John Chidgey - Podcast Details

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PragmaticWhisky WhiskeyVic joins John to discuss all things Whisky/Whiskey as John launches a new Video Podcast of the same name. Think of Pragmatic...but applied to Whisky...in a video form. We cover everything from Mash Bills to Distilling, Barrel Influence and lots and lots more.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.TEN Show Links: (Causality TV) TEN: Causality TV Episode 1: CrowdStrike TEN: Causality TV TEN Show Links: (Whisky Whiskey) TEN: Whisky Whiskey TEN: Whisky Whiskey Episode 1: The Macallan 12yr Sherry Oak TEN: Whisky Whiskey Episode 2: Bushmills 16yr TEN: Whisky Whiskey Episode 3: Lark Symphony...2024-10-202h 02

PragmaticUse Sparingly Use WiselyScott Willsey returns to pull apart the Google AI Overviews feature, the risks of trusting LLMs and Generative AI and the OpenAI Scarlett Johansson saga. Also John's returning to the USA in September and embracing Dumb Watches along with a host of other updates.With Scott Willsey and John Chidgey.This show is Podcasting 2.0 Enhanced John’s Coming Back to America: (VOTE HERE) Arizona September 2024 | Vote Here for Meetups SubStack Referenced Articles: You Convinced Me Not To Buy A Tesla Fact vs Truth: AI Edition - John Chidgey’s Substack TechDistortion Parallel Post...2024-06-061h 38

PragmaticA Mixed BagVic joins John to go through a mixed bag of topics including the two most recent Apple Events, selling lenses, the new 5x iPhone Pro Max Lens, Johns day job company being potentially bought and split as well as the Soundbooth and some conference speaking.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.This show is Podcasting 2.0 Enhanced Links of Potential Interest: Apple Event: October 30 Apple Event: September 12 Nomad Goods: Modern Leather Case ACRNA Conference 2023 Is This The Show? Episode 3: John’s Buried in the Sound Booth Support Pragmatic on PatreonEpisode Gold Pr...2023-11-071h 00

The Exastential PodcastPennywise in the BackThe original Bubblesorters assemble to discuss the podcasting ad-polypse, 3D Photography and discuss Vic ripping up his deck while John is sweating to death in his sound booth. John also gets into trouble for spoiling a Doctor Who season finale from 11 months ago that Clay hadn’t watched yet.With John Chidgey, Clay Daly and Vic Hudson.Links of interest: FujiFilm Real 3D Pigasus Black/Summit Nike Sport Loop Doctor Who (SPOLIER) Audio Edited by: John Chidgey. Support The Exastential Podcast on Patreon 2023-09-101h 30

The Exastential PodcastJohn’s Buried in the Sound BoothScott, Vic and John discuss John’s most ambitious and potentially crazy podcasting project: designing and building his own custom Sound Booth. We discuss what possessed him to do this, the materials and construction detail as well as whether he’s likely to found buried in that booth in the future.With John Chidgey, Vic Hudson and Scott Willsey.Links of interest: PSA1+ Boom Arm ElectroVoice RE20 Microphone ElectroVoice 309A Suspension Shock Mount TP-Link AV2000 Audio Edited by: Scott Willsey. Support The Exastential Podcast on Patreon 2023-07-251h 20

The Exastential PodcastYour Closet's Bigger Than MineScott, Ronnie and John discuss the various podcast creation tools they each use and have used in the past as well as Ronnie's new Mac and some further discussion on the M2 Mac Pro.With John Chidgey, Ronnie Lutes and Scott Willsey.Links of interest: John’s Recording Setup: Article 1 of 2 John’s Recording Setup: Article 2 of 2 BrusFri Limitations on iOS Nobody Wants a Mac Pro? Why Does the M2 Mac Pro Exist? Audio Edited by: John Chidgey. Support The Exastential Podcast on Patreon 2023-07-051h 33

The Exastential PodcastSocially ToleratedScott, Clay and John assemble for the first time in one place to discuss everything from the social acceptability of VR headset usage to eyewear prescriptions, and a bunch of other stuff in between. We also try to determine whether this is the show or whether this is not, in fact, the show.With John Chidgey, Clay Daly and Scott Willsey.Links of interest: Apple Vision Pro MacBook Air 13 and 15-inch with M2 Mac Studio Mac Pro Apple Watch Audio Edited by: Scott Willsey. Support The Exastential Podcast on Patreon 2023-04-301h 26

