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Control 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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  • Sep 18, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 56m AVG DURATION
  • 158 EPISODES


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Control Structure #157: Much Megabytes

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2019 29:00


RASPBERRIES! Andrew and Steve are back at it again with some news about Microsoft, Google, Mozilla, and... music formats?

Control Structure #156: Fringe Farm

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2019 33:10


After a long break, Steven and Andrew are back at it, talking about RASPBERRY!, Microsoft, Python, AMD, AVIF, and a few more things. It's been a long while.

Control Structure #155: No One Can Play With Our Toys

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2019 33:00


No, Andrew and Steven have not sold out to Microsoft, but they sure do talk about it a lot! They also mention some games, and how Firefox totally broke over the weekend.

Control Structure #154: Fancy Web Browser Thingamajig

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2019 18:00


After a normal period, Steve and Andrew talk about RASPBERRY!, new GPUs, old GPUs, Microsoft, lazy loading, and maybe something else, but I forgot.

Control Structure #153: A Box Museum

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2019 32:40


After moving into a new place, Andrew and Steve talk about RASPBERRY!, content security, GANs, light web pages, USB, and some backup tales.

Control Structure #152: At Very Right Moment

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2019 21:00


Coming back again, Steve and Andrew talk about dial up, Firefox, Internet Explorer, RAID accidents, and a few other tidbits.

Control Structure #151: Bigger Coyotes Than Texas

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2019 46:00


After a long hiatus, Andrew and Steven return to tell you all about new RASPBERRY!, vulnerabilities, some gaming news, and some updates on Kickstarters.

Control Structure #150: Chaos Monkey Got Out

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2018 29:00


You've been upgraded! Andrew and Steven talk about YouTube being down, Winamp, Intel, TLS, Windows, Google, jQuery, and QuickTime. (The last one is not an upgrade!)

Control Structure #149: Google Minus

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2018 31:00


Andrew and Steve are back, talking about Raspberry!, Java, Telltale, Geocities, Wikipedia, Wifi, Chinese hardware, Windows, and Google Plus.

Control Structure #148: Can’t Read Floppy

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2018 34:00


Steven finally joins Andrew face to face to talk about how everyone hates Chrome, improved TLS, PCs, GIMP, inefficient software, Microsoft, Newegg, and Linux.

Control Structure #147: A Wolfram Alpha Thing

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2018 32:00


After having some Microsoft issues (both varieties), Andrew joins Steven and talk about Windows bugs, SMS, Valve, licenses, some feedback, and some chit-chat.

Control Structure #146: Most Episodic Show

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2018 45:00


Time for a celebration! Control Structure now has more episodes than any other (real) show on the The Nexus! Steven and Andrew talk about RASPBERRY!, Windows, Chrome, processors, Java, Firefox, and Let's Encrypt. Then both talk about what they've been up to. Apologies for the poor audio quality, and occasional Steven dropouts.

Control Structure #145: I’m a Ghost, It Happens

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2018 33:00


After a long hiatus, Andrew gets Steven to tell what he's been up to, RASPBERRY!, Microsoft, GPUs, domains at gunpoint, Linux, Firefox, CPUs, and Python.

Control Structure #144: The Old Screensaver

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2018 24:00


Andrew joins Steven on his "last" show to talk RASPBERRY!, Ubuntu, TCP flow control, Microsoft, Magento, POWER, and Cisco.

Control Structure #143: Genetically Modified Cats

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2018 38:00


After a hiatus, Andrew and Steve return to talk about AMD, Python, Java, SSDs, hard drives, and responsive images. Neat!

Control Structure #142: Massive Data Maw

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2018 38:00


Steven and Andrew return to talk RASPBERRY!, operating systems, vulnerabilities (as usual), warranties, shady URLs, PDFs, Payara, and a smartphone (with a blast from the past).

Control Structure #141: Sounds Cooler With Enterprise

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2018 35:10


Andrew and Steve are back with some RASPBERRY!, Google lawsuits, Java (or is it Jakarta?), BluRay, AMD, Let's Encrypt, passwords, and TOTP.

Control Structure #140: Not my Cloud

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2018 22:00


Steve and Andrew are excited to talk about RASPBERRY! hosted IoT, fake real missiles, Libreoffice, AMD, Mozilla, MPEG, Xerox, and threats of being a barista.

