A summary of the recent events at Google, with the firing of James Damore and their crack-down on dissenting opinions by both employees and content providers. 36:23. Click to listen or download: What’s Up with Google? (32.6MB high quality audio) Click to listen or download: What’s Up with Google? (11.2MB low quality audio) If the YouTube video above ever fails, you can also find it at Vidme in two parts: Part 1 and Part 2.
My wrap-up of the political happenings of July 27th and leading up to that. 40 minutes. Click to listen or download: Happening Status, It’s (36MB high quality audio) Click to listen or download: Happening Status, It’s (13MB low quality audio)
I talk about hot weather, chickens and eggs, hot weather, and the county fair coming up this week. 22 minutes. Click to listen or download: Going to the Fair (21MB high quality audio) Click to listen or download: Going to the Fair (7MB low quality audio)
A bit of a tutorial on how DNS works to let computers find each other on the Internet, how that and some other clues told me Salon’s October Surprise article about a Trump/Russia server connection was bogus at first glance, new info that’s coming to light now, and what I think might really have happened to prompt that article. 31 minutes. Click to listen or download: DNS, Malware, Russia, Oh My (34MB high quality audio)
I ramble about work, and how to market web hosting and other online services to small businesses and individuals in a way that’s more accessible than the current offerings. 23 minutes. Click to listen or download: Web Hosting Musings (20MB high quality audio) Click to listen or download: Web Hosting Musings (6.6MB low quality audio)
I talk about CNN’s recent self-immolation, and the broader issue of the dying days of the Old Media. 30 minutes. Click to listen or download: CNN Delenda Est (22.7MB high quality audio) Click to listen or download: CNN Delenda Est (8.5MB low quality audio)
Today’s excitement with chickens and a coyote. About 9 minutes. Click to listen or download: Chicken Drama (11MB high quality audio) Click to listen or download: Chicken Drama (3.3MB low quality audio)
Reminiscing about growing up in the middle of Generation X, farm style. About 37 minutes. Click to listen or download: Growing Up X (44MB high quality audio) Click to listen or download: Growing Up X (11MB low quality audio)
The one where I ramble for 15 minutes about going to auctions. Click to listen or download: Auctions (11MB high quality audio) Click to listen or download: Auctions (4.3MB low quality audio)
Could a government in the West shut down the Internet or major portions of it? What would happen and why? I give my opinions. 25 minutes. Click to listen or download: Can’t Stop the Signal (24MB high quality audio) Click to listen or download: Can’t Stop the Signal (8.6MB low quality audio)
For 15 minutes, I talk about gardening, trying, singing, and when did geek culture become a separate thing? Click to listen or download: Podcast #5: Not Even in a Bucket (14MB high quality audio) Click to listen or download: Podcast #5: Not Even in a Bucket (5MB low quality audio)
This is a short one, about 7 minutes, about finally losing my bad tooth, and garden progress. Click to listen or download: Podcast #4: Home Dentistry (7MB high quality audio) Click to listen or download: Podcast #4: Home Dentistry (2.6MB low quality audio)
Wherein I talk a little about how I got into teaching and tutoring, and some ideas of where I might go with it in the future. This one gets kinda rambling and repetitive. I think I’m going to start making at least a simple outline, because not every topic inspires a solid stream of ideas. I started this one with a single word in mind – “teaching” – and it didn’t go so well.
Wherein I mention kittens and chickens, and the talk a while about old computers and a project idea for new ones. Click to listen or download: Podcast #2: Reminiscing about Computers
This is my first podcast, in which I mostly talk about why I’m trying a podcast, and problems I’ve had with blogging. Click to listen or download: Podcast #0: Blogging and Podcasting