The Beer and Broadband Podcast

Show Synopsis: In Season 09 Episode 12, we discuss the jobpocalypse. Working from home. What we are drinking: Legion Friends and Beer Supernova Passionfruit Orange Guava Sour Ale 4.7% ABV Happy July 4th The jobpocalypse is upon us article     We have a twitter @BeerandBroad  Get 25 dollars in credit at Ting . This Episode of Beer and Broadband is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Lic...

Show Synopsis: In Season 09 Episode 11, we discuss CEO taxes and Commencement speeches. Working from home. What we are drinking: Appalachian Mountain Cidery Southern Apple Hard Cider 5% ABV CEO tax being equated with socialism by Google Founder article Commencement speeches met with boos over AI topics except one article1 article2     We have a twitter @BeerandBroad  Get 25 dollars in credit at Ti...

Show Synopsis: In Season 09 Episode 10, we discuss Starbucks AI woes, RTX 3080s, and South East Linux Fest 2026. Working from home. What we are drinking: Lindeman's D'or Tropical Fruit Beer 8% ABV South East Linux Fest 2026 RTX 3080 has either 10gigs or 12 gigs of VRAM and the 3080ti has 12gigi VRAM Starbucks gets rid of AI inventory tool article     We have a twitter @BeerandBroad  Get 25 dollars...

Show Synopsis: In Season 09 Episode 09, we discuss brewing a good basic apple cider, openclaw, and malware. Working from home. What we are drinking: Jo's CIDR 7% abv Local LLM with openclaw Reputable Malware Article 1 Article 2       We have a twitter @BeerandBroad  Get 25 dollars in credit at Ting . This Episode of Beer and Broadband is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License   Cr...

Show Synopsis: In Season 09 Episode 09, we discuss using solar power to create ice and data center power usage. Working from home. What we are drinking: Southern Tier Holiday Cran Cran 7% ABV Solar options for storing energy and cooling off grid homes/ campers instead of batteries. ICE! article Data centers are eating up power on the east cost of the US. Power prices in many areas rose by almost d...

Show Synopsis: In Season 09 Episode 07, we discuss AI coding in production and moving to Linux as an OS. Working from home. What we are drinking: Southern Tier Rope Swing Sipper 5% abv AI coding in a production environment. Are we sacrificing quality and stability for quantity and speed? article Another reason to move to some form of Linux. Microsoft is now starting to auto launch edge when users...

Show Synopsis: In Season 06 Episode 06, we discuss Chat bots leaking personal info and private networks. Working from home. What we are drinking: 1911 Orange Creamsicle Hard Cider 6.9% LLM backed Chatbots handing out personal info. article Christian only mobile network will be available soon. article     We have a twitter @BeerandBroad  Get 25 dollars in credit at Ting . This Episode of Beer and B...

Show Synopsis: In Season 09 Episode 05, we discuss inexpensive technology verses expensive solutions. Working from home. What we are drinking: Stone Brewing Buenaveza Lager 4.7% Cheaper drones destroying expensive military equipment Bluetooth tracker in mail reveals top secret ship location.     We have a twitter @BeerandBroad  Get 25 dollars in credit at Ting . This Episode of Beer and Broadband...

Show Synopsis: In Season 09 Episode 04, we discuss ID verification and Apples CEO transition. Working from home. What we are drinking: Thirsty Dog Perro Mexican Lime Lager 6% ABV Apple is rolling out age verification around the world and so is discord Tim Cook steps down as CEO of apple, John Ternus replaces him.     We have a twitter @BeerandBroad  Get 25 dollars in credit at Ting . This Episode...

Show Synopsis: In Season 09 Episode 03, we discuss The AI mead recipes we made over the break. Working from home. What we are drinking: ChatGPT and Gemini Meads Check in on our AI meads from last season     We have a twitter @BeerandBroad  Get 25 dollars in credit at Ting . This Episode of Beer and Broadband is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License   Creative Commons License

Show Synopsis: In Season 09 Episode 02, we discuss brewing mead, prices of tech, and data centers for AI. Working from home. What we are drinking: Accidental Brewer Vanilla Spice 15% ABV Parts pricing and economic issues affecting computer prices Data centers, specifically AI DCs, taking up all the RAM.   Vanilla Spice Mead Primary: 3 gallons water 12 lbs Wildflower Honey 1tsp Fermaid O 1 packet L...

Show Synopsis: In Season 09 Episode 01, we discuss using AI at work for IT. Working from home. What we are drinking: Bull City Cider works 6% ABV AI discussion day. What have our experiences been using AI for daily work?     We have a twitter @BeerandBroad  Get 25 dollars in credit at Ting . This Episode of Beer and Broadband is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License   Creative Co...

Show Synopsis: In Season 08 Episode 22, we discuss American Thanksgiving, Holidays, Our break, 3D printing, and AWS outages that cause hot beds. Working from home. What we are drinking: Trophy Brewing Milky Way Salted Caramel Sweet Stout 5.3% abv Happy Thanksgiving and holidays! What are we doing to celebrate? Plans during the break. 3D printing with the Creatilty K2 Toasty beds after AWS outage....

