Control Structure
158 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 5 years ago - ★ - 1 ratingControl Structure is a podcast about computer science, IT news, stories, opinions, tips, and tricks for programmers, testers, administrators of all types and more, for fun or for profit hosted by Andrew Bailey and guests. And also some other things, just because they are cool
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Episodes
Control Structure #57: The Way It’s Meant To Be Played
March 27, 2014 00:28 - 1 hour - 33.1 MBSteven and Andrew talk about Oculus VR, new Java things, Microsoft, Mozilla, and tons of gaming related technical news, along with listener feedback.
Control Structure #56: The Air Gap
March 11, 2014 02:42 - 1 hour - 34.5 MBSteven joins Andrew again to talk about graphics, browsers, JPEGs, fonts, storage, theft, operating systems, copyright, CPUs, Snowden, languages, and plenty of other things.
Control Structure #55: The Orkut Button
February 19, 2014 01:54 - 1 hour - 52.2 MBRyan and Andrew talk about being hacked, Linux, Google, social media, benchmarks, singletons, programming platforms, languages, libraries, and user feedback.
Control Structure #54: Conspiracy with Big Water
January 31, 2014 03:10 - 1 hour - 40.1 MBAndrew and Steven talk about near catastrophes, data retrieval, old hardware, new hardware, hard drives, Microsoft, killing processes, encryption, listener feedback and more.
Control Structure #53: One Word Awesomebar
January 17, 2014 02:55 - 1 hour - 37.3 MBAndrew and Steven return to podcasting to talk about lost technology, acquisitions, web browsers, New Year's resolutions, deprecation of the web and the internet, Markov chains, and more, along with a long winded explanation of btrfs features.
Control Structure #52: Do Not Pass Google
December 19, 2013 00:50 - 1 hour - 45.1 MBRyan disturbs Andrew's evening by wanting to do a show, where they talk about Kickstarers, old times, security, video, Linux distros, CSS tools, NSA, and other things.
Control Structure #51: Dude, Your OS Is Showing
November 21, 2013 00:05 - 1 hour - 33.1 MBAndrew yells for Chris, gets Matthew instead. They talk about small computers, hard drives, insane power, web servers, web browsers, and some other stuff.
Control Structure #50: Retrospecies
November 14, 2013 02:09 - 12 minutes - 6.15 MBAndrew and Chris ruminate about old episodes and the future.
Control Structure #49: Spiders To Eat The Bugs
November 01, 2013 01:32 - 1 hour - 46.4 MBSteven dares to wake the idle podcasting phenomenon of Andrew! They talk about some stories, then Dell, Apple, Mozilla, Cisco, helium filled hard drives, SEC, RSA, NSA, Google, and some other ancillary anecdotes.
Control Structure #48: Sofware as a Surface
October 17, 2013 01:50 - 1 hour - 42.2 MBAndrew nabs Ryan and talks about the end of XP, Andrew's side project, IKEA, jokes, Indians, standards, careers, emails, RAM, trials, Google's TOS, fabs, Firefox, NSA, hosts, patterns, Ghost, and listener feedback.
Control Structure #47: Space Like Outer Space
October 11, 2013 02:44 - 50 minutes - 27.9 MBChris starts the podcast without Andrew, and then proceeds to catch up with things, then they make remarks about the government failures, Titus, security leaks, employee leaks, DRM, robots vs. humans, trolls, REST, Linux kernel structure, and user feedback.
Control Structure #46: Dinosaur Robot
October 04, 2013 01:51 - 1 hour - 51.1 MBAndrew welcomes back Steven to talk about old computers, government shutdowns, CERN, Google Street View, chiptunes, more GPU news, Valve, GNU, Bill Gates, funny observations, 64-bit, Mozilla, copyright, debugging private keys, and more.
Control Structure #45: A Paradoxical Hope
September 27, 2013 01:19 - 1 hour - 42.8 MBChris decided to be sick, so Andrew ropes in Ian Buck to talk about himself, Steam, GPUs, NVidia, GPU drivers, how GPUs render, Java using GPUs, GPU manufacturers, Google, and so forth. It's like there's some sort of theme to this episode!
