Breadcrumbs

Breadcrumbs

By Elias Lanz & Sean LunsfordSociety & Culture
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Breadcrumbs episodes

  • 118: Knotted Spaghetti Ball

    Elias and Sean discuss hierarchical structures and everything buckets.

    Links and Show Notes

    • Best Note Taking App | Organize Your Notes with Evernote
    • Dropbox
    • The best email client for iPhone, iPad and Mac | Spark
    • Explain Like I'm Five
    • xkcd: Up Goer Five
    • Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words:Amazon:Books
    • Meronomy - Wikipedia
    • Taxonomy - Wikipedia
    • Categorization - Wikipedia
    • Urban Dictionary: K-P-C-O-F-G-S
    • Why are different breeds of dogs all considered the same species? - Scientific American
    • The Focus Course
    • Breadcrumbs - @breadcrumbsfm

      Sean - @splunsford

      Elias - @muffinworks

      Jingles excerpted from "Halo-centric Hang/Halo improvisation" by Aaron Ximm. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

      1 hr 2 min
    • 117: Radical Sandwich Anarchy

      Elias and Sean tackle the ultimate question.

      Links and Show Notes

      • The Cube Rule
      • Robot or Not? | Hot Dogs (Episode 78) (Overcast | Castro)
      • Robot or Not? | Sandwiches (Episode 102) (Overcast | Castro)
      • Sandwich venn diagram
      • Sandwich Alignment Chart | Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich? | Know Your Meme
      • Reconcilable Differences #95: Shadow Childhood - Relay FM (03:20 -- Overcast | Castro)
      • Q&A With Grey: Meme Edition - YouTube
      • Breadcrumbs - @breadcrumbsfm

        Sean - @splunsford

        Elias - @muffinworks

        Jingles excerpted from "Halo-centric Hang/Halo improvisation" by Aaron Ximm. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

        49 min
      • 116: Lord Over the Files

        Elias and Sean try to come up with analogies that capture the use and significance of analogies in language.

        Links and Show Notes

        • H.I. #62: Cheer Pressure : CGPGrey
        • H.I. #62: Cheer Pressure -- Hello Internet (2:17 -- Overcast | Castro)
        • Breadcrumbs - @breadcrumbsfm

          Sean - @splunsford

          Elias - @muffinworks

          Jingles excerpted from "Halo-centric Hang/Halo improvisation" by Aaron Ximm. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

          1 hr 3 min
        • 115: Apples and Oranges

          Elias and Sean compete to spot the difference and then discuss comparison as a fundamental operation of the human mind.

          Links and Show Notes

          • Spot the difference - Wikipedia
          • Checker shadow illusion - Wikipedia
          • Set (card game) - Wikipedia
          • How I Learned to Solve the Rubik's Cube Blindfolded - YouTube
          • Breadcrumbs - @breadcrumbsfm

            Sean - @splunsford

            Elias - @muffinworks

            Jingles excerpted from "Halo-centric Hang/Halo improvisation" by Aaron Ximm. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

            1 hr 3 min
          • 114: Trojan Horsing a Resolution

            Elias and Sean review last year’s yearly themes and set new ones for 2019.

            Links and Show Notes

            • Cortex #79: 2019 Yearly Themes - Relay FM (Overcast | Castro)
            • Amazon.com: Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity eBook: Nabeel Qureshi, Lee Strobel: Kindle Store
            • Amazon.com: How to Win Friends and Influence People eBook: Dale Carnegie: Kindle Store
            • Mike Boyd
            • Breadcrumbs - @breadcrumbsfm

              Sean - @splunsford

              Elias - @muffinworks

              Jingles excerpted from "Halo-centric Hang/Halo improvisation" by Aaron Ximm. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

              1 hr 16 min
            • 113: Babysitting Faders

              Elias and Sean discuss the idea of “climbing the ladder to success escalator style.”

              Links and Show Notes

              • we'll pay you $5,000.00 to design the 368 logo - YouTube
              • Breadcrumbs - @breadcrumbsfm

                Sean - @splunsford

                Elias - @muffinworks

                Jingles excerpted from "Halo-centric Hang/Halo improvisation" by Aaron Ximm. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

                59 min
              • 112: Put It Through the Awesome Filter

                Elias and Sean dissect the creative process and tackle the question of whether anything new is actually invented.

                Links and Show Notes

                • 88: Filing Down a U-Beam - Breadcrumbs (35:48 -- Overcast | Castro)
                • Breadcrumbs - @breadcrumbsfm

                  Sean - @splunsford

                  Elias - @muffinworks

                  Jingles excerpted from "Halo-centric Hang/Halo improvisation" by Aaron Ximm. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

                  47 min
                • 111: All These Beautiful Feedback Loops

                  Continuing the discussion of communication and ambiguity, Elias and Sean turn their attention to instructions, particularly in the context of machines and automation.

                  Links and Show Notes

                  • 10+ Of The Funniest Product Instructions And Tags | Bored Panda
                  • OK Go - This Too Shall Pass - Rube Goldberg Machine - Official Video - YouTube
                  • Breadcrumbs - @breadcrumbsfm

                    Sean - @splunsford

                    Elias - @muffinworks

                    Jingles excerpted from "Halo-centric Hang/Halo improvisation" by Aaron Ximm. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

                    1 hr 12 min
                  • 110: Show Me the CAD File for Hope

                    Elias and Sean discuss ambiguity and get into a debate about Plato and the nature of reality.

                    Links and Show Notes

                    • xkcd: Lojban
                    • Lojban - Wikipedia
                    • The Pen Addict - Relay FM
                    • Membership - Relay FM
                    • Breadcrumbs - @breadcrumbsfm

                      Sean - @splunsford

                      Elias - @muffinworks

                      Jingles excerpted from "Halo-centric Hang/Halo improvisation" by Aaron Ximm. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

                      1 hr 1 min
                    • 109: Warm Fuzzies of Serendipity

                      Elias and Sean discuss manufactured squirrels and attempt to debate what constitutes awe on a smaller scale – mostly struggling to articulate anything.

                      Links and Show Notes

                      • Bryce Canyon National Park
                      • Hoodoo - Wikipedia
                      • Reconcilable Differences #31: Backsolve From Your Urges - Relay FM (1:07:54 -- Overcast | Castro)
                      • Boston Dynamics robot dogs
                      • Breadcrumbs - @breadcrumbsfm

                        Sean - @splunsford

                        Elias - @muffinworks

                        Jingles excerpted from "Halo-centric Hang/Halo improvisation" by Aaron Ximm. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

                        56 min

                      About Breadcrumbs

                      From the publisher's feed

                      Elias and Sean grew up together overseas before studying engineering in Germany and the US respectively. Breadcrumbs is their weekly chat about things past, present, and future.