Christopher
Co-Host of Shiny Podcast
Hey, this is Chris and he likes tech. He also likes cheese. You know who else likes cheese? Pandas. Probably. He's not a zoologist so you should wikipedia that. It all started one day when he was born not a zoologist. He continued to live in Vermont for 30 years having been a baker, a grocer, a music instrument store manager, a son, a brother, a friend, a band mate, a human but still nothing to do with zoology. And having succeeded in never doing anything in zoology that would answer our initial query he finds himself hosting a podcast for present and future tech, geek, and video games.
Christopher has hosted 43 Episodes.
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Episode 11: Live Free or DRM
December 10th, 2017 | 1 hr 20 mins
andreas antonopoulos, bitcoin, blockchain, breach, dell, dmca, drm, eff, electronic frontier foundation, ethereum, india, intel, intel me, internet, internet of money, linux, macos, management engine, netsec, nvidia, open source, open standards, opsec, root, security, system76, tech, technology, tesla, titan, uber, w3c
This week: the guys cover the degrading state of MacOS security, India sets the bar on open internet regulation, Tesla's Tractor Trailer, How Bitcoin and Ethereum differ and why blockchain technology is taking over everything. PLUS, we discuss why DRM has nothing to with copyright and how we just lost control of the web.
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Episode 10: Winner, Winner, Chicken Skinner
November 23rd, 2017 | 1 hr 3 mins
ajit pai, amazon, belgium, disney, ea, fcc, gambling, klingon, light bulb, linux, loot box., loot crate, lord of the rings, lunera, net neutrality, podcast, prequel, skinner box, star trek, star wars, star wars battlefront ii, supercomputer, tech, technology, vote
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Episode 9: NERF or Nuthin'
November 16th, 2017 | 55 mins 22 secs
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Episode 8: Humble Bumbles
November 9th, 2017 | 1 hr 4 mins
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Episode 7: Windows Phone Home
October 12th, 2017 | 59 mins 42 secs
ajit pai, autonomous vehicle, battle front, california, ea, equifax, facebook, fcc, firefox, flash, google, google home mini, hack, hacked, isp, loot boxes, mark zuckerberg, microtransactions, opencritic, photo app, podcast, puerto rico, shadow of war, tech, tech podcast, technology, update, vr, windows 10, windows phone
This is kind of a miserable week and please don't ask about episode 5. It doesn't exist and you can't convince us otherwise. Anyways we tackle such subjects as loot boxes, just how much the FCC doesn't care about being as evil as possible, Equifax continued incompetence, the demise of the Windows phone, and more!
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Episode 6: Boys And Their Toys
October 10th, 2017 | 46 mins 35 secs
action figures, apache, cells, data, gaming, guacamole, linux, microsoft, microsoft groove, music, nobel prize, overwatch, photography, podcast, spotify, tech podcast, technology, time, tinder, toys, video games
If you've been looking for the perfect excuse to get back into buying action figures, we have Jared Beerman of Beerman Photography to tell us how he got into taking pictures of toys and what inspires him. Before that we compete to see how many pages of information Tinder has on you, how toxic the gaming industry fan base can be, Linux explodes (relatively speaking) in market share, and more!
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Episode 5: Goodbye Number 5
September 29th, 2017 | 1 min 50 secs
280, amazon echo show, amd, android, atari, ataribox, beta, bill gates, characters, coinhive, firefox, google, microsoft, monero, piracy, quantum, quantum computing, showtime, tech, tech news, twitter, youtube
Christopher explains where the hell the podcast has been and why you should probably just skip to episode 6...
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Episode 4: Equif*** You
September 14th, 2017 | 1 hr 11 mins
android 8, android oreo, apple, bezel, bitcoin, china, comcast, credit, credit freeze, dsl, equifax, experian, fallout, fallout: new vegas, ico, iphone, iphone x, lawsuit, notch, pixel 2, transunion, twitch, vermont
This week we get our hands real dirty handling the muck Equifax has bestowed upon 140 million Americans, the good, the bad, the ugly of the new iPhone X, announcement of our new tangential gaming project, and more!
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Episode 3: Lego My Blockchain
September 11th, 2017 | 53 mins 56 secs
blockchain, google, lego, lenovo, linux, millennium falcon, solar power, solaris, star wars, sun microsystems, superfish, technology, vivaldi
The end of the summer... how evil is Google? Massive solar power arrays! New blockchain currencies, no more Solaris and much much more!
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Episode 2: Skynet vs Android Oreo
September 11th, 2017 | 46 mins 44 secs
ai, android, android oreo, apple, artificial intelligence, bluetooth, chrome, chromeos, crashplan, enterprise, exploits, google, iphone, isp, killer robots, linux, microsoft, shiny podcast, spacex, tech, technology, verizon, windows, windows 10, zero days
Android Oreo Released and a new iPhone on the horizon! Zero Day market is soaring! New space gear, ChromeOS for Enterprise, Killer robots and much, much more!
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Episode 01: Crickets and Chrome
September 9th, 2017 | 1 hr 11 mins
amd, android, android o, chrome, chromeos, gpu, nexus, no man's sky, pixel, tech, technology, wannacry
August 24 2017. A date that will forever be remember as the genesis of the Shiny Podcast. A new show hell bent on casting light and throwing shade on the latest in gaming and technology. We kick things off by speculating on upcoming Android O, chatting about AMD's new hardware, discussing WannaCry, and pontificating on Chrome's market dominance.