Control Structure #44: Get Off My Lawn
September 18, 2013 20:31 - 57 minutes - 29.6 MBAndrew almost dies, so Chris comes back. They talk about long names, video games, LoadingReadyRun, disasters, Dell, tries, Linux, Bezos, outgunned, dark poetry, and listener feedback.
Control Structure #43: Popular Opinion
September 13, 2013 02:20 - 1 hour - 46.4 MBAndrew explains Kickstarter and FM transmission, then interviews Steven. They also talk about far flung topics like risk, business decisions, loans, McAfee, chargers, web servers, databases, display managers, social networks, signing up, Steam, compromised security algorithms, listener feedback, and so much more.
Control Structure #42: Semisteampunk Amish
September 04, 2013 22:20 - 42 minutes - 21.9 MBAndrew and Chris talk about copyright, the Amish, language, AES, game engines, memory, good judtment, SEO, CSS, and colors.
Control Structure #41: Space Garage
August 30, 2013 01:48 - 1 hour - 29.1 MBAndrew and Chris agree to not talk about the NSA, discuss the number 42, a bus, StarCraft science, updates on Kickstarters, Siria, Linux, Ballmer, FiOS, YouTube, ECMAScript, unwanted wares, adblocking, Xerox, frameworks, destroying code, Firefox plugins, and whitelisting.
Control Structure #40: Everyone Loves XML
August 22, 2013 01:28 - 40 minutes - 20.6 MBChris and Andrew wonders whether or not you should have this much jargon or snails, game genre alphabet soup, reckless twittering, filesystems, Google, Windows 8, XML, the NSA (yet again), war on general computing, and more games.
Control Structure #39: Penniless Playing Pinball
August 14, 2013 22:10 - 1 hour - 27.3 MBAndrew tells of his pinball excursions, then joins Chris and discuss SDL, Linux, SATA, clueless kids, websites being down, hashing algorithims, DeviantArt, NSA, feedback, and some other stuff.
Control Structure #38: Three Times The Power
August 07, 2013 22:32 - 1 hour - 31.9 MBAndrew and Chris talk about the Sun being the end of the world, how to hide, Canada, new things, POWER, assumptions about names, patents, the future, typography, SQL Server, security, Xerox, and listener feedback.
Control Structure #37: Pierogi Day
July 31, 2013 19:53 - 55 minutes - 27.1 MBChris sings about bugs, Andrew complains about having them, then they talk about employment, LOLIDIOT, YouTube, consoles, 4K, not caring, web 3d technologies, new video formats, and about what the Feds are up to, along with listener feedback.
Control Structure #36: Quantum Fluctuations Somewhere
July 24, 2013 22:50 - 1 hour - 29.8 MBChris and Andrew talk about lack of trust, rules of the internet, FOIA, RASPBERRY!, Linux, OpenGL, DirectX, girls, China, patents, Yahoo, Finland, a responsive design trick, building a computer, and listener feedback.
Control Structure #35: Last of The Tater Tots
July 18, 2013 00:17 - 1 hour - 39.4 MBAndrew laments how the past week has sucked, then him and Chris ask themselves a few questions, drive the Desert Bus, then talk about RASPBERRY!, LOLAPPLE, Microsoft reorganizing, federal banning, VLC, gaming on Linux, Linux itself, user experience, more NSA stuff, how SQL treats nulls, trying out Opus, and listener feedback.
Control Structure #34: Self Fulfilling Prophecy
July 10, 2013 21:55 - 1 hour - 30.9 MBChris tells another roomie story, Andrew contemplates a potential case of time travel, then they discuss games, tornadoes, HTTP, Firefox, Microsoft, product design ideas, Valve, NSA, Chromium, and Y2K.
Control Structure #33: A Bloody Miracle
July 04, 2013 11:30 - 52 minutes - 27.9 MBAbandoned, Andrew plows through some Kickstarters, RASPBERRY!, some web browser news, some benchmarks, NeoCities, companies killing things, more NSA news, and listener feedback.