Show Synopsis: In Season 08 Episode 21, we discuss AI brain rot, Amazon replacing workers, Space - X disabling scammer call centers. Working from home. What we are drinking: Dogfish Head Punkin Ale 7% AI get brain rot similar to humans. article Amazon to replace 600,000 workers with robots article Space - X disables Starlink terminals to deactivate scammer accounts. article     We have a twitter @...

Show Synopsis: In Season 08 Episode 20, we discuss Sora, Jeep Bricking their own vehicles, and AI legal research. Working from home. What we are drinking: Angry Orchard Headless Pumpkin 5% abv Sora, OpenAi's video creation platform Jeep Software update bricks 2023 to 2025 model vehicles. article Should AI be allowed in legal research or documentation. article     We have a twitter @BeerandBroad  G...

Show Synopsis: In Season 08 Episode 19, we discuss enshitification, windows 10 updates, and new silicon for CPUs. Working from home. What we are drinking: Mckenzies Black Cherry Hard Cider 5% ABV Is AI enshitified or is it in danger of becoming enshitified or is it making the enshitification of everything happen faster? Windows 10 updates remain free in Europe Article New silicon can get around Mo...

Show Synopsis: In Season 08 Episode 18, we discuss banning loud ads, data base breaches, and plain text transmissions. Working from home. What we are drinking: Southern Tier Maple Warlock Imperial Pumpkin 8.2% ABV California bans Ads that get louder than the content they are in. Article Oracle Data breach at Envoy Airline. Article Geostationary satellites transmit data in plain text. Article     W...

Show Synopsis: In Season 08 Episode 17, we discuss AI as the Pope, Dungeon Crawler Carl, and Really hard wood. Working from home.  What we are drinking: Hunting Wabbits Glass Jug 8.2% abv AI Pope is a nope article Wood as hard as steel article Dungeon Crawler Carl     We have a twitter @BeerandBroad  Get 25 dollars in credit at Ting . This Episode of Beer and Broadband is licensed under the Creati...

Show Synopsis: In Season 08 Episode 16, we discuss Intel's Collab with Nvidia, Anker recalling power banks again, and Ubiquiti's new NAS devices. Working from home. What we are drinking: Sycamore Pumpkin Latte Blonde Ale 5.8% abv Intel ARC will live on in NVIDIA? Anker's power banks get a recall . Ubiquiti's New Desktop NAS .     We have a twitter @BeerandBroad  Get 25 dollars in credit at Ting ....

Show Synopsis: In Season 08 Episode 15, we discuss the rg34xx, Voyager 1, and forced ads on Samsung fridges. Working from home. What we are drinking: Southern Tier Apple Crumble Brown Ale 5.5%ABV Ricky gets the RG34XX with Knulli and first impressions Voyager 1 is still going Samsung Fridges play ads in the US now     We have a twitter @BeerandBroad  Get 25 dollars in credit at Ting . This Episode...

Show Synopsis: In Season 08 Episode 14, we discuss AI Mead recipes, Google AI translations with lip syncing, AI medical bots, and AI behavioral changes. Working from home. What we are drinking: Victory Brewing Vienna Vacay Key Lime Vienna Style Lager 5.5% Abv Follow up on AI created Recipes for Pumpkin and S'More's Mead Google adds AI Translated Lip Synch to videos AI Medical bots gives worse care...

Show Synopsis: In Season 08 Episode 13, we discuss AI mead recipes, Ricky's experience with the Miyoo Flip, and what we want from the Steamdeck 2. Working from home. What we are drinking: Sloop Brewing Brambleberry Crush 4.2 % ABV Brewing with AI using Gemini Ricky using the Miyoo Flip over the break PC Gaming Handhelds, what we want from the Steamdeck 2     We have a twitter @BeerandBroad  Get 25...

Show Synopsis: In Season 08 Episode 12, we discuss AI misuses, AI Drive Through Attendants, and Hollow core fiber. Working from home. What we are drinking: Nitro Three Philosophers Quadruple Ale 9.7% Australia Bank forced to rehire support staff . Taco Bells AI drive through attendant . New hollow core fiber with better performance .     We have a twitter @BeerandBroad  Get 25 dollars in credit at...

Show Synopsis: In Season 08 Episode 11, we discuss What we did during the break, the dead internet, AOL, and Firefox on Windows 7. Working from home. What we are drinking: Honey from the Stone 11.5% abv What we did during the break The Dead Internet Theory. Sam Altman is in to it. AOL to end dial-up service in September 2025 Mozilla extends support for Firefox on Windows 7   We have a twitter @Bee...

Show Synopsis: In Season 08 Episode 10, we discuss Risc-V laptops, Windows 10 ending support, our break for a few months, and SELF 2025 . Working from home. What we are drinking: Brewery Ommegang Oak Aged Watermelon Kolsch 6.0% ABV A risc-v laptop with some promising specs. article Windows 10 support ends. Jo has old PCs that don't meet big Ms specs. end of ten The last episode before our break. S...