Episodes
91 episodes of technology, programming, gaming and science — the complete archive.
Australian Astronauts
In which Mike and Steve discuss Australia's space ambitions, the latest in smartphone wars, and the misadventures of Rick and Morty fans demanding Szechuan sauce.
Flying Toasters, they're coming for you
In which Mike and Steve reminisce about flying toasters, discuss Apple's latest iPhone 10 release, and marvel at the final moments of the Cassini spacecraft.
Don't Stare at the Sun
In which Mike and Steve chat with Joseph Cooney about the evolution of .NET, the allure of SpaceX suits, and the hilarity of boxing bets.
First class thingamajig
In which Mike and Steve bid farewell to Flash, dissect the Google Memo debacle, and ponder the Great American Solar Eclipse while dodging vomit and joy at the show.
Conference for introverts
In which Mike and Steve discuss the ups and downs of AWS's S3, the uncertain future of SoundCloud, and Microsoft's controversial decision to deprecate MS Paint.
Fully Encrypted Welders
In which Mike and Steve dissect SSL certificates, Australian decryption laws, the iceberg that might sink net neutrality, and a font scandal that rocked Pakistan.
After Tax Trauma
In which Mike and Steve delve into the world of tax trauma, R&D incentives, and the mystifying realm of quantum computing, while pondering the future of AR and the enigma of Twin Peaks.
Episode 84
In which Mike and Steve reminisce about Adam West's legacy, discuss the highs and lows of E3, and lament the chaos of package management in modern development.
Hi Efficiency Welders
In which Mike and Steve dissect Apple's WWDC with a side of Trump tweets, machine learning overload, and Apple's attempt to make speakers great again.
Interplanetary Wipeout
In which Mike and Steve discuss Trump's departure from the Paris Agreement, the latest tech from Computex, and the absurdity of DC's sudden success with 'Wonder Woman'.
Now three laws safe, Steve
In which Mike and Steve delve into fidget spinners' capitalist conquest, the WannaCry chaos, and a tech conference trifecta featuring Microsoft, Nvidia, and Google.
Unsupervised Sentiment Neuron
In which Mike and Steve delve into the wonders of unsupervised sentiment neurons, the rise of Scala, and Google's ad-blocking shenanigans.
All of your data, all of it
In which Mike and Steve dive into the murky waters of data privacy, Amazon's latest ventures, YouTube's ad debacle, and the twilight of CodePlex.
And the winner is
In which Mike and Steve recap their red carpet escapades at the Castaway Awards, discuss Neighbours' unexpected social commentary, and ponder the rise of VPNs in the wake of privacy concerns.
Episode 77
In which Mike and Steve mourn the loss of Chuck Berry, discuss Wikipedia's latest Apple exposé, and laugh at Microsoft's Windows 10 update antics.
Self-Aware Microwaves
In which Mike and Steve discuss self-aware microwaves, CIA's hacking exploits, and the end of Saturn's Cassini mission.
Game over man!
In which Mike and Steve mourn Bill Paxton, discuss SpaceX's moon tourism plans, the S3 outage chaos, and Nintendo's Switch debut with a side of Oscars drama.
Impractical Attack Vector
In which Mike and Steve discuss playing hide and seek in the woods, the discovery of Earth-like planets by NASA, and the importance of spotting statistical bullshit.
Completely Moddable
Mike and Steve discuss Apple's new advance into reality television, the latest brouhaha around Grand Theft Auto 5 mods, Reddit's new popular submission listing, Apple joining the wireless power consortium and…
100% Coal Fired
Don't be afraid of it as Mike and Steve ensure adequate supply as they discuss the shut-down of IMDB's message boards, Wikipedia banning The Daily Mail as a reference source, and the leak of the San Bernardino iPhone…
There Are Four Lights
2 + 2 = 5 as Mike and Steve discuss the recent goings on in the White House, speculate if we are reaching a critical mass of streaming services, talk about Apple's new file system and review Samsung's post mortem on the…
Teach them how to say Goodbye
Mike and Steve talk about President Obama's farewell address, 10 years of the iPhone, the latest trails and tribulations of the Star Trek Axanar fan film, the ongoing Centrelink debt saga, Atlassian buying Trello and…
When Big Data Attacks
Duck and cover as Mike and Steve round up the year that was, chat about the latest Centrelink debacle, the sale of Hills Hoist, and spoilers abound for Rogue One. Recorded:Friday 23rd December, 2016 Hosts: Mike Wise &…
Welders Roasting on an Open Fire
I triple dog dare you to listen to this week's episode with Mike and Steve discussing the year's happenings in DevOps, Tim Cook's meeting with President-Elect Donald Trump and the future of Apple desktops, and speculate…
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like ...
