More Like VMwhere? Episode: 11 Published: 05/31/2022 Stories EXT: A suburban neighborhood in front of a house with green siding and white trim. It is definitely green and not at all blue, no matter what my ex says. Our heroes are exiting the front door wearing spring appropriate garb. CHRIS: It’s not that I don’t like cake, it’s more that I’m ambivalent towards it. Like me and cake would be great neighbors, but not friends. NED: That’s stupid, cake is everyone’s friend. In fact��� [Ned is interr...
May 31, 2022•53 min•Ep. 11
Show Notes Wenceslas Denied Episode: 10 Published: 05/24/2022 Stories NED: Good King Wenceslas came to town riding on a pony. Tucked a feather in hip cap and called it macaroni! CHRIS: That’s uh, that’s not the right song. It’s Good Gnome Wenceslas and he liked fettucini. NED: Yuck, GGW had some shit taste in pasta. CHRIS: You should have seen his Yule logs . Security as a Philosophy Links: How can I be secure without spending a lot of money? Quad9 is a free DNS service that maintains a list of ...
May 24, 2022•53 min•Ep. 10
Show Notes Strawberry, No Icing Episode: 9 Published: 05/17/2022 Stories Google I/O - We want to be Apple too! NED: Do you think it was too much with the “help you till you’re dead” thing? CHRIS: Too much? Not enough I’d say. You really think Google is gonna stop when you’re dead? NED: Fair point. Would the recently deceased like to see a range of caskets and burial options? GHOST: Oh shit, I’m dead. How is Google in the afterlife? CHRIS: Google is here to help. Forever and always. Now check out...
May 17, 2022•36 min•Ep. 9
Show Notes Supercloud Is Banish-ed Episode: 8 Published: 05/10/2022 In case you were wondering, this is the race we were discussing. Stories The Future is Cloudier Than Ever As promised/threatened, it has come time to dig into the financial earning reports of the big three cloud providers, and as a bonus we can also take a peek at what���s going on with Oracle and IBM, and maybe even some of the traditional vendors like HPE and Dell. I don���t know if we���ll have enough time! Links: We are stil...
May 10, 2022•37 min•Ep. 8
Show Notes Poised for Data Dominance Episode: 7 Published: 05/03/2022 Look I don’t know how much of this AI-enhanced microwave called Magnetron story is true, and how much is theatre. And frankly, I don’t give a damn. Go feed your eyeballs and top up your mirth meter. Stories Google AMP sucks, and a LOT of people are trying to ditch it NED: Good god man, I thought you told me no one reads the show notes. Why did you put so many links? CHRIS: Because Bratwurst. NED: Bratwurst? What the? How does....
May 03, 2022•49 min•Ep. 7
Show Notes There Is No Multicloud Episode: 6 Published: 04/26/2022 Stories Does Multicloud Exist? NED: So um, I don’t really have any links b/c I was just ranting the entire time. CHRIS: It’s fine, just put whatever here. No one reads the show notes anyway. NED: Whew , that’s a relief. I still feel bad though. CHRIS: Just add a link to whatever, no one cares . NED: Okay. Here’s Human Infrastructure Magazine where my multicloud thoughts appear in print. CHRIS: Do you feel better? NED: A little? C...
Apr 26, 2022•38 min•Ep. 6
Show Notes Dog Is My Copilot Episode: 5 Published: 04/19/2022 Stories Github Copilot - enabling questionable coding at the speed of AI Links to check out: So, after using Copilot for about 2 hours, I���m basically an expert Concerns about GitHub taking advantage (and monetizing- this ain���t gonna be free, kids) based on people���s contributions to open-source projects A quick look at the (no-opt-outable) Telemetry Terms shows that your code is 100% uploaded to GitHub and investigated shellcheck...
Apr 19, 2022•46 min•Ep. 5
Show Notes Rabid NFT Squirrels Episode: 4 Published: 04/12/2022 Stories Strap in everyone, we���re going to talk about Web3 Sources to check out: Line Goes Up from Folding Ideas David Rosenthal���s presentation at EE380 Spencer Cornelia’s YouTube Channel Lightning Round Google joining AWS and Azure at the Edge ARM yourself Azure We���ve linked the blog post where you can apply to be part of the preview In the ���Not getting my hopes up category��� First Light claims a nuclear fusion breakthrough...
Apr 12, 2022•40 min•Ep. 4
Show Notes Half An Arsonist Episode: 3 Published: 04/05/2022 Stories Security Field Day 7 Security Field Day 7 website YouTube Page with all XFD7 presentations Juniper Connected Security Racktop Links Securing your data is just as important as securing your network The product Racktop sells is actually the OS/security platform, called BrickStor SP Lightning Round AMD acquires Pensando right out from under HPEs nose Apple planning a hardware subscription service because a 2.8T market cap just isn...
Apr 05, 2022•42 min•Ep. 3
Show Notes Secure Virtual Giraffe Episode: 2 Published: 03/30/2022 Intro That PBS video about English Spelling Stories Security Field Day 7 Security Field Day 7 website YouTube Page with all XFD7 presentations Keeper Links Keeper Security website Encyption docs from Keeper Keeper refers to their encryption model as ���Zero-Knowledge and Zero-Trust Architecture.��� If you have an enterprise license with Keeper, a family license is free for personal use Keeper���s February 2022 acquisition of glyp...
Mar 30, 2022•50 min•Ep. 2
Show Notes Layered Tech Garbage Episode: 1 Published: 03/22/2022 Stories Here are the stories we covered: Storage is in my DNA, and yours, and that guy over there with the Phish t-shirt Microsoft unreleases ads-in-file-explorer feature from test build of Win11, calls the ���experimental��� feature release ���unintentional.��� Microsoft, disgusted with Chris��� assertion that they are merely obsessed with ads, makes it clear that Advertising is the company���s ���Newfound Religion��� Not to be le...
Mar 22, 2022•39 min•Ep. 1
