Interesting Things Said By Uninteresting People

After a traditionally lengthy tech issue in getting everything set up, we absolutely crushed it, as always. 100% of the time. I don't think the noise of quiet facepalming while talking about the questions posed to Mark Zuckerberg came out on the recording, but apologies if it did. Speaking of noises, we both (SPOILER) liked (END OF SPOILERS) A Quiet Place, and it was almost as fun talking about as watching. Wait, no that doesn't sound great. It was good. Thanks for listening! You can find us on other sites at @benjionelung and @bytereview - what did you think of A Quiet Place? Was it... 'quiet' good? WAS IT? Thanks to Tony Thaxton for our theme! DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE: http://itsbup.libsyn.com/episode-14 SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX VIEW ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/qUxopDOLwbA IN THIS EPISODE: 02:10 The Minack Theatre: is it better than a Gameboy Advance? 06:10 Good News! Featuring BLood Drones! 10:40 Zuckerberg explaining the internet (AKA The First Android Goes on Trial) 17:30 Using tech to he

It was way too early in the morning when we recorded this episode. Like, TEN AM EARLY. Still, we managed to soldier on with arguably the most important news and opinions you'll hear today. Chromebooks - why we quite like them, and how we're totally not sponsored to talk about them. What IS the deal with the iPhone X's notch, anyway? Is data mining THAT big a deal? Was Ready Player One cool or do we already hold it in a weird kind of meta-nostalgia? Who knows. Does it sound like we do? Thanks for listening! You can find us on other sites at @benjionelung and @bytereview - what did you think of Ready Player One, obviously pretty decent, right? Thanks to Tony Thaxton for our theme! DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE: http://itsbup.libsyn.com/episode-13 SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX VIEW ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/fnx_cNC_Tyo IN THIS EPISODE: 01:50 Good news! 3D printing sanitary products in Mumbai 04:10 Not a sponsored discussion about Chromebooks 13:00 Ben deliberately says 'iPhone ex' to bug Tom, talk about

AI Harry Potter, Stranger Things 2 and The Last Jedi HEY, Christmas may have come and gone, but that doesn't mean we can't have a podcast episode from before it even started! Ah, how young we were back then, how naive! We had a load to say about The Last Jedi, our freshest take on Stranger Things series two, and the hardest I think we've laughed about a passage of computer-generated Harry Potter, EVER. Enjoy! Thanks for listening! You can find us on other sites at @benjionelung and @bytereview - please tell us, is there someone else out there who remembers Santa Claus: The Movie?! Thanks to Tony Thaxton for our theme! DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE: http://itsbup.libsyn.com/episode-12 SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX VIEW ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/zHmMY1F5UjY IN THIS EPISODE: 01:40 Christmas plans, TV and parties 07:30 Black Mirror series 2 08:40 Santa Claus: The Movie, Christmas films and Will Ferrell 16:50 Computer-generated Harry Potter 22:00 AI learning 24:30 Ready Player One 28:30 Stranger Things ser

This episode contains more anger about flying machines and the flat earth they circumnavigate than is probably ever necessary. Interesting things about Tesla's new trucks, Google XPRIZE, some things we've been watching and one big long rant about Tom Delonge. Enjoy! DO IT! Thanks for listening! You can find us on other sites at @benjionelung and @bytereview - tell us, would you give Tom DeLonge money? Thanks to Tony Thaxton for our theme! DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE: http://itsbup.libsyn.com/episode-11 SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX VIEW ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/L4QekYLvzbM IN THIS EPISODE: 03:10 Tesla trucks. Give us a Semi. 10:30 Google X-Prize 13:00 Hacking Super Mario World 17:00 Make Good News Great Again 18:50 Uber's flying car! 23:00 Tom Delonge and To The Stars Academy 41:40 Stranger Things 2 45:30 Thor Ragnarok 53:00 Question From The Box! Some things we talk about in this episode: The Tesla Semi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n9xafjynJA Google's XPRIZE: https://lunar.xprize.org/ Hacking

We've been champing at the bit to talk about all of the cool things that entrepreneur, genius, possible-alien, Elon Musk is working on. It's a science-heavy episode, covered by two people who are effectively chimps in the headlights (who also aren't very good at metaphors). Take a trip into the weird and wonderful future (as seen by one guy, at least) through space travel, earth travel, mind-reading, and simulating an entire universe. Thanks for listening! You can find us on other sites at @benjionelung and @bytereview - tell us, which planet do you think Elon Musk is from? Oh yeah, and do you have any Good News? Thanks to Tony Thaxton for our theme! DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE: http://itsbup.libsyn.com/episode-10 SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX VIEW ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/RPQpYUKEWFo IN THIS EPISODE: 02:40 Where the eff is Good News?! 04:50 iPhone X and the very first 'totally called it' ITSBUP moment 12:30 Can tech outsiders do the job better? 15:00 So, this Elon Musk dude... 16:30 SpaceX 19:10 T

