e561 — For the Birds

Seagull in flight

Published 13 July 2026 e561 with Michael, Andy and Michael – arial-aquatic robotic locomotion, Puffin wingspan, e-ink mini PDAs, maker marketplaces such as Tindie, Lectronz and SmallRun, custom vinyl, cooperative LLMs and a whole lot more! Michael, Andy and Michael get things started with a new robot that can fly and swim, and transition between the air and water on it’s own.  This amazing feat was inspired by diving birds such as the puffin.  This story inspired the cohosts to consider the wingspan of the puffin, and while writing up the show notes, the Wingspan boarding game and the airborne … Continue reading

e555 — One Two, One Two

sculpture - The Bean in Millennium Park, Chicago, IL

Published 25 May 2026 e555 with Andy, Michael and Michael – Ploopy’s The Bean and Lenovo’s TrackPoint, The Guild, The Movie, AI in commencement speeches, AI in podcasts, Virtual Worlds and Virtual OS museums and a whole lot more! Andy, Michael and Michael get things started with an appreciation of Andy’s work to migrate the Games at Work hosting site to a new service in uninterrupted fashion for our listeners.  Next, a new piece of open source hardware that Andy’s purchased, the Ploopy The Bean.  After the cohosts wax poetic on the awesome sauce that is the TrackPoint, they turn … Continue reading

e554 — SPI vs I

cat in a briefcase peering over the edge, flipped and duplicated so that it appears two cats are looking at one another

e554 – SPI vs I: Stories and discussion on #LLM #PhoneNumber lookups, #proctors returning to #Princeton, lavish #LEGO, #LOTR and a whole lot more! Continue reading

e552 — Norwegian Blue Vision

A very alive parrot with beautiful blue plumage, not kipping on its back.

e552 with Andy, Michael and Michael – stories and discussion on #AI, #LifeOnMars, life of the #VisionPro, #retro #C64s and a whole lot more! Continue reading