Oh the weather outside is frightful and Mike and Steve are chatting about the scale of Netflix's AWS environments, Google's new self driving car company, the Australian government ordering ISPs to block torrenting…
The Office Christmas Party
Prepare your Christmas crackers and party hats as Mike and Steve reflect on the life of John Glenn, speculate on how Amazon Go works, upvote the new Reddit voting algorithm, wonder if PewDiePie will delete his channel…
Pull Request
Commit your code and check your tabs as Mike and Steve chat about FitBit aquiring Pebble, Netflix allowing offline downloads, Amazon using a 100 petabyte truck to move data to the cloud and No Man's Sky's latest update.…
Unexpected Encore
The house lights are still out as Mike and Steve return to talk the FTC requiring homeopathic medicine to be correctly labeled, Amazon removing incentivized reviews, and the reason for the Schiaparelli probe crash.…
Unintended consequences ...
Mike and Steve talk about the Big W online store displaying other customer's details, how Facebook won Donald Trump the US election, Visual Studio being released for Mac, coding lessons becoming mandatory in Queensland…
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos
Mike and Steve vote with their opinions on the US election result, NASAs latest EM drive results, Adobe starting to charge GST on it's cloud suite and (finally) talk bout The Expanse, only 12 months late. Recorded:…
Addicted to Placebos
Mike and Steve talk about all the announcements from the recent Adobe MAX conference, Apple heralding the arrival of dongle-mageddon, the Font Awesome 5 Kickstarter and the imminent release of the Hamilton mixtape.…
Uninterpreted sequence of bytes
With special guest Dave Gertler (http://castawayawards.com.au/). Mike and Steve are joined by Dave Gertler from the Cast Away Awards to chat about podcasting in Australia, and the future of the medium. Also the product…
Interplanetary Airbags
With special guest Matt Koadlow. Mike and Steve are joined by Matt Koadlow to chat about the upcoming release of Red Dead Redemption 2, Tesla announcing all future cars will allow full autopilot, the Schiaparelli Mars…
Scary Clowns from Space
In which Mike and Steve stand quietly in the shadows and discuss the Samsung Note 7 recall, the inevitable failure of a Wi-Fi enabled kettle, the potential security flaws of the humble favicion, the release of Microsoft…
Title Intentionally Left Blank
A well titles podcast in which Mike and Steve discuss the newly announced Google Pixel, the new Oculus Rift controllers, and speculate on why the US Department of Energy are freaking out about Stranger Things. Recorded:…
Get your ass to Mars
Mike and Steve take a trip to the cosmos with Elon Musk's architecture for manned Mars missions, China's new 500m radio telescope, the beginnings of 5G mobile networks and the latest drama surrounding No Man's Sky.…
Motivated Misunderstandings
In which Mike and Steve try to understand why robots are getting arrested in Russia, the North Korean DNS leak, Apple attempting to patent a paper bag and whether people are feeling bad about using ad blockers.…
We were on a break!