We're back, with all the excuses in the world for missing a few weeks (not to play the 'wedding' card or anything). Time for Tom and Ben to catch up on air, talking why Ben can't take a shot in lycra, why Tom won't be buying a Galaxy Note 8 any time soon and why we're still thinking about Spider-man: Homecoming! Thanks for listening! You can find us on other sites at @benjionelung and @bytereview - tell us why we're totally wrong about basically everything in this episode, or just lay down your praise at our glorious return. Or something in between. Thanks to Tony Thaxton for our theme! DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE: http://itsbup.libsyn.com/episode-9 SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX VIEW ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/1Y1oWP8QDp8 IN THIS EPISODE: 3:00 Getting shot in lycra and the benefits of Chinese takeaway 7:15 Chile, eh? What's the like? 12:00 Testing a marriage through kayaking 17:00 The reality of geothermal springs 18:30 Pisco and the single best recorded noise, ever. 20:30 New and first(?) Byte Revie

We done gone went to see Guardians 2 together in order to talk about it on our little podcast, like a proper date. It turned out great, as did one man's quest to build an iPhone and the prospect of alien life being out there, somewhere. Plus, as ABSOLUTELY ALWAYS, Tom's Good News is... good. I don't know if we need to say this, but we recorded the episode before Zack Snyder decided to move away from Justice League under pretty brave and tough circumstances, with Joss Whedon stepping in, so when we're talking about DC just taking Marvel filmmakers, we're not being intentionally insensitive. Thanks for listening! You can find us on other sites at @benjionelung and @bytereview - have you ever built an iPhone? Did you like Guardians of The Galaxy 2? Do you work for Apple and want to actually sponsor Tom's reviews? He's open to it! Thanks to Tony Thaxton for our theme! DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE: http://itsbup.libsyn.com/episode-8 SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX VIEW ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/6Jzu3I6VQ4s

It's JUDE LAW that was in Existenz! Not Brendan Fraser at all. What a dummy. Anyway, episode 7's here already! Two guys, once again, talking about stuff that we've found interesting in the last few weeks. Our failed WeChat experiment, new film trailers, Logan and Tom's Hong Kong adventure... and mixing up actors in old films! It's all good! Thanks for listening! You can find us on other sites at @benjionelung and @bytereview - do you use WeChat? Are we wrong about it? Are we still talking about Logan? Where should we send roving reporter Tom next? Thanks to Tony Thaxton for our theme! DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE: http://itsbup.libsyn.com/episode-7 SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX VIEW ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/-PiqDqB8Bm8 IN THIS EPISODE: 01:30 The horrific story of Ben's very tragic sunburn 03:40 The Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer hints at maybe a good film! 07:30 The Thor: Ragnarok trailer is great too, especially compared to the new Spider-Man trailer 09:30 Good News! APSARA disposable drones and

That's it! Six episodes! We've actually gone and hit what we set out to do! Will we do more? Ok, probably, but in the meantime we decided to celebrate the six-episode milestone with a special guest! Join us and musical legend Andrew Vanstone while we talk about AI, working a steady job, the evolution of the music industry, and how The Running Man is closer to becoming a reality! You can find us on other sites at @benjionelung and @teddyhitch, or you can pester Randy at @andrewvmusic - let us know whether you liked him being a guest on the show, or whether it was a dark mistake that we should never, ever repeat. This episode is on Youtube at: https://youtu.be/9IODRYoFpF0 IN THIS EPISODE: 03:40 Valentine's Day and looking forward to 14th March 05:30 Andy's trip to Longleat 08:10 Amazon Echo, AI and how it feels to grow old around tech 23:00 We could probably do with one chat platform 32:00 Why being tied to your phone bites 35:10 Andy's family business and why a steady job is becoming underrated 43:00 Staying w

We've hit episode 5 already?! This is starting to get weird. Listen to more of us talking about interesting things - this time we're into a smidgen of politics, crazy Russian image-combining, the Apple Watch and the Nintendo Switch... and poo vaults. You can find us on other sites at @benjionelung and @teddyhitch, so send us whatever thoughts come popping into your head. Leave us some comments here, too - what do you think of the Apple Watch? Or the Nintendo Switch? Or saving your own poo? This episode is on Youtube at: https://youtu.be/Jl9wysZLeFA IN THIS EPISODE: 00:50 Tom's bandiness 02:40 Where the hell is Tom's good news? 05:20 A little bit of Trump to cheer us up 10:35 Ben struggling valiantly with Japanese names 12:20 The art of Knolling 14:35 Ostagram.ru and crazy image-mixing 17:20 Google's 20% projects and using massive-scale online collaboration 21:40 Ben still doesn't have a Pixel and Tom betrays his Apple overlords 25:10 Tom's Apple Watch review 32:00 The future of smart watches and Ben's dad's t

