficealternatives to Microsoft Office+3 | Mike Saunders | LibreOfficeMicrosoft Office+4 | — | LibreOfficeMicrosoft Office+5 | — | 1h 22m 40s | |
| 8/4/25 |  Designed by Humans✨ | app designuser interface+3 | Gedeon Maheux | Icon Factory | — | app interfaceUI design+3 | Backblaze | 1h 21m 35s | |
| 7/14/25 |  3D Load Letter✨ | 3D printingself-hosting+3 | James Smith | ManyfoldPenny Crayon | — | 3D printingManyfold+5 | Backblaze | 1h 44m 00s | |
| 7/7/25 |  Liquid Gas✨ | Apple keynoteWWDC 2025+3 | Alex Lowe | iPadOS 26Liquid Glass+6 | — | AppleWWDC 2025+5 | — | 1h 45m 30s | |
| 12/24/24 |  Intelligence Powered✨ | Apple announcementsm4 chips+3 | Alex Lowe | m4 powered MacsMac mini+1 | — | Applem4 chips+3 | — | 1h 25m 51s | |
| 10/7/24 |  Can You Hear Me?✨ | Apple productshearing aids+3 | Alex LoweGedeon Maheux | iPhoneApple Watch+4 | — | AppleiPhone+3 | — | 2h 02m 31s | |
| 9/9/24 |  Handholding✨ | handheld computingsmartphones+5 | Dan VincentSean+1 | AppleGoogle+4 | — | handheld devicessmartphone history+5 | — | 1h 40m 16s | |
| 7/24/24 |  Hair Helmet✨ | Apple EventWWDC 2024+3 | Alex | AppleDiscord+1 | — | AppleWWDC 2024+3 | — | 2h 15m 51s | |
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| 5/27/24 |  Crushing It! | Apple held their 'Let Loose' event on May 7th, 2024 and not long after the 'dream team' of Crossed Wires Apple coverage gathered to discuss the new iPads, the rather confusing line up of Apple Pencils. We also take a detour to look into why WiFI 7 not being included in the new iPads is not as big of a factor as some may think. Finally, we discuss the powerful new features in Apple's pro apps for iPad, Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro and how these new features make iPad a powerful creative tool more than ever before. Are you planning to buy a new iPad, are you excited by the new features of Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro on iPad? We'd love to hear from you, so please send us a note to podcast@crossedwires.net, or why not come join the discussion on our Discord server. If you liked this episode or any of our content, we’d greatly appreciate any little bit of support you can throw our way over at our Ko-Fi page. Affiliate Promotion "Don't you people backup? I backup, and I don't even know what backing up means!" - Nicola Murray, Secretary of State for the Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship If you have any kind of file that's important to you, be that a treasured family photo, your latest research paper, or just the list of the co-ordinates of your best places in Minecraft, you'll want to make sure it's kept safe, right? Well, just syncing that to the cloud isn't really enough, you need a proper backup strategy too. Part of a good backup strategy is having a backup that isn't in the same place as your computer, and this is where a good cloud backup service is so important. Our friends at Backblaze provide simple, reliable, and affordable backup options for your Mac or Windows PCs for just $9/month. You can get a 15 day free-trial when you follow this link to sign up. Episode Links The Interface - Alex's fantastic tech and automative news site Watch the Event - Apple Events iPad Pro - Apple.com iPad Air - Apple.com Apple Pencil - Apple.com, including showing features and helping you see compatibility for the different pencil models. The Case for iPad Pro - Vergecast iOS 18 Accessibility Features - Apple Pressroom Final Cut Pro for iPad - Apple.com Logic Pro for iPad - Apple.com Chapter Times 00:00:04: Introductions 00:04:30: The Let Loose Event 00:08:17: Crushed 00:16:22: iPad Air (M2) 00:25:33: iPad Pro (M4) 00:42:22: Apple Pencil Shuffle 00:55:16: Why No WiFi 7? 01:02:31: Choose An iPad 01:11:36: iOS 18 Accessibility 01:13:55: Pro Apps 01:25:49: Wrapping Up Credits Intro and outro theme: Ace of Clubs by RoccoW | — | ||||||
| 5/3/24 |  Hosting a Mastodon | As centralised social media platforms become more and more hostile, with not only toxicity from undesirable elements but also massive privacy concerns, the Fediverse has become somewhat of a refuge for those who want to share freely and openly, without the worry of appeasing the almighty algorithms. There are some fantastic Mastodon issues for you to join, but what if you want a bit more control, or want to build your own community, or represent your brand? You could setup your own server, assuming you have the skills and patience to do so, or you could take advantage of a service like Masto.host. Our guest, Hugo, provides what he describes as 'Shared Hosting for Mastodon' at incredibly affordable prices and with some much appreciated transparency on infrastructure and update policies. We talk about how things got started, his encounter with TERFs and the freedom to refuse service to anyone because of the decentralised nature of the fediverse. We also do a bit of a deep dive into the