episodes featuring James Bilsbrough

James has worked in technology for most of his adult-life, mostly in the support space. He’s a proud nerd who isn’t afraid to tell you he knows far more about Federation starships than one would normally expect.

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68K

Action Packed Retro

I chat with Sean, aka Action Retro, all about his shenanigans pushing vintage computers beyond any reasonable limits, and using floppy-disks in a RAID array!

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Culture

Can Hip Hop Save the World?

I chat with Manny Faces, an award winning journalist, public-speaker, DJ and podcaster with a passion for Hip Hop. We chat about how Hip Hop influences so much, including technology.

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Arcade

Insert Coin to Continue

James chats to Alex from Arcade Archive to relive some coin consuming arcade memories, and talk about Alex’s new arcade museum, in a mill!

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Apple

Apple Event Ultra

James and Jae sit down to record their thoughts of the Apple Event from 7th September 2022.

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80s

Retro in Just Under an Hour

James is joined by Dan Wood and Ravi Abbott from ‘The Retro Hour’ to look at what we consider to be retro, why it’s so enthralling, and interrupt Ravi’s ironing!

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Classic Mac

The Good News of Macintosh

James chats to Dan Vincent all about vintage Macs, and the role the Macintosh played in shaping the desktop publishing and print world.

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Controllers

My Pig Ate My Manual

I talk to Ryan (aka GrafxGear) about his time supporting various Maxis titles, the PC Engine / TurboGrafx, and his new replacement controller inlays for that system and the NES.

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Art

The Art of Storytelling

I talk with Pam Uzzell from the ‘Art Heals All Wounds Podcast’ about storytelling in our digital world. We look at how video editing has evolved and the importance of the complete story.

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Audio

Exploring the Focusrite Vocaster

I’m joined by Dan Hughley from legendary audio company, Focusrite, about their new Vocaster line up that’s aimed squarely at content creators, rather than their traditional musician audience.

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Eve

At Home with HomeKit

I chat to Stephen Robles from the HomeKit Insider podcast to take a look at Apple’s HomeKit ecosystem, including some of the limitations the platform has as well as the benefits.