Control Structure #139: People Don’t Read Anything

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2018 21:00


Andrew and Steven talk about RASPBERRY!, false alarms, Ubuntu, Firefox, encryption standards, and old mainframes.

Control Structure #138: Steal Your Private Key

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2018 43:00


Steve wakes Andrew up to have a podcast in 2008. After sorting things out, they talk about Spectre, Meltdown, iPhone batteries, blockchains, Chrome, ADSL, Amazon, Crytek, Excel, and a few other things, because it's been a while.

Control Structure #137: End Of The Internet

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2017 37:00


After commenting on Steven's shack, Andrew and him talk about abandoned IoT, Firefox, Chrome, Vegas, Intel, AMD, Python, Linux, and the dangers of leaving computers unlocked.

Control Structure #136: Ding! Your Files Are Done!

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2017 61:00


Steve talks about his new place, Andrew talks about pizza, then they talk about RASPBERRY!, Apple, WPA2 WiFi, lots of updates for pretty much everything, Kinect, Humble Bundle, Microwave Assisted Magnetic Recording, MDN, and go down some rabbit holes.

Control Structure #135: Updating The Garbage Truck

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2017 47:00


Steven returns and joins Andrew to talk about 64 gigs of RAM, cars, CCleaner, Apache, DNS, Adblock, Firefox, Java, Equifax (again), refresh buttons, and some love and hate.

Control Structure #134: Eclipse The Sun Microsystems

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2017 44:00


ARRR! Andrew wants you to know he'll be observin' International Talk Like A Pirate Day! Steven gets in on the fun. Then they talk boring stuff, like space probes, RASPBERRY!, Google, C, NGINX, Linux, Oracle, Java, and Equifax.

Control Structure #133: The Internet Took All The Fun Away

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2017 69:00


After a summer eclipse vacation, Andrew and Steve return to talk some RASPBERRY!, Windows, BSD, old school game hacks, and talk a lot about Google.

Control Structure #132: Paid My AMD Tax

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2017 52:00


Andrew talks about his brother leaving, his car getting fixed, then joins Steven to talk about Microsoft, Flash, AMD, Talos 2, GNOME, passwords, and a few other things.

Control Structure #131: Pi In The Sky

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2017 53:00


After a hiatus, Andrew explains why his new computer has been crashing, Steve has lots of RASPBERRY!, then they both talk about Windows, procedural planets, HTTPS, decompression bombs, the trials of multicore, and hard drives.

Control Structure #130: Jump On Our Own Bandwagon

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2017 53:00


After a month, Steve and Andrew talk about smelly voicemails, RASPBERRY!, Windows, Debian, AMD, Firefox, Opus, indie gaming, Firewire, SSH, and other neat tidbits.

Control Structure #129: Nice Printer or White Elephant

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2017 55:00


In light of massive living arrangement changes, Steven explains to Andrew how to use vim, while Andrew pontificates on CPU manufacturers, then both talk about patents, Windows, Wikipedia, Linux utility fun (not vim), t-time, and flint strikers.

Control Structure #128: One Of The Three Halves

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2017 65:28


Andrew talks about the story behind last week's podcast, Steven talks RASPBERRY!, then they talk about lots of exploits, Python, Linux, SQL, and viewer feedback!

Control Structure #127: Hold The Light Still

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2017 59:26


Andrew buys parts for a new PC, and builds it, while Steven hangs around.

Control Structure #126: GPS Hat, Where’s My Cat?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2017 32:00


The same old guys (Andrew and Steve) go at it again with RASPBERRY!, Ubuntu, Electron, bash, Steam, and some other things they forgot.

Control Structure #125: Hey, I Need Some Batteries

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2017 57:00


Andrew talks about how he got fired, then Steve jumps in, and they talk about XFCE, Orange Pi, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, AMD, Google, Ubuntu, and so much more. It's been a while!

Control Structure #124: Mean People Screaming

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2017 42:00


After talking about Chris' scheduling, Andrew and Steve talk about RASPBERRY!, the tinker board, Amazon, Firefox, Cloudflare, Windows, AMD Ryzen, emoji, and MediaWiki.

