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Technical Difficulties is a weekly podcast exploring the often perplexing and broken world of technology, design, and related disciplines, hosted by Gabe Weatherhead and Erik Hess. Rising from the ashes of their previous show Generational, it will likely prove as perplexing and broken as the topics they discuss.
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2014-09-24 | − 080 − A History of Computing with Dr. Drang October 24th, 2014 Internet Archive Dr. Drang returns to explore his background in computing from the late 1970s to today. Along the way we discover what happens when you mess up a punchcard, what Linux was... |
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2014-09-10 | This week, we take a detailed look at why Gabe switched to and continues to use Introducing FastMail Listen to this section on SoundCloud: 0:00 FastMail(affiliate link) is an online email provider that is a compelling alternative to Gmail and iCloud (s... |
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2014-08-01 | View the show notes on our episode page.http://techdiff.us/episodes/078-the-pen-is-mightier Add this URL to your podcatcher to subscribe to the full-notes feed: http://technicaldifficulties.us/itunes Gabe and Erik are joined by friend-of-the-show and n... |
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2014-07-11 | Potatowire finally leaves the crib, joining Gabe and Erik to discuss command-line text editing with vim. We learn how he started, why he uses a forty-year old text editor, and some cool things you can do when your hands never have to leave the keyboard... |
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2014-05-24 | What's Living in Gabe's Closet? Library of Congress Intrigued by Gabe's frequent mentions of his Network Closet, Erik asks some tough questions. Why put the closet in the basement? Why all the extra ventilation? What happens when you run out of red pri... |
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2014-05-10 | Fed up with their Apple TV, Gabe and Erik talk about Plex and the Roku Media Player. They cover what Plex is, how it works, and the advantages and disadvantages of pairing Plex with the Roku. Authorizing… Listen to this section on SoundCloud: 0:00 The ... |
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2014-04-26 | − 074 − Home Automation with Bob VanderClay April 28th, 2014 Glucksman Library Bob VanderClay returns to discuss the ultimate topic for Technical Difficulties: Home Automation. We touch on several popular tools, including Hue, SmartThings, WeMo, and Ne... |
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2014-04-10 | US National Archives We're thrilled to welcome Helene Wecker to the show this week. Helene recently published her debut novel The Golem and the Jinni. On the show, Helene discusses how she got started as an author, her approach to writing, and some of ... |
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2014-04-08 | Have you ever had to reset a password? Have you ever forgotten the new password after you reset it? Gabe and Erik share their password struggles and talk about how they're trying to solve them, mostly with the help of 1Password. View the show notes on ... |
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2014-03-20 | How do you read these days? Gabe and Erik talk about the devices and apps they use for casual and serious reading. View the show notes on our episode page.http://technicaldifficulties.us/episodes/071-reading Add this URL to your podcatcher to subscribe... |
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