After a short break the Space Welders are back discussing the Falcon 9 launch failure, the iPhone 7 and it's lack of headphone jack and the Mythbusters build team getting their own Netflix show. Recorded: Friday 16th…
Typically Bauhaus
In which Mike and Steve analyse the Bauhaus architecture style, the newly discovered exoplanet at Proxima Centuri, the new Android Nougat operating system, and Whatsapp changing their terms of service and sharing data…
Boots n Cats
Prepare for the wubsas Mike and Steve drop the bass about the possible current in the Olympic pool, the shifting of Australia's coordinates slightly north, using Blockchain to sell solar power back to the grid and, is…
Fully Scalable
Mike and Steve cope with the huge demand and discuss the Australian census fail, the legalisation of Uber in Queensland, the release of No Man's Sky, more details about Star Trek: Discovery and Stranger Things.…
Extra Toppings
Live from the pub, Mike and Steve chat to some friends of the show about the challenges facing IT, the challenges facing DC, and the premier episode of Calculator chat. Recorded: Sunday 5th August, 2016 Hosts: Mike…
Space Welders in the 25th Century
Launch the shuttle as Mike and Steve discuss the upcoming Windows 10 Anniversary edition, NVidia's class action lawsuit for GTX970 owners and Facebook's new 360 degree open source hardware solution. Recorded: Sunday 1st…
Welders in HiFi
Feel the fidelity as Mike and Steve discuss the Counter Strike GO gambling problems, the latest on Magic Leap's mixed reality devices, the new web image format WebP, and the NSW government dropping qualifications for…
SpaceWelders GO
Space Welders, I choose you! Come on an adventure as Mike and Steve talk about the rapid rise (and inevitable crash) of Pokemon Go, Microsoft announcing Azure on premise, and a round up of the latest movies including…
Burn Baby Burn
Join the inferno as Mike and Steve talk about the Apollo 11 AGC code on GitHub, the release of Pokemon Go, Avast buying out AVG, the rise of AI in accounting and auditing and the early reviews of Ghostbusters. Recorded:…
Premorse?
Mike and Steve prepare to feel regret about the recent federal election and the continuing fallout from Brexit, Singapore's new whole country API, the release of .Net Core RC and the quest for a consistent kilogram.…
Would that it were so simple
Mike and Steve discuss the Brexit and it's implications on data security, announcements from the Unity conference, the possible discovery of dark matter and Juno's imminent arrival at Jupiter. Recorded: Sunday 26th…
Its E3 Again
Mike and Steve round up the news from E3 and WWDC 2016, and does Mike like his Oculus? Listen to find out! Recorded: Friday 19th June, 2016 Hosts: Mike Wise and Steve Rogers Running Time: 50:17 TOPICS - Micosoft…
Float like a butterfly, sting like a syntax
With special guest Leon Bambrick (http://www.secretgeek.net/). Mike and Steve are joined by Leon Bambrick to talk about Amazon's latest outage and the future of cloud applications, the Stupid Ideas Powershell…
Cats in Space
With special guest Marcus Schappi (https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/). In which Mike and Steve prepare for the upcoming cat-pocalypse with Microsoft opening up the Hololens software to other providers, Elon Musk's…
Yelling at Clouds
Mike and Steve talk about Oculus limiting third party VR devices accessing Oculus games, Paramount dropping it's lawsuit against Axanar, JPL using a Hololens to help design new rovers and the failure of water divining…
Something something Burt Ward
Mike and Steve discuss the announcements out of the Google IO conference, Amazon trying to create an Internet of Tribbles, eBay and Myer joining forces to create a VR shopping experience, the drama around Uncharted 4…
Totally not Big Doona Shills
Enjoy the comfort as Mike and Steve discuss the Kepler mission's confirmation of new exo planets, relax with the announcement of the NVidia GTX 1080 and enjoy the serenity of Civilization VI. Recorded: Friday 13th May,…
I make my own swoosh noises
Mike and Steve discuss SpaceX's new spacesuit designs, Space Engineers going open source, using Hololens as a replacement desktop, the Australian government's "commitment" to innovation and a new Siri powered door lock.…
There’s a Bot for that ...
