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 25 episodes.
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Short Circuits 003 - Dan Wood on the Amiga
Episode | April 11th, 2018 | 51 mins 36 secs
a1200, a600, amiga, cd32, commodore, dma design, games, retro, team 17Dan Wood from the Retrro Hour Podcast joins James to talk about the rise and fall of the Amiga from the mid-eighties to the early nineties. Lots of great nostalgia for this classic 16–bit home computer line.
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Episode 022: Convenient Host Delivery
Episode | April 2nd, 2018 | 2 hrs 7 mins
airpods, apple, china, convenience, hp, linux, mcafee, microsoft, nintendo switch, privacy, ps2, ps3, samsung, tunnelbear, vpn, windows 10Recorded on Sunday 11th March, 2018:
Getting ready for Benjamin to take some time off in a few months, we order a new co-host and find his delivery to be incredibly speedy. This is a bumper episode of the show, so get comfortable and enjoy. -
Short Circuits 002 - Austin Braun on Space
Episode | March 15th, 2018 | 27 mins 43 secs
elon musk, falcon, iss, launch, mars, shuttle, space, space station, spacexHot on the back of the warp trail of episode 22, James talks to Austin Braun about space and the future of exploration.
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Short Circuits 001 - Cornelius Franklin on Videography
Episode | March 9th, 2018 | 32 mins 46 secs
4k, 8k, cameras, drones, interview, iphone, photography, smartphone, videoIn our first episode of ‘Short Circuits’, our new interview style content, James talks to Cornelius about shooting video with an iPhone, the differences between shooting with a smartphone and a traditional camera, and we look forward to 8K content and the popularity of drones.
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Episode 021: These Are The Voyages
Episode | March 1st, 2018 | 1 hr 36 secs
crisis, elon musk, falcon heavy, furniture, homepod, kfc, mars, space, spacex, speakers, tesla roadsterCheesy podcast opens… the final frontier. We’re back for our latest episode following the launch of the Falcon Heavy with a Tesla Roadster onboard, the launch of the HomePod and the marks being made in many different ways. We then go for a space walk to discuss if Christians should be excited about the potential of colonising other planets?
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Episode 020: Meltdown!
Episode | February 1st, 2018 | 1 hr 32 mins
4k, battery, ces, gaming, iphone, meltdown, performance, rgb, spectreIn our latest episode we actually have some up-to-date news and cover the recent Meltdown & Spectre CPU flaws as well as talking about the iPhone battery performance throttling issues, and the cool stuff from CES.
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Episode 019: The Internet
Episode | January 1st, 2018 | 1 hr 2 mins
christians, delivery, goodsam, internet, podcasts, shoppigFor our first episode of 2018, we spend some time talking about the morality of the internet and how, as Christians, we should be using the great tools available to us.
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Episode 018: I Think We’re A Clone Now
Episode | December 1st, 2017 | 1 hr 41 mins
android, apple, black friday, camera, dd-wrt, iphone x, microsoft, routers, security, software updates, surface book 2No, we’re not experimenting in creating a clone army. We’re back with our latest episode just after the horrors of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. We talk about the Surface Book 2, the iPhone X, the issues around Android software updates and take a look at the moral issues around events like Black Friday.
This episode was recorded on Tuesday 28th November, 2017.
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Episode 017: Captain’s Log
Episode | November 1st, 2017 | 1 hr 3 mins
android, arkit, games, iphone x, star trek, surface book 2, windows phoneWe’re back! After a very busy month we’ve been able to get together and record a new episode with 100% more Star Trek jokes. We talk about James not getting a new iPhone, Benjamin thinking of moving to Android and question some of the decisions made around the Surface Book 2.
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Episode 016: Meeting at Apple’s Place
Episode | September 25th, 2017 | 1 hr 46 secs
4k, a11, apple, apple tv, apple watch, faceid, hdr, iphone, media eventIt wouldn’t be an Apple event without James and Benjamin diving in to direct the announcements and bring their own views on what Apple revealed.