Interesting Things Said By Uninteresting People

In this episode, see how Tom watched ONE flaming documentary about social media and then promptly went off grid - and why you probably should, too. Ben had a spiritual experience with Bill and Ted, and Tom's in the big leagues of pre-release reviews for the latest tech! Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme! Fling messages at us online: Ben @benjionelung - Tom @bytereview Be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP And pick up something nice for yourself at www.kirokuclothing.co.uk Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2W4AIoA Apple Podcasts: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3c9jSuj Subscribe on Youtube: https://bit.ly/2L4FSuE Direct Download: http://itsbup.libsyn.com IN THIS EPISODE: 01:40 COVID near misses and tracking and tracing 12:40 Writing hold music 16:00 What a Social Dilemma indeed 21:00 Diversity in tech companies 26:20 Tom's off Facebook 38:30 Is the Pixel 4a a good buy? Why, yes it is 46:00 How do you follow a Pixel 4a? A Pixel 5 51:

You will never know the audio issue we overcame to eventually bring you this episode, but believe me, it was totally worth it. We talk about the idea of moving past thirty, and whether it really is such a big deal, as well as a bit of Project Power, and a bit of dangerous bird action. Oh, and potentially murderous cyber-swine! Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme! Fling messages at us online: Ben @benjionelung - Tom @bytereview Be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP And pick up something nice for yourself at www.kirokuclothing.co.uk Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2W4AIoA Apple Podcasts: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3c9jSuj Subscribe on Youtube: https://bit.ly/2L4FSuE Direct Download: http://itsbup.libsyn.com IN THIS EPISODE: 01:20 Is Tom officially old now? 09:00 Crafty beer in the hottub 11:00 Is Rampage actually good? 14:00 Tom is definitely buying a new camera 22:30 Cover app and working too hard 30:00 Oh god, the pigs got int

After the fly attack in this episode, the fly actually went on to overthrow Ben and Tom and is now the rightful owner of ITSBUP. So, say goodbye to things like talking camping trips that nearly ended in explosions, how to fail at your creative endeavours and what The Peanut Butter Falcon is like, because from next time onwards, it's all fly talk, all the time. I am the fly. Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme! Fling messages at us online: Ben @benjionelung - Tom @bytereview Be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2W4AIoA Apple Podcasts: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3c9jSuj Subscribe on Youtube: https://bit.ly/2L4FSuE Direct Download: http://itsbup.libsyn.com IN THIS EPISODE: 01:45 Tom's visual upgrade in an audio medium 04:30 Working from home 10:00 Cornwall capers 19:30 Google Pixel 4a and Apple keyboards 26:30 Digit is delivering your stuff 31:00 Leaving teaching for good 34:00 Failing creatively

It's a big week for Tom this week, with the launch of Kiroku Clothing, a whole new iOS to get on top of, and having to worry that Ben is sending him subtle signs that he might not be ok! Also two of our favourite bits of pop culture are getting sequels soon, plus the usual rambling and unfounded opinion! Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme! Fling messages at us online: Ben @benjionelung - Tom @bytereview Be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2W4AIoA Apple Podcasts: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3c9jSuj Subscribe on Youtube: https://bit.ly/2L4FSuE Direct Download: http://itsbup.libsyn.com IN THIS EPISODE: 01:00 Learning audio, not learning how to avoid the woes 06:00 Get a mask on 11:20 Ready Player Two is almost Ready Player 19:00 The Boys series two is on the way! 23:00 iOS 14 - you might as well be into it 32:00 Sponsored segment 33:10 I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore is a film and not

Tom reflects of leaving teaching while Ben has become the fly-hunter with some new toolage. And that's only the first five minutes. The rest is better, honest - what Tom's reading and the block who wrote it, whether Quibi is going to be a lame duck, and whether The Last Of Us Part II lives up to the hype! Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme! Fling messages at us online: Ben @benjionelung - Tom @bytereview Be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2W4AIoA Apple Podcasts: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3c9jSuj Subscribe on Youtube: https://bit.ly/2L4FSuE Direct Download: http://itsbup.libsyn.com IN THIS EPISODE: 04:40 Electric fly swatters and the warrior spirit 08:40 Getting banned from Twitter for aping Trump 17:00 COVID-19 settings in Android and iOS 23:30 Saving For A Custom Van, a tribute to one of the voices of our college years 29:10 Tom only went and bought a book! Is Jordan Peterson a good bloke?

