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Date Title & Description Contributors
2025-01-19

  270: Cat o' Five Tails

The work of ages continues as we return (for the last time this month) to our tier list of every-ish cable and connector ever made. Such heavy hitters as DisplayPort, SATA, and USBs both mini- and micro- enter the fray this week, with digressions about...
  Will Smith, Brad Shoemaker author
2025-01-12

  269: Comically Tall Laptops

It's the Consumer Electronics Show once again, and there's a lot to talk about this year, so we chat this week about all the most interesting topics out of the show, including the Nvidia 50 series and its reliance on DLSS 4, new mobile chips from Intel...
  Will Smith, Brad Shoemaker author
2025-01-05

  268: We're Pro-Thunk Around Here

We note the tragic passing this week of our good friend and tech reporting legend Gordon Mah Ung, with a short tribute and a bit of reminiscing about Gordon's illustrious career and the impact he made on everyone he came into contact with. Then we retu...
  Will Smith, Brad Shoemaker author
2024-12-29

  267: Cold Boot, Fresh Browser

It's our last pod of 2024, and thus, another batch of year-ending questions meets our entirely professional and learned answers. This month we talk about improving your Bluetooth quality in Windows, our personal mouse grip, tech-related anime we've see...
  Brad Shoemaker, Will Smith author
2024-12-22

  266: Connector Mouthfeel

As the end of the year is here again, we're finally doing it: we're ranking every plug and connector in existence, or at least all the ones we can think of. Join us as we evaluate the relative merits in multiple categories -- like ease of use, reliabil...
  Brad Shoemaker, Will Smith author
2024-12-15

  265: Shuck 'Em If You Got 'Em

Will and family just got back from the final show of Taylor Swift's Eras tour, so this week we dig into some of the technical aspects of a modern arena mega-concert, from turning the audience into a human light show to innovations in ticket-sharing QR ...
  Will Smith, Brad Shoemaker author
2024-12-08

  264: Will's Congressman's Enormous Wang

Two momentous events have recently rocked the computing world: First, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger abruptly stepped down this week, less than four years after taking the company's helm, and before completing the ongoing transition to its next-generation chi...
  Brad Shoemaker, Will Smith author
2024-12-01

  263: The Smith Chart Is S-Tier

The monthly Q&A commenceth again, with emails and Discord Qs positively pouring in about the origin of the flange effect, why all the electrical outlets are upside down, gaming on an M4 Mac Mini and how Apple's move to a 16GB minimum affects their ...
  Will Smith, Brad Shoemaker author
2024-11-24

  262: Mrs. Collier Was a Real One

American Thanksgiving draws near, so it's time again for our annual recitation of techie stuff that we're thankful for. From tangible products on your desk, around the house, and on the road, to more abstract things like moderating your social media in...
  Will Smith, Brad Shoemaker author
2024-11-17

  261: A Big Black Slab of Shame

We're back again with that floral favorite, the potpourri episode. This time it's a project potpourri, touching on some tech-related projects we've either tackled recently or are planning to get to soon. Learn the full story of how Will more or less Fr...
  Will Smith, Brad Shoemaker author