Chris and the new Hotness In yet another crossover episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond, Bodie Grimm of the Kilowatt Podcast joins me to talk about EVs. But this isn’t just any EV, we get to talk to Chris Ashley of the SMR Podcast and BBQ and Tech about his brand new Ford F150 […]
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Those Chit Chat Across the Pond episodes that are not Programming By Stealth or Taming the Terminal
CCATP #730 – Bart Busschots on Thinking About Security
In this Lite version of Chit Chat Across the Pond, Bart Busschots talks to us about he thinks about security. Rather than try to tell us with exacting precision what to do about a current threat, instead, he talks about how to be proactive, how to convince others to accept changes in the name of […]
Continue readingCCATP #729 – John Siracusa on Many Things Including Display Technologies
Our guest this week on Chit Chat Across the Pond is John Siracusa of the Accidental Tech Podcast, Reconcilable Differences, and Robot or Not. He’s also the developer of two interesting Mac apps: Front and Center and SwitchGlass. You can find his blog at Hypercritical.co. You can find him on Twitter @siracusa I’ve been a […]
Continue readingCCATP #728 — Bart Busschots on Why FIDO Passkeys Rock
Back in August of 2019, Bart Busschots told us about how someday in the future, we would be able to be living a passwordless future because of something called FIDO, AKA Fast ID Online. Back then it was really only helping corporations but this week the FIDO Alliance made an announcement that shows real promise […]
Continue readingCCATP #727 – Dr. Maryanne Garry on How Everything You Remember is Wrong
One of my pet peeves is podcasters who air reruns. Today I am that podcaster but I think I can justify what I’m doing so bear with me here. On June 1st, 2014, Dr. Maryanne Garry made her debut appearance on Chit Chat Across the Pond. In this terrific interview, she explains her research and […]
Continue readingCCATP #726 – Bart Busschots on Email on Your Own Domain
In this ~lite episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond, Bart Busschots explains why it’s a good idea to have an email address on your own domain. Then he digs deep into all of the different technologies involved in owning a domain, forwarding email, explains MX and NS records, and how to make sure you’re […]
Continue readingCCATP #725 – Erin Carson on Ear Worms and TikTok
This week our guest is Erin Carson, Senior Writer at CNET. She came on the show to talk to me about ear worms and the effect that TikTok is having on their prevalence. We go over the research she studied on earworms, finding out how long we’ve known about them, what goes on in our […]
Continue readingCCATP #723 – Bodie Grimm Kilowatt Crossover on Self Driving, Solar Batteries, and More
While Steve and I were in Phoenix visiting Steve’s sister, we made a trip out to meet the awesome Bodie Grimm, host of the Kilowatt podcast at 918digital.com. Bodie’s show is all about electric vehicles, self driving, solar energy, and batteries. You can imagine that it would be impossible for a podcast to not break […]
Continue readingCCATP #722 – Tom Merritt on the Past, Present, and Future of Messaging
This week’s guest on Chit Chat Across the Pond is Tom Merritt, host of the Daily Tech News Show, Cord Killers, Know a Little More, Sword and Laser and more podcasts than I can count. He’s also a science fiction author with his book series Pilot X tommerrittbooks.com. I asked Tom to come on Chit […]
Continue readingCCATP #720 – Jill from the North Woods on Switching from Windows to Mac
Jill from the North Woods, host of the delightful and inspiring Start with Small Steps Podcast at smallstepspod.com decided a few years ago that she wanted to switch from Windows to the Mac. I was a bit of an enabler on this, so I’ve been watching her adventure with great interest. She recently made the […]
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