Control Structure #32: Laser Shooting Dinosaurs
June 26, 2013 02:26 - 57 minutes - 28.7 MBAndrew contemplates having less clothes, Chris talks about his new girlfriend, then they talk about RESTful APIs, compression algorithims, WebGL dancing, buzzwords, Amazon, Microsoft, more PRISM things, then some listener feedback.
Control Structure #31: Slimy Devil
June 21, 2013 02:20 - 1 hour - 32.3 MBAfter Chris is let back online by the NSA, him and Andrew talk about squirrels in toilets, RASPBERRY!, LOLAPPLE, doing internet wrong, another Google death, Shakespeare compression, and more NSA stuff.
Control Structure #30: Terrorist!
June 12, 2013 22:41 - 1 hour - 51.7 MBRyan joins Andrew and Chris to discuss Chris' promotion, laptops running out of power, RASPBERRY!, game consoles, Java, and epic NSA spying on everyone.
Control Structure #29: Apple’s Juice Policy
June 06, 2013 00:19 - 1 hour - 37.1 MBMatthew joins Andrew and Chris to celebrate the return of RASPBERRY! Then they discuss Microsoft things, 4K monitors, DRM objections, new logins, Linux stuff, Google searching, outsourcing to contractors, motherboards catching fire, SanDisk's sucky firmware, podcast feedback, and plenty else.
Control Structure #28: T-Rex on a Soccer Field
May 29, 2013 23:26 - 1 hour - 39.3 MBAndrew and Chris review nicknames, talk about space, laugh about Microsoft, and discuss browsers, social networking, X.Org, open offices, chat federation, SQL, Singapore, no more free pop, Ted Nelson, and listener feedback.
Control Structure #27: Ketchup Falling Off
May 22, 2013 02:51 - 51 minutes - 25.9 MBAndrew and Chris discuss the new Xbox One and other Microsoft things, Amazon, the government, jQuery, California, allergies, babies, hot dogs, and other gross stuff like that.
Control Structure #26: Cyborg Grandma
May 15, 2013 22:35 - 1 hour - 39.9 MBAndrew and Chris talk about Lego Mindstorm replacements, iPads disabling cyborgs, Python dictionaries, Google formats, data storage, Powerpoint, SSH, and old stuff, along with juicy feedback.
Control Structure #25: Lost in the Rice Cooker
May 09, 2013 03:47 - 1 hour - 34 MBChris' Kickstarter has finally launched! Then him and Andrew talk about RASPBERRY!, getting a new job, coming back to the internet, bad ideas, Netflix, Debian, "building" software, stats about Google closing stuff, and more.
Control Structure #24: Suicidal Feelings
May 01, 2013 23:02 - 1 hour - 39 MBChris and Andrew talk about a Kickstarter, stuff getting hacked, stuff getting pirated, NDAs, Rust, Google, Paul Miller, the public web's birthday, interviews, pinging the internet, memory architectures, and Ryan's feedback!
Control Structure #23: Enamored of Casinos
April 25, 2013 00:49 - 1 hour - 40.6 MBAndrew and Ian talk about Pinball, security, Google, Yahoo acting like Google, javascript, simplicity, AMD, download links, image formats, and podcast feedback.
Control Structure #22: I’m Sick of This
April 17, 2013 22:55 - 1 hour - 35.4 MBChris and Andrew discuss what's been going on around Kickstarter, solar power, Microsoft, Google, Moore's Law, that RPG spreadsheet, what to call themselves, and DRM. All during a thunderstorm.
Control Structure #21: Protein For The Cats
April 11, 2013 00:19 - 1 hour - 34.5 MBAndrew finally has his car; then him and Chris talk about solar cells, Google, Mozilla, Valve, Ubuntu, PNGs, SSDs, Wolfram Alpha, and plenty of other juicy little tidbits!