What's white, sleek, and full of the latest technology - at least two of the things we talk about in this episode, that's what! That're what? Grammar questions aside, buckle up for another intense ITSBUP full of movies we haven't seen, opinions we don't share, and design choices we can't understand! BLAST OFF! (I'm sorry, I'm so sorry). There are also a lot of important things happening in the world at the moment, which neither of us want to pretend to be experts on, but these are good places to visit: Black Lives Matter: https://blacklivesmatter.com/ A good list of donation links: https://nymag.com/strategist/article/where-to-donate-for-black-lives-matter.html Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme! Fling messages at us online: Ben @benjionelung - Tom @bytereview Be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2W4AIoA Apple Podcasts: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3c9jSuj Subscribe on Youtube: https://bit.ly/2L

For the record, I genuinely still have fishy fingers and I don't know how to fix it. IN THIS EPISODE - catching up on updates from last time, including Elon's improvement to his kid's name, how good Schitt's Creek is, making whole movies in your home and the very idea of getting paid for what you make?! Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme! Fling messages at us online: Ben @benjionelung - Tom @bytereview Be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2W4AIoA Apple Podcasts: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3c9jSuj Subscribe on Youtube: https://bit.ly/2L4FSuE Direct Download: http://itsbup.libsyn.com IN THIS EPISODE: 01:30 Corona catch-up 03:40 The middle-aged barbecue chat 06:00 Tom and Ben's forays into skateboarding 13:00 Is Youtube getting... better? 18:00 A very important Elon's kid update 20:10 Trump's tweets and free speech on social media 30:00 Schitt's Creek is a hit! 34:50 Making a whole movie in-the-b

Look at that, it only took lockdown to up our recording schedule! Longtime fans will know about Elon Musk's status as patron saint of the podcast, but is it time for a rethink? The Unreal 5 Engine is pretty tasty, and Jojo Rabbit is a great film (some spoilers called out in the episode with a bit of warning), but you'll be glad we left out the story of Tom's epic nosebleed... Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme! Fling messages at us online: Ben @benjionelung - Tom @bytereview Be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2W4AIoA Apple Podcasts: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3c9jSuj Subscribe on Youtube: https://bit.ly/2L4FSuE Direct Download: http://itsbup.libsyn.com IN THIS EPISODE: 01:30 Woes of conflicting Corona advice 04:00 End of Days Bolognese 06:20 The fall of Elon Musk, patron saint of ITSBUP 16:00 New kid on the block 25:00 Unreal 5 Engine - don't look at the water 39:00 iPad gaming and how hard

Hey hey, don't let the old 'rona get you down - it's time to think about interesting things like how to approach creative pursuits (especially when the world is falling apart around you), what's new with Apple's first cheapish phone in forever, and just how intense Tara Westover's memoir, Educated, can possibly get! And lots of other waffle. We know you come for the waffle. Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme! Fling messages at us online: Ben @benjionelung - Tom @bytereview Be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2W4AIoA Apple Podcasts: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3c9jSuj Subscribe on Youtube: https://bit.ly/2L4FSuE Direct Download: http://itsbup.libsyn.com IN THIS EPISODE: 01:30 Quarantine and the frustrations of home learning 10:00 How the hell are we going to cope with going back to real life? 12:00 Ben's gone all eastern philosophy 20:00 Finding time to be creative 29:00 A return to Austin Kleo

Quarantine, Tiger King & Animal Crossing Time to blow those quarantine blues away with stellar talk about - hopefully - some things other than the global crisis at some point! We've both gone back to a few musical roots, hit Netflix HARD, and remembered how good a D-pad can make you feel! Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme! Throw messages at Ben @benjionelung, Tom @bytereview, and be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE: http://itsbup.libsyn.com/episode-25 SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX VIEW ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/lzt7EYlQAc4 IN THIS EPISODE: 01:30 So how the hell are we coping in quarantine?! 17:00 Tom's dive into Andertons guitars 21:00 We think Vulfpeck are cool 23:00 We also think Pomplamoose are cool! 26:10 Oh god we need Tom's Good News (and some bollocks about some other good news attempt on Youtube?) 31:00 Tiger King 43:20 Money Heist and Castlevania, two things on Netflix that aren't Tiger King 4