infrastructure setup for Masto.host and the measures Hugo has put in place in the aim to give everyone a great experience. Do you have your own instance, or maybe have some stories to share of instances gone wrong? We'd love to hear from you, so please send us a note to podcast@crossedwires.net, or why not come join the discussion on our Discord server. If you liked this episode or any of our content, we’d greatly appreciate any little bit of support you can throw our way over at our Ko-Fi page. Affiliate Promotion "Don't you people backup? I backup, and I don't even know what backing up means!" - Nicola Murray, Secretary of State for the Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship If you have any kind of file that's important to you, be that a treasured family photo, your latest research paper, or just the list of the co-ordinates of your best places in Minecraft, you'll want to make sure it's kept safe, right? Well, just syncing that to the cloud isn't really enough, you need a proper backup strategy too. Part of a good backup strategy is having a backup that isn't in the same place as your computer, and this is where a good cloud backup service is so important. Our friends at Backblaze provide simple, reliable, and affordable backup options for your Mac or Windows PCs for just $9/month. You can get a 15 day free-trial when you follow this link to sign up. Episode Links Masto.host - Hugo's Mastodon hosting service Masto.host@mastodon.social - Masto.host on Mastodon Infrastructure | Masto.host - Details of how the Masto.host infrastructure works, as Hugo describes in the episode. Mastodon - Into the Fediverse - Our chat with James Smith of Mastodon.me.uk Mastodon on GitHub Chapter Times 00:00:04: Introductions 00:05:57: Shared Hosting for Madtodon 00:11:26: Ditching Twitter 00:14:43: Turfing out TERFs 00:22:21: Why Have Your Own Instance? 00:33:59: Infrastructure 00:50:07: Masto.host Pros & Cons 00:58:50: Wrapping Up Credits Intro and outro theme: Ace of Clubs by RoccoW | — | ||||||
| 4/15/24 |  Educating AI | The hype around AI continues to grow, often muddling genuinely useful elements like machine learning, pattern recognition, and properly and ethnically trained large language models with tools like ChatGPT and generative AI tools that have questionable data sources. With returning guests, Prof. Catherine Flick and our very own Zack, we talk about the challenges of AI in the academic space. Zack also shares his own experience of being caught using ChatGPT to complete a final essay he, by his own admission, had left until the last minute. Are you academia, have you been tempted to use AI shortcuts or maybe are a teacher or professor who has had experience with students taking those shortcuts? We'd love to hear from you, so please send us a note to podcast@crossedwires.net, or why not come join the discussion on our Discord server. If you liked this episode or any of our content, we’d greatly appreciate any little bit of support you can throw our way over at our Ko-Fi page. Affiliate Promotion "Don't you people backup? I backup, and I don't even know what backing up means!" - Nicola Murray, Secretary of State for the Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship If you have any kind of file that's important to you, be that a treasured family photo, your latest research paper, or just the list of the co-ordinates of your best places in Minecraft, you'll want to make sure it's kept safe, right? Well, just syncing that to the cloud isn't really enough, you need a proper backup strategy too. Part of a good backup strategy is having a backup that isn't in the same place as your computer, and this is where a good cloud backup service is so important. Our friends at Backblaze provide simple, reliable, and affordable backup options for your Mac or Windows PCs for just $9/month. You can get a 15 day free-trial when you follow this link to sign up. Episode Links Prof Catherine Flick - Website / Mastodon Chapter Times 00:00:04: Introductions 00:05:11: Zack’s Story 00:14:55: Assistive Tools vs AI 00:24:38: Due Diligence & Alternative Assessments 00:45:33: Generative AI 00:51:45: AI Hype vs Machine Learning 00:55:00: Wrapping Up Credits Intro and outro theme: Ace of Clubs by RoccoW | — | ||||||
