Tech with Tommy – Technology explaind as a podcast

Fare Thee Well

I have discontinued this podcast. It was fun while it lasted, but the blog has been converted to a static site and the email no longer works. You should still be able to download the podcast episodes and I have no plans to have them taken down. If for some reason the links on any of the posts does not work, you can use this as a start to search for the episode you want.

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Tommy

Google and the Algorithm that powers the web

March 10, 2023techwithtommy_votkmoEpisode

Listen on Spotify We are back. In this episode we look into the web in the 1990’s, how that web gave birth to Google and how the algorithm that powers Google works. Sound effect attribution: https://freesound.org/people/TheGoodstuff2048/sounds/656116/

How to hack a computer

November 6, 2022techwithtommy_votkmoEpisode

Listen to this episode Hollywood has many ideas about how to hack computers. But, unfortunately, those are mostly not related to reality. So how do you actually hack a computer? In this episode, we will look at some of the ways nefarious neverdowells have hacked computers in the past and see if we can learn…

Zip it

September 20, 2022techwithtommy_votkmoEpisode

You dealt with it. You may have wondered how it could possibly work. In this episode we do a deep dive on the zip format, what the idea is and how compression works.Listen to this episode on Anchor A couple notes on the recording: I didn’t want you to wait any longer, but unfortunately my…

Bitcoin

July 14, 2022September 20, 2022techwithtommy_votkmoEpisode

Back when this podcast didn’t exist yet, Bitcoin was one of the first things I tried to explain to anybody. I partially based the script on the ideas in that presentation, readapted for an audio media. I have changed how I record podcast episodes, so hopefully it will be easier to record for me in…

The Story of the Fax

July 5, 2022May 17, 2022techwithtommy_votkmoUncategorized

Listen to the episode We live in a world where it has never been easier to send messages across the globe. In this episode we take a look at the first technology that made this possible: the Fax machine. While dull compared to what we have today, it still has some interesting technology behind it.…

Should you actually use a VPN?

May 27, 2022May 6, 2022techwithtommy_votkmoEpisode

Advertisements for VPN services are everywhere, but does a VPN actually protect you? And from what? And how does it work?All of this on this episode of Tech with Tommy Listen to the episode here

Apple Silicon

May 6, 2022May 6, 2022techwithtommy_votkmoEpisode

In late 2020, Apple did something that many thought couldn’t be done, and changed how computers operated. This episode looks at how we got here, what they did and offer some thoughts for the future. Disclaimer: I hold some Apple stock, but I didn’t create this episode because of that, I brought the stock because…

Do you accept that cookie?

May 6, 2022May 6, 2022techwithtommy_votkmoEpisode

What is it with the cookie popup? What are cookies and show you accept that cookie? Listen to the episode Notes https://backlinko.com/facebook-users https://www.oberlo.com/statistics/how-many-people-use-internet

Friday the 13th bug

February 20, 2022January 29, 2022techwithtommy_votkmoEpisode

Listen to the episode All things must end, and so must the second counter inside your computer. But what happens when, literally, the clock runs out of time?

How to make a Computer play Sound

February 7, 2022January 29, 2022techwithtommy_votkmoEpisode

A computer is a calculator on steroids. But how can we make a calculator play sound? And how can we fit the collected works of the greatest artists ever inside storage that is smaller than your nail? Listen to the episode Links The copyright free music recorded in 1901 https://archive.org/details/DieMusikKommtLeonhardt42395 But what is the Fourier…