Control Structure #20: Pittsburgh Hipster
April 02, 2013 04:29 - 1 hour - 38.7 MBChris invites newly-minted Apple acolyte Andrew Bailey to the podcast to discuss RASPBERRY!, Java, Linux, supercomputers, code that sucks, code thats beautiful, password storage (again), and long uptimes.
Control Structure #19: Quill Plant Waffle
March 27, 2013 22:45 - 1 hour - 54.2 MBAfter making something that would make a skunk gag, Andrew and Chris with guest Kyle Schaplowsky talk about recent happenings with Python, Google, Aaron Schwartz's legacy, Linux, bacon, P2P, password storage, uncanny valleys, games, arcane keystrokes, and more.
Control Structure #18: Deep Fried Webservers
March 20, 2013 22:48 - 1 hour - 40.2 MBChris takes a break from sleep mode and HOTS to bring you another episode, and Andrew blows a gasket over marketers, followed by a discussion about Google Reader, Linux, OS security, password security, education, WebGL, Firefox, and Youtube.
Control Structure #17: Pass The Fried Chicken
March 13, 2013 22:38 - 1 hour - 47.6 MBAndrew and Chris "interview" John Gosling from Level Zero Games, who is seeking funding for his game, Net Gain: Corporate Espionage, on Kickstarter. They talk about that, and other topics, like DRM, VP8, Steam, SimCity, StarCraft, and also listener questions. Also served with a delightful Fringe!
Control Structure #16: Slower Than Youtube on FiOS
March 07, 2013 00:33 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBIn between discussing browsers, security, compression, famous people, and pretty benchmarks, Chris crashes his browser as he seeks to download the internet, and Andrew talks about RASPBERRY!
Control Structure #15: Let’s Make Sure I Don’t Butcher This
February 28, 2013 00:44 - 1 hour - 42.8 MBAndrew and Chris talk about new browsers, new hardware, working from home, programming tools, programming culture, websites not working, and how our perspectives are weird.
Control Structure #14: My Local Russian Authority
February 21, 2013 00:04 - 1 hour - 34.5 MBChris has had enough, and Andrew talks about meteors blowing up, RASPBERRY!, DELL!, the taliban of open source, DRM, Sim City, social engineering, and some stats.
Control Structure #13: Mom Is Illegal
February 13, 2013 17:44 - 1 hour - 32.2 MBOn the 13th episode on February 13th, '13, Andrew and Chris talk about storage, Mars, RASPBERRY!, Wine, stuff on Reddit, illegality, supercomputers, ownership, documentaries, and some other stuff along with your daily recommended dose of LoadingReadyRun references, then debate if things "just work."
Control Structure #12: Pterodactyl Day!
February 07, 2013 02:08 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBAndrew and Chris eventually get on topic and talk about Dell being bought out, interoperability with Google and Mozilla, Amazon, BtrFS, drive prices, hacks, too big to fail, Javascript, and listener questions, among other things.
Control Structure #11: I Upset The Apple Cart
January 31, 2013 02:48 - 1 hour - 46.5 MBAndrew and Chris talk about what you should buy and sell, things that are about to and have gone away, Ubuntu, phones, XBMC, Libreoffice, Raspberry Pi, codecs, tech policies, SQL communities, listener mail, and so oh oh much more.
Control Structure #10: A Few Instagrams
January 23, 2013 12:57 - 1 hour - 30.6 MBListen as Chris becomes the cohost! Later, him and Andrew discuss decadent video games, taxes, fonts, Microsoft, programming languages, disappoint in the non-existence of glowing animals, and more.
Control Structure #9: The Next Thing From Apple
January 18, 2013 03:43 - 1 hour - 29.9 MBChris and Andrew talk about Aaron Swartz: his life, accomplishments, and legacy. Followed by copyright and patent reform, jQuery, traveling, a gravity powered light, backups, and data recovery.
Control Structure #8: Sudo Bang Bang
January 11, 2013 03:10 - 29 minutes - 11.8 MBFrom Knoxville, Andrew talks about some stuff from CES, Java, security, Linux stuff, data recovery, and lead.