User Error Podcast

The two sides of the pond meet this week when Joe Ressington joins Chris and Noah to discuss why Chris only has 26 years left to live, some hard questions about gun ownership, and Cloudflare launching a new DNS service… But something doesn’t smell right.. Maybe it’s the important animal flatulence facts, and why we think the Kodi project might be facing a crisis. 00:00:00 - Chris only has 26 years left to live 00:01:47 - Joe fosters cats 00:14:02 - Kodi has a branding problem 00:25:05 - Gun facts 00:55:18 - Cloudflare DNS 01:01:40 - Do birds fart?

Noah and the Beard switch up the format a bit this week, taking a more laid back and wondering approach to the weeks topics. We cover everything from Linux on the Nintendo switch and Net Neutrality to Netflix shows, ultrawide monitors & more. There's something for everyone this week! (00:00:23) – Noah doesn’t watch cable. 24. Canadian Star Trek. James Bond. Black Mirror. (00:23:58) – Concealed carry nachos & Dominoes vs Pizza Hut. (00:33:48) – Switch, to Linux. (00:38:40) – #AskError: If you could choose where and when you died, how would you do it? How can a religious person be friends with an atheist? (01:06:45) – Rikai and Noah get ultra-wide. Dell and Lenovo dock. (01:31:31) – #AskError: what do you want to do that’s illegal? What’s illegal, really? Meth is the best ADHD treatment. (01:48:27) – We need more ISP competition. (01:56:18) – Rikai and Noah are not medically trained professionals. (02:14:08) – Use #AskError to send in questions, whether they’re happy or sad.

Noah & Rikai have run away with the show! This week we get nostalgic about Winamp, talk about Noah's windows switch, weigh the pros and cons of intel's Google Glass competitor, cover some of rikai's adventures in Ravencoin, get wowed by some cardboard, decide what our 'forever' food is & get it up over the Falcon Heavy! (00:00:00) - True barbecue. (00:01:00) - Winamp becomes a webapp. (00:05:40) - Everyone knows Noah's gone Windows. (00:17:15) - Intel makes its own Google Glass. (00:24:06) - rikai bets his electricity on Ravencoin. (00:50:53) - Noah discovers the joy of cardboard. (00:58:05) - If you could only eat one type of food, what would you eat? (01:05:27) - Elon Musk gets it up.

In this episode, Noah joins and we talk about Pebble, snaps vs flatpacks, answer some new #AskError questions & take a peek at rikai's crypto adventures. What the heck is Ravencoin anyway? (00:00:08) - Pebble gets a fan-made OS to keep it going forever. (00:10:41) - Noah doesn't knock. Snaps vs Flatpacks. (00:22:18) - Using people's weaknesses to help them. (00:28:52) - #AskError: has technology made us too dependent? Why have a MiFi and LAN in Lady Jupes? (00:40:38) - #AskError: What superpower would you choose? (00:50:34) - Rikai loves ravens.

Dustin joins the guys this week to talk Fasting, Spam, becoming a hobo, cryptocurrency, youtube, linux, flying cars & more! This one is packed to the brim! (00:01:04) - User Error welcomes Dustin to the show, and says goodbye to their tables. (00:06:30) - Chris and Dustin get back on the fasting bandwagon. (00:26:40) - A spam confession. (00:30:30) - Chris gets ready to live in a truck by the river. (00:38:18) - Rikai spills his altcoin mining secrets. (00:45:15) - Youtubers are getting increasingly desperate. Meanwhile, Rikai goes all in on Twitch. (00:50:30) - A California company combines the two most promising prefixes in housing: prefab, and smart. Also, Chris reveals the best possible use for ladytubes. (01:01:27) - Tech stories of the week - Linux native app development is slowing down. (01:09:20) - Uber in cooperation with NASA is developing flying cars.

Beard & Chris are joined by a very special guest & discuss the things that’s getting smart this year, the things that life throws at you & all the things that we think are great that you think is weird. (00:00:04) - Oregon's gas-pumping law wasn't exactly what we thought it was. (00:01:10) - Chris reports from the CES-pool; there's a lot of smart devices. (00:19:05) - #AskError returns! What are life's toughest mini-games? (00:22:54) - #AskError: What video game was "worth it"? (00:30:24) - #AskError: What's the best twist to a movie? (00:35:45) - #AskError: It's really weird, but you might like it. (00:38:35) - #AskError: What are you currently struggling with? (00:48:35) - #AskError: If you could pick your own name, what would you pick?

The boys are back after the holiday break & a lot happened while they were gone! Oregon let people pump their own gas as Chris looked on with his new dog, the Beard moved to the big city, Noah’s gone a quest to turn Ask Noah up to 11, you guys continued to be awesome & more! (00:00:05) - Chris and Noah enter a nightmare of unwanted updates. (00:13:53) - Oregon decides people can pump their own gas. Riots, explosions, and zombie outbreaks ensue. ... Or not. (00:21:35) - The beard has completed his move to Seattle. (00:24:00) - Offending Noah with Plex Cloud. (00:38:10) - Chris begins skipping out on his medical insurance. (00:45:45) - This just in: JB viewers continue to be awesome. (00:50:00) - Audio ain't "hot". What now? (01:04:38) - Chris's new dog is, like, really smart. (01:16:55) - #StreamADay

This week we welcome back Wimpy and dive into popular community topics, Bitcoin & space! Plus some #AskError, Tattoos, body hacking Wimpy's crazy rig setup & we peel back the covers on his origin story! (00:00:15) - The fellas reflect on how far they (and Bitcoin) have come. (00:17:00) - #AskError: What social norm would you like to skip entirely? If you could go back in time, what period would you go to? (00:32:20) - Florida man tattoos "Do Not Resuscitate" on chest. (00:43:52) - #AskError: What's a warning sign you've recognized in yourself? (00:52:15) - Wimpy exposes the juicy details of his Linux system. (01:12:05) - Voyager 1 is running out of energy and thrusters, but a way has been found to extend its lifespan (01:15:25) - Wimpy tells the story of his entrance into Linux, and watching it mature.