Holy moly, four episodes down and we haven't given up yet! Once again, we waffle on about a variety of things we're interested in - this time including genetic engineering, Rogue One and Super Sick Records storytime. Sshh, what do you mean, 'audio crackle in the second half'? We don't know what you're talking about. You can find us on other sites at @benjionelung and either @bytereview or @teddyhitch - depending on where Tom's hanging out! This episode is on Youtube at: https://youtu.be/GX2NwxxZcok IN THIS EPISODE: 00:00 Happy new year from ITSBUP 02:40 Upcoming films of 2017 and how much we don't know about them. DC's struggles 05:30 Ben's bollocks psychology opinion on Batman vs. Superman 07:40 What is DEFINITELY going to be the best film of 2017? 9:20 Are extended cuts always the best? 10.20 BRAND NEW SEGMENT: Good news! 2016 Wasn't as shit as we all know it was! 14:10 CRISPR - what is it, is it cool? 18:00 Shut up, human overpopulation is going to be fun! 20:30 Maybe living forever would be awesome, maybe

We've made it to three episodes! Do you like two guys talking about things they're interested in? Of course you do! You can find us on other sites at @bytereview and @benjionelung This episode is on Youtube at: https://youtu.be/V_F9Av5z6g4 IN THIS EPISODE: 1:00 Christmas fun and our pitch for Amazon sponsorship 3:00 Christmas tree safety 4:10 Tom's new Apple Watch 8:10 Tom's obvious Apple sponsorship 11:30 NEW SEGMENT: Good News! Amazon Go and self service checkouts 18:50 Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them - spolier-free bit 23:30 Fantastic Beasts spoiler-tastic bit 28:30 John Knoll and ongoing Star Wars movies 29:20 Ben's brief opinion on Star One Rogue Wars 30:40 The new Spiderman trailer 32:30 A much-belated chat about Marvel TV series 38:20 Starbound: we're quite into it 48:00 Updating games vs new console versions 49:20 Super Mario Run, game prices and Minecraft's success Some things we talk about in this episode: Why you should water your Christmas tree Tom's controversial, obviously-sponsored Appl

The unlikely second episode of two guys talking about things they're interested in. Check out what we think about things. You can find us on other sites at @bytereview and @benjionelung This episode is on Youtube at: https://youtu.be/etmPx3_U8Pk IN THIS EPISODE: 01:45 What we think about that Trump fellow 07:10 NEW SEGMENT: International News! 09:45 Rabichi preview (mild spoilers) 16:00 Videogames as art, less pretentious conversation than it sounds 24:00 How cool Bioshock is 28:50 Remember how great Portal was? And how much it's like old sci-fi? 31:40 Fallout 3 and the art of storytelling 32:50 What If? by Randall Munroe 38:40 Eagle vs. Shark 40:25 Casey Neistat and daily vlogs 45:45 How good journalling is 49:00 Tom's next video and thoughts about Pixel 52:20 Google AI helping out with medicine 54:30 Some cool stuff about accents Some things we talk about in this episode: Rabichi Trump wants to go to the moon Australian golfers 52 Pick-Up What If? by Randall Munroe, the website ...and the book xkcd Eagle Vs

The first episode of two guys talking about things they're interested in.We'll probably do, like, six and then stop.In the meantime, check out what we think about things.For two guys with a background working around audio, you'd think we'd have dodged the occasional clipping in the recording, but there you go.You can find us on other sites at @bytereview and @benjionelungThis episode is on Youtube at: https://youtu.be/V1utPPCyAdwIN THIS EPISODE:01:30 Black Mirror Season 3 (complete with spoilers)09:00 Super, super interesting VR theory (that isn't very interesting)19:15 Passwords and first e-mail addresses36:00 Dr. Strange (more spoilers and vague opinions)42:08 3D movies, VR and more tech into the future48:25 Tom's adventures with iOS and Android56:20 Smart speakers, smart watches and virtual assistants who are smarter than us1:02:40 Show Your Work! by Austin Kleon, modern creativity and paid reviews1:16:00 Advertising on Youtube and funding creative projects1:21:00 Our 100% accurate opinions on how to m