The lost episode! After some tech issues with retrieving the recording on this one, we thought we might never get it out! Think of it as a pre-Brexit, pre-Christmas time capsule when everyone was full of hope and joy! We get down with some intense documentary action, some intrepid tech insight, and one of the most macho days out ever! Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme! Throw messages at Ben @benjionelung, Tom @bytereview, and be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE: http://itsbup.libsyn.com/episode-24 SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX VIEW ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/E1OK9T8D6qU IN THIS EPISODE: 01:30 Christmas tree woes and homeowner repsonsibilities 09:00 Christmas markets, yay or nay? 10:40 The Cybertruck 17:20 Electric cars are maybe the future, possibly 23:20 Tell Me Who I Am 33:30 Tom's been at the iPhone 11 48:30 Blacksmithing like a blacksmith Some things we talk about in this episode: Tesla Cybertruck event

OnePlus Launch Event, Joker and Mushrooming A little delayed, but we got there! Spanning the entire cultural range from hot new tech (and how Tom's a big-time Youtuber now) to possibly the most middle class birthday outing imaginable! Oh, and hot hot takes on Joker! Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme! Throw messages at Ben @benjionelung, Tom @bytereview, and be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE: http://itsbup.libsyn.com/episode-23 SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX VIEW ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/9Cev7P7p5fk IN THIS EPISODE: 01:15 Youtube Kids these days, and making things you love 07:00 Happy news! 09:40 Tom's adventures at the OnePlus launch event and Chinese knock-offs 27:00 Making a whole video on the go 42:00 Joker is a film and everyone's new fancy dress 57:30 Mushrooming and doing things 1:05:00 Living With Yourself Some things we talk about in this episode: Mundane Halloween: https://www.boredpanda.com/jim

Ok, ok, so we're both growing old enough to talk for an extended time about buying lawn mowers, but we're also cool enough to talk the latest tech! The latest apps! British sitcoms from the eighties! We're hip, we swear, please let us keep doing this! Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme! Throw messages at Ben @benjionelung, Tom @bytereview, and be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE: http://itsbup.libsyn.com/episode-22 SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX VIEW ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/dcyvM6U_MDk IN THIS EPISODE: 01:50 Far too much talk about gardening 06:20 A completely non-sponsored section about Monzo 11:40 Remembering how good Red Dwarf was 17:20 Tom's Good News About Tom 21:10 Welcome back to Ben Review 32:40 Tom's been playing with his Note 10+ 41:00 New toys! Switch Lite and Link's Awakening 46:00 Ben can't stop recommending YouTube channels 49:00 Jurassic World and how much Tom doesn't like Jurassic World Som

Oh man, did we go off the rails in this episode talking about Brexit! Still - between that, the Lion King and some kooky new tech for talking to yourself, it was a pretty good time! Enjoy! Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme! Throw messages at Ben @benjionelung, Tom @bytereview, and be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE: http://itsbup.libsyn.com/episode-21 SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX VIEW ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/i9-EniheS_s IN THIS EPISODE: 02:00 Ben's Bad Day 05:22 Tom's Good News 07:30 Our extra listener! 09:30 Trump and Greenland 13:10 Descent into a political rant 20:30 How much do you want to unlock your Tesla with your arm? 29:30 The Note 10 (and a surprising detour with wireless headphones) 41:00 Talking to yourself in VR 47:20 The Lion King 53:00 The Boys Some things we talk about in this episode: utrect transforms over 300 bus stops into green-roofed bee stops: https://www.designboom.com/design/ut

It's finally happened! Ben has broken into the world of Good News! Might seem like a weird thing to put up top, but I'm writing the blurb, so it's my hands on the wheel! In vastly less exciting news, we went through the finer details of the OnePlus 7 Pro, Toy Story 4 and Good Omens - how many of these were great? How many were not so good? All will be revealed! Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme! Throw messages at Ben @benjionelung, Tom @bytereview, and be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE: http://itsbup.libsyn.com/episode-20 SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX VIEW ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/34GD5YUmhvM IN THIS EPISODE: 02:00 Oh good lord, we're grown up and talking about houses 08:30 Ben breaks into the world of Good News! 15:00 What does Tom think about the OnePlus 7 Pro? 24:00 Are we sick of Facebook? 27:20 Corridor Crew and a swift divertion into complaining about social media again 37:00 Good Omens is pretty

Man, oh man, is it good to be back. Brand new house to record in, with brand new squeaky benches... some genuine Good News™, Tom's amazing Japanese adventures and a bit of fanboying over Avengers: Endgame. What's not to like? Well? WHAT IS NOT TO LIKE?! Thanks to Tony Thaxton for our theme! DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE: http://itsbup.libsyn.com/episode-19 SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX VIEW ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/bHHmQ_63ugw IN THIS EPISODE: 02:30 New podcast location (and Ben's new house) 06:00 Good News! 09:15 Tom is the God of War 13:50 My Mechanics make good videos 20:00 The crazy adventures of Tom in Japan (and a brief interlude in South Korea) 50:00 Sonic The Hedgehog is scary as they come 54:30 Avengers: Endgame is quite a good film Some things we talk about in this episode: Britain in two-week coal-free record: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48473259 God of War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0u_kAWLJOA My Mechanics Rusty Deadlocked Vice - Perfect Restoration: https://www.youtube.com