| 4/1/24 |  Framing a Better Laptop | If you’ve ever purchased a new laptop, you’ll know only too well the pain of configuring your new system to get your dream setup. With some manufacturers, looking at you here Apple, your choice of storage and memory are there for the lifetime of the laptop. Worst still, if you have a failed component on your laptop you’re often faced with expensive and proprietary repair options that can often cost nearly as much as the laptop itself. Nirav Patel founded Framework to tackle these issues by creating laptops that push the boundaries of what we’d expect to be upgradable in our modern thin and light world. What do you think about the Framework laptop, is it something that may be on your tech wish list? Do you think laptops, and tech in general, should last longer than a podcast episode? We’d love to hear from you, so please send us a note to podcast@crossedwires.net, or why not come join the discussion on our Discord server. If you liked this episode or any of our content, we’d greatly appreciate any little bit of support you can throw our way over at our Ko-Fi page. Affiliate Promotion “Don’t you people backup? I backup, and I don’t even know what backing up means!” – Nicola Murray, Secretary of State for the Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship If you have any kind of file that’s important to you, be that a treasured family photo, your latest research paper, or just the list of the co-ordinates of your best places in Minecraft, you’ll want to make sure it’s kept safe, right? Well, just syncing that to the cloud isn’t really enough, you need a proper backup strategy too. Part of a good backup strategy is having a backup that isn’t in the same place as your computer, and this is where a good cloud backup service is so important. Our friends at Backblaze provide simple, reliable, and affordable backup options for your Mac or Windows PCs for just $9/month. You can get a 15 day free-trial when you follow this link to sign up. Episode Links Framework – The Framework laptops Framework Marketplace – See all the various components you can buy for your Framework laptop Linux on the Framework Laptop – Details of Framework’s official support for both Ubuntu and Fedora Dell Inspiron 9100: $4,800 Pentium 4 Laptop from 2004 – LGR (YouTube) Checking on my Investment in Person – Framework Laptop Factory Tour – Linus Tech Tips (YouTube) Chapter Times 00:00:04: Introductions 00:02:15: Right to Repair & Sustainability 00:05:38: Upgrading a Mobile Platform 00:08:42: The Framework Laptop 00:11:05: Linus Drop Tips 00:12:48: Modular IO 00:15:52: Memory & Storage 00:16:50: Main board and more ? 00:18:47: Framework 16 Input Deck 00:21:28: Reusing a Framework Mainboard 00:23:35: Framework 16 GPU 00:26:07: Linux Support 00:27:53: Final Thoughts from Nirav 00:29:30: Wrapping Up Credits Intro and outro theme: Ace of Clubs by RoccoW | — | ||||||
| 2/28/24 |  Weaving a Tapestry | It’s our pleasure to be joined again by The Iconfactory’s Gedeon Maheux, this time we’re talking less Star Trek and more Tapestry, no not that episode with Q and Picard! Project Tapestry is their latest KickStarter project, and the goal is to create a one-stop-shop for reading the influx of things that matter to you on the web. As long as the site has an open and accessible endpoint for you to get the data, you should be able to bring that into Tapestry. We also talk about some of the challenges of designing apps for changing design styles, different platforms, and of course take some minor course corrections into sci-fi and Apple in general. Will you be backing Project Tapestry? At the time of posting this episode, there’s just 7 days left to go and the team have some really cool rewards still up for grabs. What are your thoughts on how apps are designed? What’s your favourite Q appearance in The Next Generation? We’d love to hear from you, so please send us a note to podcast@crossedwires.net, or why not come join the discussion on our Discord server. If you liked this episode or any of our content, we’d greatly appreciate any little bit of support you can throw our way over at our Ko-Fi page. Affiliate Promotion “Don’t you people backup? I backup, and I don’t even know what backing up means!” – Nicola Murray, Secretary of State for the Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship If you have any kind of file that’s important to you, be that a treasured family photo, your latest research paper, or just the list of the co-ordinates of your best places in Minecraft, you’ll want to make sure it’s kept safe, right? Well, just syncing that to the cloud isn’t really enough, you need a proper backup strategy too. Part of a good backup strategy is having a backup that isn’t in the same place as your computer, and this is where a good cloud backup service is so important. Our friends at Backblaze provide simple, reliable, and affordable backup options for your Mac or Windows PCs for just $9/month. You can get a 15 day free-trial when you follow this link to sign up. Episode Links The Iconfactory – Website | Mastodon Gedeon Maheux – Mastodon Project Tapestry – Kickstarter Why Tapestry? – Iconfactory Blog Ollie, Space Karen, and an API – Gedeon’s first appearance on the show talking about the demise of the Twitter API Chapter Times 00:00:04: Introductions 00:03:01: Why Kickstarter? 00:05:54: What is Tapestry? 00:13:47: Endpoints 00:18:43: Rewards 00:22:23: Looking Back at Design Trends 00:30:59: An AI Tangent 00:33:59: An Apple QuickTake 00:41:32: Designing for New Platforms 00:54:01: The Joy of Design 01:02:28: Wrapping Up Credits Intro and outro theme: Ace of Clubs by RoccoW | — | ||||||