In this week’s show we’re introduced to Chris’ new puppy Levi, a Sonos 1 mini-review, experiences trying to get multi-room IoT audio working, 3DS region locking, Wes’ trial of home assistant & Beard’s Seattle move progress & more! (00:00:10) - Chris gets region lock-blocked. (00:05:25) - Patreon rolled back their fee changes, but concerns have been raised. (00:18:24) - Chris' Smart Home is no Katey Sagal. (00:34:37) - Rikai's new apartment is coming together. (00:44:22) - Net Neutrality gets repealed. What does that mean for the network? (00:54:04) - Chris becomes a dogfather. (01:06:56) - #AskError: You wouldn't download a car... would you? Should there be time-share sexbots? Would you adopt a forever-puppy? When's the podcast about group sex? What's the 5-year vision for Jupiter Broadcasting?

In this episode we meet the Beard's girlfriend, talk about the craziness of some drivers, the secretly amazing sandwich from Starbucks, dolphin boners, An intro to Cannabis, Religion, a batch of #AskError & more! (00:00:18) - Chris tests the new TechSnap music (00:01:25) - Rikai's new girlfriend has been shipped from the girlfriend factory (00:03:33) - Chris continues his search for a new dog (00:10:28) - Dolphin boners (00:14:15) - Uncrustables (00:18:05) - Starbucks: the inside scoop (00:21:20) - Washington driving is crazy (00:31:10) - Come hang out in the Cannabis Corner! (00:53:05) - What's the worst advice you've gotten? (01:11:30) - What's the most homosexual situation you've ever been in? (01:31:21) - 2017 has taught us a lesson about perception (01:41:13) - Chris hates paperwork. So does everyone else!

This week, we cant get rid of Wes so we make the best of it & cover what we did over the holiday/shopping week, get sad over a missed opportunity, talk relationships, moving, food, #AskError & more! (00:00:22) - Turkey Day traditions... or not. (00:04:44) - Cross that Bridge when you come to it. (00:17:38) - Paperwork problems. (00:25:24) - Chris shares some personal pain (00:36:25) - Black Friday & Cyber Monday have passed. Our boys share what they came home with. (00:51:35) - A discussion on holidays with new relationships sidetracks into a war over the best and worst fast-food. (00:57:07) - Is Trello worth the Trouble-o? (01:15:15) - #AskError: if you could live anywhere in the past, when would you go? (01:18:25) - Humans are badly designed.

Chris and Wes go to war over Select-A-Size, Uber pays some hackers, we discuss the changes coming to TechSNAP, how to build a podcast setup, some #AskError & more! (00:00:00) - Chris hates Select-A-Size (00:04:40) - How to play tech support for family members during the Holidays (00:12:51) - Cyber breaches are getting worse then ever (00:21:55) - TechSnap is getting a reboot, here's how (00:37:55) - #AskError: What classic song is totally inappropriate, what practices are totally messed up, but common in the business world & more book recommendations (00:49:18) - Building a podcast recording setup (01:12:38) - #AskError: What have you recently bought that makes you feel like an old person?

On this week's episode, Noah returns to share his thoughts with the guys on everything from Bitcoin & the Cloud to creepy YouTube videos and weddings. Plus we give an update on the Beard's moving situation, look at recent self driving car news, talk about attempted murder & more! (00:00:21) - Is bitcoin getting forked up? (00:11:19) - Crazy things close to home (00:15:41) - A new product! The Logitech Harmony Brick! (00:28:18) - YouTube is full of "children's" videos doing weird things. YouTube doesn't seem to care. (00:32:40) - Rikai prepares to move out, leaving Chris & Noah with empty nest feelings. (00:43:58) - Are weddings getting less tedious? (01:02:04) - Self driving cars continue their evolution and some of the guys are unimpressed.

Today we cover the origins of amazon, talk about some food, share our sleep remedy findings, go to war against the rats, hunt for a place to live, play some rust & more! (00:00:20) - All-glass phones are hip again. Why? (00:03:45) - The genesis of Amazon (00:13:19) - #AskError: if JB had a fully funded journalist, where would you deploy him to? (00:20:08) - #AskError: Are we headed for Ghost In The Shell or Battlestar Galactica? (00:22:50) - #AskError: What would you ask the most influential radio producers of all time? (00:24:08) - Fooooood (00:28:05) - #AskError: What occupation, besides the one you have now, would you want to do? (00:31:49) - Sleep remedies (00:38:36) - The Rat War (00:43:46) - Rikai's hunt (00:55:05) - Adventures in Rust

This week, John joins us again to talk about an app that claims to diagnose your car, the troubles with body pains, diets and sleeping, the Nintendo 2DS, a failure, a batch of #AskError & more! (00:00:12) - A Phone app that (supposedly) diagnoses your car engine. (00:03:58) - #AskError: What did your family make out to be more expensive than it really was? (00:08:20) - #AskError: What commonly held scientific belief is false? (00:18:54) - Core muscles are the worst to injure. (00:22:22) - Chris needs a new way to sleep. (00:32:54) - #AskError: What seemed great as a kid but awful as an adult, or vice versa. (00:37:58) - Chris looks back on a year of the vlog. (00:50:10) - The Nintendo 2DS is an interesting device.