Podcasting 2.0Episode 100: Streamers and DreamersPodcasting 2.0 for September 2nd 2022 Episode 100: "Streamers and Dreamers" Adam & Dave discuss the week's developments on podcastindex.org celebrating 2 years and 100 episodes with guest John Chidgey ShowNotes John Chidgey LinkdIn Host of the Causality podcast, owner of The Engineered Network. Wrote the Soundbiter app and several boosting scripts. Has 2.0 integrated across all of his shows. Always early adopter for 2.0 stuff VK4EII Oma app Music wallet - StevenB ui Need lyrics to srt converter Why I'm having a hard time...2022-09-032h 13

PragmaticNot Turning It Into A Flower PotClay joins John to walk through the key moments of the WWDC keynote for 2022 and look at what each means for us and also the broader populace. Whilst John is sad about the Trash Can being Ventura-canned, there were lots of things to smile about too.With Clay Daly and John Chidgey.TechDistortion Articles Discussed: Tesla User Interface Pragmatic Episodes Referenced: Pragmatic Episode 107: Tesla Electric Pragmatic Episode 82: Tesla Links of Potential Interest: WWDC 2022 Support Pragmatic on PatreonEpisode Gold Producers: 'r' and Steven Bridle.Episode Silver Producers: Mitch...2022-06-101h 32

CausalityBeirut Warehouse 12In Beirut in August of 2020, an explosion at the Port of Beirut destroyed a huge part of the city. We look into how an oxidising agent, improperly handled can become an explosive and attempt to comprehend how something so dangerous was ignored repeatedly by key people, despite many warnings of an imminent disaster.With John Chidgey.This show is Podcasting 2.0 Enhanced Links of Interest: 2020 Beirut Explosion Condensation Cloud Prill ANFO Ammonium Nitrate How an unscheduled port visit led to disaster Beirut Ammonium Nitrate Blast Government Amends Ammonium Nitrate Rules FBI probe shows amount of...2022-02-1031 min

PragmaticWind FarmingWind Farms are getting bigger and spreading throughout the world both on and off-shore. Vic joins John to talk about Wind Turbines, John's new Tesla and the launch of the new Video podcast/vodcast Pragmatic Electric.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.TechDistortion Articles Discussed: Retro Mac Pro Retro Mac Pro Part 2 Upgrading the Mac Pro SSD Upgrading the Mac Pro RAM Buying A Tesla Pragmatic Electric Links: Pragmatic Electric Pragmatic: Electric - YouTube Introducing Pragmatic Electric Audiobook Narration Work: Voice For Hire Shoot Like a Ninja on Apple Books The Knack...2022-01-302h 05

SleepApple Macintosh Cutting Through The Ballyhoo Part ThreeFrom the 1984 commercial through to the pros and cons of the new Apple Macintosh, John Anderson provides a review of what would become the definitive personal computer from Apple in the 80s. From the July 1984 edition of the Creative Computing Magazine.With John Chidgey.Reading Material: Creative Computing Magazine (July 1984) Volume 10 Number 07 Other shows on the network: Causality Pragmatic Support Sleep on PatreonEpisode Gold Producers: 'r' and Steven Bridle.Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, John Whitlow, Kevin Koch, Shane O'Neill, Oliver Steele, Lesley Law Chan, Hafthor, Jared, Bill and...2021-12-0219 min

CausalityTriangle Shirtwaist FactoryIn 1911 in Manhattan, New York, a clothing factory went up in flames just before closing time. We look at how faulty equipment, poor design and a fear of theft contributed to a wholly preventable incident that had such terrible consequences, but would trigger reforms that still impact the United States, a century later.With John Chidgey.This show is Podcasting 2.0 Enhanced Links of Interest: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Brown Building Shirtwaist Court Transcript of the Criminal Trial The Triangle Fire of 1911 Sweatshop Tragedy Brown Building (PDF) Sweatshop Definition Machinery Needed for Garment Manufacturing Different...2021-11-0927 min

SleepApple Macintosh Cutting Through The Ballyhoo Part TwoFrom the 1984 commercial through to the pros and cons of the new Apple Macintosh, John Anderson provides a review of what would become the definitive personal computer from Apple in the 80s. From the July 1984 edition of the Creative Computing Magazine.With John Chidgey.Reading Material: Creative Computing Magazine (July 1984) Volume 10 Number 07 Other shows on the network: Causality Pragmatic Support Sleep on PatreonEpisode Gold Producers: 'r' and Steven Bridle.Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, John Whitlow, Kevin Koch, Shane O'Neill, Oliver Steele, Lesley Law Chan, Hafthor, Jared, Bill and...2021-11-0214 min