| 2/12/24 |  Build-A-Browser | With so many choices in browsers on desktop, mobile, and even our vehicles, it’s important to look under-the-hood to understand the differences between the engines that power your favourite browser. Be that Chromium, WebKit, or Gecko, not all browsers are created equal and have varying features and views on the rights of their users. We’re honoured to be joined by Jon von Tetzchner, the CEO of Vivaldi, an open-source and privacy first Chromium powered browser that could replace Google Chrome. Jon also explains why we need regulation on the increasingly scary amount of user-profiling that’s happening across the web itself, not to mention many browsers and services. Do you remember using the early versions of Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Opera, or something equally vintage? Or, maybe you had to develop sites that required myriads of tweaks to make them work across platforms and interpretations of web standards. We’d love to hear from you, so please send us a note to podcast@crossedwires.net, or why not come join the discussion on our Discord server. If you liked this episode or any of our content, we’d greatly appreciate any little bit of support you can throw our way over at our Ko-Fi page. Affiliate Promotion “Don’t you people backup? I backup, and I don’t even know what backing up means!” – Nicola Murray, Secretary of State for the Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship If you have any kind of file that’s important to you, be that a treasured family photo, your latest research paper, or just the list of the co-ordinates of your best places in Minecraft, you’ll want to make sure it’s kept safe, right? Well, just syncing that to the cloud isn’t really enough, you need a proper backup strategy too. Part of a good backup strategy is having a backup that isn’t in the same place as your computer, and this is where a good cloud backup service is so important. Our friends at Backblaze provide simple, reliable, and affordable backup options for your Mac or Windows PCs for just $9/month. You can get a 15 day free-trial when you follow this link to sign up. Episode Links Vivaldi – Website | Mastodon Jon von Tetzchner – Mastodon Mosaic – Wikipedia Opera Mini – Wikipedia W3C – The World Wide Web Consortium Secure DNS – Chromium Blog Fastmail – Privacy focussed email, get 10% off your first year with this link. Digital Identity – Our chat with Helen Horstmann-Allen from Fastmail Vivaldi steers in-car browsing: Now available in the all-new Ford and Lincoln infotainment system Chapter Times 00:00:05: Introductions 00:04:20: Why So Many Browsers? 00:18:33: What Makes Vivaldi Different? 00:26:24: Is Chrome Becoming IE6? 00:33:06: App Stores 00:38:36: User Profiling 00:54:23: A Browser in Your Car? 01:03:13: Wrapping Up ... | — | ||||||
| 2/5/24 |  The Fruit and The Droids | Whether you work in tech, produce tech content, or just happen to use a smartphone, a single question can spark debate and an explosion of extreme views from both sides. That question is simple, iPhone or Android? We’re joined by our Zack, one of Jae’s nephews and a longtime Android user and advocate to have an honest discussion about why we like the platforms we’ve settled on and where we see potential issues. Our chat touches on some core issues like security updates, the challenge of a multitude of Android OEMs, cross-platform messaging, ecosystem lock-in, and the important of right to repair and the longevity of hardware. What’s your daily driver, do you have strong feelings about the Fruit Company or the one with all the Droids? If you can keep it respectful, we’d love to hear from you, so please send us a note to podcast@crossedwires.net, or why not come join the discussion on our Discord server. If you liked this episode or any of our content, we’d greatly appreciate any little bit of support you can throw our way over at our Ko-Fi page. Affiliate Promotion “Don’t you people backup? I backup, and I don’t even know what backing up means!” – Nicola Murray, Secretary of State for the Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship If you have any kind of file that’s important to you, be that a treasured family photo, your latest research paper, or just the list of the co-ordinates of your best places in Minecraft, you’ll want to make sure it’s kept safe, right? Well, just syncing that to the cloud isn’t really enough, you need a proper backup strategy too. Part of a good backup strategy is having a backup that isn’t in the same place as your computer, and this is where a good cloud backup service is so important. Our friends at Backblaze provide simple, reliable, and affordable backup options for your Mac or Windows PCs for just $9/month. You can get a 15 day free-trial when you follow this link to sign up. Episode Links Android Open Source Project – The core of Android, that isn’t always Google powered. iPhone Models Compatible with iOS 17 – Apple Support Samsung Commits to Four Years of Security Updates – Samsung Newsroom (2021) Signal – Cross platform, end-to-end encrypted messaging iFixIt.com – Guides for device repair Chapter Times 00:00:04: Introductions 00:03:43: Our Daily Drivers 00:06:57: Personal Choice Matters 00:12:13: Android is not Google 00:15:26: Side loading: Android’s Freedom of Choice? 