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 39 Episodes.
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Episode 031: O Come All Ye Nerdy
Episode | January 1st, 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 | December 3rd, 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 | November 3rd, 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 | November 1st, 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 | October 1st, 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 | September 22nd, 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 | September 1st, 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 | August 1st, 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. -
Episode 025: Lead Us Not Into YouTube
Episode | July 1st, 2018 | 1 hr 39 mins
binge watching, copyright, digital well-being, eu, ios 12, macbook keyboard, macos mojave, netflix, photography, public betas, sony a7 iii, talent, video, wwdc 2018, youtube
Recorded on 27th June 2018. Oli and James are joined by special guest Stephen to discuss photography, the Sony A7 mark 3, new EU copyright laws, Apple’s latest public betas, the repair program for MacBook keyboards and then we take a deep-dive into what digital wellbeing means for us as Christians.
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Short Circuits 006 - WWDC Thoughts with Jonathan Bloom
Episode | June 9th, 2018 | 1 hr 20 mins
apple, ios, ipad, iphone, keynote, macos, mojave, privacy, shortcuts, siri, tvos, watchos, wwdc
A very much not so short circuit for you this time. We’ve just had Apple’s annual WWDC Keynote. James is joined by fellow podcaster and Fireside.fm user, Jonathan Bloom, to review the key points of Apple’s latest software announcements.
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Episode 024: We’ve Updated Our Privacy Policy
Episode | June 1st, 2018 | 1 hr 36 mins
apple, facebook, gdpr, imac, parenting, privacy, social media, surface hub 2, teensafe
Recorded on 25th May 2018: Benjamin, James and Oli get deep into what GDPR means, look into how social media drives us, the 20th anniversary of the iMac, Microsoft’s Surface Hub 2 and technology for parenting.
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Short Circuits 005 - Joel Drapper on Privacy & Security
Episode | May 12th, 2018 | 58 mins 21 secs
amazon, apple, data, facebook, google, passwords, privacy, routers, security, updates, vpn, wifi
On the back of the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica breaches, James sits down with longtime friend of the show, Joel Drapper, to have a good long talk about all things privacy and security.