Former Make Editor, now involved with Able Gamers and much more, joins us to discuss what he's been up to!

ToC:

0:00 - Intro: Caleb was Jeremy's first writing boss at Hackaday then Make

2:50 - Caleb works for Able Gamers and Open Sauce

8:40 - What was Caleb's favorite project when traveling to Maker Faires?

11:00 - Red and blue LED 3D shadow show

13:25 - Maker Faire Orlando 2024

16:30 - What even is Maker Faire?

18:00 - What is oobleck? (a non-Newtonian fluid)

20:00 - Is oobleck like a jumping bean?

22:45 - Will Jeremy ever drive a Power Wheel racing car?

25:00 - Jeremy replaced an alternator and got a bruise

26:00 - Does Caleb still revamp Volkswagen busses?

28:00 - Is Caleb employed?

28:54 - Coffee break

29:34 - Back to the show!

*Note that when this interview was given Caleb worked for Open Sauce, but does not as of publication (month-plus later).

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Caleb Kraft

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https://ablegamers.org/

Paul 4 Bit

Website: https://fourbitindustries.com/

Jeremy Cook:

Website: https://jeremyscook.com/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@cookedaudio

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Chevee Dodd Makes 1000s of Episodes of the Daily Shed. Pocket83 joins us as guest interviewer in Mr. Four Bit's absence.

ToC:

0:00 - Intro Chevee Dodd + Guest co-host Pocket83

1:45 - 2000+ Episodes of the Daily Shed - making adjacent talk show

3:08 - What would my dad think about this? Time capsule

4:30 - Monday - Friday for the past 8 years??

6:58 - Let's learn a word every day!

8:00 - How big is the shed?

10:30 - Who is the show for? Would he do it if nobody watched?

12:15 - Press record and see what happens

14:00 - Build things or document things through video?

17:30 - Do people recreate projects, or is it the concept

19:11 - MacGuffin!

21:12 - "Making Things Adjacent" and Jeremy cuts out

22:00 - Put yourself out there? Parasocial interactions and vulnerability

24:00 - Could pocket put himself out there more? Does he already?

25:30 - Chevee and Pocket83 live fairly close to each other

26:45 - Return of the Jeremy!

27:30 - Coffee break

28:11 - Chevee drinking ranch dressing?

30:00 - Does Chevee actually put his phone number up on every episode of The Daily Shed?

-Yes: 304-602-7433

32:50 - Sharing for mental health - reach out

34:40 - Pocket83's presentation is MUCH different (but still helpful)

36:40 - The quest for learning and information

37:40 - Lateral expertise

39:00 - What was Chevee's most interesting call?

41:00 - Self publishing board games

-Me Booty is Chevee's best published game

44:00 - A mutual parasocial relationship - is that even possible?

45:30 - Pocket83's moment of vulnerability

47:50 - Chevee has met his heroes - doesn't get starstruck

49:30 - Meeting Star Trek actors and procuring ad hoc Geordi La Forge visors

51:00 - How many T-shirts does Chevee own, and how does he organize them?

52:50 - What is Chevee working on?

55:00 - How does Chevee post videos 5 days a week?

55:40 - Stress when filming build videos

58:00 - Pocket is building a new bookshelf (and does not like e-readers)

1:00:50 - David Foster Wallace essays vs books

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Pocket83:

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@pocket83squared

Jeremy Cook:

https://www.youtube.com/@cookedaudio

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeremySCook​

Tindie Store: jcdevices.com

Pat Regan joins Paul and Jeremy to discuss the finer points of creating content for YouTube.

ToC:

0:00 - Intro / coffee break

0:55 - Pat introduces the new podcast

1:35 - Pat's complaint - and now it's @cookedaudio

3:00 - Branding is hard

5:15 - Where is @JeremyCook ?

7:10 - The YouTube algorithm is actually three linke algorithms

10:10 - How is Jeremy's MIDI Spoon Piano video doing?

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52Xef2qi53g

12:00 - Do external links to YouTube content hurt your video success?

15:00 - What is the BEST YouTube video?

17:00 - When do you submit videos to external sites?

18:10 - Should you post YouTube videos every week?

20:15 - Make every video better

20:40 - What kind of videos does Paul post?

- https://www.youtube.com/@UCeEkKryv-3_mpfjOm2uH1MQ

23:00 - We are in the attention economy

23:50 - How does @DIYPerks make thumbnails?

24:30 - What kind of videos does Paul watch?

26:50 - How long does it take to make a video? Spend some time on thumbnails!!

28:28 - Why do you make things?

30:20 - Making video content efficiently

32:20 - Video performance could always be better

34:00 - Put your face on thumbnails?

36:00 - YouTube face!

38:00 - Is YouTube your enemy?

39:15 - Do WE serve the robots?