00:33:15: Android Versions & OEMs 00:42:18: An Expectation of Updates? 00:47:38: Picking Your Device 00:51:05: The Right to Repair 01:07:34: Platform Services & Ecosystems 01:18:17: Beeping iMessage 01:29:01: Wrapping Up Credits Intro and outro theme: Ace of Clubs by RoccoW | — | ||||||
| 1/22/24 |  The UniFi Appreciation Show | You’ll have heard James and Jae wax lyrical about their love for the UniFi line of networking gear on our live streams and in past episodes with Alex, as well as with Cody from MacTelecom Networks, but this episode is a fairly deep look into why we love UniFi. We’re joined by Alex Lowe and Evan McCann, the hosts of UI Chat, a monthly Ubiquiti focussed podcast that is definitely our go-to resource for the latest news from the UniFi maker. We talk about some of the new products, though it’s worth mentioning that this episode was recorded in mid-December 2023 and so pre-dates the new U7 Pro and Swiss Army Knife Ultra access points, as well as the new Pro Max switches. Have you used UniFi at home or at work, or maybe you disagree with our views and prefer [insert other brand name here] for your network. We’d love to hear from you, so please send us a note to podcast@crossedwires.net, or why not come join the discussion on our Discord server. If you liked this episode or any of our content, we’d greatly appreciate any little bit of support you can throw our way over at our Ko-Fi page. Affiliate Promotion “Don’t you people backup? I backup, and I don’t even know what backing up means!” – Nicola Murray, Secretary of State for the Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship If you have any kind of file that’s important to you, be that a treasured family photo, your latest research paper, or just the list of the co-ordinates of your best places in Minecraft, you’ll want to make sure it’s kept safe, right? Well, just syncing that to the cloud isn’t really enough, you need a proper backup strategy too. Part of a good backup strategy is having a backup that isn’t in the same place as your computer, and this is where a good cloud backup service is so important. Our friends at Backblaze provide simple, reliable, and affordable backup options for your Mac or Windows PCs for just $9/month. You can get a 15 day free-trial when you follow this link to sign up. Episode Links UI Chat on Apple Podcasts The Interface – Alex’s great tech news site McCann Tech – Evan’s blog with wonderful deep dives on UniFi gear UniFi Products Express – The new all-in-one gateway, controller, and access point that Jae now uses to replace her previous eero setup. Dream Router – The R2D2 like gateway, switch, controller and access point that James uses Talk – Affordable VoIP platform which has less features than a traditional PBX, but is incredibly easy to configure. Meet UniFi (YouTube Playlist) – The Jack Quaid (aka Lt. Bradwert Boimler) UniFi ads Chapter Times 00:00:04: Introductions 00:05:42: A UniFi Overview 00:21:17: Routing 00:25:30: No Subscriptions 00:27:11: The UniFi Magic 00:37:20: Switches, Switches, Switches 00:38:58: WiFi Standards 00:44:21: UniFi Express 01:01:49: UniFi Talk & Protect 01:24:26: PPSK 01:26:25: Wrapping Up Credits Intro and outro theme: | — | ||||||
| 12/11/23 |  Playing with Wires | Imagine a time when internet access meant using an analogue modem to dial a phone number in order to connect to the internet at speeds of up 7 kilobytes a second! Now imagine trying to play online games such as Doom, Duke Nukem 3D, Quake, Euro 96, and even Bridge, over that connection. Our guests this week, Phil and Stu Ashby, helped to create and run Wireplay, a dial-up based online gaming service from BT (yes, the telephone company) in the mid-nineties. We go on some really deep tangents on the workings of modems, why just enabling anonymous dial-up internet access may spark some questions, and the challenges of keeping latency in online gaming at a (for the time) remarkable 100ms over dial-up. There’s also a discussion of how having Windows Servers in your backend can be somewhat painful. Do you remember using Wireplay, or a similar service? We’d love to hear from you, so please send us a note to podcast@crossedwires.net, or why not come join the discussion on our Discord server. If you liked this episode or any of our content, we’d