SleepApple Macintosh Cutting Through The Ballyhoo Part OneFrom the 1984 commercial through to the pros and cons of the new Apple Macintosh, John Anderson provides a review of what would become the definitive personal computer from Apple in the 80s. From the July 1984 edition of the Creative Computing Magazine.With John Chidgey.Reading Material: Creative Computing Magazine (July 1984) Volume 10 Number 07 Other shows on the network: Causality Pragmatic Support Sleep on PatreonEpisode Gold Producers: 'r' and Steven Bridle.Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, John Whitlow, Kevin Koch, Shane O'Neill, Oliver Steele, Lesley Law Chan, Hafthor, Jared, Bill and...2021-10-0218 min

PragmaticMirrorless RevolutionWatching photography evolve in the past few years had demonstrated with computing power comes the possibility of ditching the SLR entirely and going mirrorless. Clay returns to discuss the mirrorless revolution. And yes, Clay called it first.With Clay Daly and John Chidgey.Related Episode Link: Pragmatic Episode 94: Photography Pragmatic Episode 101: Astrophotography Related Articles: Kit vs Tamron vs Prime Shoot-out WhitePapers And Photography Shooting Indoor Sports 200-500mm Zoom Lens Test Astronomy With Zoom Lenses John’s Photography: Photography John’s Lenses and Gear Presently: Nikon Z6 II Nikon FTZ MB-N...2021-09-281h 37

CausalityRoyal Canberra HospitalThe original Royal Canberra Hospital was flagged to be demolished in 1997 to make way for the new National Museum. A demolition via implosion was selected, but the implosion resulted in an explosion instead, and debris showered the huge crowd of onlookers with fatal consequences.With John Chidgey.This show is Podcasting 2.0 Enhanced Report into the Incident: Inquest Into The Death of Katie Bender (PDF) Video Footage of the Demolition: Canberra Hospital Implosion 1997 - YouTube Royal Canberra Hospital Implosion - TEN News 13 July 1997 - YouTube Video of Interest: Miami Resort | Building...2021-09-1645 min

The Exastential PodcastManaging Lightning NodesAudio version of the Managing Lightning Nodes article.With John Chidgey.Audio version of this Text article. Support The Exastential Podcast on Patreon 2021-07-3102 min

TechDistortion PostCastManaging Lightning NodesAudio version of the Managing Lightning Nodes article.With John Chidgey.Audio version of this Text article. Support TechDistortion PostCast on Patreon 2021-07-3102 min

PragmaticLockdown ComputingLockdowns due to the pandemic of 2020-2021 has shifted a lot of peoples computing needs with working from home on their computer now a real driver for many people. We look at how it's impacted John and take a walk down history lane of Vic and John's various Macs for the past few decades and how it led to a controversial purchase.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Related Articles: Retro Mac Pro Retro Mac Pro: Part 2 John’s Macs Past and Present: eMac G4/1.25 (USB 2.0) Specs (eMac USB 2.0, M9425LL/A*, PowerMac6,4, A1002, No...2021-07-151h 09

CausalityOcean RangerThe largest semi-submersible Offshore Drilling Rig of its day, sank in a storm in 1982 whilst two smaller nearby rigs survived with minimal damage. We dive into how not closing a portlight cover, triggered a series of events that cost 84 people their lives.With John Chidgey.This show is Podcasting 2.0 Enhanced Report into the Incidents: Official Report Links of Potential Interest: Ocean Ranger Hydrodynamic Model Studies of the Ocean Ranger Marine Disaster The Loss of the Ocean Ranger Royal Commission Called (Video) Ocean Ranger report blames equipment and training (Video) Hypothermia Table History...2021-05-2446 min

CausalityTherac-25The successor to the Therac-6 and Therac-20 RadioTherapy machines would integrate the powerful DEC PDP-11 mini-computer to control all of the Therac-25s functions, including the safety interlocks, for the first time. In two years the 11 machines in service would overdose six people across two countries, killing three of them before they figured out why.With John Chidgey.This show is Podcasting 2.0 Enhanced Reports into the Incidents: An Investigation of the Therac-25 Accidents ‎Medical Devices: The Therac-25 The Therac-25: 30 Years Later A Usage-Model Based Approach to Test Therac-25 Good Computing: A Virtue Approach To Co...2021-03-2353 min