25:32 — What started as a discussion regarding an ugly new concept car turned into pontifications about design, and anti-patterns in cars and websites. If overenginering is to make something intentionally more complicated for no benefit other than to ship

31:52 — Wait, didn’t we only just get Rubenerd Show 405?! Discussing the production of chip-based comestibles, submerged data centres, etymology behind radio buttons, being tired of Boomer and Millennial labels, and when meeting your hero perhaps wasn’t s

34:32 — Making a caffeinated beverage LIVE on the show like I used to, remembering Murni’s Warung in Ubud, the joys of envelope budgeting, John Walkenbach from Whole Wheat Radio helping me through his Excel books all these years later, and why it’s still

44:51 — The second Rubenerd Show to be released on the 29th of February, HTTP 404 status codes, a new griddle, SARS, Phua Chu Kang, bushfire update, why you shouldn’t need a reason not to be a dick, and a nostalgic snack review from Singapore. Recorded ea

52:15 — Forbidden 403 HTML status codes, unhelpful profiling, Australian bushfire updates (looters, conspiracy theories, hot takes), unexpected Adelaide nostalgia and early breakfasts, unintentional philosophical ramblings on the character and motivations

24:25 — Thanking people for Australian bushfire feedback, Malcolm Turnbull’d internet, pronouncing abbreviations as acronyms (PPPoE... pehpehpehooee?), the Ricoh GR III camera, finding a stream and an old key in a forest near Cammeray, the plight of ineff

20:56 — I intended this episode to be about something completely different, but now that every state in Australia is on fire, and my dad has evacuated his house, suddenly my other interests and topics seem less pressing. Thanks, and please consider donati

01:06:42 — It’s the four hundredth episode of my sporadic podcast! In lieu of formal celebrations, I discuss the surreal circumstances within which we find ourselves, along with various other ruminations about the holidays, significant figures, keyboard m

28:40 — Bushfires have engulfed Sydney for more than a week now, so it was a relief and joy to wander around back in Melbourne on a business trip with blue skies, even if only for a couple of days! Talking about the inevitable comparisons between Sydney a

24:32 — The Rubenerd Show returns to Kuala Lumpur after thirteen years! Playing a retrospective clip from episode 103 in June 2006, then back to October 2019 with Clara wandering around the Petronas Twin Towers and Jalan Ampang. I never thought I’d be doi