greatly appreciate any little bit of support you can throw our way over at our Ko-Fi page. Affiliate Promotion “Don’t you people backup? I backup, and I don’t even know what backing up means!” – Nicola Murray, Secretary of State for the Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship If you have any kind of file that’s important to you, be that a treasured family photo, your latest research paper, or just the list of the co-ordinates of your best places in Minecraft, you’ll want to make sure it’s kept safe, right? Well, just syncing that to the cloud isn’t really enough, you need a proper backup strategy too. Part of a good backup strategy is having a backup that isn’t in the same place as your computer, and this is where a good cloud backup service is so important. Our friends at Backblaze provide simple, reliable, and affordable backup options for your Mac or Windows PCs for just $9/month. You can get a 15 day free-trial when you follow this link to sign up. Episode Links Do you remember Wireplay? How BT helped to pioneer online gaming around the world – BT via Archive.org Wireplay: creating the first online gaming platform in the UK – Phil Ashby on Dev.to Wireplay calling – hello 1996! – Ashbysoft Half-Life: 25th Anniversary Documentary – Valve on YouTube Wireplay invades Brisbane – AusGamers – Adam Williams on YouTube Chapter Times 00:00:04: Introductions 00:05:00: BT Primer 00:10:07: Internet in the 90s 00:16:58: The Rise of Multiplayer Games 00:29:14: The Birth of Wireplay 00:53:22: The Incident 01:04:08: Windows Servers In The Backend 01:12:06: Half Life 01:22:51: The Aftermath 01:36:43: Museum Pieces 01:41:23: Wrapping Up Credits Intro and outro theme: Ace of Clubs by RoccoW | — | ||||||
| 11/27/23 |  Fastest Event Yet | In what’s starting to become a Crossed Wires tradition, James, Jae and Alex gather to discuss Apple’s latest event, which was scarily short at just over 30 mins long, making this possibly our shortest event coverage episode to date! We unpack what the new m3 powered Macs mean in terms of performance, with Apple specifically targeting those who have yet to convert from Intel based Macs and early m1 adopters, why 8 GB of memory is probably enough for most average users. We’re also very honoured to join our friends at The Iconfactory in celebrating 20 years of xScope. Make sure you listen to the end of the episode for a wonderful offer. Apologies this episode has been delayed in releasing, a few family issues have meant James has been rather distracted from his editing duties. We are working to get episodes out on a more frequent schedule, but we really do thank you all for your patience and continued support of the show. What do you think to the new m3 lineup, is there anything you think Apple should have done differently? We’d love to hear from you, so please send us a note to podcast@crossedwires.net, or why not come join the discussion on our Discord server. If you liked this episode or any of our content, we’d greatly appreciate any little bit of support you can throw our way over at our Ko-Fi page. Affiliate Promotion Of course, if you’ve decided it’s time for a new Mac, you’ll want to make sure all your important data is kept backed up – especially when you’re on the go and maybe don’t have access to that huge external drive you use for Time Machine. Well, may we recommend Backblaze’s cloud backup, at just $9 / month for unlimited backups your new Mac will thank you. Use this link to sign up for your free 15 day trial and help support us here at Crossed Wires. Episode Links The Interface – Alex’s fantastic site covering tech and more! Scary Fast – Watch the Apple event MacBook Pro (Apple.com) iMac (Apple.com) Behind the scenes at Scary Fast: Apple’s keynote event shot on iPhone and edited on Mac Happy Anniversary, xScope! – Use code XSCOPE20 through December 4th, 2023 for 60% off the regular price. Thanks to Gedeon and the team for extending this wonderful offer to our amazing listeners. Chapter Times 00:00:04: Introductions 00:03:35: The Scary Fast Event 00:07:13: The M3 Family 00:17:21: iMac 00:25:38: M3 Performance 00:31:47: MacBook Pros 00:48:16: Filmed on iPhone 00:53:54: 20 Years of xScope 00:56:01: Wrapping Up Credits Intro and outro theme: Ace of Clubs by RoccoW | — | ||||||