Bit of a late upload this one, but everything we talk about is ALWAYS RELEVANT! We had cool Christmasses and new yearses, we saw some cool movies and talked about cool hot tubs. Hot hot tubs. You know what we mean. Thanks to Tony Thaxton for our theme! DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE: http://itsbup.libsyn.com/episode-18 SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX VIEW ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/mNrlC5hbr8Y IN THIS EPISODE: 01:00 Ben has house stress 02:30 Astrophotography - how hard can it be? 05:00 Hot hot tub action 08:00 The death of Christmas, depressing Christmas movies and new year village life 12:20 What's up with the Pixel 3? 21:00 We're always listening 29:00 Bandersnatch 41:10 Spiderman: Into The Spiderverse 51:30 A bit about Mowgli 53:00 A bit about Amy Winehouse 56:00 New year's resolutions Some things we talk about in this episode: Tom's astrophotography: https://www.instagram.com/p/Br8yYb7hNNx/ Google's Pixel 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrNmD4vdkoY Target discover pregnancy: https://www.forbes.com

We're back, baby! Tom's shaved his head we talk about why, there's some stuff about whether Elon Musk is still a good dude, we're into the new Apple Watch Series 4, and we're SUPER into Daredevil season 3. Spoilers, I guess? You can find us on other sites at @benjionelung and @bytereview - are you a Kingpin or a Bullseye? Thanks to Tony Thaxton for our theme! DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE: http://itsbup.libsyn.com/episode-17 SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX VIEW ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/nDpkA-IvKkA IN THIS EPISODE: 01:00 Totally on-time Halloween talk, then and now 03:40 Musk, the discgraced patron saint of the podcast 05:40 Tom shaving his head, and young baldness 14:30 Buying a house from Champ from Anchorman 17:20 Initiative Q 20:40 Apple Watch series 4 30:00 Going to the gym for dummies 37:20 Daredevil season 3 51:00 Bohemian Rhapsody Some things we talk about in this episode: Initiative Q: https://initiativeq.com Apple Watch Series 4: https://www.apple.com/uk/apple-watch-series-4/ Daredevil Season

Slapdash, uninformed and full of moped noises and fly pestering - ITSBUP continues in the same vein of quality that you've come to expect! We did some stuff, like visiting Poland, going to Download... and getting our tech pants scared off by Google's Selfish Ledger. Then we told each other about it! You can find us on other sites at @benjionelung and @bytereview - what bits would you go bionic with? Thanks to Tony Thaxton for our theme! DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE: http://itsbup.libsyn.com/episode-16 SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX VIEW ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/YCYEsEYwYaA IN THIS EPISODE: 01:30 Old people die in hot cars 03:40 Tom's Good News! 07:30 How much of yourself would you replace? 11:00 Meat, but not meat 12:40 Weird news - exclusive graffiti 17:30 Ben did a Poland 28:30 Tom did a Download 34:00 Tom also did a Katy Perry 37:00 Uninformed opinions about Luke Cage series 2 39:30 Google's Selfish Ledger Some things we talk about in this episode: Meat made from plants: https://www.impossiblefood

What an episode! We would put how scared we are about certain new bits of technology that are rearing their heads, but we're also scared that they might be able to read this and we for one welcome our new robot overlords, that's for sure. Oh, and Infinity War! You can find us on other sites at @benjionelung and @bytereview - what would you use Google Duplex to take care of? Thanks to Tony Thaxton for our theme! DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE: http://itsbup.libsyn.com/episode-15 SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX VIEW ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/7eOpSzzrsBQ IN THIS EPISODE: 1:30 Where have we been? Beeracn chicken, stunt driving and Marmozets 6:20 Tom's Good News! 9:10 What's up with the Huawei P20 Pro? 14:10 Google Clip and why would you ever use one? 18:00 Has it really gone too far now with Google Duplex? 31:00 Boston Dynamics AKA The Threat 39:00 The Avengers Avenging Again 54:30 La Mano Incorrupta De Santa Teresa Some things we talk about in this episode: Mark James Video: www.vimeo.com/markjamesvideo Byt