I, for one, welcome our new bot overlords with Microsoft's new bot development framework, Facebook's new live streaming feature, the release of data from CERN, and we catch up with the latest claims of chiropractors.…
Party like its 2999
Let's go crazy and take a look at the rise of the messenger bots, can bees solve the travelling salesman problem, or do they just make doves cry? And it's a sign o the times with the PlayStation 4.5 release. Recorded:…
He Preferred Cats to People
Come sleep in the sun as Mike and Steve discuss the latest TED talks, the release of the LIGO data, the rise of electric racing in Formula E, the problems with matching IP addresses to physical addresses and SpaceX's…
Type 'y' to continue?
Mike and Steve gush over the new HP laptop and the Tesla Model 3, wonder about the TSA paying $46,000 on an arrow pointing app, cover the first VR chat show, freak out about the Star Wars Rogue One trailer, and Steve…
A whole GNU world
Mike and Steve chat about the FBI dropping their case against Apple, some of the announcements from Build 2016, Oculus Rift CV1 shipping and Microsoft's ill conceived attempt at a Twitter bot. Recorded: Friday 1st…
Crypto Wars
Mike and Steve talk about the latest developments in the Apple vs FBI phone encryption saga, the problems with NPM when a widely used package is removed, security problems due to the rise of IoT in homes, and the latest…
2 and a half wise-men” : 30th Bumper Edition
Listen to a couple of Wise guys (http://www.dfwise.net), and Steve, discuss the golden age of architecture, the benefits of, and problems with, Agile methodologies, and the value of critical thinking. Recorded: Friday…
Have you ever retired a human by mistake?
Join the replicants in discussing the glorious victory of Google Go AI, Amazon's entry into the VR market, pancake bot, and wonder whether the Hyperloop will be ready by 2020. Recorded: Friday 1th March, 2016 Hosts:…
Ill tempered mutated developers
Mike's back from API Days and ready to talk about the future of APIs, Australia's MyGov portal getting audited, the HTC Vive becoming available for pre-order and the new Ghostbusters trailer. (GhostDubsters intro by…
3-Body Problem
With special guest Mike Chambers (www.kerpow.com). Mike and Steve chat with Mike Chambers about cloud architecture and the future of AWS, and have some delightful musings on The Archers. Recorded: Thursday 25th…
Moon Shots or Unreasonable Burden
Fly me to the moon to escape dangerous WiFi radiation, rocket back to Earth to work out the correct time zone and pull the emergency chute to decrypt an iPhone. Recorded: Friday 19th February, 2016 Hosts: Mike Wise,…
Other Bets
Place your bets on Google's financial reports, take a gamble with Amazon's new game development engine, lose big with the latest round of CSIRO job cuts and take the house with Microsoft's new computer vision APIs ...…
Space Welders React...!
Join Mike and Steve in saying OMG to the Fine Bros trademarking the word 'React', go WTF at the reason for the GitHub outage, and LOL at Uber's new logo. Recorded: Friday 5th February, 2016 Hosts: Mike Wise, Steve…
Richly Imagined Future
Come and look into the future at Australia's first Tesla PowerWall, gaze in wonder at the lack of aliens, panic at the GitHub-pocalypse, look back at the death of the Java web plugin and cower in fear at Google's Go AI.…
Super-symmetrical RAM
Mike and Steve get tangled up discussing the latest news on the claims of chiropractors and acupuncturists, the possible discovery of a 9th planet (RIP Pluto) and Netflix attempting to geo-block their content. Recorded:…
Australia, Not Austria!
With special guest Dave Jones (http://www.eevblog.com). Mike, Steve and Dave chat about all things nerdy including calculator watches, ham radios and the differences between hardware and software design. Recorded:…
Immutable New Year!