| 11/6/23 |  Adventures in Programming | When we think of programming, we may tend to think of Matrix-esque nerds sat in front of green-on-black screens absorbed in code that makes less sense than a chocolate teapot, or we may think of super-star game developers bashing out the latest GTA or similar. The reality is that programming is very much a problem solving exercise, and languages like Ruby provide a set of tools for how to map out logic and present results to the average computer user. Our guest this week is a long-time friend of the show, Joel Drapper, who has recently been working on some powerful new open-source Ruby libraries that can help developers speed up their work and save a lot of confusion. Joel also tells us a bit about his own journey to becoming a programmer, and points to some great resources for those who are interested to get started themselves. We’d love to hear from you, so please send us a note to podcast@crossedwires.net, or why not come join the discussion on our Discord server. If you liked this episode or any of our content, we’d greatly appreciate any little bit of support you can throw our way over at our Ko-Fi page. Affiliate Promotion If you want great pricing with fantastic customer support for all your Linux based cloud computing needs, you can get $100 of free credit with Linode, cloud computing by Akamai, when you sign up here. Episode Links Joel Drapper: Mastodon / Naming Things / GitHub Rooftop Ruby – Joel and Colin’s Ruby podcast. Practical Object-Oriented Design, An Agile Primer Using Ruby – A starting guide to Ruby. Grokking Algorithms – An illustrated guide to understanding how algorithms work. Treehouse – A great online resource for learning Ruby and other tech stuff. Chapter Times 00:00:04: Introductions 00:03:12: Self Taught 00:15:00: Front-end vs backend 00:18:52: Learning Resources 00:26:14: Solving Problems 00:28:36: Open Source Software Libraries 00:51:02: Wrapping Up Credits Intro and outro theme: Ace of Clubs by RoccoW | — | ||||||
| 10/23/23 |  Why Not Blind Accessibility? | Accessibility is essential to allow everyone to enjoy experiences that they may have, in the past, missed out on due to a lack of vision, a lack of hearing, or so many other factors. As many of you will know, both Jae and James are visually impaired, and so making one of our favourite pastimes more accessible for those with a wide range of sight conditions is a truly exciting topic for us. So, Jae reached out to Brandon Cole, an incredibly talented and respected accessibility consultant with credits within the Forza series, not to mention his incredible work on The Last of Us games, so we could sit down and have a chat about all of the work he does as well as a discussion on why accessibility for the blind and visually impaired poses many challenges we may not have considered before. Do you have any experience with accessibility features in games, or maybe the lack of them? We’d love to hear from you, so please send us a note to podcast@crossedwires.net, or why not come join the discussion on our Discord server. If you liked this episode or any of our content, we’d greatly appreciate any little bit of support you can throw our way over at our Ko-Fi page. Affiliate Promotion If you want great pricing with fantastic customer support for all your Linux based cloud computing needs, you can get $100 of free credit with Linode, cloud computing by Akamai, when you sign up here. Episode Links BrandonCole.net – Brandon’s website @SuperBlindMan – Brandon on Mastodon Last of Us Part II: Is this the most accessible game ever? – BBC News Virtually Superior: A Playstation VR 2 review – Brandon’s PS VR2 review Retro Collective – The Cave and Arcade Archive Chapter Times 00:00:04: Introductions 00:03:36: Why is Gaming Accessibility Important? 00:08:37: Blind vs Visual Impairement 00:13:25: Game Studio Attitudes 00:21:13: Channels of Information 00:31:04: Unfair Advantage? 00:36:06: Controls 00:43:14: What Has Driven Accesibility Forward? 00:50:26: A Good Day’s Pay 00:53:19: Accesible Retro Gaming? 00:58:42: What’s Missing? 01:06:30: Wrapping Up Credits Intro and outro theme: Ace of Clubs by RoccoW | — | ||||||
| 10/16/23 |  Lightning Be Gone | Before we go into this week’s new episode, we’d like to thank everyone for their patience whilst both Jae and James have had what can only be described as an insanely busy (and great!) summer. We’re planning to keep new episodes coming out weekly going forward, and we really do have some great episodes already recorded. We sat down to record with good friend of the show, Alex Lowe of The Interface, to take a look at Apple’s most recent event and their new iPhone and Watch product lines. We’ve tried to focus on the big features, rather than rattle through the entire keynote verbatim, and we really hope you enjoy our analysis. We’d love to hear from you, so please send us a note to podcast@crossedwires.net, or why not come join the discussion on our Discord server. If you liked this episode or any of our content, we’d greatly appreciate any little bit of support you can throw our way over at our Ko-Fi page. Affiliate Promotion: Backblaze With macOS Sonoma recently released, in fact on the day we recorded this episode, it’s always important to remind ourselves to ensure we have good backups before any major system update. Our friends at Backblaze make backing up your Mac, or even your Windows PC, incredibly easy with truly automated backups with simple restoration should anything happen. Their recent pricing change means that now for just $9 / month per computer everyone gets the same great unlimited storage but now with a year of file history at no extra cost. Find out more, and get your 15 day free trial, by following this link. Episode Links The Interface – Podcasts, tech news, and more from Alex Apple Event – Watch on Apple’s website Chapter Times 00:00:00: Podcast Promo: Creator Spotlight 00:00:30: Introductions 00:03:43: What Did We Buy or Not Buy? 00:06:18: Event Thoughts 00:16:52: Apple Watch 00:28:48: iPhone 15 / 15 Pro 01:10:16: Wrapping Up Credits Intro and outro theme: Ace of Clubs by RoccoW | — | ||||||
