SMRPodcast
A review of mobile devices, gadgets, technology, and news. Hosted by Rod Simmons, Chris Ashley, and Robb Dunewood.
Episodes
Episode 608 of the SMRpodcast is online and ready for download. This week, Rod and Robb kick the show off with talk about high school track before being joined by Chris and getting into a few of the tech topics.
Hosts:
Chris Ashley @bigchrisashley
Robb Dunewood @robbdunewood
Rod Simmons @rodsimmons
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After a 4 week hiatus, the full crew of the SMRpodcast is back with episode 607. We catch you up on what's been going on, talk a bit of tech, and we've got some pretty cool picks.
Hosts:
Chris Ashley @bigchrisashley
Robb Dunewood @robbdunewood
Rod Simmons @rodsimmons
Picks:
Elgato Prompter — Amazon Link
Third Party Ego Battery Replacements — Amazon Link
Water Bandit Faucet Adapter — Amazon Link
Episode 606 of the SMRpodcast is online and ready for download. Robb and Rod aren't feeling automated customer service calls, the European Union fines Apple nearly $2 billion for its unfair rules for developers of music-streaming apps, and Ford EVs can now use Telsa Superchargers to power up, Chris launched the BBQ and Tech food truck in February.
We got all this, o...
Episode 605 of SMRpodcast is online and ready for download. Only 2 of the crew are here this week, but, this is not a Chicken Wings and Beer episode as the two Rs, Robb and Rod bring you the tech they love.
Hosts:
Chris Ashley @bigchrisashley
Robb Dunewood @robbdunewood
Rod Simmons @rodsimmons
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Episode 604 of the SMRpodcast is online and ready for download. This week the crew is joined by Allison Sheridan of the Nosillacast Podast. We discuss Apple's alternative payment processor options in the United States and if Apple still taking up to 27% is justified.
Hosts:
Chris Ashley @bigchrisashley
Robb Dunewood @r...
After a long winter holiday hiatus, the fellas are back with episode 603 of the SMRpodcast. Rod has a long conversation with his Polestar driving Uber Driver, Robb's high-efficiency furnace makes popping sounds only when he podcasts, we discuss the changes to Apple Podcasts in iOS 17 and how it is wrecking some podcasters metrics, and it's only a matter of time before Chris acquires GE's indoor pellet smokers....
SMRpodcast episode 602 is online and ready for download. This week Chris tells us the saga of towing a heavy trailer through the mountains with his Ford F-150 Lightning.
Hosts:
Chris Ashley @bigchrisashley
Robb Dunewood @robbdunewood
Rod Simmons @rodsimmons
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After a brief hiatus, the fellas are back with episode 601 of SMRpodcast. While we were away, the big fella turned 50, Robb's and Rod's wives finally got to meet, and we actually talked a lot of tech. We had all this, our picks, and more in episode 601 of SMRpodcast.
Hosts:
Chris Ashley @bigchrisashley
Robb Dunewood @robbdunewood
Rod Simmons @rodsimmons
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Episode 600 of the SMRpodcast is online and ready for download. It's just the two big fellas this week and Chris and Robb hit you with that Chicken Wings and Beer Vibe even though we didn't office call this a CWB episode...
Hosts:
Chris Ashley @bigchrisashley
Robb Dunewood @robbdunewood
Rod Simmons @rodsimmons
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Episode number 599 of SMRpodcast is online and ready for download. The full crew gets together and discusses Enchroma glasses, Cruise losing its permit in California, 1Passwords getting hacked, but, not like LastPass, Passkeys kind of becoming a thing, and Google upsetting Podcasters after announcing what it really doing by adding RSS support to YouTube.
We've got all this, our picks, and more in episode 599 of SMRpodcast.
Episode 598 of the SMRpodcast is online and ready for download. This is another Saturday edition of the show, but, this week we've got a full crew and we waste no time getting into the tech stories.
With the official announcement of the Google Pixel 8, the company announced that Pixels, going forward, will get 8 years of updates. A real question one has to ask, however, is whether the Pixel will be around tha...
Episode 597 of SMRpodcast is online and ready for download. It's just the big fellas this week so Chris and Robb hit you with a Chicken Wings and Beer "ish" style episode this week. We kick things off with talking about how repition and report are abig part of pulling off a good podcast. YouTube Music is replacing BlackBerry Podcasts but isn't a servicable podcast app. You can't trust what Google says on non core products and L...
Episode 595 of SRMpodcast is online and ready for download. We covered a lot in this episode including, more bad news for LastPass users who stored their crypto encryption keys in their vault, all the information connected cars collect on drivers, and Robb and Chris this Starfield is kind of awesome. We got all this, our picks, and more in episode 595 of SMRpodcast.
Hosts:
Chris Ashley @bigchrisashley
Robb Du...
Episode 595 of SMRpodcast is online and ready for download. Rod just found out the new Starbucks Chris frequents so often that people inside call his name like Norm from Cheers, has been open for 6 months. Robb, finally, broke down and purchased Apple TV+. Microsoft is still trying to restructure its Activision / Blizzard takeover bid to get UK approval. We've got all this, our picks, and more in episode 595 o...
Episode 594 of SMRpodcast is online and ready for download. The full crew is back and we kick the coversation talking about the all electiric Caddilac IQ, how big the frunk is, and how much this truck with its massive batter must weigh. Chris and Robb try to bring Rod up to speed on how Tesla, allegedly, has been faking range estimates for the last decade, Canadian news organizations believe Meta is displaying...
Episode 593 is online and ready for download. It's just the big fellas this week, so Robb and Chris hit you with Chicken Wings and Beer, Part 87. For those who don't know, CWB episodes have no script, no rhyme nor reason. It's just the homies catching up and we talk about whatever. We did manage to touch on building humidors, Twitter's rebrand to X, the new season of Justified, and, Netflix's "They Cloned Tyro...
Episode 592 of SMRpodcast is online and ready for download. We've got a full crew this week even though Chris feels under the weather. We kick our conversation of talking about Twitter and the threat of Threads. Robb also finds out that TweetDeck is now only for Twitter Blue subscribers.
Rod gets some things off his chest about YouTube Red and Chris is not feeling AI-generated reaction videos. We talk about both the Writer's and...
SMRpodcast episode 591 is online and ready for download.
We kick off the show by giving Chris gas for messing with the timing of our intro in the last few episodes. He was trying something new, but, Robb and a few of our listeners weren't having it.
Meta's new Twitter competitor Threads takes the internet by storm. When we say by storm, we mean we've never seen anything adopted so quickly.
UPS is poised to go on strike, Robb i...
Episode 590 of the SMRpodcast is online and ready for download. The entire crew is back this week and we waste no time talking about Netflix and Tesla stock, Chris getting fiber at the house with fast-fast download speeds, Rod getting his Maryland digital ID which he will never use in encounters with police, and we discuss the psychology of getting in front of people in line.
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SMRpodcast episode 589 is online and ready for download. It's just the big fellas this week, so, Chris and Robb bring you CWB Part 86.
In this episode, we cover everything from Chris signing up for 2.3 Gb fiber at the house, to EV range anxiety and GM and Ford partnering with Tesla on charging, to the state XBox gaming on existing consoles.
We've got all this, our picks, and more in Chicken Wings and Beer, Part 86.
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