James
Co-Host of Crossed Wires
James is in his early 30s and is a passionate Apple fanboy, having been a Mac user for over 10 years. He also enjoys photography, the odd video game, far too much sci-fi and good music.
James became a Christian in his early teens and was baptised in a freezing cold river in the middle of Switzerland a few years later.
James has hosted 43 Episodes.
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Short Circuits 010: Ography with Cornelius Franklin
Episode | 16 March 2019 | 44 mins 15 secs
canon, eos, final cut, fuji, gopro, microphones, sony, video, youtube
YouTuber and friend of the show, Cornelius, returns to talk more camera gear and some great tips for videography.
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Episode 033: Big Boy’s Bug Bounty
Episode | 4 March 2019 | 1 hr 18 mins
apple, facebook, facetime, nike, privacy, samsung fold, security, submarine
Recorded on Saturday 22nd February 2019. With much improved audio quality, James and Oli come together on Skype to discuss dodgy eBay buyers, Facebook’s latest blunders, Apple’s FaceTime eavesdropping bug and some of the other truly important tech stories… like a cat traffic safety video.
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Short Circuits 009 - WiFi Wonderland
Episode | 1 March 2019 | 1 hr 10 mins
802.11x, airport, eero, mesh, orbi, plume, router, wifi
Recorded on 8th February 2019. James is joined by friend of the show Jonathan to talk all things WiFi, or is that Wiffy?
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Episode 032: Unahotorize!
Episode | 4 February 2019 | 1 hr 10 mins
apple, facebook, messenging, privacy, self-driving
Recorded on Sunday 27th January, 2019. With Oli now in Switzerland, we battle technology to record. Discussions include self-driving buses, Facebook’s plans to merge messaging services, and a few other rants.
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Episode 031: O Come All Ye Nerdy
Episode | 1 January 2019 | 1 hr 27 mins
amiga, australia, christmas, ipad, oxford hack, privacy, raspberry pi, retro gaming, security
Josh returns to the show, and you get to hear the three of us make an attempt at a Christmas classic.
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Episode 030: Affinity with Tablets
Episode | 3 December 2018 | 1 hr 32 mins
affinity, babies, designer, ipad, parenting, phones, photo, surface pro, tablet
It’s Benjamin’s last episode, but not to worry we have some great plans and even a give-away for you!
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Short Circuits 008 - Apple’s October 30th Event
Episode | 3 November 2018 | 1 hr 14 mins
apple, apple pencil, ipad pro, mac, mac mini, macbook air, photoshop, usb-c
Mere hours after Apple’s special event, James is joined by Jonathan to discuss the new MacBook Air, Mac Mini and iPads Pro.
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Episode 029: Chips In Everything
Episode | 1 November 2018 | 1 hr 23 mins
apple, bloomberg, china, chips, christ, church, code of ethics, gaming, ipod, podcast, qtime, sermons, servers, spy, sqlite
James and Oli discover the real story behind the Chinese chips in all the servers, or at least discuss the claims made by Bloomberg about SuperMicro's server boards. We also look at: the impact the iPod has had on listening to music and listening to sermons online, how a new device may help parents with gaming addiction, and we delve into the code of ethics for the SQLite project that caused a little bit of a stir online.
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Episode 028: Tea Time
Episode | 1 October 2018 | 1 hr 52 mins
amazon, brewing, digital media, drm, ios 12, iphone xs, media sharing, piracy, plex, tea
James and Oli are joined by new friend Josh, a second year computer-science student, to discuss: new iPhones, Amazon’s range of new devices, what rights you have to your purchased digital media, and most importantly, tea!
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Short Circuits 007 - DJI Ronin S with Cornelius & Stephen
Episode | 22 September 2018 | 1 hr 2 mins
a7 mark iii, canon, dji ronin s, drones, final cut pro x, gimble, ibis, imac, nikon, panasonic gh5, premiere pro, smartphone cameras, sony, video
Cornelius joins James and Stephen, along with contributions from Oli and Miriam, to talk about the DJI Ronin S, some camera news and general video stuff.
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Episode 027: Unplugged
Episode | 1 September 2018 | 37 mins 42 secs
After a busy few months, Oli and James take things down a more chilled route for a shorter episode. We discuss electronic quizzes, The Chuckle Brothers, Facebook’s grip and even how cooking sausages can glorify God.
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Episode 026: Various Kinds of Engineering
Episode | 1 August 2018 | 1 hr 39 mins
apple, crispr, engineering, genetics, i9, intel, macbook pro, microsoft, surface go, thermal throttling
Recorded on 27th July 2018
James and Oli talk about beer-tasting AI, iOS 12’s new ‘Listen Live’ feature for the AirPods, the saga of the new 2018 MacBook Pros, Microsoft’s new Surface Go, some cool new bike lights, and then take a deep dive into the ethics of genetic engineering.