41:18 - Will TikTok get banned? Do we have TikTok now??

42:55 - TikTok ban via Faraday cage?

44:40 - Should all of our lives be documented?

46:00 - Final thoughts - It's a learning experience!

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Pat Regan:

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Website: https://blog.patshead.com/​

Tindie Store: https://www.tindie.com/stores/patshead/

Jeremy Cook:

https://www.youtube.com/@cookedaudio

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeremySCook​

Tindie Store: jcdevices.com

Andy Lee of Sienci Labs joins us to discuss his growing CNC business!

ToC

0:00: Intro: Jeremy is bad with names

1:00: What is a CNC machine (subtractive process)

1:54: Andy regrets the Sienci name?

3:15: How big is Sienci Labs, are they pet friendly?

5:20: Does Any work for a guinea pig?

6:52: Sienci Labs was a fake company at University of Waterloo?

Also see OHM Podcast: https://shows.acast.com/ohm-podcast/episodes/episode-4-scienci

10:25: Following through on a project

13:00: Launching a business through Kickstarter

16:15: Market research?

19:00: Is there another market? Maker vs woodworker

22:00: How big are Sienci's machines?

25:00: Where does Sienci sell their machines?

28:20: Picking up new business and manufacturing skills

31:50: Challenges of having employees

37:35: Coffee Break

38:12: Back! No Paul?

38:55: Progress through products: Mill One, LongMill, AltMill

45:05: Considerations for making the AltMill

51:14: Expanding capabilities, supporting ecosystems

55:03: Machining metal? YES, HAPPY!

56:00: Machining guitars

58:00: Open source philosophy

58:45: Electronics and gSender software

1:02:30: Where do you find Sienci? (see below) They are hiring!

1:03:30: CNC panel computer from POS system

1:05:00: Sign off

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Paul 4 Bit:

Website: https://fourbitindustries.com/

Jeremy Cook:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCijti3CnKvxoOXAIdXN8N-w

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeremySCook​

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Mike Senese, who you may know from Make:, Wired, the Pumkin Chunkin TV show, and a range of other endeavors, joins us for the second half of our hard-hitting interview.

ToC

0:00: back into the publishing world - Wired, Ready Made, Make

5:00: Maker Faire was a great way to meet people and projects

6:30: What kind of project that is hard to turn into a product? (Question from Devon)

8:45: Is this a product for me, or for lots of people?

11:30: Amazon can get a generic of your product very quickly

14:00: You can make it!

15:30: Making something vs making a product are different skills

16:30: Kickstarter? JC Pro Macro 2? https://www.tindie.com/products/25414

19:30: Model railroads

20:00: What does Mike do for Edge Impulse?

24:30: Edge Impulse has very broad set of applications

29:00: IS Mike learning to fly a helicopter? Is his son?

33:00: What do Paul and Jeremy know about Space Camp (not much)

35:00: What is Mike working on? (refrigerator repair)

38:45: Paul is building an oobleck non-Newtonian fluid bouncer

40:30: Jeremy is building a camera mount

42:20: Where do we find everyone?

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Paul 4 Bit:

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Jeremy Cook:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCijti3CnKvxoOXAIdXN8N-w

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeremySCook​

Tindie Store: jcdevices.com

Mike Senese, who you may know from Make:, Wired, the Pumkin Chunkin TV show, and a range of other endeavors, joins us. He may actually be the world's most interesting man.

ToC

0:00: Intro - Is Mike Senese The World's Most Interesting Man?

3:30: How do you just end up on a TV show?

8:00: Can Mike ever shave his Mustache?

10:15: Pumpin Chunkin

11:20: Writing versus TV

14:25: The thermite is all going to ignite

17:15: Was Dad cool because he was on TV?

20:15: Did TV pay well?

22:50: The Toolbox: TV pilot that would have been really cool show

25:30: Back to Wired, Make and the world of writing

26:40: Coffee Break

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Paul 4 Bit:

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Jeremy Cook:

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeremySCook​

Tindie Store: jcdevices.com

Pat Regan is leaving the podcast. Paul and Jeremy give a hard-hitting exit interview to determine just what Pat would say he does here. Pat's a people person, but does not have a fax machine as far as we know.

ToC

0:00: Intro

2:25: How long has Pat been here? Jeremy look that up!

3:44: What changes has Pat made? Video? Improved video!

7:07: Has Pat been successful?

7:55: How many people listen? Hundreds? Thousands?

10:50: Changing broadcast tech makes tracking and contracts hard

13:30: Weird Al Peter and the Wolf (on record only)

15:30: Steve Winwood and Taylor Swift rerecording

17:00: Does Paul dye his beard?

19:00: What is Pat's next thing?

19:30: Studio sound prep - cancel the bounce!