Control Structure #123: Jinxed The Next Day

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2017 33:00


After mentioning what Trump is doing, Andrew and Steve talk about AMD Ryzen, benchmarks, web bloat, hardware extravagence, neural net colors, and PuTTY.

Control Structure #122: Cat Sleeping on the Keyboard

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2017 56:00


After reminiscing about the cookout a fortnight ago, Steve and Andrew talk about how kids can't use computers, RASPBERRY!, Samsung, PC hardware, Mozilla, Linux, Google, and Microsoft.

Control Structure #121: They Had Stack Overflow In ’91?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2017 49:00


People got things for Christmas! Well, probably. Andrew and Steve talk about annoying recruiters, LG, IoT, routers, Firefox, cameras, Microsoft, golang, Cyanogen, old kernels, and compiling (stand by).

Control Structure #120: I Drove Over The Cat

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2016 50:00


In the middle of a snowstorm, Steve and Andrew discuss RASPBERRY!, AMD, Bitcoin, storage, Microsoft, web fonts, and a few more tidbits, like designing a rather graphic lawn mowing simulator.

Control Structure #119: Build Them and Bill Them

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2016 60:00


After a while of not podcasting, Andrew and Steve get back into action. They talk about building features, RASPBERRY!, Backblaze, AMD, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, and the new Andrew Bailey.

Control Structure #118: Shot Within Wi-Fi Range

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2016 44:00


Steve and Andrew catch up on Apple dissappoint, Microsoft, insecurity, HTML, Let's Encrypt, another Google fatality, blog plans, turkeys, and some other little things.

Control Structure #117: Dial-up Voting

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2016 50:00


Our old friend Christopher joins Andrew and Steve to talk about some games, IoT, VeraCrypt, voting software, voting hardware, growing hardware, the LHC, doomed projects, CSP, and a few other tidbits.

Control Structure #116: Posted By Not Firefox

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2016 46:00


After mentioning Google's new iPhone, Steven and Andrew talk about BLACKBERRY! (yes), RASPBERRY!, Microsoft, Dropbox, the internet of threats (IoT), SSL "marketshare", pgAdmin, NBASE-T, and metafactories.

Control Structure #115: Keysock Mode

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2016 45:00


After talking about a company picnic, Andrew and Steve talk about some RASPBERRY!, dead hard drives, Microsoft, LSB, Intel, Digital Homicide, file URIs, Netbeans, Payara, Oracle, and a few other tidbits that they thought was relevant at the time.

Control Structure #114: Babylon Is Conformist

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2016 33:00


After talking about happenings around town, Steve and Andrew talk about RASPBERRY!, GE, Microsoft, SSH, CSS, Linux, password breaches, and full server encryption.

Control Structure #113: Silly Things Like Reality

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2016 56:00


After Steve has problems spelling "dual", he and Andrew talk about working, interviews, RASPBERRY, Microsoft, Mozilla, encryption, Inbox.com, KeePass plugins, and other tidbits.

Control Structure #112: 3D Printer On The Moon

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2016 45:00


In the middle of summer, Andrew and Steve talk about old consoles, space, Microsoft, documentation, HTTPS, CSS, and time tables.

Control Structure #111: Internet Sound

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2016 42:19


Steve and Andrew catch up on a few things, like RASPBERRY!, .NET, Seafile, and Windows 10 (Andrew had an adventure!)

Control Structure #110: They Told Me I Could Fly

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2016 43:00


After talking about cicadas and The Raphael Parable, Andrew and Steve talk about putting things on Github, Raspberry!, Firefox, Microsoft, ransomware, and headphones.

Control Structure #109: Had A Tong

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2016 20:00


On this short and sweet episode, Andrew talks about getting runner's high, Steve talks about printing and having a tong, then both discuss implications of Oracle vs Google.

Control Structure #108: Alamagator

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2016 55:00


It's Chris's birthday! Steve is amazed by infrared cameras, Andrew poses a hypothetical Apple scenario, then both talk about hard drives, IOT destruction, new hardware, Certbot, the NSA, Ubuntu, 3D printers, and a time table app.

Control Structure #107: Deadlines, Goals, and Gantt Charts

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2016 42:00


Andrew and Steve talk about 3D printers, cameras, Dell, Ubuntu, Lavabit, Backblaze, Bitcoin, Clapper, Comey, and the T.

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