We're back for a brand new year in which nothing can be changed. Mike and Steve discuss being informed when an automatic decision is made, the discovery of a meteorite older than the Earth, the pre-order announcement of…
A Very Space Welders Christmas
It's the most wonderful time of the year in which Mike and Steve discuss potential cloud trends for 2016 and favourite movies and games of 2015. Recorded:Friday 24th December, 2015 Hosts: Mike (Jingle Bells) Wise and…
StarWarz
A spoiler free podcast in which Mike and Steve speculate on The Force Awakens and discuss Stack Exchange changing it's license, the announcement of the HTC Vive consumer release date, and NASA's plan to tow an asteroid…
Cucumbers with Anxiety
Mike and Steve chat to Julian Biddle from Eidy (http://eidy.org/) about teaching kids programming skills and whether the dumbing down of skills is a good thing or not. Recorded: Wednesday 9th December, 2015 Hosts: Mike…
I Watch It for the Articles
With special guest Andrew Brown (https://www.mycommunitydirectory.com.au/). Mike and Steve chat to Andrew Brown from My Community Directory about Atlassian's IPO and programming for good. Recorded: Friday 4th December,…
I can't breathe in this thing.
With special guest Thomas Macnamara (http://codeloafstudios.com/). Mike and Steve chat about the VR arcade at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival and speculate on the future of VR. Recorded: Thursday 19th November, 2015…
Unusable
With special guest Scott Barnes (http://www.riagenic.com/). Mike, Steve and Scott chat about product management, user experience and start-ups. Recorded: Thursday 19th November, 2015 Hosts: Mike Wise, Steve Rogers and…
Welders, Space Welders
A shaken, not stirred podcast in which Mike and Steve discuss the Atlassian IPO, the discovery of a new and exciting exoplanet, the release of Fallout 4, the ending of Mythbusters, and have a well reasoned discussion on…
The Space Welders Strike Back
The Space Welders return to the space waves with special guest David Langford (www.nurtuur.com). Recorded: Thursday 5th October, 2015 Hosts: Mike Wise, Steve Rogers and David Langford (www.nurtuur.com) Running Time:…
Everybody's doing it
In which Mike and Steve talk about Queensland's unexpected snow, Microsoft's latest tech leaps, and the icy reception of a potential mini ice age.
I have to use Bikini Wax for this!
This week Mike and Steve are joined by Dale Rankine, Advisor and Innovation Parter at Future Now Ventures to discuss Startups, the IoT scene, Bloatware, Gaming and more. Recorded: Friday July 10th, 2015 Hosts: Mike…
A Four Flag Podcast
Prepare for an announcement as Mike and Steve talk about Uber's acquisition of the Bing mapping engine, how the video game industry is struggling in Australia, what happened when the world gained an extra second, and…
[REDACTED]
Mike and Steve discuss Apple Music's problems with [DATA EXPUNGED], Google's new Soli technology that allows the user to [REDACTED], and comment on the Australian government's plan to appoint a Wind Turbine Health…
Zomg its E3
It's E3 week! Mike and Steve discuss all the news from the conference and wonder whether AR is the new VR. Recorded: Friday June 19th, 2015 Hosts: Mike Wise & Steve Rogers Running Time: 1:06:41 Its our E3 blow-out ! E3…
Folie a Deux
Join the madness listen to Mike and Steve examine Apple's entry to the streaming music market, how data scientists is becoming the sexy profession, the privacy implications of wearables at work, SourceForge adding…
The Naked Data Scientist
Mike and Steve continue to discuss teaching kids to code, Steve Wozniak's warning of an Internet of Things bubble, automated stock trading algorithms, the RACGP recommending doctors stop prescribing and pharmacists stop…
You have to commit to a Chupa-Chup
Mike and Steve discuss the Abbott government's feelings on teaching kids to code, John Nash (1928-2015), Google getting sued by Oracle, Valve's amazing new Lighthouse tracking technology and Mike's personal experience…
Comes with Cogs
Mike, Steve and special guest Leon talk about Simon Pegg's criticisms of Star Trek, why the "Google Tax" is doomed to fail, Citrix's entry into the IOT market, Google's autonomous cars hitting public roads, Mozilla's VR…
I don't read anything that doesn't have spank in the title
Mike and Steve talk about Samsung's entry into the IOT market, the Australian government decision to charge GST on overseas purchases, gamifying big data analysis, Uber accepting cash payments in India and a vigorous…
Hello World
In our first episode Michael and Steve discuss Microsoft attempting to win back hearts and minds, the Vic government releasing real time transport data, Oculus Rift announcing a full consumer version and Rockstar…