| 8/7/23 |  OnLive: A Cloud to the Past | Cloud Gaming is something you might have heard about; you may have even used a service like GeForce NOW, Xbox Cloud Gaming or even the recently departed Google Stadia. Jae and James sat down with Jay Hamilton and Omega of Thoughtable Network to talk about OnLive and also the modern cloud gaming services. OnLive is the technology that PlayStation Now is built on and understanding the past is important to understanding the present. We wanted to look at the past to learn how it may portend to the future of cloud gaming. Have you used OnLive? Have you used a Cloud Gaming service? What is your experience? We’d love to hear from you, so please send us a note to podcast@crossedwires.net, or why not come join the discussion on our Discord server. If you liked this episode or any of our content, we’d greatly appreciate any little bit of support you can throw our way over at our Ko-Fi page. Affiliate Promotion Interested in launching your own cloud gaming service or any type of online service? Then you need an amazing hosting platform like Linode by Akamai. If you want great pricing with fantastic customer support for all your Linux based cloud computing needs, you can get $100 of free credit with Linode, cloud computing by Akamai, when you sign up here. Episode Links Thoughtable Network – Jay and Omega’s Network OnLive – WikiPedia PlayStation Now – Sony’s Cloud Gaming Platform Google is shutting down Stadia – The Verge GeForce NOW – nVidia’s Cloud gaming Platform Amazon Luna – Amazons’ Cloud gaming offering, a mix of Prime games and offer subscription models Xbox Cloud Gaming – Includes Game Pass Boosteroid – Bring your own games streaming platform Chapter Times 00:00:04: Introductions 00:04:20: Remembering OnLive 00:16:37: The State of Cloud Gaming 00:31:51: The Key to Cloud Gaming 00:48:27: Cloud Hesitancy 01:02:52: Wrapping Up Credits Intro and outro theme: Ace of Clubs by RoccoW | — | ||||||
| 7/10/23 |  Switched | It’s been over 6 years since Nintendo released their hybrid-console, the massively popular Switch to the world and it would be fair to say that this combination home console and portable gaming device has had a huge impact on the gaming world. For the longest time, the Switch was my only games system (not including my iPhone and iPad of course), and the wide range of games certainly makes it an attractive system for many people. Many a family gathering has inevitably ended up in a Mario Kart Grand Prix, or a humiliating defeat at the hands of my nephew in Super Smash Brothers Ultimate. I’m joined this week by Chris from Switch Weekly to take a look back at the last 6 years of the Switch, why it’s so appealing, where there are some potential improvements, and what the future may hold for Nintendo’s next system. Do you have a Switch, have you experienced joy con drift, or maybe you’ve got a game recommendation from the vast eShop library! We’d love to hear from you, so please send us a note to podcast@crossedwires.net, or why not come join the discussion on our Discord server. If you liked this episode or any of our content, we’d greatly appreciate any little bit of support you can throw our way over at our Ko-Fi page. Affiliate Promotion If you want great pricing with fantastic customer support for all your Linux based cloud computing needs, you can get $100 of free credit with Linode, cloud computing by Akamai, when you sign up here. Episode Links Switch Weekly: Newsletter / Mastodon Chris Brandrick – Mastodon overkill.wtf – Gaming news site Chris edits. The State of Switch 2023 – Switch Weekly Survey Results Skull & Co. Jump Gate Dock Review – Crossed Wires on YouTube Nyxi Wizard – GameCube like joypad for Switch Hori Split Pad Pro – Alternative joy con style controller PXN 9607X – James’ Switch Controller Switch Online – Nintendo UK Chapter Times 00:00:04: Introductions 00:03:49: The Appeal of the Switch 00:12:52: Hardware 00:22:07: The Joys of Joy Cons 00:28:46: Other Controllers 00:32:01: LABO & Mario Kart Home Circuit 00:36:40: Games 00:50:31: Switch Online 00:58:53: The Future 01:05:18: Wrapping Up Credits Intro and outro theme: Ace of Clubs by RoccoW | — | ||||||
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