22:20: What is Paul doing for money these days?

24:47: You can still find Pat at https://blog.patshead.com/

24:55: Used coffee bags converted to sound panels

26:30: Light prep

28:10: Where can we find Paul? https://fourbitindustries.com/

29:00 Pat's final(?) thoughts

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Pat Regan:

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Website: https://blog.patshead.com/​

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Jeremy Cook:

https://www.youtube.com/@jcoaudio

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeremySCook​

Tindie Store: jcdevices.com

Paul from Four Bit Industries joins us to discuss his journey from math teacher to programming and electronics. Pat has a special announcement

ToC

0:00: Intro

1:01: Paul did NOT attend Tampa Prep (but he's connected)

2:22: Pat is taking an indefinite siesta from the show

3:30: If you REALLY know mathematics, engineering isn't too hard

5:51: Is all engineering the same?

7:24: Computer science was easier to get into than electronics circa 1990

9:40: Paul got into electronics as a teacher

11:55: Grandpa 4-Bits made his own PCBs

13:00: Arduino et al made electronics more approachable

14:20: What does Paul do?

19:00: The maker economy

20:05: Paul's organization techniques

25:50: Coffee break

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People:

Paul 4 Bit

Website: https://fourbitindustries.com/

Pat Regan:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/patsheadcom/​

Website: https://blog.patshead.com/​

Tindie Store: https://www.tindie.com/stores/patshead/

Jeremy Cook:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCijti3CnKvxoOXAIdXN8N-w

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeremySCook​

Tindie Store: jcdevices.com

A century of scientific advancement, such as the–1962 Venus flyby–changed science fiction forever. Were sci-fi aficionados devastated when colonization of Venus, Mercury... even Mars, became less realistic, even impossible? Sci-Fi author, engineer, and person who was around for such discoveries Brian Greiner explains more in part 2 of this podcast!

ToC

0:00: Welcome back! Modern Sci-Fi?

2:00: Population bomb, cold war, die by 2100?

6:00: What do you mine from the asteroids? Would it lead to inflation?

9:00: Who pays for all this? Trivial problems?

11:25: Are there problems with The Martian? Colonizing Mars? Toxic waste dump?

14:00: Facts ruining sci-fi hopes is crushing

16:15: Stuff is complicated!

18:30: Join the team! (military space complex)

19:15: Rockets land vertically? Sci-fi concept is now a reality

24:00: Why haven't we been back the moon? Make is rain $$ on space?

26:40: Spacesuits are complicated

29:40: Flash Gordon movie (not as good as the title theme)

31:55: Project Pluto nuclear airplane (the most messed up weapon ever?)

33:30: A City on Mars book

34:40: Brian Greiner's work: https:/www.briangreiner.ca

38:30: Pat Regan is an author too? Science opinion!

39:50: Jeremy Cook - JCo Audio https://www.youtube.com/@jcoaudio

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Brian Greiner

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrfumblethumbs

Website: https:/www.briangreiner.ca

Pat Regan:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/patsheadcom/​

Website: https://blog.patshead.com/​

Tindie Store: https://www.tindie.com/stores/patshead/

Jeremy Cook:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jscook55​

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeremySCook​

Tindie Store: jcdevices.com

A century of scientific advancement, such as the–1962 Venus flyby–changed science fiction forever. Were sci-fi aficionados devastated when colonization of Venus, Mercury... even Mars, became less realistic, even impossible? Sci-Fi author, engineer, and person who was around for such discoveries Brian Greiner explains!

ToC

0:00: Did the 1962 Venus flyby by Mariner II ruin Sci-Fi?

1:15: Change, not ruined - Brian Greiner was around then

3:05: Larry Niven and dated sci-fi - The Coldest Place short story

4:45: Sci-Fi changes, but story "twist" endures

7:12: Info wasn't known to masses - NASA had a lot of PR oomph

8:41: Niven's Ringworld didn't quite hold up (published a sequel)

10:44: Murder mysteries IN SPACE!

12:32: Brian enjoyed getting a rejection letter?

14:00: Book market has changed

16:30: Practice makes... better?

17:00: Did Niven inspire later Sci-Fi? (Did later Sci-Fi steal his work? Did HE steal stuff?)

20:40: When did Sci-Fi become "modern"

21:30: Foundation on Apple TV+ - good or bad?

25:50: Sci-Fi gets you thinking, inspires engineers

27:00: Coffee Break

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Brian Greiner

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrfumblethumbs

Website: https:/www.briangreiner.ca

Pat Regan:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/patsheadcom/​

Website: https://blog.patshead.com/​

Tindie Store: https://www.tindie.com/stores/patshead/

Jeremy Cook:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jscook55​

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeremySCook​

Tindie Store: jcdevices.com